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Tim Elliott @timmunologist.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
@oxfordcancer.bsky.social @joshuabull.bsky.social mathematician extraordinaire scoops a vice chancellors award for research excellence this afternoon @oxcio.bsky.social
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Oxford Immunology Network @immunologyoxford.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
A new podcast episode out today! Learn about Ghada Alsaleh's pioneering work with samples on the International Space Station: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/research-hum... @ndorms.bsky.social @botnaroxford.bsky.social
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Research with Human Tissue Samples on the International Space Station, with Dr Ghada Alsaleh
Exciting developments are underway at the Space Innovation Lab at the University of Oxford! The launch of human tissue samples to the International Space Station marks a bold and forward-looking step ...
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Oxford Immunology Network @immunologyoxford.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Find out more about our 2025 Medawar Immunology prizewinner Sooraj Achar's groundbreaking research on T cell antigen recognition: www.immunology.ox.ac.uk/news/sooraj-... @kiroxford.bsky.social @ndorms.bsky.social
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Ivan Zanoni @lozanzi.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
#WeekendRead! #MicrobiotaPower! @mucosalimmunology.bsky.social Diard Lentsch &co show @science.org oral vaccination combined with a pathogen competitor microbial strain prophylactically or therapeutically protects against Salmonella or Coli via competing for energy substrates & CD4 T-dependent IgA!
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Vaccine-enhanced competition permits rational bacterial strain replacement in the gut
Colonization of the intestinal lumen precedes invasive infection for a wide range of enteropathogenic and opportunistic pathogenic bacteria. We show that combining oral vaccination with engineered or ...
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MPLS Division, University of Oxford @mplsoxford.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
👏 Congratulations to @joshuabull.bsky.social from the Mathematical Institute. Dr Josh Bull has been shortlisted for the 2025 Vice-Chancellor’s Awards in the Breakthrough Researcher Award category for his work analysing large spatially resolved data.
Dr Joshua Bull
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Oxford Immunology Network @immunologyoxford.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
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New podcast episode out now! A fascinating discussion with Carolyn Nielsen… | Oxford Immunology Network
New podcast episode out now! A fascinating discussion with Carolyn Nielsen and Kirsty McHugh (Simon Draper group), about the research that went into the recent…
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Oxford Immunology Network @immunologyoxford.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
And a huge thank you to our final speaker Professor Helen Byrne for giving us a fascinating insight into the intersections between mathematics and biology: 'Mathematical Insights into Tumor-Immune Interactions: Navigating an Evolving Landscape'. @oxfordmathematics.bsky.social #OIS25
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Oxford Immunology Network @immunologyoxford.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
We also had a great talk from Shawn Sun: 'Characterising transcriptomic features of peripheral blood mononuclear cells to low pH at single-cell resolution.' @imm.ox.ac.uk #OIS25
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Oxford Immunology Network @immunologyoxford.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Some great talks in our final session of the day on interdisciplinary immunology. First was Dr Alastair Corbin from Pathios Therapeutics, 'Targeting Acidic Immune Suppression in Cancer with PTT-4256: a first-in-class small molecule inhibitor of GPR65'. #OIS25
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Oxford Immunology Network @immunologyoxford.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
And huge congratulations to the winner of the 2025 Mark Asquith Memorial Award, Daniel Beckers @kiroxford.bsky.social #OIS25
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Oxford Immunology Network @immunologyoxford.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Huge congratulations to the winner of the 2025 Peter Medawar Prize for Immunology, Sooraj Achar @kiroxford.bsky.social #OIS25
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Oxford Immunology Network @immunologyoxford.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
And now we have Dr Pablo Cespedes Donoso's talk 'Unravelling sialylation-dependent regulation of T-cell immunity: Harnessing human-specific research tools from the lymphoid organoid and explant research hub'
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Oxford Immunology Network @immunologyoxford.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
A great talk from Dana Costigan @drakesmith-lab.bsky.social @rdmoxford.bsky.social 'Iron deprivation counteracts systemic autoimmune inflammation caused by Treg depletion'
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Oxford Immunology Network @immunologyoxford.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Then we hear from Professor Shoumo Bhattacharya on tick-inspired treatments for type 1 diabetes @rdmoxford.bsky.social #OIS25
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Oxford Immunology Network @immunologyoxford.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
...and then a wonderful talk from Dr Kate Attfield: 'Genome-wide analysis of Aquaporin-4-positive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder and MOG antibody-associated disease: Insights into comorbidities and future therapeutic approaches'. @ndcnoxford.bsky.social #OIS25
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Oxford Immunology Network @immunologyoxford.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
After lunch Professor Tim Elliott @oxcio.bsky.social gives some updates on Immunotherapy Advances @imtadvances.bsky.social #OIS25
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Oxford Immunology Network @immunologyoxford.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
And Dr Jeremy Fry @proimmune.bsky.social takes us into the lunchbreak with his talk 'Ankyrons™ - Next-generation target binding reagents beyond antibodies'
