Einstein Visiting Fellowship awarded to Zoltán Molnár
24 September 2020
Awards and Honours Strategic Developments
Professor Zoltán Molnár has been awarded an Einstein Visiting Fellowship to Charité - University Medicine, Berlin. This award sees him join the dynamic Oxford | Berlin collaboration, a strategic research partnership that supports high quality joint research initiatives across all disciplines of its member institutions, of which Neuroscience is a major focus.
Psychological Therapy Innovator Wins BPS President's Award
18 September 2020
Professor Daniel Freeman, an innovator in the research and treatment of psychosis, is the 2020 recipient of the British Psychological Society's President's Award.
Irene Tracey voted FENS President-Elect
10 August 2020
Awards and Honours Strategic Developments
The British Neuroscience Association is delighted to congratulate Irene Tracey as the new President-Elect for the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies
NDCN awarded Athena SWAN Silver Renewal
10 August 2020
Awards and Honours Strategic Developments
NDCN has been awarded a renewal of its Athena SWAN Silver Award. This award is a strong endorsement of NDCN’s work to improve gender equality and build a positive research culture.
2019 Recognition of Distinction Awards
22 July 2020
It is a great pleasure to announce that a number of Neuroscience researchers have been successful in the recent assessment process for the conferment of the title of Associate Professor or University Research Lecturer.
Kia Nobre Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
28 April 2020
One of 120 new members and 26 new international members elected in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
BRAINScapes 2020 Winners
21 April 2020
The winners of the BRAINScapes 2020 Image competition have been announced. The standard was very high and in the circumstances we decided to award a few more prizes than usual.
QS World University Rankings
31 March 2020
Awards and Honours International
Oxford Departments of Pharmacology and Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics have been judged best in the world by subject in the QS World Rankings.
Timothy Behrens recognised in prestigious Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists
27 January 2020
Professor Timothy Behrens has been recognised for ground-breaking contributions to translational research.
Sarosh Irani wins Graham Bull Prize
27 November 2019
The Graham Bull Prize in Clinical Science / Goulstonian Lectureship is a prestigious annual prize awarded by the Royal College of Physicians
Oxford named best for medicine for ninth consecutive year
27 November 2019
Oxford University has been ranked as the world's best institution for medical and health teaching and research for the ninth consecutive year in the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings.
Zoltán Molnár is an Elected Member of Academia Europaea
29 October 2019
Membership of the Academia Europaea is an award conferred to individuals that have demonstrated "sustained academic excellence".
Prize for work on gene therapy for retinal diseases
29 October 2019
Dr Kanmin Xue has won the Ruskell Medal from the Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers
2019 Teaching Excellence Awards Ceremony
29 October 2019
The 2019 Teaching Excellence Awards have been celebrated in a ceremony at Merton College on Wednesday 23 October. The ceremony was hosted by the Head of Division, Professor Gavin Screaton, the Deputy Head of Division (Education), Professor David Vaux, and the Head of Education Policy and Planning, Jane Dale.
Robin Dunbar and his Life Scientific
28 August 2019
Awards and Honours Public Engagement
Prof Robin Dunbar, Emeritus Professor of Evolutionary Psychology has been in conversation with Jim Al-Khalili on Radio 4's Life Scientific. This fascinating podcast gives takes us on a journey from his early beginnings in science, and his fascinating research and groundbreaking discoveries he's made deciphering the mysteries as to why humans and animals evolve the social habits to exist in friendship circles.