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Expert Comment: Are extreme heatwaves the UK’s ‘new normal’?

Professor Myles Allen, Head of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics explains how researchers at Oxford are combining climate information with operational weather forecasting systems to understand the changing risks of extreme weather.

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Outstanding Oxford chemist awarded Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowship

Professor Philipp Kukura, from the Department of Chemistry, has been awarded a Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowship. The award supports exceptional mid-career research leaders to undertake high-quality, original research and build world-leading science teams in the UK.

Professor Graham Taylor

A message from Jim Naismith, Head of MPLS Division, paying tribute to Professor Graham Taylor.

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Study finds that industrial chicken farms are accelerating the spread of a major foodborne disease

A new study by the Ineos Oxford Institute for Antimicrobial Research shows that industrial poultry farming has increased the spread of Campylobacter more than 100-fold, mixing strains from wild birds and commercial flocks.

Emeritus mathematician Graeme Segal receives the Chern Medal

Oxford mathematician Dr Graeme Segal has been awarded the Chern Medal in recognition of his lifelong achievement in mathematics. Named in honour of the Chinese-born American mathematician Shiing-Shen Chern, the medal was announced today at the International Congress of Mathematics (ICM) in Philadelphia, USA.

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Did elephant energetics decide Hannibal’s Alpine crossing route?

A new analysis sheds light on the most likely route for the Carthaginian general’s famous crossing of the Alps. The study, led by the University of Oxford and iDiv/Friedrich Schiller University Jena, reveal that the Col de la Traversette would have been the least energy-intensive route.

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Expert Comment: Are extreme heatwaves the UK’s ‘new normal’?

Outstanding Oxford chemist awarded Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowship

Professor Graham Taylor

Study finds that industrial chicken farms are accelerating the spread of a major foodborne disease

Emeritus mathematician Graeme Segal receives the Chern Medal

Did elephant energetics decide Hannibal’s Alpine crossing route?

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Emergent phenomena in protein complexes out of equilibrium: from topologically-protected states to computation

Dissecting the Role of Phenotypic Variation in Cell Population Growth and Collective Self-Generated Chemotaxis

The ECM viscoelasticity controls tissue spatiotemporal dynamics

Mathematical modelling of naturally occurring epigenetic barcodes as a tool to resolve clonal dynamics in cancer

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Expert Comment: Are extreme heatwaves the UK’s ‘new normal’?

Welcome

MPLS Division SharePoint Intranet

MPLS Events

Emergent phenomena in protein complexes out of equilibrium: from topologically-protected states to computation

Dissecting the Role of Phenotypic Variation in Cell Population Growth and Collective Self-Generated Chemotaxis

The ECM viscoelasticity controls tissue spatiotemporal dynamics

Mathematical modelling of naturally occurring epigenetic barcodes as a tool to resolve clonal dynamics in cancer