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Oxford Immunology Network @immunologyoxford.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Professor Petros Ligoxygakis takes us into a different species with his talk 'Toll/NF-κB signalling regulates the Drosophila intestinal landscape' @petrosligoxygakis.bsky.social #OIS25 @oxfordbiochemistry.bsky.social
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Oxford Immunology Network @immunologyoxford.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
...followed by a great talk from Shannon Nicole Russel: 'Macrophage metabolic programming facilitates enhanced immune response in pancreatic cancer'. @oncology.ox.ac.uk #OIS25
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Oxford Immunology Network @immunologyoxford.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Jinyi Zhao gets us started after the coffee break with a fascinating talk: 'Trained immunity enhances monocyte-T-cell pathogenic crosstalk in Ankylosing Spondylitis' @ndorms.bsky.social #OIS25
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Oxford Immunology Network @immunologyoxford.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
....and thanks to Beining Li for a brilliant talk on the peptide specificity of KIR with yeast display of HLA-C #OIS25 @oxcio.bsky.social
Beining Li giving a talk
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Oxford Immunology Network @immunologyoxford.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Thank you to Alexander Redmond for a great talk on the Type I Interferon Receptor #OIS25 @rdmoxford.bsky.social
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Oxford Immunology Network @immunologyoxford.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
A great start to the @britsocimm.bsky.social Oxford Immunology Symposium with a fascinating talk from Professor Frances Platt on the NPC cellular pathway. #OIS25
Professor Frances Platt speaking at a lectern
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Ester Gea-Mallorquí @estergeama.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Hey Oxford immunologists! 👋 Excited to see you all at the Oxford Immunology Symposium tomorrow. I’ll be chairing the Innate Immunity session with Prof. Borrow at 9 AM—so don’t be late! 😉🔥 #InnateImmunity #BSI @britsocimm.bsky.social @immunologyoxford.bsky.social www.immunology.org/events/oxfor...
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Joshua Bull @joshuabull.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
We wanted to make something a bit abstract that tries to represent MuSpAn, using the MuSpAn package itself. In the end, we thought it'd be fun to add it to our list of tutorials! (docs.muspan.co.uk/latest/tutor...) You can follow the process of making it here: docs.muspan.co.uk/latest/_coll...
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This Week in Mathematical Oncology: MuSpAn artwork — Multiscale Spatial Analysis
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British Society for Immunology @britsocimm.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
🚨 Last chance to register for BSI Oxford and @immunologyoxford.bsky.social's Oxford Immunology Symposium! #OIS25 📅 Date: 24 March 2025 📍 Location: Oxford Mathematical Institute 🎤 Featuring talks on adaptive & innate immunity and interdisciplinary insights Register NOW: t.co/tlXp9dddqo
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Oxford Immunology Network @immunologyoxford.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
don't forget to book your place at the Oxford BSI Symposium on 24th March!
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Oxford Immunology Network @immunologyoxford.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
We have a new podcast episode! Dr. Barbara Kronsteiner-Dobramysl discusses a fascinating article: 'Starvation and infection: The role of sickness-associated anorexia in metabolic adaptation during acute infection'. Listen at podcasts.ox.ac.uk/starvation-a...
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Starvation and infection: The role of sickness-associated anorexia in metabolic adaptation during acute infection
This episode discusses the following article: Jindal, J, Hill, J, Harte, J, Dunachie, S, and Barbara Kronsteiner, B, Starvation and infection: The role of sickness-associated anorexia in metabolic ada...
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Oxford Biology @biology.ox.ac.uk · 26/02/2025
Tuberculosis is a curable disease, yet millions of people fall ill or die of TB due to antimicrobial resistance. Now a consortium led by Oxford Biology Dr Rachel Tanner aims to develop new therapies to tackle TB thanks to a £5m grant from @ineosoxford.bsky.social bit.ly/4kcGxcL
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IOI awards £5m to Oxford consortium to develop new therapies for drug-resistant tuberculosis
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Oxford Immunology Network @immunologyoxford.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
What a fantastic line-up! Full programme of speakers for the BSI Oxford Immunology Symposium, 24th March at the Oxford Maths Institute: lnkd.in/ewgN_rPk
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Centre for Immuno-Oncology @oxcio.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Gender equality is vital for a better future, yet women still face barriers & biases in pursuing scientific careers👩‍🔬For the International Day of Women and Girls in Science and bc role models matter, we at CIO want to acknowledge our women group leaders. To all young girls out there, you can do it! 💪
This picture depicts the women group leaders at CIO, Dr. Adamopoulou, Prof. Borrow, Prof. Gillespie, Prof. Rowland-Jones, Dr. Leung, Dr. Pedroza-Pacheco and Prof. Parkes
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Oxford Cancer @oxfordcancer.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
'This partnership represents a step forward in cancer research.' Professor Irene Tracey comments on the launch of a new £50million immuno-prevention collaboration between @UniofOxford and @GSK to advance novel cancer research. 👇 www.cancer.ox.ac.uk/news/oxford-...
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Oxford and GSK launch £50million immuno-prevention programme to advance novel cancer research
Global biopharma company GSK invests up to £50 million in a collaboration with Oxford to advance the understanding of how cancer develops, which could inform future development of vaccines to prevent ...
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British Society for Immunology @britsocimm.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Have you submitted an abstract for #OIS25 yet? 📩 This one-day event will showcase cutting-edge #immunology research from across Oxford 🌟 Don’t miss out! Submit yours here by Fri 7 Feb 👉 bit.ly/4elJmnG
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