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Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology
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An inflammatory sciences centre @ox.ac.uk @ndorms.bsky.social. Bridging discovery and clinical research, focused on the biology of tissue health and chronic disease.
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🔬 🧫 🧬 🩻 There is ONE WEEK LEFT to apply to study at NDORMS next year! 🥼 🩺 🎓

Join us at our world class University of Oxford research institutes, the Kennedy @kiroxford.bsky.social and the Botnar @botnaroxford.bsky.social for your DPhil!
https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/study
Fully-funded PhD studentships available at NDORMS, University of Oxford
November 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Delighted to share that Fiona was awarded the FSI EFIS-IL Lecture Award last week as a keynote speaker at the 56th Annual Meeting of the French Society for Immunology! We’d like to warmly thank the SFI for the award, it was a pleasure to attend!🇫🇷👩‍🔬
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November 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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A £10 million grant from GSK underpins a pioneering new Experimental Medicine Collaboration which aims to revolutionise how inflammatory diseases are studied and treated. Drugs will be tested in parallel, potentially accelerating progress in precision medicine.

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Oxford and GSK launch Experimental Medicine Collaboration
GSK invests £10 million over five years to establish the Experimental Medicine Collaboration with the University of Oxford.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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On Thursday 20 November, Dr Vassilis Glaros will join us to present 'the multilayered identity of B cell memory'. Our External Seminars are open to any member of the University of Oxford. Don't miss it! @vassilisglaros.bsky.social

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A purple and white poster reads 'the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology External Seminar: 'the multilayered identity of B cell memory. The speaker is Dr Vassilis Glaros from The Karolinska Institute. 20 November 2025, in the Kennedy Lecture Theatre, 12:00-13:00. Open to all members of the University of Oxford. Hosted by Tal Arnon.
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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On Monday 17 November, Prof Victor Tybulewicz will join us to present 'Critical roles for ion and water flux in T cell migration and activation'. Our External Seminars are open to any member of the University of Oxford. Don't miss it! talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/573...
A purple and white poster reads - "The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology External Seminar: Critical Roles for Ion and Water Flux in T cell migration and activation." The speaker is Professor Victor Tybulewicz (The Francis Crick Institute). 17 November 2025, Kennedy Lecture Theatre, 12:00-13:00. Open to all members of the University of Oxford. Hosted by Mike Dustin.
November 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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A new major initiative in our understanding of pain aims to redefine human-based research models for greater understanding of disease and the acceleration of new medicines!

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Oxford researchers to redefine new human-based research models of pain
Professor Tonia Vincent is part of an interdisciplinary team from Oxford University leading a major new initiative which aims to redefine human-based research models for greater understanding of disea...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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We are hiring a Research Assistant in Lymphoid Tissue Immunology to join a group analysing tissue by high-plex spatial phenotyping, spatial transcriptomics, multi-modal single-cell genomics.

Apply by 14 November!

www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
Research Assistant in Lymphoid Tissue Immunology (182775)
Suitable for someone with prior hands-on wet lab experience, you will join a research group that utilises transplant organ donor tissue for high-plex spatial phenotyping, spatial transcriptomics, mult...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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On Monday 10 November, Prof Ellie Tzima will join us to present 'Mechanotransduction in vessels: guiding inflammation and atherosclerosis.' Our External Seminars are open to any member of the University of Oxford. Don't miss it! talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/a0d...
A purple and white poster reads "The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology External Seminar: Mechanotransduction in vessels: guiding inflammation and atherosclerosis". Prof Ellie Tzima, University of Oxford. 10 November 2025 in the Kennedy Lecture Theatre, 12:00-13:00. Open to all members of the University of Oxford. Hosted by Irina Udalova.
November 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Researchers from the Kennedy Institute are part of a UK-wide consortium awarded a £644K BBSRC Network Grant to establish the Microbiome Innovation Network!

Microbiome science is relevant to some of the world's most pressing health and environmental challenges.

