Research news

Professor Alexandra Wilson's 'Opera in the Jazz Age' to be published this month
Mon, 11 Feb 2019 16:37:03 GMT
Think opera is highbrow? Think again. Professor Alexandra Wilson’s new book considers the place of opera in the 1920s ‘battle of the brows’.
INDEPTH-SEB Plant Cell Symposium
Wed, 06 Feb 2019 17:05:12 GMT
First announcement of INDEPTH/SEB Plant Cell Symposium to be held at El Escorial, Madrid in December 2019
UK prostate cancer patients left to deal with erection problems with inadequate support, new research warns
Mon, 04 Feb 2019 09:33:32 GMT
More than 4 in 5 men (81%) with prostate cancer struggle with poor sexual function following treatment for the disease, but over half (56%) fail to receive support, according to new research published by the Lancet Oncology.
Waist-stature ratio can indicate the risk of cardiovascular disease even in healthy men
Wed, 30 Jan 2019 10:48:29 GMT
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.
Dr Raugei's 'Net energy analysis must not compare apples and oranges' published in Nature
Mon, 28 Jan 2019 15:44:24 GMT
Anyone with an interest in renewable energy may do well to have a read of a new paper by Brookes’ own Dr Marco Raugei.
Applications for the Sasakawa postgraduate studentships in Japanese studies are now open!
Thu, 24 Jan 2019 16:53:18 GMT
The Department of Social Sciences, Oxford Brookes University is pleased to invite applications for two Sasakawa Postgraduate Studentships in Japanese studies.
Oxford Brookes Bioimaging scientists help train African students and researcher in Ghana
Wed, 23 Jan 2019 12:58:10 GMT
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.
Dr Adesola's 'Energy in Africa' published
Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:48:26 GMT
Congratulations to Dr Sola Adesola whose book Energy in Africa has recently been published by Springer.
Oxford Brookes academic discusses pioneering Parkinson’s research on BBC Breakfast
Fri, 11 Jan 2019 17:15:07 GMT
Shelly Coe, Lecturer in Nutrition at Oxford Brookes, was interviewed on BBC Breakfast this morning (14 January 2019) to talk about the University’s research with those taking part in the Indian Ocean Row 2018.
Venturefest Oxford returns to Oxford Brookes in 2019
Mon, 07 Jan 2019 16:58:37 GMT
Venturefest will celebrate 21 years of bringing together the county’s entrepreneurs, innovators and investors at Oxford Brookes University.

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