How does vision loss affect our body clock? 👁️🕰️

Join Professor Russell Foster to explore how light regulates our circadian rhythms, the impact of ocular disease, and exciting new research.

📅 29 October, 5.30pm
📍 The Hub, Kellogg College
🎟️ Free and open to all

www.kellogg.ox.ac.uk/events/the-r...

NEWS: Everyday DNA damage reveals a hidden weakness in some cancers

@imm.ox.ac.uk researchers have discovered why cancer cells lacking a protein called ATM are particularly vulnerable to PARP inhibitors.

https://www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/news/everyday-dna-damage-reveals-a-hidden-weakness-in-some-cancers

NEWS: Researchers uncover genetic changes in the bacteria causing severe Kent meningococcal disease outbreak

Read about this new research study. @ox.ac.uk

https://www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/news/researchers-uncover-genetic-changes-in-the-bacteria-causing-severe-kent-meningococcal-disease-outbreak

NEWS: University of Oxford announces next-generation Ai initiative to detect, assess and respond to pandemics

Read about this project led by @ox.ac.uk 

https://www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/news/university-of-oxford-announces-next-generation-ai-initiative-to-detect-assess-and-respond-to-pandemics

#WIMMinFocus 🧪

New for Wednesdays: we are unpacking some of the terms you often hear in biomedical research.

First up: patient samples.

Studying donated samples helps researchers understand disease and develop new therapies.

#SciComm #AcademicSky @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk

NEW STUDENTS: Your Oxford University Single Sign-On (SSO) gives you access to resources across the University.

Find info and how to activate your SSO at 👉 www.ox.ac.uk/getting-started-with-IT 

@OxUniStudents @OxfordStudents #WelcomeToOxford #ITOxford

This #BlackHistoryMonth, explore talks, events, stories and resources across Oxford – from the iconicity of Africa to race and fairness in the age of AI.

Discover what’s on ⬇️
https://bit.ly/4hq2upy

Did you see this?

NDORMS student Rabia Khan has led a project to digitise historic records from the world’s last naturally occurring smallpox outbreaks, creating an open dataset for future epidemiological and disease modelling research. https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/historic-smallpox-records

FUNDING: Calling all early career researchers with an OUH contract!
 
The OHSRC are offering grants of up to £10,000 to NHS staff (including honorary contracts) whose research will help patients of the OUH.

Find out more and apply 👉https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/researchers/grants/

Deadline: 15 October

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY: The KOALA study is looking for volunteers aged 4-8 years old, with either normal vision or amblyopia (‘lazy eye’), to take part in a child-friendly brain imaging study.

See the website for more information 👉 https://tinyurl.com/4fu8kvyb

NEWS: Teaching Excellence Awards 2026

Congratulations to the 7 projects receiving funding across the division, and many thanks to departments for their continued engagement with the TEA scheme.

https://www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/news/msd-teaching-excellence-awards-2026

VOLUNTEERS WANTED: Do you experience sleep problems with low mood?

Aged 18-40? You may be eligible for the STAR research study. 

Interested in learning more👇
https://redcap.medsci.ox.ac.uk/surveys/?s=4YXLHWRJN4N88RCH

VOLUNTEER: Healthy volunteers (i.e. those without history of mental health or sleep disorders), aged between 18 and 40, wanted for a study exploring how a sleep medication (daridorexant) can affect brain processes.

https://psychiatryoxford.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_a8zIalR1IBFMbXM

NEWS: New study charts the health of nearly 2 million UK adults in Our Future Health

Read about this study led by @oxpop.bsky.social

https://www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/news/new-study-charts-the-health-of-nearly-2-million-uk-adults-in-our-future-health

NEWS: Adding rituximab to chemotherapy is a cost-effective treatment for Burkitt lymphoma

Read about this new research study led by @oxpop.bsky.social

https://www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/news/adding-rituximab-to-chemotherapy-is-a-cost-effective-treatment-for-burkitt-lymphoma

NEWS: Study sheds new light on how ketamine may act rapidly in the human brain

The @oxfordpsychiatry.bsky.social study could provide new clues for treating depression.

Read more➡️ https://www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/news/study-sheds-new-light-on-how-ketamine-may-act-rapidly-in-the-human-brain

NEWS: Two-thirds of adults with high blood pressure do not know they have it

Read about this @oxpop.bsky.social study ➡️ https://www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/news/two-thirds-of-adults-with-high-blood-pressure-do-not-know-they-have-it

NEWS: Blood tests could identify early signs of cancer years before diagnosis

Read about this @oxpop.bsky.social study ➡️ https://www.medsci.ox.ac.uk/news/blood-tests-could-identify-early-signs-of-cancer-years-before-diagnosis

On #WorldCancerResearchDay, #MRCWIMM celebrates the researchers working to advance our understanding of #cancer and improve outcomes for patients.

We are proud to be part of a global research community driving progress in cancer research. 🧬🧪 #AcademicSky @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk