Matt Jackson @mtjackson101.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Pre-print alert! We have identified TMEM33 as a novel, intrinsic regulator of CD8+ T cell function and anti-tumor immunity - go check it out. Thanks to all involved! 042
Reposted by Matt JacksonEileen Parkes @eileenparkes.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Lots of congratulations to Tianming Zhao @oncology.ox.ac.uk who defended his MRes fantastically yesterday! This is a great story led by @mtjackson101.bsky.social (who defended his DPhil in Jan) that we hope to share soon - congratulations Tianming! 182
Reposted by Matt JacksonUniversity of Oxford Department of Oncology @oncology.ox.ac.uk · 12/08/2025Congratulations to Matt Jackson who has been awarded his first project grant through the @medsci.ox.ac.uk Internal Fund Pump-Priming Scheme 🥳 This award will allow Matt to build on initial findings from his doctoral research, investigating the fundamental cell biology of CD8+ T cells. 041
Reposted by Matt JacksonAmerican Association for Cancer Research (AACR) @theaacr.bsky.social · 28/04/2025At yesterday's opening ceremony, we asked the cancer community to stand together to make their voices heard in support of innovative cancer science and medicine. #CancerResearchSavesLives® #AACR25 15025
Reposted by Matt JacksonAmerican Association for Cancer Research (AACR) @theaacr.bsky.social · 27/04/2025"It is critically important that we raise our voices in support of innovative cancer science and medicine." AACR President Patricia M. LoRusso, DO, PhD (hc), FAACR, calls on the #AACR25 delegates to stand together and call on Congress to make cancer research a national priority. 03720
Reposted by Matt JacksonMatthew Freeman @mjafreeman.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Pretty amazing graphic to go with the @financialtimes.com article about the cost of Trump's attack on US science NIH is HUGE! www.ft.com/content/67fd... 512774
Matt Jackson @mtjackson101.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Arrived (early!) in Chicago for #AACR25! Excited to be presenting my PhD work from @eileenparkes.bsky.social lab on regulators of STING and T cell-mediated anti-tumour immunity - come find me at Poster #4859: Tue 29th April 09:00-12:00 Section 39, Board 9. 062
Reposted by Matt JacksonCentre for Immuno-Oncology @oxcio.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Brand-new doctor at #CIO!! 🎉 Big congratulations to Dr. Matt Jackson on successfully defending his thesis yesterday! 🎓👏 Your hard work and dedication have paid off!! Wishing you every success in this exciting next chapter! #PhDDefense #AcademicSuccess #PhDlife 041
Reposted by Matt JacksonUniversity of Oxford Department of Oncology @oncology.ox.ac.uk · 10/03/2025Meet @halaestephan.bsky.social 👩🔬🔬🧪 Hala is a postdoctoral researcher here at the oncology department, working on cancer immunology. To mark #IWD25, Hala shares her STEM journey & her advice on how to thrive as a woman in academia. @medsci.ox.ac.uk @hammond-lab.bsky.social #InternationalWomensDay 052
Reposted by Matt JacksonKlaus Okkenhaug @klausokken.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Brilliant new paper from Jie Yang @jieyang437.bsky.social and Rahul Roychoudhuri @roychoudhurilab.bsky.social linking aspirin to immune-mediated prevention of cancer metastasis. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comAspirin prevents metastasis by limiting platelet TXA2 suppression of T cell immunity - NatureInhibition of cyclooxygenase 1 releases T cells from immunosuppression by platelet-derived thromboxane A2, thereby enhancing the immune response against metastasis. 22515
Reposted by Matt JacksonCentre for Immuno-Oncology @oxcio.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Gender 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! 💪 0115
Reposted by Matt JacksonNature @nature.com · 10/01/2025Female scientists are quitting academic publishing earlier than their male counterparts, even in biological-science disciplines that have roughly equal representation. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comStudy of biologists quitting academia reveals hidden gender gapsEven in fields in which women are well represented, they are up to 40% more likely than men to leave research within 20 years. 15728
Reposted by Matt JacksonEileen Parkes @eileenparkes.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Happy to promote our recent preprint watch piece led by Matthew Jackson - intriguing story on PD1 biology #preprintClub www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comRedefining PD1 as a guardian of stem-like T cells - Nature Reviews ImmunologyA preprint by Hor et al. shows that PD1 signalling regulates the maintenance of a high-affinity, stem-like T cell subset in tumour-draining lymph nodes. 093
