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Tim Elliott @timmunologist.bsky.social · May 15

@oxfordcancer.bsky.social @joshuabull.bsky.social mathematician extraordinaire scoops a vice chancellors award for research excellence this afternoon
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Oxford Immunology Network @immunologyoxford.bsky.social · Apr 30

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...

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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 · Apr 16

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-...
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Ivan Zanoni @lozanzi.bsky.social · Apr 6

#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!

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 · Mar 27

👏 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.

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Oxford Immunology Network @immunologyoxford.bsky.social · Mar 27

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 · Mar 24

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 · Mar 24

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 · Mar 24

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 · Mar 24

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 · Mar 24

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 · Mar 24

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Oxford Immunology Network @immunologyoxford.bsky.social · Mar 24

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 · Mar 24

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 · Mar 24

Then we hear from Professor Shoumo Bhattacharya on tick-inspired treatments for type 1 diabetes @rdmoxford.bsky.social #OIS25

Oxford Immunology Network @immunologyoxford.bsky.social · Mar 24

...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 · Mar 24

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 · Mar 24

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 · Mar 24

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 · Mar 24

...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 · Mar 24

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 · Mar 24

....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

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Oxford Immunology Network @immunologyoxford.bsky.social · Mar 24

Thank you to Alexander Redmond for a great talk on the Type I Interferon Receptor #OIS25
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Oxford Immunology Network @immunologyoxford.bsky.social · Mar 24

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

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Ester Gea-Mallorquí @estergeama.bsky.social · Mar 23

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
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