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\n \n 28 June 2018\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nKennedy Institute researchers Alex Clarke and Thomas Riffelmacher have been awarded prestigious Wellcome Trust Fellowships to further develop their research in autoimmune diseases.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers at the Kennedy Institute and the University of York develop a new imaging approach that offers superior resolution to track the movement of soluble proteins in tissues.
\n \n\n\n \n 22 May 2018\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nWe would like to congratulate Dr Audrey G\u00e9rard on her three-year Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) New Investigator Award. The award will allow Audrey to examine how the behaviour of killer T cells is coordinated to optimise immunity against pathogens and tumour growth.
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\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nKennedy researchers and Columbia University engineers discover geometric underpinnings of T-cell stimulation through precise engineering of T-cell receptor geometry, building a 3D nanofabricated biomimetic surface that simulates the key components of an antigen-presenting cell.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers at NDORMS have found that many more patients could be given a partial knee replacement instead of a total knee replacement, resulting in improvements in their quality of life and lower costs for the healthcare system.
\n \n\n\n \n 27 April 2018\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers at the Kennedy Institute, University of Oxford have found that a single administration of a molecule accelerated healing of multiple tissues when administered after or even before injury.
\n \n\n\n \n 20 March 2018\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers from the Universities of Oxford and Birmingham joined forces with colleagues from seven NHS organisations at a workshop in Oxford to discuss an innovative new approach to inflammatory disease research.
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\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nMore than 200 researchers gathered in central Oxford earlier this year to learn about the microbes that inhabit our bodies and their impact on our health.
\n \n\n\n \n 21 February 2018\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nAn off-label drug prescribed to treat osteoarthritis of the hand when conventional medication has failed is ineffective, according to new research.
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\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nInvestigators from the Kennedy Institute travelled to Berlin last week for a two-day Workshop aimed at sparking international collaboration in the area of chronic inflammatory and degenerative disease research.
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\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nDr Camille Danne, a former postdoctoral research scientist at the Powrie Lab in the Kennedy Institute, has been awarded the Jacques Monod Prize for her research to date, at a ceremony held during the Research Evening of the Fondation de France at the Coll\u00e8ge de France, yesterday.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe inaugural NDORMS Imaging Competition saw a fantastic collection of submissions of microscopic things which have a great impact in our bodies. The winners were announced at an Imaging Symposium held at the Kennedy Institute.
\n \n\n\n \n 10 January 2018\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nWe would like to congratulate Dr Luke Jostins-Dean on being awarded a 5-year Sir Henry Dale fellowship, joint funded by the Wellcome Trust and Royal Society, entitled \u2018combining genetics and high-resolution cell phenotyping to map pathways underlying inflammatory bowel disease\u2019.
\n \n\n\n \n 9 January 2018\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nNew research published in Cell Reports by the Dustin Group has discovered a new way for immune cells to relay\u00a0information\u00a0about infection or genetic mutations through dynamic, yet durable cell contacts before deciding how to respond.
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\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nCongratulations to Professor Irina Udalova on her successful Wellcome Trust Investigator Award entitled \u201cMolecular control of pathogenic neutrophil responses in inflammation\u201d.
\n \n\n\n \n 20 December 2017\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA recent publication from the Powrie group at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology has described a novel mechanism by which the commensal pathogen Heliobacter hepaticus maintains its niche in the intestinal environment.
\n \n\n\n \n 13 December 2017\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nIn a recent study, researchers lead by Professor Kim Midwood at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology shed light on how endogenous triggers of inflammation are recognised by immune sensors.
\n \n\n\n \n 8 November 2017\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nWe would like to congratulate Tariq Khoyratty, who has been appointed as a Celgene Fellow to study the link between neutrophil chromatin organisation in rheumatic patients and their ability to form pathogenic extracellular traps.
\n \n\n\n \n 30 October 2017\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nCongratulations to Hanlin Zhang for being awarded the first Oxford-Elysium Fellowship in cellular health.
\n \n\n\n \n 12 October 2017\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nArthritis Research UK has approved a 5-year renewal of the OA Centre.
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