Hundreds of visitors found themselves getting hands-on at the third research open day at the Churchill Hospital on 14th March. As part of the Oxford Biomedical Research Centre’s ongoing commitment to involve and engage the public in the research carried out in Oxford hospitals, the open day was ... READ MORE
General News
Study looks at research nurses’ career and support needs
In early February more than 100 delegates filled the reception rooms at Headington Hill Hall to hear Professor Mary Boulton talk about her recent research into the experiences of research nurses employed by the Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (OxBRC). The research was funded by Thames Valley HIEC ... READ MORE
Students inspired by visit to OCDEM
On March 8th, Oxford Centre for Diabetes Endocrinology & Metabolism (OCDEM) and the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford hosted a visit for sixth form students from King Alfred School, Wantage. The students met some of the OCDEM researchers including Professor Keith Frayn, who explored the ... READ MORE
More funding for groundbreaking research in Oxford
£3.7 million, over five years, has been awarded to Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust for facilities that will carry out research in areas such as communication impairments in children, social anxiety disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, depression, schizophrenia, and stroke. The bid for ... READ MORE
New Year’s Honour for Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Professor Lionel Tarassenko, of the Department of Engineering Science and St John’s College, and director of the Institute for Biomedical Engineering, was made a CBE for services to engineering. He holds the Chair of Electrical Engineering. His research is focused on the development of signal ... READ MORE
Oxford University Hospitals rated in top 5 for research activity
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the top Trusts leading the way in providing opportunities for patients to take part in clinical research studies. Highlighted in a league table1 published for the first time by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research ... READ MORE
Hospitals merge on 1st November
Four Hospitals, One Trust, One Vision Sir Jonathan Michael, Chief Executive of the newly created Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust marked the merger between the former Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre and the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trusts with a tour around the four hospital sites on ... READ MORE
Richard Gillies wins top Moynihan Prize
Dr Richard Gillies is an SpR in Upper GI surgery. He recently won the top Moynihan prize for 2011 for his work in: TUMOUR EXPRESSION OF THE DNA REPAIR PROTEIN, XPF, PREDICTS PATHOLOGICAL RESPONSE TO NEOADJUVANT OXALIPLATIN CHEMOTHERAPY IN OESOPHAGEAL CANCER R. S. Gillies*1, D. Delaney1, B. Warren1, ... READ MORE
Embryo ‘health check’ could improve IVF chances
A new test developed by Oxford scientists could tell couples within 24 hours if they will ever be able to have a baby through IVF and improve success rates. Dr Dagan Wells from Oxford University, who led the research, said: “I think it offers the possibility of enhancing success rates of IVF, ... READ MORE
Collaboration and positive change
Mark Sheehan is James Martin Fellow in the Institute for Science and Ethics and Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Ethics Fellow at the Ethox Centre. In this interview he outlines some of the collaborative projects in which he has been involved since joining the Oxford Martin School. The ... READ MORE
Rury Holman receives award
Rury Holman, Professor of Diabetic Medicine and director of the Diabetes Trials Unit, at the Churchill Hospital, and member of the NIHR funded Diabetes Research Theme, has received the Harold Rifkin Award 'for Distinguished International Service in the Cause of Diabetes' from the American Diabetes ... READ MORE
Hamamatsu high throughput digital slide scanner and PathXL image analysis software available for research
A Hamamatsu high throughput digital slide scanner along with a sophisticated image analysis package from iPath is now available to researchers. The Hamamatsu NanoZoomer 2.0-HT slide scanner enables researchers to digitise their glass slides allowing the images to be interpreted on a screen with ... READ MORE
Doctoral student commended
Congratulations to Sean Elias, a doctoral student at the Jenner Institute. He is pictured receiving a 'highly commended' prize for his oral presentation at the NIHR Training Camp this summer from Professor Dame Sally Davies, the Chief Medical Officer and Head of the National Institute for Health ... READ MORE
Patients to benefit from more than £95m in research funding
Leading medical researchers in Oxford have been recognised for their outstanding contribution to healthcare research by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) today by being awarded £95m, an increase of 50%, to support translational research. The NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford ... READ MORE
JR is home to UK’s most powerful scanner
On Sunday 31st July weighing in at 35 tonnes, the new 7 Tesla magnet scanner was lowered into place by a crane through the ceiling of the Oxford Centre for Functional MRI of the Brain (FMRIB) where it will be used for clinical trials into to help researchers further understand brain disorders, such ... READ MORE
Professor Peter Ratcliffe and oxygen levels
To mark the 75th anniversary of the death of Henry Wellcome and the founding of the Wellcome Trust, they are publishing a series of 14 features on people who have been significant in the Trust’s history. In this final piece, science writer Anjana Ahuja looks at Peter Ratcliffe, the Professor of ... READ MORE
Gas license helps lung patients
The Radiology Department at the Churchill Hospital (part of the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust) has just been licensed to manufacture Hyperpolarised Xenon gas for patient use. This is only the second site in the UK to be granted permission to use the gas for lung imaging. Clinical trials ... READ MORE
Formal collaboration announced
The University of Oxford and the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust have signalled their intention to cement and strengthen their collaboration in research, teaching and patient care by agreeing terms for a formal and legally-binding relationship. There has been a long history of joint working ... READ MORE
The Times Cheltenham Science Festival 2011
Once again the Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (OxBRC) will be sponsoring Professor Russell Foster and his talk on The Rhythm of Life on Wednesday 8 June (2.30-3.30pm) at this year’s Times Cheltenham Science Festival. Cheltenham Town Hall and Imperial Gardens will be transformed between 7-12 ... READ MORE
Painful periods research
Women with painful periods show increased sensitivity to pain throughout their cycles, even when there is no background period pain. The brain imaging study carried out at Oxford University shows that period pain is associated with differences in the way the brain processes pain, and that these ... READ MORE
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