Arthritis can occur at any time in life, but new evidence suggests that the susceptibility of our joints to the disease is established even before birth. Kennedy Institute researchers explain more in this video 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zhN...

The embryonic origins of site-specific arthritis

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Researchers at the Kennedy Institute @kiroxford.bsky.social have discovered that some joints may be more susceptible to inflammatory arthritis before birth.

British summer means making the most of the sunny weather whilst we can! This week we had a quick break away from the lab for a successful punting trip (with only a few near misses of almost falling in…) along the River Cherwell!☀️🚣‍♂️👒 @kiroxford.bsky.social

Can a microbiome testing kit really tell you what's living in your gut – and, more importantly, what you should eat? 🍎 🧀  Listen to Kennedy researcher Nick Ilott talking about it on BBC Radio 4's Sliced Bread! 🔬  Listen now on BBC Sounds 🎧

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Can a test tell you what's living inside your gut - and what to do about it?

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Last week several lab members were in Montreal for #ICMI2026! We had a fantastic time listening to the amazing talks about the lastest work in the mucosal immunology field & were thrilled to share our work via some great posters and talks!🇨🇦👩‍🔬 @societymucosalimm.bsky.social @kiroxford.bsky.social

The Kennedy Institute Retreat is always a highlight for our community, and an excellent chance to share our science, meet new colleagues and students, and have fun. This year we even had a performance from the Kennedy Institute Choir! Read more 👇 www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/news/kennedy...

Kennedy Institute Retreat 2026: connections, ideas and community

More than 150 staff and students gathered at Oxford Brookes University for this year's Kennedy Institute Retreat. Over two days attendees shared their science, explored new ideas and strengthened the ...

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We had a great time at the Kennedy retreat last week! There were lots of great talks from each of the KIR labs, a treasure hunt, and even a choir performance! Thanks to all the organisers for a great 2 days☀️ @kiroxford.bsky.social @ndorms.bsky.social

Dr Madelon de Jong has won a prestigious Career Development Fellowship from Arthritis UK. 🎉 This award will enable Madelon to establish her own autoimmune disease research at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology and to start building a team. www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/news/dr-made...

Dr Madelon de Jong wins Career Development Fellowship from Arthritis UK

Arthritis UK has awarded a prestigious Career Development Fellowship (CDF) to clinician-scientist Dr Madelon de Jong. This award will enable Madelon to establish her own autoimmune disease research at...

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On Monday 20 July, Professor Caroline Ospelt will present 'Genetic and Epigenetic Regulation of Synovial Fibroblasts in Rheumatoid Arthritis' as part of our external seminar series. Our external seminars are open to anyone from the University of Oxford. Don't miss it! events.ox.ac.uk/oxford_event...

The Sagittarius Team won an OUH Award for Excellence for transforming care for people experiencing a relapse of ulcerative colitis! This approach creates a win–win–win partnership: faster high-quality care; more NHS capacity; & advancing translational research. www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/news/ndorms-...

NDORMS team wins Award for Excellence for transforming ulcerative colitis care

The Sagittarius Team, a pioneering partnership between the University of Oxford and Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) has been recognised with the OUH Award for Excellence 2026 for transforming care f...

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On Monday 6 July, Professor John Grainger will join us to present 'Organ Crosstalk Immunology in the Exposome Era'. Our external seminars are open to anyone from the University of Oxford. Don't miss it! events.ox.ac.uk/oxford_event...

NEWS: Oxford researchers awarded ARIA funding to develop transformative anti-viral therapies @ndm.ox.ac.uk @ndorms.bsky.social @kiroxford.bsky.social @rdm.ox.ac.uk @imm.ox.ac.uk

Oxford researchers awarded ARIA funding to develop transformative anti-viral therapies

Three innovative research projects aimed at transforming how we protect against respiratory viruses, led by teams at the University of Oxford, have secured funding through the UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA).

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Did you see this? An international study led by researchers at the Kennedy Institute @kiroxford.bsky.social found that osteoarthritis is not a collection of separate diseases, as many scientists had previously speculated.

Can microbiome tests tell you what's living in your gut? 🦠 Can they provide diets personalised to your resident microbes? 🥑 Dr Nick Ilott joined presenter Greg Foot and Dr Fred Warren on the Sliced Bread Podcast to discuss! Listen now 🎧 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... @nickilott.bsky.social

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Can a test tell you what's living inside your gut - and what to do about it?

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Super exciting work from our close collaborators in the Uhlig group highlighting a link between the recently discovered IL-10 autoantibodies in IBD patients and HLA-DRB1*01:03! Congratulations to everyone involved - go check out the paper here!🎉 www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... @kiroxford.bsky.social

Interleukin-10 Autoantibodies and HLA-DRB1*01:03 in Inflammatory Bowel Disease | NEJM

Neutralizing autoantibodies against interleukin-10 can result in a phenocopy of monogenic defects of interleukin-10 signaling in children and may be associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)...

