Search results
Found 45 matches for
Three MPLS academics and researchers have been awarded 2020 IOP Medals for their contributions to Physics - two in the Department of Physics and one in the Department of Chemistry.
Oxford researchers create online resource to optimise NHS routes for housebound vaccinations
COVID-19 Engineering Medical science
29 March 2021
Two engineering DPhil students from the University of Oxford have created a website for GP surgeries across the UK to optimise the delivery of Covid-19 vaccinations to the UK’s 1 million housebound patients.
New machine learning system developed to identify deteriorating patients in hospital
Biomedical engineering Medical science Research
10 February 2021
Researchers in Oxford have developed a machine learning algorithm that could significantly improve clinicians’ ability to identify hospitalised patients whose condition is deteriorating to the extent that they need intensive care.
£100 million donation from Ineos to create new institute to fight antimicrobial resistance
Chemistry Funding Medical science Zoology
19 January 2021
Ineos, one of the world’s largest manufacturing companies, and the University of Oxford are launching a new world-leading institute to combat the growing global issue of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which currently causes an estimated 1.5 million excess deaths each year.
$10 million gift for new Nanoscience Institute in Oxford
Biomedical engineering Chemistry Engineering Funding Materials science Medical science Physics
7 December 2020
A new institute for nanoscience research is to open in Oxford thanks to a $10 million gift from The Kavli Foundation.
New partnership Between the Department of Health and Social Care, the Alan Turing Institute and the Royal Statistical Society to support Joint Biosecurity Centre COVID-19 response
Medical science Statistics
21 October 2020
Professor Chris Holmes, The Alan Turing Institute’s Programme Director of Health and Medical Science, and Professor of Biostatistics at Oxford University, will co-lead a new Statistical Modelling and Machine Learning Lab.
Prof Angela Russell awarded 2021 Harrington UK Rare Disease Scholar Award
Award Chemistry Funding Medical science
16 October 2020
The Harrington Discovery Institute (HDI) in the US has announced five winners of its inaugural UK Rare Disease Scholar Award competition.
Evaluation of LamPORE rapid tests for Covid-19 show high levels of diagnostic sensitivity
COVID-19 Chemistry Medical science
28 September 2020
Scientists from the Nuffield Department of Medicine have evaluated LamPORE, a novel diagnostic platform for detecting SARS-CoV-2 RNA. LamPORE was developed by Oxford Nanopore Technologies, a spin-out company from the Department of Chemistry, and has the potential to analyse thousands of samples per day on a single instrument.
Scientists discover key to restricting antibiotic resistant bacteria
Medical science Research Zoology
28 July 2020
Researchers from the Department of Zoology have discovered that moderate doses of antibiotics restrict the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
New AI test identifies COVID-19 within one hour in emergency departments
COVID-19 Engineering Medical science
28 July 2020
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.
Transformational gift to support Oxford’s newest graduate college
Funding MPLS Medical science
11 June 2020
Oxford University has received a landmark £80 million donation from the Reuben Foundation that will transform Oxford’s newest college and establish a major new scholarship programme for graduate and undergraduate students.
Bacteria perform mass suicide to defend their colony
Medical science Research Zoology
8 June 2020
A new study from researchers at Oxford University’s Departments of Zoology and Biochemistry shows that warring bacteria will engage in suicidal attacks in vast numbers to take down competitors.
Science Blog: Ancient blood lines: tracing the evolution of haemoglobin
Chemistry Medical science Research
1 June 2020
COVID-19 drug trial could lead to enhanced respiratory care for patients
COVID-19 Chemistry Medical science Research
1 June 2020
Researchers use virus genomic tracking to reveal the rise and fall of the COVID-19 epidemic in Guangdong Province
COVID-19 Medical science Zoology
24 April 2020
A new study led by researchers at Oxford and Guangdong Centre for Diseases Control and Prevention describes the epidemiology and genetic make-up of the COVID-19 outbreak in China’s most populous region, and shows how early and intensive testing and tracing helped to interrupt local transmission of the virus.
Metal analysis of urine provides a promising potential diagnostic for pancreatic cancer
Earth sciences Medical science Research
23 April 2020
Research carried out at Oxford, in collaboration with Columbia University and Barts Cancer Institute at Queen Mary University of London, has revealed that the signature of metal ions present in urine samples is an accurate indicator of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), one of the deadliest types of cancer.
China’s control measures may have prevented 700,000 COVID-19 cases
COVID-19 Medical science Research Zoology
9 April 2020
An international team of researchers including academics from the Department of Zoology have shown that China’s control measures during the first 50 days of the COVID-19 epidemic may have delayed the spread of the virus to cities outside of Wuhan by several days.
Using wearable technology to monitor COVID-19 patients
Biomedical engineering COVID-19 Engineering Medical science
1 April 2020
System developed by researchers in the Department of Engineering Science is being used in John Warin isolation ward at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital.
Ventilator project - OxVent - gets green light by UK government to proceed to next stage of testing
Biomedical engineering COVID-19 Engineering Medical science
31 March 2020
OxVent is a multidisciplinary team of engineers and medics at the University of Oxford and King’s College London. The team has been shortlisted by the UK government to go to the next stage of testing for safety and usability for their ventilator prototype.
New research stresses the urgent need for serologic testing to help tackle the COVID-19 outbreak
COVID-19 Medical science Research Zoology
27 March 2020
Serologic tests are blood tests that look for antibodies in your blood, and would allow scientists to decipher what fraction of the British public have already had COVID-19 and recovered, and provide an improved estimate of the number remaining at risk of serious illness.
Oxford and King’s developing prototype for rapidly deployable ventilator
Biomedical engineering COVID-19 Engineering Medical science
23 March 2020
An interdisciplinary team of engineers and medics is addressing ways to increase the UK’s capacity for ventilator manufacture.