OxfordDPAG
banner
oxforddpag.bsky.social
OxfordDPAG
@oxforddpag.bsky.social
Oxford University Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics
We are really excited to welcome Kristine Krug to DPAG today. She will be delivering our MARIANNE FILLENZ AWARD LECTURE 2025: Cortical codes for generating three-dimensional experience

More details here talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/97d...
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Congratulations to DPAG's Pawel Swietach, who has been made an Honorary Professor at the University of Cayetano Heredia, Peru

www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/news/pawel-s...
Pawel Swietach made Honorary Professor at Cayetano Heredia University
www.dpag.ox.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
To mark International Men's Day, Oxfordshire Men's Health Partnership is hosting an event exploring key health issues affecting men today and the locally available services to them for support. No booking or registration required, just drop in! Tea and coffee provided.
November 19, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Come and work at DPAG! The Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG) and St Peter's College, Oxford are seeking to appoint a full-time Associate Professor of Stem Cell and Organoid Biology as applied to understanding physiological systems. Read more here my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
November 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We were delighted to welcome the BBC's Clive Myrie to DPAG yesterday. He spoke about Media, Science and Truth to a packed audience www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/news/the-bbc...
The BBC's Clive Myrie delivers his Sherrington Public Understanding of Science lecture on Media, Science and Truth
www.dpag.ox.ac.uk
November 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
If you want to keep up to date with the latest DPAG research and other news, remember to check out our news page www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/news
November 10, 2025 at 8:43 AM
It is #InternationalStressAwarenessWeek, so we would like to remind all our colleagues that here @DPAG we take wellbeing seriously. Check out the programme of Wellbeing events below
November 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Many congratulations to DPAG's own Dame Professor Molly Stevens, who has been elected as an international member of the US National Academy of Medicine
Congratulations and welcome to the 100 new members elected today to the National Academy of Medicine! #NAMmtg nam.edu/news-and-ins...
nam.edu
October 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Happy #WorldAnatomyDay - check out our up-coming event
October 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
October 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Reposted by OxfordDPAG
NEW: We’re honoured to be ranked number one in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for the tenth consecutive year. 👏
October 9, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) in Lima, Peru and the University of Oxford have secured a prestigious Wellcome Discovery Award worth $3.1 million to launch a four-year programme aimed at improving treatment for Chronic Mountain Sickness www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-...
Oxford and Cayetano win Wellcome Discovery Award to transform care for Chronic Mountain Sickness
www.dpag.ox.ac.uk
October 6, 2025 at 10:27 AM
DPAG’s David Paterson, Neil Herring and international co-authors have published a review article: Multimodal, device-based therapeutic targeting of the cardiovascular autonomic nervous system www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/news/review-...
Review article published: Multimodal, device-based therapeutic targeting of the cardiovascular autonomic nervous system
www.dpag.ox.ac.uk
October 6, 2025 at 10:17 AM
October 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
As September draws to a close, we celebrate South East Asian Heritage Month by talking to Fitz, a postdoc researcher in DPAG's Klemm Group www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/news/intervi...
Interview with Fitz Gerald Silao, to mark South East Asian Heritage Month 2025
www.dpag.ox.ac.uk
September 29, 2025 at 8:25 AM
This exciting work has been done by researchers drawn from across Oxford University, including DPAG www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09...
Oxford University researchers pioneer new breathing test to detect
A new project led by Oxford University aims to develop a novel breathing test that could detect asthma and COPD earlier, more accurately, and closer to home - reducing pressure on the NHS and
www.ox.ac.uk
September 25, 2025 at 11:17 AM
We are delighted to announce that our own Dr Mootaz Salman has been awarded the prestigious Bayliss-Starling Prize Lecture 2025 by The Physiological Society www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-moot...
Dr Mootaz Salman awarded the Bayliss-Starling Prize Lecture 2025 by The Physiological Society
www.dpag.ox.ac.uk
September 15, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Reposted by OxfordDPAG
Great Seminar today at @epfl-brainmind.bsky.social with Mootaz Salman (Oxford, UK) @oxforddpag.bsky.social
We learned how blood-brain barrier dysfunction drives neurodegenerative disease & how 3D BBB-on-a-chip models uncover new therapeutic targets
Many thanks for the highly inspiring talk!
September 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Well done to DPAG DPhil student Yoon Young Choi, who was runner-up for the ECR Oral Competition at The Physiological Society’s #HeartCrossTalk2025 meeting. The title of the talk was ‘Neurocardiac interactions using hiPSC derived cardiomyocytes and sympathetic neurones from CPVT patients’
September 9, 2025 at 10:37 AM
An article which features the work of DPAG's Gero Miesenböck and his research group www.the-scientist.com/animals-slee...
Animals Sleep Because Electrons Leak
The need for sleep likely evolved to get rid of toxic molecules from the mitochondria, a landmark study shows using sleep-deprived flies.
www.the-scientist.com
September 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
September 4, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Reposted by OxfordDPAG
🚨 What's the interplay between sleep and mitochondrial dynamics in neurons?
I am happy to share this invited review I wrote for The Journal of Physiology
@jphysiol.bsky.social
👉 physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
🧵 Thread 👇
#Neuroscience #SleepResearch
Neurobiology of mitochondrial dynamics in sleep
Abstract figure legend In neurons, variations in sleep history are accompanied by alterations in mitochondrial dynamics, including changes in size, fission and fusion events, the emergence of extra-l...
physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 2, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Congratulations to Prof Ana Domingos, who has been awarded a Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship. This scheme is for experienced senior and mid-career researchers who would benefit from a period of full-time research without teaching, administration and pastoral care duties
August 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
We have an exciting new book to announce! www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-...
Oxford Professors Cragg and Walton celebrate publication of new book, The Handbook of Dopamine
www.dpag.ox.ac.uk
August 12, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Congratulations to our new Professors! www.dpag.ox.ac.uk/news/congrat...
August 8, 2025 at 10:11 AM