Mootaz Salman Awarded the Bayliss-Starling Prize Lecture 2025 by The Physiological Society

Mootaz Salman Awarded the Bayliss-Starling Prize Lecture 2025 by The Physiological Society

We are delighted to announce that Mootaz Salman, Group Leader in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics (DPAG), has been awarded the Bayliss-Starling Prize Lecture 2025 by The Physiological Society.

The Bayliss–Starling Prize Lecture for Mid-Career Physiologists, established in 1960 as a joint memorial to Bayliss and Starling, is awarded annually to recognise a body of work that has made a significant impact on physiological understanding. The award highlights outstanding contributions to the field and, this year, was presented at the IUPS meeting in Frankfurt (11–14 September 2025). Mootaz also delivered the Bayliss–Starling Lecture at the Society’s annual meeting.

Mootaz is Principal Investigator at the BHF UK Dementia Research Institute’s Centre for Vascular Dementia Research (BHF UK DRI CVDR) and the Oxford Centre for Research Excellence (CRE), as well as Group Leader at the Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery. His research focuses on developing human iPSC-derived models, including blood brain barrier-on-a-chip and brain organoid systems, to investigate neurovascular function, inflammation, and mechanisms of neurodegenerative disease.

The award highlights Mootaz’s pioneering work at the interface of neuroscience, physiology, and bioengineering, and his commitment to advancing translational approaches that bridge fundamental discovery with therapeutic innovation.

Upon receiving the award,Mootaz said:

“I was truly honoured to deliver the Bayliss-Starling Prize Lecture at IUPS in Frankfurt. It was a wonderful experience to share our work on the blood-brain barrier with an inspiring international community, and to celebrate this recognition made possible by the collaborative and supportive environments at DPAG, the Kavli Institute, Oxford CRE, and the BHF UK DRI CVDR.”

Head of Department Professor David Paterson commented:

"We are delighted that Mootaz has been awarded this prestigious lecture and joined other members of the department who have delivered it (Lisa Heather, Samira Lakhal-Littleton and Neil Herring)."

Since April 2021, Oxford University's KAVLI Institute for Nanoscience Discovery is proudly serving as a hub for research groups from seven different departments spanning both the medical and physical sciences, including Salman Group from the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics.