Thank you to the @preprintclub.bsky.social for this opportunity!

#Immunology #Preprints #OpenScience

Checkpoint blockade amplifies pro-regenerative type 2 immunity in tissue repair - PubMed Checkpoint blockade amplifies pro-regenerative type 2 immunity in tissue repair

Reviewed a preprint that was highlighted by Nature Reviews Immunology:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41787061/
A small contribution, but a good reminder of how valuable thoughtful preprint feedback is for advancing science before formal peer review.

Incredible to see how fast AI is transforming single-cell biology and omics.

#AIinBiology #SingleCell #Bioinformatics #Omics

Packed house at this week’s External Seminar at the KIR (kiroxford.bsky.social).

Great talk by Dr Mo Lotfollahi (sangerinstitute.bsky.social) on using generative AI to model human tissues and cell behaviour.

Wolfson is delighted to announce the establishment of the Bongani Mayosi Scholarship, named in memory of Professor Bongani Mayosi, a Wolfson graduate, and one of the world’s leading cardiologists and most revered doctors in Africa.
www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/news/wolfson...

Brasenose College Formal Hall 🍽️

#BrasenoseCollege #UniversityofOxford

#UNIQplus #Oxford #OxfordUni #STEM #Science

UNIQplus – Postgraduate Entry Scheme at the University of Oxford 🎓

For talented undergraduates from underrepresented backgrounds in research who face barriers to postgraduate study beyond academic ability.

⏰ Apply by 12:00 (UK), Wed 18 Feb 2026
🔗 www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...

Excited to be attending the Festival of Genomics & Biodata 2026 (#FOG2026), the UK’s largest life sciences event.
Looking forward to the workshops and talks at the intersection of data science and translational research.
If you’re attending, I’d love to connect.

#omics #bioinformatics #datascience

#Immunology #CancerImmunotherapy #Tcells #CheckpointInhibitors

I really enjoyed yesterday's @kiroxford.bsky.social seminar by Prof. Bengsch. The IL-21 story in cancer therapy was a standout! Showing how cytokine signaling can shape CD8 T-cell function. Grateful to the institute for bringing cutting-edge immunology to us live.

T cells

Research led by Dr Mariana Borsa at the Kennedy Institute @kiroxford.bsky.social has found that a cellular housekeeping mechanism called autophagy plays a major role in ensuring that T cells generate diverse progenies upon cell division.

What determines the fate of a T cell? Research led by Dr Mariana Borsa at the Kennedy Institute has found that a cellular housekeeping mechanism called autophagy plays a major role in ensuring that T cells generate diverse progenies upon cell division. The findings, published in Nature Cell Biology, could help boost vaccine response in older adults.

NEWS: What determines the fate of a T cell?

Research, led by Dr Mariana Borsa @kiroxford.bsky.social, has found that a cellular housekeeping mechanism called autophagy plays a major role in ensuring that T cells generate diverse progenies upon cell division.

Registration is now open for the Oxford Immunology Symposium 2026! #OIS26

Join us on Wed 1 April at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, for a one day showcase of immunology research across Oxford.

Register now & submit an abstract here: https://bit.ly/4qUY8bD

Anne Xuan-Lan Nguyen

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Anne Xuan-Lan Nguyen for being awarded a Fighting Blindness Canada 2025 Clinician-Scientist Emerging Leader award! The award recognises her work on preventing sight-threatening complications of thyroid eye disease. https://bit.ly/4a7xGX0

A chilly morning at @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social ❄️

University of Oxford logo European Phagocyte Workshop 2026 23- 25 March 2026 Keble College Oxofrd UK Early registration deadline 1 December

EVENT: European Phagocyte Workshop 2026

This popular workshop series highlights the latest advances in phagocyte biology, bringing together 250 researchers from across the globe.

🔴Abstract submission: 9 January
📆 23 March

Find out more and register👇
talks.ox.ac.uk/talks...

Prof Alex Clarke wins ERC Consolidator Grant Prof Alex Clarke, Associate Professor at the Kennedy Institute and Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist, has received a prestigious €2m European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant to study cellul...

