News from the Department of Biological and Medical Sciences

Prague INDEPTH Abstract Book
The INDEPTH main meeting in Prague takes places between February 25-27th 2019
Oxford Brookes hosts 52nd Population Genetics Group
In January 2019, Oxford Brookes hosted the 52nd Population Genetics Group Meeting. The conference was well attended by 250 researchers, with 3 parallel sessions, highlighting the latest research and developments in the fields of genetics and genomics.
INDEPTH-SEB Plant Cell Symposium
First announcement of INDEPTH/SEB Plant Cell Symposium to be held at El Escorial, Madrid in December 2019
Waist-stature ratio can indicate the risk of cardiovascular disease even in healthy men
Health experts have warned for years that men and women with excess abdominal fat run a greater risk of developing cardiovascular problems. However, individuals with abdominal or central obesity are not the only ones in danger, according to a new study.
Oxford Brookes Bioimaging scientists help train African students and researcher in Ghana
Oxford Brookes Bioimaging scientists are in Accra, Ghana at the West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens (WACCBIP) helping to run a course on the modern technologies used to investigate the biology of infectious diseases.
Applications for the 4th STSM call are Open!
We are delighted to announce the opening of the 4th call for Short Term Scientific Missions (STSM) of the COST Action INDEPTH: Impact on Nuclear Domains On Gene Expression and Plants Traits.
Happy New Year
Happy New Year to everyone in the INDEPTH consortium! We wish for exciting discoveries in 2019 and beyond!
More new spaces open in Sinclair as building nears completion
The refurbishment of Sinclair moved a step closer towards completion this week as the newly completed fourth floor opened.
Chancellor Dame Katherine Grainger PhD explores innovative research on visit to Oxford Brookes University
Britain’s most successful female Olympian, Dame Katherine Grainger met with researchers on Wednesday 12 December 2018, as part of her visit to the redeveloped Sinclair building, which is home to the University’s Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at Headington Campus.
Conference Travel Opportunities for INDEPTH members
The INDEPTH core group of workgroup leaders are planning the budget for the period between April 2019 and April 2020. There are a number of opportunities for INDEPTH members to be helped with supporting the attendance of relevant conferences in which they advertise conference activities.

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