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Oxford University and Prenetics announce landmark collaboration to scale rapid testing tech globally

Today, the University of Oxford, Prenetics Limited, a global leader in diagnostics and genetic testing, and Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research (OSCAR) have signed collaboration agreements to further develop the award-winning OxLAMP technology, a rapid, molecular testing technology for infectious diseases.

Science Blog: Young male fruit flies make females fight each other more

Dr Ellie Bath, Department of Zoology, writes about research to test whether age, mating history, and feeding status shape an important, but understudied, post-mating response – increased female-female aggression.

A computer memory chip in the shape of a human brain

Breaking Moore’s Law: New photonic computing project aims to speed up artificial intelligence computing power to petascale processing levels

The PHOENICS project brings together world leaders in neuromorphic photonic computing to achieve for the first time energy efficient petascale processing powers with ultra-high bandwidth. This is the processing power required by AI to reach its full potential.

Professor Saiful Islam to join the Department of Materials

Professor Islam will become the next Statutory Chair in Materials Modelling. He will take up his appointment in January 2022.

Bird feeders have reversed Blackcaps’ migration, with the fair weather visitors wintering in British and Irish gardens

A study from Oxford University, the British Trust for Ornithology and the Max Planck Institute, has found the small warblers have expanded their wintering range northward across Europe and are now frequently found in Britain and Ireland in the winter months.

The ocean urgently needs truly collaborative science between partners - Oxford scientists

To ensure a prosperous ocean now and in the future, marine research must offer clear recommendations based on representative information and demonstrate practical pathways, according to new research from Oxford University, the charity Nekton and the Seychelles Environment Ministry.

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Upcoming events

Distinguished Speaker Seminar: On classification with small Bayes error and the max-margin classifier

Thursday, 29 April 2021, 3.30pm to 4.30pm

Department of Statistics seminar with Professor Sara Van de Geer, ETH Zürich. Her main areas of research are empirical process theory, statistical learning theory, and nonparametric and high-dimensional statistics.

Lorna Casselton Memorial Lecture: "Mathematics and Art Conservation"

Thursday, 13 May 2021, 5pm to 6.30pm

Speaker: Professor Ingrid Daubechies (Duke University), first woman President of the International Mathematical Union. Admission is free, but booking is required. Organised by St Cross College.

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COVID-19 Response: Protect our community. Protect the vulnerable. Protect yourself

All staff and students are being asked to look after themselves and others. A range of guidance has been developed, reminding us of our personal and collective responsibility for keeping the University and local community safe. In particular, in Trinity Term 2021 you are asked to:

Continue social distancing
Keep washing your hands
Keep wearing a face covering (unless exempt)
Get tested - twice a week and if you have symptoms
Continue to follow self-isolation guidance

Up to date information about the guidance is available on the University's coronavirus health pages.

COVID-19 information, guidance and advice for staff and students at Oxford

General coronavirus advice and support for staff and students can be found on the University's 'Oxford and coronavirus' homepage.

Please contact the relevant MPLS Team if you have questions or concerns that are not answered on these pages or can't be answered by your department.

The MPLS Graduate School has also created a webpage with PDF versions of all communications sent out to PGR students and links to other useful resources.

MPLS Division – Convenor, University Energy Research Network

The Convenor of the university’s Energy Research Network works with the Network’s Steering Group to provide leadership and coordination for energy research in the university. The Convenor can be based in any department, and we welcome interest from any type of Oxford postholder.

Deadline: noon on Monday 10 May 2021.

More info: Energy Research Network Convenor

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