Congratulations to Prof Alex Clarke, who has received a prestigious €2m European Research Council Consolidator Grant to study cellular metabolism in lymphoid tissues! www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/news/prof-al...

We're hiring! Kennedy Trust for Rheumatology Research (KTRR) Group Leader in Microbiome Studies Apply by Monday 22 December 2025

The Kennedy Institute is hiring!

🧫🔬🥼 They are looking for an outstanding scientist to establish and lead a new research group in human microbiome science, advancing understanding of microbe-microbe and microbe-host interactions in health and disease. 🧪

Celebrating the end of a long 2025 ✨
Grateful for the people, the science, and the moments of community along the way, from our lab Christmas dinner to the department’s Christmas lunch 🕯️
Wishing you all a restful and joyful holiday season🎄
#HappyHolidays #Itisalmost2026

Two cats in festive attire sitting on a fur blanket in front of a green wall with a "Merry Christmas" decoration above them. One cat [Professor Biscuit], wears a red sweater and the other [Admiral Flapjack] wears a red and white striped scarf, with a small Christmas tree and a Santa figurine beside them.

Prof Biscuit dressed in a red sweater and Santa hat, surrounded by small Christmas trees and festive decorations.

A tabby cat [Flapjack] wearing a red and white striped scarf with a large red pompom, sitting on a textured floor and looking directly at the camera.

Prof Biscuit and Admiral Flapjack posing.

Feline festive 😻

The cats of @sthughscollege.bsky.social just wrapped up their Christmas photoshoot 📷

In the first image, you’ll see Professor Biscuit on the left and Admiral Flapjack on the right. Both are 7.5 years old.

📷 Instagram | Hughsiecats

Fantastic first #BSICongress2025!
Great discussions at the interface of clinical insight and omics-driven discovery. Proud to see Oxford so well represented!
If we met, let's connect & keep the convo going 👋

#Immunology #Bioinformatics #BSI25

#Entrepreneurship #Biotech #OxfordUniversity #Panacea #KebleCollege

Still thinking about last night’s Panacea Gala.
Oxford consistently places me in rooms with CEOs, VCs, and scientists who are shaping the future of biotech.
Once you see the world of translation up close, you can’t unsee it.
Grateful for every opportunity ✨

Rubbish years: how to boost lab group morale when world events crash in Award-winning mentors share best practice to keep your team going amid political upheavals, economic downturns and other events.

How do you keep lab morale high when motivation dips and uncertainty looms?

This Nature Careers article couldn’t be more topical right now:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Worth a read for anyone navigating the ups and downs of research life right now 💭

#Academia #PhDLife #AcademicChatter

Learn bioinformatics from scratch with our highly rated beginners’ #bioinformatics #training course!

Running 8–19 December 2025, this course will teach you R, omic data analysis, & how to create publication-quality plots.

BSI members receive a discount! https://bit.ly/4maNpqF

View of the Great Hall, Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford. Photograph © Hufton + Crow

External view of the Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford. Photograph © Hufton + Crow

View of the dome in the Great Hall, Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford. Photograph © Hufton + Crow

View of the Sohmen Hall, Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, University of Oxford. Photograph © Hufton + Crow

The Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre, a new world-class centre for the Arts and Humanities will open to the academic community on 13 October 2025 🏛️✨

A public cultural programme hosted by the Centre will begin in April 2026.

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Woman sitting at a microscope Fully-funded four-year PhD studentships available at the Kennedy Institute in Oxford

🔬 🧫 🖥️ 🧬 Applications are now open to study at the Kennedy Institute @kiroxford.bsky.social next year!

Look at available projects, meet our supervisors and find out what it’s like studying at the University of Oxford. www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/study

A shoutout to the event organizers and presenters! Also, to the Clarke Lab, which received several awards this year 🏆

#Rheumatology #Immunology #KISS2025 #OxfordResearch #OxfordUni

The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology (kiroxford.bsky.social) Student Symposium | Day 2 💡

The event culminated with more brilliant talks, Taylor Swift references, and a thought-provoking keynote speaker.

It is a privilege to train with so many talented and hard-working scientists and trainees 🧠