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New Microbiome Innovation Network to drive UK Bioscience Research
Researchers from the Kennedy Institute are part of a UK-wide consortium that has been awarded a £644K BBSRC Network Grant to establish the Microbiome Innovation Network (Microbiome-Net).
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November 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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It was wonderful to see all the exciting science going on at @kiroxford.bsky.social! It has nothing to do with me but check out this fantastic postdoc opening with @y-luo.bsky.social and their MRC CoRE www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...

If I was 15 years younger, would be jumping at the chance.
November 4, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Interested in joining the Powrie Lab? We’re looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to study the neutralisation capacity of human anti-IL-10 autoantibodies. You’ll be part of our new MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology!🧫🦠

Find out more here & apply by 11th Nov: bulletin.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/c/126QDJVBd0...
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October 29, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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On Monday 3 November, Prof Mike Inouye will join us to present 'Genetic prediction and multi-omics: Towards disease prevention'. Our External Seminars are open to any member of the University of Oxford. Don't miss it! talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/b6e...
A purple and white poster reads "The Kennedy institute of rheumatology external seminar: genetic prediction and multi-omics: towards disease prevention." The speaker is Prof Mike Inouye from the University of Cambridge. 3 November 2025, Kennedy Lecture Theatre, 12:00-13:00. Open to all members of the University of Oxford. Hosted by Yang Luo.
October 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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We are #hiring a postdoc as part of the new MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology!

The role will systematically explore the impact of the exposome on complex disease risk, through the lens of multi-omics data.

Apply by 5 Nov 👇

www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/jobs/postdoc...
Postdoctoral Research Assistant - MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology (182449)
You will lead on the delivery of the assigned CoRE research project and manage own academic research and administrative activities, using initiative to drive these forwards in a rigorous, efficient an...
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October 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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On Monday 27 October, Dr Felix Hartmann will join us to present 'Spatial Proteomics Relates Metabolic T Cell Flexibility to Successful Cancer Immunotherapy'. Our External Seminars are open to any member of the University of Oxford. Don't miss it! talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/13e...
A purple and white poster reads "The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology External Seminar: Spatial Proteomics Relates Matabolic T Cell Flexibility to Successful Cancer Immunotherapy." The speaker is Dr Felix Hartmann from the German Cancer Research Center. 27 October 2025, Kennedy Lecture Theatre, 12:00-13:00. Open to all members of the University of Oxford. Hosted by Chris Buckley and Carl Lee.
October 21, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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On Monday 20 October, Dr James Peters will join us to present 'The promise of proteomics: insights into autoimmune disease pathogenesis and translational potential'. Our External Seminars are open to any member of the University of Oxford. Don't miss it! talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/ef1...
A purple and white poster reads 'The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology External Seminar: The promise of proteomics: insights into autoimmune disease pathogenesis and translational potential'. The speaker is Dr James Peters from Imperial College London. 20 October 2025, in the Kennedy Lecture Theatre, 12:00-13:00. Open to all members of the University of Oxford. Hosted by Alex Clarke.
October 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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An exciting new £3.83 million Wellcome Discovery Award aims to transform the treatment of autoimmune diseases by halting chronic inflammation at its source.

