The Research Services Medical Sciences team has organised a training session/masterclass on the implications of the Human Tissue Act (2004) for research. Date: Thursday 18 November 3.30-5pm All places now filled Location: Meeting Room, Grey Institute for Radiation ... READ MORE
Clinical trials begin of new treatment for advanced Melanoma in the UK & USA
Researchers at Immunocore Limited today announced that IMCgp100, a targeted therapeutic for the treatment of advanced metastatic melanoma, has received regulatory and ethics approval and has opened enrolment for clinical trials in the England and USA. IMCgp100 is the first clinical candidate ... READ MORE
Ethicist joins specialist commissioning group
OxBRC Ethics Fellow, Dr Mark Sheehan has been appointed to the panel of the Advisory Group for National Specialised Services (AGNSS). This committee advises health Ministers on which services should be nationally commissioned and the centres that should provide them. About 60 highly specialised ... READ MORE
Blood research theme leader’s work recognised
Dr Paresh Vyas, Blood Theme research leader has co-authored a book which has won the BMA Medical Book Awards 2010 first prize for internal medicine. The award was presented to A. Victor Hoffbrand for 'Color Atlas of Clinical Hematology'. ... READ MORE
World Alzheimer’s Day – 21st September
With dementia affecting 750,000 people in the UK it has become a topic of great interest receiving recognition in government strategies, media campaigns and new research. Dementia is becoming more common and many of our lives are affected by the condition; 25 million people in the UK know a close ... READ MORE
Bringing research to life – public talks
Oxford Biomedical Research Centre – Public Talks 2010/2011 Subject & Speaker Date Venue Comments Infection Control – Prof Derrick Crook 23 Sept. 6pm 2a &2b post-grad centre Confirmed Dr Jane Collier, Dr Ellie Barnes, Prof Paul Klenerman Hepatitis C – Genes, ... READ MORE
Meningitis research ranked top for citations
This month, ScienceWatch.com presents a listing of the top 20 institutions which, according to our Special Topic on Meningitis, attracted the highest total citations to their papers published on the topic in Thomson Reuters-indexed journals. These institutions are the top 20 ranked by total cites ... READ MORE
Research Integrity Seminar Series 2010
As part of our ongoing programme to promote and support research integrity (sometimes known as the responsible conduct of research), the University of Oxford (through its Research Services), in collaboration with the Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, have organised a further series of lunchtime ... READ MORE
Oxford Bioscience Network showcases life science spin-outs
On 28th September 2010 OBN will be showcasing the latest life science spin-outs and start-ups at its first London BioTuesday, where it hopes to raise the profile of these exciting companies with a mixed audience of investors, R&D companies and other members. From stem cell technology, new ... READ MORE
Partnership IP Advisory Committee formed
In 2007 the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford was awarded £57m over five years from the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) to carry out translational research for patient benefit. This successful bid combined the research expertise of the University of Oxford and the Oxford ... READ MORE
NHS laboratory to pilot next-generation genetic sequencing
Dr Andrea Nemeth, Consultant Clinical Geneticist and Honorary Senior Lecturer at Oxford's Churchill Hospital and the University of Oxford, is part of a team that is currently testing two next-generation sequencing platforms - the Roche 454 and Illumina systems - for use in a hospital ... READ MORE
Neuroscientist is chairman of Times Cheltenham Science Festival
Professor Russell Foster is the lead investigator of a team of researchers funded by the Oxford Biomedical Research Centre to look at sleep and circadian rhythms, and how these areas of neuroscience impact upon patient care. He has recently been appointed as the new Chair of The Times Cheltenham ... READ MORE
Expert joins Experimental Neurology Team
Peter Brown has recently been appointed as Professor of Experimental Neurology, Department of Clinical Neurology and as an Honorary Consultant Neurologist within the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust. Professor Brown was attracted from UCL in London to Oxford by the range and volume of ... READ MORE
Medical Innovation event podcasts available
Podcasts are now available from the Medical Innovation Lecture Series by the Oxford Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, part sponsored by the Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, at the Said Business School, University of Oxford. Hosted by the Oxford Centre for Entrepreneurship and ... READ MORE
BRC Education Working Group reception
Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (OxBRC) funded research fellows attended an evening reception on 30 July in the atrium of the Richard Doll Building, Churchill Hospital. The event hosted by Professor Keith Channon, OxBRC Director and Dr Ken Fleming, Director of OUCAGS & Associate Dean ... READ MORE
Morgan Cole appointed
Law firm Morgan Cole has been appointed by the Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (OxBRC) to provide legal services, on a secondment basis, on clinical research contractual issues and providing guidance on intellectual property matters. Morgan Cole was chosen because of their experience working ... READ MORE
BBC Radio 4 ‘Inside the Ethics Committee’
Dr Mark Sheehan, the Oxford BRC Ethics Fellow, was one of a panel of experts on 'Inside the Ethics Committee' on BBC Radio 4 3rd August. In this programme a panel of experts discuss real-life cases to explore the workings of clinical ethics committees. The topic under discussion was 'How ... READ MORE
Sleep Session Sells Out
On Sunday 13 June, top sleep researcher Professor Russell Foster helped to end this year's successful Times Cheltenham Science Festival with a sold out session. More than 650 people turned out for a lively debate, sponsored by the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (OxBRC), and chaired by BBC Radio ... READ MORE
International Data Sharing Conference 2010
New ways of using vast amounts of data could transform scientific practice for the better. It is vital that decisions about the use of individual medical data are as well-informed as possible. The International Data Sharing Conference 2010 will provide a venue in which debates about these ... READ MORE
Preventing strokes research
Two projects led by Professor Peter Rothwell, from the Department of Clinical Neurology, University of Oxford, are leading to major improvements in the effectiveness of stroke prevention. Results from the study (named EXPRESS) indicated that urgent use of existing treatments (including ... READ MORE