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A place to explore the cutting-edge scientific research taking place at the University of Oxford (@ox.ac.uk) and meet the scientists behind it 🧑🏽‍🔬🌍🧪🦋
🎙️ Could #vaccinations stop people from getting #cancer?

What if we could stop cancer before it even starts? We chat to Prof Sarah Blagden @oncology.ox.ac.uk & Anna Fry.

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@sarahblagden.bsky.social @oxfordcancer.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
November 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
🎙️ The #BigQuestions #Podcast is back for a brand new series! We're kicking off with a question that we know will resonate with many people...

🤚 Why do I bite my nails?

We chat to Prof Clare Mackay (@claremackay.bsky.social) to find out all about #BFRBs

🎧 www.oxfordsparks.ox.ac.uk/podcasts/why...
October 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🎙️ In the series finale of the Big Questions #Podcast, we chat to Lizzie Bloomfield @oxfordphysics.bsky.social about #DarkMatter, how we know it's out there, and why she's heading deep beneath an Italian mountain to try and find it...

🎧 www.oxfordsparks.ox.ac.uk/podcasts/how...

@ox.ac.uk
August 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
🔍 Suspicious Minds: The Secrets of Fossil Brains 🧠

#Fossils provide us with a tantalising glimpse into the past. But can something as seemingly fragile as the #brain fossilise?

Alexandra Morton-Hayward tells us about her research into ancient nervous tissue, and what it might teach us.

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July 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🎙️ New #podcast! We chat to Dr Richard Mayne from Oxford's Experimental Medicine Division about #genomics, Next-Generation Sequencing, #BloodScreening (...and #StarTrek!).

@ndm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk @nihr.bsky.social

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June 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
🎙️ How does Ozempic actually work?

You might have heard about it in the media, but what actually *is* #Ozempic? Marketed as a drug for #diabetes, it is now commonly associated with #weightloss. We chat to #hormone doctor Annie de Bray about how it works.

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June 11, 2025 at 8:33 PM
🎙️ PODCAST | The tinny sound of music blaring from a nearby phone is enough to irritate anybody, but for #misophonia sufferers it's more than a mere annoyance. Find out more with ‪@drjanegregory.bsky.social‬‬ from @oxexppsy.bsky.social in our brand new #podcast episode 👇‬

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May 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
🎙️ NEW PODCAST: What's the origin of water on Earth? 🌏💧

Did #hydrogen hitch a ride to #Earth on #asteroids? Or were the building blocks for #water always closer to home? We chat to Tom Barrett @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social about his amazing new discovery.

🎧 www.oxfordsparks.ox.ac.uk/podcasts/wha...
May 16, 2025 at 9:44 AM
🎙️ New #podcast! How can #robots investigate underwater #volcanoes? 🌋🤔

We chat to Sofia Della Sala @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social about her recent #fieldwork #expedition to #Santorini 🛳️

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@sofiadellasala.bsky.social @ukri.org @ox.ac.uk
April 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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April 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Good morning, Bluesky! 🦋

We are very happy to be here, sharing stories of the cutting-edge #scientific #research taking place @ox.ac.uk and shining a spotlight on the incredible #scientists behind it 👩‍🔬

Head to oxfordsparks.ox.ac.uk to watch our award-winning films & listen to our inhouse #podcast
April 23, 2025 at 9:21 AM