www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/news/prof-ca...
Prof Calliope Dendrou, alongside 2025 Nobel Prize Winner, aims to ‘stop the clock’ on chronic inflammation
Teaming up with scientists and clinician-scientists at the University of Birmingham, and with 2025 Nobel Prize winner Professor Shimon Sakaguchi from Osaka University, Professor Calliope Dendrou from ...
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October 10, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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On Monday 13 October, Dr Mauro Gaya will join us to present 'B cell immunity to mucosal antigens'. Our External Seminars are open to any member of the University of Oxford. Don't miss it! talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/9c9...
A purple and white poster reads "The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology External Seminar: B cell immunity to mucosal antigens". The speaker is Dr Mauro Gaya from the Luminy Center for Immunology. 13 October 2025, in the Kennedy Lecture Theatre, 12:00-13:00. Open to all members of the University of Oxford. Hosted by Tal Arnon.
October 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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On Friday 10 October, Prof Alessio Lanna will present 'transfer biology in the end tale of T cells'. Our External Seminars are open to any member of the University of Oxford. Don't miss it! talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/dd8...
A purple and white poster reads "the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology external seminar: transfer biology in the end tale of T cells". The speaker is Prof Alessio Lanna from UCL and Sentcell Ltd. 10 October 2025, in the Kennedy Lecture Theatre, 12:00-13:00. Open to all members of the University of Oxford. Hosted by Mike Dustin.
October 7, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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🌟 Postdoc Opportunity – MRC CoRE in Exposome Immunology 🌟
Join us to explore how the exposome shapes complex disease risk using multi-omics & global biobank data. @kiroxford.bsky.social , @exposomeimmunology.bsky.social

✅ Apply: lnkd.in/gJHJDvKn

🗓️ Deadline: 12pm, 30 Oct 2025
October 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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On Monday 6 October, Dr Francesco Boccellato will join us to talk about "Epithelial barrier homeostasis and response to infections". Our External Seminars are open to any member of the University of Oxford. Don't miss it! talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/0e0...
A purple and white poster reads "The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology External Seminar: epithelial homeostasis and response to infections". The speaker is Dr Francesco Boccellato from the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research. The seminar will take place on 6 October 2025 in the Kennedy Lecture Theatre from 12:00-13:00. It is open to all members of the University of Oxford and will be hosted by Jethro Johnson.
October 2, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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It was a great honor to be invited to give a talk at @kiroxford.bsky.social University of Oxford today. Many thanks to Dr. @y-luo.bsky.social for the kind invitation. I truly enjoyed the inspiring discussions with the brilliant scientists here!
September 26, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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On Monday 29 September, Dr Jenna Cash from the University of Edinburgh will visit us to talk about "Derailed Cellular Choreography in the Skin Ulcer Niche: Roadblocks to Repair". Our External Seminars are open to any member of the University of Oxford. Don't miss it! talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/743...
A purple and white poster reads "the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology External Seminar: derailed cellular choreography in the skin ulcer niche: roadblocks to repair". The speaker is Dr Jenna Cash from the University of Edinburgh. The seminar will take place on 29 Sept 2025 in the Kennedy Lecture Theatre from 12:00-13:00. It is open to all members of the University of Oxford, and is hosted by Adrien Hallou.
September 25, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Thinking of applying for a PhD (DPhil) with us?

Join our DPhil Open Day to meet our group leaders and chat with other students!

🗓️ Friday 24 October
⏰ 1 – 5pm
📍 Kennedy Institute

Find out more and register for your place 👉https://www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/study-with-us/open-day
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September 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Do you have:
✅ A background in histology?
✅ Experience with processing a wide range of samples?

Join us as a Research Assistant in Histology - apply by 30 September!

www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/jobs/researc...
Research Assistant in Histology (181780)
We're looking for a research assistant to provide histology support, including tissue preparation, analysis, data presentation, technique development, and training within the Kennedy Institute of Rheu...
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September 23, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Monthly social events are a highlight of our calendar, bringing the Kennedy Institute community together, often over cake and good conversation! 🍰

This month the Powrie lab hosted a bake-off in aid of MacMillan Cancer Support. Thanks to all our star bakers!
powrielab.bsky.social The Powrie Lab @powrielab.bsky.social · Sep 20
September meant it was the Powrie labs turn to organise an institute social! We hosted “The Great Kennedy Bake Off” and had lots of tasty entries, as well as a cake decorating competition! Congratulations to our winners - Lynn for best bake and Osheen for best decorating!🍰🍪🧁
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September 22, 2025 at 8:16 AM