@mdphdintraining.bsky.social
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.
On Wednesday 21 January, Prof Dr Dr Bertram Bengsch will join us to present ‘Immune determinants of checkpoint therapy efficacy and toxicity’. Our External Seminars are open to any member of the University of Oxford. Don't miss it! talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/f18...
January 22, 2026 at 10:37 AM
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.
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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.
January 21, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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.
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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.
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.
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.
www.medsci.ox.ac.uk
January 21, 2026 at 9:00 AM
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.
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.
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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
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
January 19, 2026 at 10:20 AM
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
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
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🎉 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
January 19, 2026 at 11:03 AM
🎉 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 ❄️
January 5, 2026 at 9:39 AM
A chilly morning at @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social ❄️
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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...
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...
December 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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...
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...
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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...
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...
www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk
December 17, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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...
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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. 🧪
🧫🔬🥼 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. 🧪
December 15, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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. 🧪
🧫🔬🥼 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
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
December 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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
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
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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
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
![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.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zluhpi4abfzzr7ac6pecjhbl/bafkreidswrioiuab7z7zmbaqgjyrsm5beyuk5gwf5rqbglw4tz2cqj4rti@jpeg)
![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.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:zluhpi4abfzzr7ac6pecjhbl/bafkreialreo7qbf4rtpbzdczpqw3ud4lo7ufafxtdsh77nmllfv7f74kgu@jpeg)
December 12, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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
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
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
December 5, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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
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
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 ✨
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 ✨
November 13, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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 ✨
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 ✨
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
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
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.
www.nature.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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
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
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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
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
October 6, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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
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
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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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A public cultural programme hosted by the Centre will begin in April 2026.
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September 30, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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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A public cultural programme hosted by the Centre will begin in April 2026.
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🔬 🧫 🖥️ 🧬 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
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
September 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
🔬 🧫 🖥️ 🧬 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
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
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 🧠
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 🧠
September 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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 🧠
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 🧠
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NEW: Oxford will be the first UK university to give all staff and students free ChatGPT Edu access, from this academic year.
ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.
ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.
September 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
NEW: Oxford will be the first UK university to give all staff and students free ChatGPT Edu access, from this academic year.
ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.
ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.
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🩻 🦴 🖥️ 🔬 Applications are now open to study at the Botnar Institute @botnaroxford.bsky.social next year!
Find out what it’s like to study at Oxford, meet our supervisors and see available projects! www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/study-at-the-botnar
Find out what it’s like to study at Oxford, meet our supervisors and see available projects! www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/study-at-the-botnar
September 19, 2025 at 8:02 AM
🩻 🦴 🖥️ 🔬 Applications are now open to study at the Botnar Institute @botnaroxford.bsky.social next year!
Find out what it’s like to study at Oxford, meet our supervisors and see available projects! www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/study-at-the-botnar
Find out what it’s like to study at Oxford, meet our supervisors and see available projects! www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/study-at-the-botnar
The Kennedy Institute Student Symposium | Day 1 💡
Hosted by the kiroxford.bsky.social!
Such a brilliant day filled with science, multidisciplinary ideas, and inspiring presentations.
It was wonderful to hear about everyone’s projects and to get thoughtful feedback on my own!
Hosted by the kiroxford.bsky.social!
Such a brilliant day filled with science, multidisciplinary ideas, and inspiring presentations.
It was wonderful to hear about everyone’s projects and to get thoughtful feedback on my own!
September 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The Kennedy Institute Student Symposium | Day 1 💡
Hosted by the kiroxford.bsky.social!
Such a brilliant day filled with science, multidisciplinary ideas, and inspiring presentations.
It was wonderful to hear about everyone’s projects and to get thoughtful feedback on my own!
Hosted by the kiroxford.bsky.social!
Such a brilliant day filled with science, multidisciplinary ideas, and inspiring presentations.
It was wonderful to hear about everyone’s projects and to get thoughtful feedback on my own!
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🔬 🧫 🧬 🩻 Applications are now open 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
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
September 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🔬 🧫 🧬 🩻 Applications are now open 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
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
Last week, I attended the 2025 Reuben College Entrepreneurship Forum 💡
An inspiring day of talks from entrepreneurs & VCs, thought-provoking discussions, and a brilliant pitching competition showcasing Oxford’s next wave of ventures.
Congrats to Autotone on winning the pitch 👏
An inspiring day of talks from entrepreneurs & VCs, thought-provoking discussions, and a brilliant pitching competition showcasing Oxford’s next wave of ventures.
Congrats to Autotone on winning the pitch 👏
September 8, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Last week, I attended the 2025 Reuben College Entrepreneurship Forum 💡
An inspiring day of talks from entrepreneurs & VCs, thought-provoking discussions, and a brilliant pitching competition showcasing Oxford’s next wave of ventures.
Congrats to Autotone on winning the pitch 👏
An inspiring day of talks from entrepreneurs & VCs, thought-provoking discussions, and a brilliant pitching competition showcasing Oxford’s next wave of ventures.
Congrats to Autotone on winning the pitch 👏
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Building a professional network can have a big impact, but attending meetings isn't always easy.
The BSI Career Enhancing Grant can help with the costs of joining networking events and connecting with peers.
Find out more & apply by 24 September: https://bit.ly/3QedNDL
The BSI Career Enhancing Grant can help with the costs of joining networking events and connecting with peers.
Find out more & apply by 24 September: https://bit.ly/3QedNDL
August 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Building a professional network can have a big impact, but attending meetings isn't always easy.
The BSI Career Enhancing Grant can help with the costs of joining networking events and connecting with peers.
Find out more & apply by 24 September: https://bit.ly/3QedNDL
The BSI Career Enhancing Grant can help with the costs of joining networking events and connecting with peers.
Find out more & apply by 24 September: https://bit.ly/3QedNDL
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Dr Mariana Borsa (@nanaborsa.bsky.social), a postdoc studying autophagy and ageing, will leave the Kennedy Institute to start an exciting new chapter in Switzerland as a Principal Investigator!! 🎉
www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-mari...
www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-mari...
Dr Mariana Borsa to start her own research group in Basel
Dr Mariana Borsa, Postdoctoral Researcher in autophagy and ageing, will leave the Kennedy Institute to start an exciting new chapter in Switzerland as a Principal Investigator.
www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk
August 18, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr Mariana Borsa (@nanaborsa.bsky.social), a postdoc studying autophagy and ageing, will leave the Kennedy Institute to start an exciting new chapter in Switzerland as a Principal Investigator!! 🎉
www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-mari...
www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-mari...