Genomic Medicine - hype or hope?
For the Inaugural Radcliffe Lecture 2014 Professor Hugh Watkins explores the success and limitations of genome sequencing in simple Mendelian diseases...
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Understanding human pain, suffering and relief through brain imaging
Professor Irene Tracey talks about her research into pain through using brain imaging technology to see exactly how the brain is affected by pain whil...
David Smith on Dementia
Professor Smith talks about his research at OPTIMA (Oxford Project To Investigate Memory and Ageing) on dementia, particularly Alzheimer's and the rel...
Kim Nasmyth on Biochemistry
Head of the Department of Biochemistry Professor Kim Nasmyth talks about the department and what it means to be a biochemist at Oxford.
Genetics with Kay Davies
Kay Davies discusses her research of genetic diseases such as Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, problems which limit the development of therapy and the nee...
Gero Miesenboeck on Fruit Flies and Neuroscience
In this podcast, Professor Gero Miesenboeck begins with a discussion of DNA and neuroscience, and then talks about his experiments on the brain of the...
Jennifer Lau on Anxiety and Depression in Children
Dr Jennifer Lau discusses her research into the development of anxiety and depression in childhood and adolescence.
Craig Venter on Genomics
In the second of the Distinguished Public Lecture Series run by the James Martin 21st Century School, Dr Craig Venter discusses his work at the J. Cra...
Irene Tracey on FMRI and Pain
Professor Irene Tracey, director of the Oxford Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain, explains how MRI works and then talks ab...
Thomas Helleday on Cancer
Professor Helleday explains what cancer is, the problems of treating it, and the success of his own research in developing new treatments.