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| Update Your Website Profile |
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All department members have a website profile (accessible via SSO) which can be made publicly visible. You can add a photo, biography, collaborator details, and publications, etc, to showcase your work.
If you would like to set up or update your public profile, please follow the provided guidelines or contact communications@oncology.ox.ac.uk for support.
If you already have a public profile, please take a moment to check that your profile is accurate and make any necessary updates or contact communications@oncology.ox.ac.uk with details of the changes you need.
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| Looking for study volunteers? |
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OxfordMedSci News will be advertising volunteer opportunities in their December issue. If you have a study that you would like to be included, please send the details to communications@oncology.ox.ac.uk no later than Tuesday 10 December, 12 noon.
Required details:
• A one-line heading (e.g. Volunteers needed for study exploring cognitive flexibility and wellbeing)
• A URL which links back to either your own website (advertising all the details for the study) and/or the OUH website ( information on advertising on the OUH website)
See previous ads as examples
Please note, it is not possible to include any further details about the study.
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| Warneford Park - Invite to Second Phase of Consultation |
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A second phase of the pre-planning application public consultation events for Warneford Park are taking place in December. Oxford Health Foundation Trust, University of Oxford and a partner want to develop a major brain health research and innovation campus on the Warneford site. This will comprise:
- a new mental health hospital, offering the best treatment, care, and therapeutic environment.
- a modern scientific facility for the world-leading brain research taking place at the University of Oxford, with additional space for biotech, pharmaceutical and start-up companies.
- a new post-graduate college for the University of Oxford focused on medical sciences, bio-engineering and related disciplines.
Staff are welcome to any of the exhibition events on the following dates and times at the Day Centre, main entrance of the Warneford Hospital OX3 7JX.
- Monday 2 December from 10am – 2pm (staff only preview session)
- Thursday 5 December from 4-7pm (public)
- Friday 6 December from 1-6pm (public)
- Saturday 7 December from 10-1pm (public)
You can find questions and answers from the first phase as well as more information on our engagement website.
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We give an enormous thanks to Ester Hammond and members of her lab, Sophie Twigger, Katja Worth, and Eduard Petrosyan, for delivering the New Starter Lab Tour on Tuesday, 19th November. New department colleagues in Professional Support roles enjoyed a presentation about some of the exciting research happening in the department and a tour of some of the labs to get a closer look at the action, including peeking through a microscope and getting to grips with a hypoxia chamber. A fantastic morning!
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| Join the Postdoc Teams Channel |
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The ORN has set up a Teams channel for all postdocs across the department. The channel will be used to share news and events of interest to research staff.
Contact the ORN ( researchers@oncology.ox.ac.uk) to be added to the list.
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| Call for Final Honour School Research Projects |
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The Course Director for Pre-clinical Medicine and Biomedical Sciences is seeking expressions of interest in offering a research project to candidates of the Final Honour Schools of Medical Sciences, Cell & Systems Biology and Neuroscience. Typically research projects begin in May and data gathering and/or data analysis should occupy the student for a total of approximately 8 full weeks, or an equivalent period (e.g. 16 half-time weeks).
For each student supervised, the supervisor’s department will be allocated a proportion of the T-JRAM associated with Year 2 of the student’s course (usually a figure of c.£2000). Supervisors will also be able to claim for the equivalent of 8 hours of tutorial teaching (£254.08 for 2024-25) from the student’s college.
Deadline: please complete the online form by Monday 17 January 2025 (0th week, Hilary Term).
If you would be interested in offering a project please see our Canvas site for further details or e-mail fhscourseadmin@medsci.ox.ac.uk.
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| Essentials of Light Microscopy Course |
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The Oxford Light Microscopy Imaging Facilities invite you to take part in the Essentials of Light Microscopy short course. It is suitable for all students, technicians, postdocs and other staff who require microscopy as part of their project/work and does not require any previous microscopy experience.
The course is aimed to provide a basic theoretical background for the everyday microscopy demands in Oxford's biomedical research institutes and connect you with imaging facilities near you.
We will finish the day by going to at White Hart pub, to continue discussions and get to know each other.
Please register via this link.
For any questions email: microscopy.training@imm.ox.ac.uk
Date: Wednesday, 4 December
Time: 10:00 am – 5:00pm
Venue: WIMM seminar room |
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| IDRM Wellbeing Seminar: Menopause Awareness at Work |
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Join Haley White online & in-person to explore menopause at work and increase awareness and understanding. Not just for women - everybody is welcome! Register for the seminar, followed by networking lunch from 12-1pm in the IDRM Café.
