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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 \nTwo members of the Centre for Evidence in Transplantation (CET) at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences have been elected to the committees of the British Transplantation Society (BTS).
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA new online training tool being developed by the Genomics Education Programme for scientists processing tumour samples for whole genome sequencing will feature Dr Clare Verrill, a Senior Clinical Lecturer in Pathology at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nProfessor Paul Johnson visited Mexico City last month (25-27 October) to be part of the official launch of the TRANSDIA project \u2013 a UK-Mexico collaboration to tackle type 1 diabetes.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nDr Tinashe Chandauka, a University of Cape Town alumnus who will be pursuing a DPhil in Surgical Sciences at Oxford University, has been named in the 200 Young South Africans 2016 list by the online newspaper Mail & Guardian.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nDr Lauren Morgan, a lecturer in the Patient Safety Academy, talks to the Oxford Science Blog about what human factors research can teach medics about improving healthcare.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Biobank team at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences have taken part in a series of short educational films about sample processing for whole genome sequencing for the 100,000 Genomes Project.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nSaturday 7 May saw the inaugural OxAAA Aneurysm Awareness Day, held at the Tingewick Hall in the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences is delighted to announce that the COPE Consortium has completed its trial recruitment in its European liver study.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA giant touchscreen computer for junior doctors and medical students to study tumours in fine detail is the latest weapon in the battle against cancer at Oxford\u2019s John Radcliffe Hospital.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nFor the Neuromodulation Team at Oxford University Hospitals, 2016 has had an electrifying start. The team have been performing dorsal root ganglion (DRG) stimulation since 2013 and were one of the first UK centres to perform the procedure.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nDr Lauren Morgan has been interviewed by the National Health Executive magazine about the small but growing impact of her profession, human factors, on the NHS.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nAn article on The ONE Study, an EU funded project in which the Transplantation Research Immunology Group are consortium members, has been featured on the European Commission's Horizon 2020 website.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nSurgery is getting safer thanks to NIHR-funded research by an Oxford University team that has brought together two previously competing theories about how best to protect patients.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nMr Prasanna Sooriakumaran has been honoured by the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) with a 2015 Young Investigator Award during the 22nd Annual Scientific Retreat in Washington, held 8-10 October.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nPatients with rare diseases and cancers are being signed up to a massive genetic study that could improve the treatment of their conditions.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe third event in the European Course in Minimally Invasive Neurological Therapy (ECMINT) teaching series, themed on treatments for 'Stroke', will take place this December in Oxford.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Patient Safety Academy (PSA) has published its latest newsletter, keeping you up-to-date on their projects, courses and seminars.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe TRIAD project has been featured on the HORIZON 2020 website in an article entitled 'Taking targeted autoimmune therapies to the next level.'
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\n \n\n \n \n \nAt the British Association of Urological Surgeon (BAUS) Annual Meeting, held in Manchester from 15 to 18 June, final year undergraduate medical student Joel Ward was awarded the BAUS 2015 Medical Student Essay prize. Also during the meeting, Clinical Lecturer in Urology Dr Richard Bryant received the Best Academic Paper award.
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