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Professor Mark Coles has received funding from the UK's Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) to develop "smart" DNA medicine to prevent viral infections. If successful, the technology could offer a new strategy to reduce the impact of future pandemics. www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/news/mark-co...

Mark Coles receives funding to tackle viral threats

Professor Mark Coles is leading one of three innovative University of Oxford research projects that have secured funding through the UK's Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) to transform how...

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We are hiring a Senior Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Rheumatology! You will work on an exciting, critical challenge in inflammatory arthritis: determining when true disease-free remission has been achieved. Visit our jobs page and apply by 12:00 on 13 July. www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/jobs

#WorldMicrobiomeDay 5️⃣ countdown 💩 Today, OCMS scientist Holly answers: 🦠 “What is a healthy #gutmicrobiome?” Follow along as Oxford scientists answer your questions about the human microbiome — one short video each day until World Microbiome Day. youtu.be/lsPkZf-nS0M?... @hollyroach.bsky.social

What is a healthy microbiome? 🥦

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As we approach World Microbiome Day, the team at the Oxford Centre for Microbiome Studies are answering your questions about all things gut bacteria, poo, diet, probiotics, viruses, the immune system, health, disease, research methods and more! 🦠🍏🔬💩

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Driving microbiome insights. Original research and supporting collaborations. https://www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/ocms https://www.linkedin.com/company/oxmicrobiome University of Oxford

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On Wednesday 24 June, Dr Ari Molofsky will join us to present 'Barrier immune niches during microbial colonization and infection'. Our external seminars are open to all members of the University of Oxford. Don't miss it! events.ox.ac.uk/oxford_event...

On Monday 22 June, Professor Hiroki Ueda will join us to present 'Whole-body/organ Imaging with Single-cell Resolution by Tissue-Clearing Methods CUBIC'. Our external seminars are open to all members of the University of Oxford. Don't miss it! events.ox.ac.uk/oxford_event...

I ♥️science #outreach and this is a really fun one. We display #gutwall (×200 🔍) with fluffy #microbes & structural/functional/bio features of gut barrier. Then people make a fluffy microbe and decide on its niche, features, diet, pathogen/commensal/pathobiont. 😍🦠 @kiroxford.bsky.social

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Here's a friendly microbe which lives in your tummy and eats oranges. It's friendly, so it doesn't make you sick, but makes you crave 🍊. It has a flagella but it's hiding. We'll that's what the child who made it told us. #ScienceOutreach #FluffyMicrobes #GutHealth #microbiome

Research, led by Edward Jenkins at the Kennedy Institute @kiroxford.bsky.social, has revealed how one of the immune system’s most important regulatory pathways operates at the earliest moments of T cell activation.

What a brilliant couple of days at the Kennedy Institute Postdoc Symposium! An opportunity to share research and look for new collaborations! 🔬🧬🥼🧫

Great to see Nick in action at the #EASLCongress this year, presenting his work on the gut-liver axis in PSC! Nick’s abstract was also featured in the best at EASL showcase, titled “Microbially deconjugated bile acid-mediated ileal barrier function deficit”👏👨‍🔬🎉 @kiroxford.bsky.social

On Monday 8 June, Prof Cornelia Weyand will join us to present 'Metabolic Checkpoints in Rheumatoid Arthritis: SARM1-Mediated PANoptosis Sustains Autoimmune Tissue Inflammation'. Our external seminars are open to all members of the University of Oxford. Don't miss it! events.ox.ac.uk/oxford_event...

Excellent day at Westgate today for the Oxford BRC public engagement day! It was great to have the giant gut wall out on a sunny Thursday, and lots of bacteria Pom Poms were made!🦠☀️ @ndorms.bsky.social @kiroxford.bsky.social

We are hiring a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Immunometabolism to join the Clarke group! If you have: ✅ A PhD in immunology or a related area ✅ An understanding of the role of cellular metabolism in the immune system ✅ A strong publication record Then apply here! 👇 www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/jobs

Prof Irina Udalova has received £2.7M from the Medical Research Council to investigate how neutrophils adapt to tissues and contribute to immune diseases. The research could lead to the development of a new class of neutrophil-targeted therapeutics. www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/news/major-m...

Major MRC funding for Irina Udalova to unravel neutrophil behaviour across immune pathologies

Prof Irina Udalova has received a programme grant of £2.7M from the Medical Research Council (MRC) to investigate how neutrophils – a type of white blood cell that forms the body’s first line of defen...

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Dr Fränze Progatzky was awarded a Lister Prize in 2025, and we are hosting a prizegiving to showcase her work & celebrate her achievement. 🎉 Wed 10 June 10:30-12:00 Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology Open to all members of the University of Oxford. More info here: events.ox.ac.uk/oxford_event...