Date: Thursday, 16 January
Time: 11:00 - 12:00pm
Venue: IDRM Seminar Rooms 1&2 |
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| From Paperwork to Patients: AI in Healthcare |
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Explore how AI is revolutionizing healthcare, covering:
- Advancing Early Screening for Hereditary Cancers
- Transforming Medical-Legal Documentation
- Streamlining Health Checkups
- Trends in Minimally Invasive Surgery & the Path Towards Quantum Surgery
Register for the online seminar here.
Date: Thursday, 5 December
Time: 12:00 noon |
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The ORN invites you to their upcoming Career Chat, with Ricardo Fernandes. Dr Fernandes leads a group focused on Immune signalling in health and disease at the CAMS Oxford Institute, coming from Stanford where he developed novel molecules to effectively shut down signalling by immune receptors such as PD-1.
Date: Thursday, 28 November
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Venue: ORCRB Room 71A/B |
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Explore the mysteries of dreams with leading experts in neuroscience, neurology, AI, philosophy, and the arts. This event, featuring three sessions, examines the science, interpretation, and impact of dreams. The symposium concludes with a panel discussion. Tickets are limited – reserve your spot today!
Date: Saturday, 30 November
Time: 1:00 - 6:30pm
Venue: Doctorow Hall, St Edmund Hall |
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| Your Next Career Step: New Event for Mid-Contract Researchers |
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'Your next career step’ is a new online event designed to support researchers who are mid-contract to help them prepare for their next career steps (at Oxford, within academia or beyond).
The event is intended for researchers who are near the mid-point of a fixed-term or open-ended externally funded contract, however those at any stage of their contract are welcome.
Date: Tuesday, 3 December
Time: 12.00 – 1:00pm
Researchers can register now. If it is booked out, researchers are encouraged to join the waiting list in case of dropouts or to join the next event.
For queries, please email researcherhub@admin.ox.ac.uk.
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| Career Development Workshops |
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The following career development workshops will be running in the Ludwig/Jenner seminar room on the lower ground floor, ORCRB on the following dates:
- 9th December: Pathways for academic progression
- 20th January: What jobs can academic researchers do? - how to get jobs outside academia
- 17th February: How to work out what skills and experience you really have
- 31st March: How to create an impactful CV
13.30 to 14.30, presented by Dr Susan Black – Careers Advisor for Researchers, University of Oxford Careers Service
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| Athena Swan Termly Community-Building Session |
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Join members of the Athena Swan Working Group for a virtual learning and community networking session on Athena Swan. This will be the first in a termly series of sessions for Athena Swan practitioners, coordinators and/or members of Self-Assessment Teams. It follows on from the successful Athena Swan Learning Showcase which took place in September. This session will focus on building a baseline understanding of common organisational gender frameworks, including an overview of theoretical frameworks as well as practical tools to support in auditing gender equality and developing interventions.
Sign up for the online session.
Date: Wednesday, 27 November
Time: 11.30 – 1:00pm |
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| Raising Happiness in Challenging Times |
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What can we do to raise our happiness, especially in difficult times? And how do we raise future generations to thrive in an uncertain world and help make things better?
At this special online event, renowned author, educator, historian and commentator Sir Anthony Seldon will explore what it means to raise happiness and why mental wellbeing is so profoundly important. He will reflect on some of the major challenges we face and the actions we can take - both personally and collectively - to improve our wellbeing and raise happiness levels, even in tough times.
Wed 27 Nov 2024 at 19:00
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| Parenting Out Loud: Normalising Equal Parenting at Oxford |
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On the heels of the University improving its paternity and partners leave entitlement, what else can we do at Oxford to encourage and normalise equal parenting?
The Equality and Diversity Unit is delighted to welcome Dr Holly Birkett, Co-Director of the Equal Parenting Project at the University of Birmingham, to present the latest research on fatherhood and parenting in the UK, and what Oxford can learn from it. She will be joined by a panel of advocates from across the University, who are all walking the walk of parenting loudly.
Date: 11 December 2024, 10.30am-12.30pm
Location: Said Business School, Park End Street |
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| Mince Pie Mingle: Engagement and Funding Gathering |
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The central public and community engagement with research (PCER) team is hosting an informal get-together for researchers and engagement professionals. Join us to connect with others doing engagement, discuss ideas, and find out more about the PCER Fund and other funding opportunities.
Please express your interest in this event via publicengagement@admin.ox.ac.uk to stay updated.
Date: Tuesday, 17 December
Time: 10:00 - 12:00pm
* Venue information to follow |
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Wednesday, 27th November 12:00-12:30
Room 71abc, ORCRB
The seminar will be held online for those who cannot attend in person.
