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\n \n 7 December 2017\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nNDS has to report that Mr Terry G Denton, who was the highly respected administrator of the NDS from 1970 till his retirement in December 1995, has sadly died. Sir Peter J Morris has written his obituary.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nKathryn Wood, Emeritus Professor of Immunology at Oxford University\u2019s Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, recently received the 2017 Thomas E. Starzl Prize in Surgery and Immunology in recognition of her outstanding basic scientific and clinical research achievements.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA symposium to discuss topics around talking about dying was recently held at St Catherine's College in Oxford.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nSir Peter J Morris pays tribute to Linda Hands, Associate Professor of Surgery at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, who has retired after 34 years of loyal service to Oxford University.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nPersonal Assistant Gillian Roberts and colleague Georgios Vrakas, a Consultant Transplant Surgeon also based at Oxford Transplant Centre, have successfully climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (RCSEd), along with the Hugh Cairns Surgical Society (HCSS), successfully organised the 4th Oxford Surgical Skills Symposium in John Radcliffe Hospital on Saturday 14 October.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nSir Peter J Morris pays tribute to one of NDS\u2019s outstanding academic surgeons who brought great renown to the department in the field of pancreatic islet transplantation.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nOn Friday 29 September, NDS took part in a festival of curiosity exploring the world of research across the University of Oxford's museums, libraries and gardens.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nProfessor Martin Burton has been appointed as Co-Chair of the Cochrane Governing Board, for an initial term of two years.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nWe are delighted to announce that four staff members from the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences (NDS) have been successfully promoted in the 2016/17 academic promotion round.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences hosted the inaugural Careers in Academic Surgery (CIAS) conference on Saturday 2 September with 55 students and trainees attending from all over the UK.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nDr Clare Verrill and Dr Lisa Browning have been filmed demonstrating how to sample fresh tumours from prostate and renal cases for whole genome sequencing and the 100,000 Genomes Project.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe OxAAA Study has been awarded a Novel and Emerging Technologies Grant worth \u00a3247,685 from Heart Research UK to develop a novel treatment for pseudoaneurysm in the groin.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nAt the recent American Transplant Congress meeting, NDS researcher Dr Annemarie Weissenbacher received the Best in Congress Poster Award.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThis week, NDS is hosting the International Pancreas and Islet Transplantation Association (IPITA) 16th International Congress in Oxford. This is the first time that this biennial meeting has been held in the UK.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe NDS Collaborative Green Group has received a \u2018Working Towards\u2019 award in the annual National Union of Students Green Impact Awards.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nLast week, Drs Emma Morris and James Edwards were invited to take part in the popular Hay Festival in Hay-on-Wye.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nSadly, NDS has to report that Alan Ting, who was one of a number of outstanding scientists in the department in the past, died suddenly in April 2017. Sir Peter John Morris has written his obituary.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nProfessor Peter Friend, professor of transplantation at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, has been selected the inaugural recipient of the American Journal of Transplantation (AJT) Award for Clinical Science.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nTRIG and NDS have launched the Andrew Bushell Travel Bursary Fund in memory of an outstanding senior researcher and lecturer.
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