MPLS website changes, July 2020
We have reorganised the website to try to make it easier to navigate. Most of the information for administrative staff, academics, researchers and DPhil students in MPLS can now be found under Divisional Services. Please contact communications@mpls.ox.ac.uk if you have any difficulty finding the information you need.
Four MPLS academics elected as members of Academia Europaea
Read moreMPLS success in Vice-Chancellor's Innovation Awards 2020
The Vice-Chancellor Innovation Awards celebrate research-led innovation that is having societal or economic impact.
Read moreScientists discover key to restricting antibiotic resistant bacteria
Researchers from the Department of Zoology have discovered that moderate doses of antibiotics restrict the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Read moreNew AI test identifies COVID-19 within one hour in emergency departments
Infectious disease and clinical machine learning experts at the University of Oxford have developed an Artificial Intelligence test that can rapidly screen for COVID-19 in patients arriving in emergency departments.
Read moreThe genetic basis of bats’ superpowers revealed
For the first time, the raw genetic material that codes for bats’ unique adaptations and superpowers such as the ability to fly, to use sound to move effortlessly in complete darkness, to survive and tolerate deadly diseases, to resist ageing and cancer - has been fully revealed and published in 'Nature'.
Read moreUpcoming events
Oxford – Singapore Human-Machine Collaboration Launch event
Thursday, 06 August 2020, 6am to 9am
Part of the AIBotics 2020 webinar series.The University of Oxford is the host of this first webinar on ‘Human-Machine Collaboration’, in partnership with the Asia Pacific Assistive Robotics Association.
COVID-19 information, guidance and advice for staff and students at Oxford
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.
COVID-19 research at Oxford
Researchers across the University of Oxford are at the forefront of global efforts to understand the coronavirus (COVID-19) and protect our communities. From vaccine development to mapping, the work involves more than 20 departments from medicine to humanities, including many in MPLS.
For more information about the many ways in which Oxford researchers are contributing, visit the University's coronavirus webpages and the Medical Sciences Division's coronavirus webpages, as well as COVID-19 related news items on the MPLS News pages.