Tess Stanly: Role of RASSF1A in immune cell mechanotransduction
Tess is from the lab of Eric O’Neill
Hosted by: Dominika Majorova from the group of Monica Olcina.
Pizza will be provided.
Please note, it is mandatory to attend Internal Seminars in person if you are in the ORCRB on the day of the Seminar.
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Monday 2nd December 14:00-15:00
Room 71abc, ORCRB
This event is in person only.
Albert C. Koong, MD, PhD, FACR, FASTRO: Radiotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer: New Clinical Applications and Emerging Preclinical Studies
Dr Albert C. Koong is the Division Head and Chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology and holds the Olga Keith and Harry Carothers Wiess Distinguished University Chair. He is a Fellow of the American College of Radiology (FACR) and a Fellow of ASTRO (FASTRO). His clinical research interests are focused on the application of highly targeted radiotherapy techniques for gastrointestinal malignancies, particularly on the use of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT)/stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) for pancreatic and liver cancer. His NIH/NCI funded laboratory studies the role of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in tumour growth and metastases. His major laboratory research focus is to develop therapies that target signalling pathways regulated by the tumour microenvironment and to develop biomarkers that are predictive of clinical outcomes.
Hosted by: Professor Ester Hammond
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Monday 9th December 15:30-16:30
Microsoft Teams
This event is online only.
Daniel Wahl, MD, PhD: Measuring, understanding and targeting altered metabolism in brain cancer
Dr Wahl's research focuses on developing strategies to overcome treatment resistance in aggressive brain tumours. He has a particular interest in understanding and interrupting the links between altered metabolism and radiation resistance in glioblastoma.
Hosted by: Professor Ester Hammond
Meeting link: Join the meeting now
Meeting ID: 319 130 169 222
Passcode: dznq7K |
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| Planning an event? We can help promote it! |
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Do you have an upcoming event? A seminar, a social gathering, or a networking event you would like new people to attend? Let us know! We can add your event to the Oncology Events Page and add it to the newsletter.
Email communications@oncology.ox.ac.uk
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- Lana Hendrawan, Research Assistant
- Dongxiao Yang, Postdoctoral Researcher
- Emmanuel Adediran, Laboratory Assistant
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Internal Funding Highlights
- Knowledge Exchange Seed Fund 24-25 Open for Applications!
Do you want to align your research with community needs, develop an impact project with a public sector partner or reach out to an unfamiliar commercial sector? Awards of up to £5000 are available to support early-stage knowledge exchange activities with businesses, community and public sector organisations. Previous awards have been used to host joint workshops with new partners, bring-in external expertise to develop an impact strategy, and to kickstart new projects with existing partners.
The fund will reopen in Hilary Term for another round of applications
Deadline: Monday, 25 November
- Nuffield Oxford Hospitals Fund
Open to applications that will raise the standard of the hospital or hospitals concerned in order to assist the development and carrying on of the Oxford University Medical School. Deadline: Fri 31 Jan 2025.
- Oxford Martin School Funding 2024/25
The Oxford Martin School has opened its latest round of funding for 2024/25 and is inviting expressions of interest for high-risk, high-reward and solutions-focused research that could have a major impact on the wellbeing of current and future generations. Please read the full application guidelines and eligibility criteria prior to the development of a formal EoI and follow the suggested next steps within the document. Contact Jean-Charles Buffet, Research and Programmes Manager at the Oxford Martin School for further information.
Deadline: 5pm on Monday, 24 February 2025.
- Improving Equitable Access to Healthcare – Pump Priming
To pump prime activity and build interdisciplinary collaborations to improve equitable access to healthcare. Open to all Oxford researchers, awards of £10K – £50K (applications for up to £100K will be considered).
Deadline: 12pm, Wed 26 Feb 2025
- Diversity Fund - Seeks to deliver culture change across the University, providing grants to initiatives aimed at furthering our commitment to an inclusive culture which promotes equality and values diversity.
Public and Policy Engagement funding
- Departmental PER Seed Funding – Rolling deadline
To support building capacity for Public Engagement with Research at the departmental level. Applicants can be any staff member employed in that department including researchers, public engagement professionals and other staff.
External Funding Highlights
The following opportunities have been found using Research Professional (RP).
- Project Funding from UK and EU funders
Disciplines included: Cancer Studies & Oncology and all sub-specialities; Radiobiology; Bioinformatics; Cell & Developmental Biology
- Fellowships and Awards
From funders all around the world. Includes pre and postdoctoral training fellowships, student and young investigator awards, and financial aid for postgrad students
- PhD Studentships
Not filtered by discipline in order to capture schemes from funders such as Brain Research UK, Kidney Research UK
For more information about RP, including how to set up your own tailored search visit the website.
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