NEWS: Collaboration with the Nepal Public Health Foundation explores maternal health and epilepsy
Read about this collaboration from @ndcnoxford.bsky.social
We were very pleased to attend the Oxford Neuroscience Symposium yesterday. The event brings together researchers working on brain and mental health related fields from departments across the University of Oxford.
Professor Parkkinen will be Co-Investigator on a team examining the role of α-synuclein and protein misfolding in the development and progression of Parkinson’s disease.
Professor Sharott's team will focus on whether different sleep problems in Parkinson’s are caused by specific disruptions to distinct brain oscillations.
WE'RE HIRING: Research Culture Facilitator for the Medical Research Council Centre of Research Excellence in Restorative Neural Dynamics
We are seeking a Reproach Culture Facilitator who can work collaboratively with researchers and a wide range of other stakeholders.
Apply now: buff.ly/sT8JNXL
Professor Zameel Cader was part of the Working Group who oversaw this report released today on the ethical and governance issues raised by neural organoid research 👇
Congratulations to Dr Ruxandra Dafinca who has been awarded an Alzheimer's Society Dementia Research Leader Fellowship to identify the key protein dynamics that drive synaptic dysfunction in frontotemporal dementia pathology. 👏
Read more: www.ndcn.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-ruxa...
🔊 WE'RE HIRING: Oxford Brain Bank Governance Manager
The successful candidate will be responsible for the governance of the tissue bank as well as for overseeing the processes of sample and data collection, storage and distribution for research.
Apply by 30 April: buff.ly/tMha6L8
We’re thrilled that teams led by Prof Andrew Sharott and Prof Laura Parkkinen received multi-year grants to join the Collaborative Research Network (CRN) with support from @asapresearch.bsky.social in partnership with The Michael J. Fox Foundation: buff.ly/tNXJ4dy #ParkinsonsDisease
This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, our researchers are answering:
“From your experience as a researcher, what one simple action helps protect or support good #mentalhealth?”
Professor Masud Husain highlights the importance of feeling that your life has direction as you age
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