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\n \n 15 December 2021\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers in the Centre for OA Pathogenesis Versus Arthritis at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology and Imperial College London are looking to recruit adults with painful hand osteoarthritis for an observational study to help uncover why people living with the condition experience different patterns of pain.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nFiona Powrie was one of four researchers from the University of Oxford recognised for their outstanding contributions to immunology with Honorary Lifetime Membership of the British Society for Immunology.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA new roof extension was awarded the 2021 Green Award for Sustainability by the Oxford Preservation Trust alongside a Certificate in the New Building category.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nFiona Powrie, Director of the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology at the University of Oxford has been selected as the next Deputy Chair of Wellcome\u2019s Board of Governors.
\n \n\n\n \n 19 November 2021\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nPublished in Nature Communications, a new study reveals a new signalling pathway behind macrophage inflammatory activity
\n \n\n\n \n 17 November 2021\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) has provided $2 million in funding to investigate how our ancestry and diversity influence the way that vaccines work in our cells.
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\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nAn international study of more than 50,000 people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has revealed that IBS symptoms may be caused by the same biological processes as conditions such as anxiety. The research highlights the close relationship between brain and gut health and paves the way for development of new treatments.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nMillions of patients with ulcerative colitis or Crohn\u2019s disease, collectively known as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), are given fresh hope as a new study shows why some of them do not respond to current treatments.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers from the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology have been awarded fellowships as part of the Oxford-Bristol Myers Squibb Fellowship Programme. Among six researchers from across NDORMS, the programme provides them with an opportunity to gain exposure to the field of commercial drug discovery and development.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA new study, published in eLife, uses advanced tissue analysis technology to show how the incorporation of new proteins changes in bone and cartilage with age.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nInhye Park has been awarded a Novo Nordisk Postdoctoral Research Fellowship to research the biology of resident vascular macrophages in atherosclerosis.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA two-day student symposium returned to the Kennedy Institute bringing together students and peers from across the department to discuss their latest research.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nTonia Vincent, Jelena Bezbradica and Alex Clarke have been awarded funding grants by the Medical Research Council (MRC) for different projects.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Medical Sciences Division has awarded the title of Associate Professor to five senior researchers at NDORMS
\n \n\n\n \n 17 August 2021\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nBuilding work at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology has finished, providing a new third floor that houses additional meeting and collaboration space for data science and offices for the management of clinical trials.
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\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nJethro Johnson, Deputy Director of the Oxford Centre for Microbiome Studies explains how the centre is building a research community to understand the microbiome and harness its power to promote health and prevent disease.
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\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nAs part of the University of Oxford\u2019s mission to provide its researchers with the newest state-of-the-art optical imaging equipment and as part of a strategic partnership with the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology (KIR), the Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine (IDRM), and Carl Zeiss AG (ZEISS), ZEISS has installed a ZEISS Lattice Lightsheet 7 microscope at the KIR.
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\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers publish the first blueprint of transcriptional factors that control neutrophil-driven inflammation in Nature Immunology.
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\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nNew research shows that disrupting primary cilia in juvenile, adolescent and early adulthood in cartilage stops it maturing correctly, making it more prone to thinning and the potential for osteoarthritis (OA) in later life.
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\n \n\n \n \n \nA new study published in The Lancet Rheumatology shows potential ways to predict how likely someone is to develop osteoarthritis after a knee injury.
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