It was an honour to present my PhD work at #ICMI2026 in Montreal last week! I had the best time listening to some fantastic talks from leading mucosal immunologists and it was great to discuss my work with everyone!🇨🇦👩‍🔬☀️ @societymucosalimm.bsky.social @powrielab.bsky.social

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

In case you missed it‼️ The wonderful @nickilott.bsky.social from @oxmicrobiome.bsky.social & our lab made an appearance on BBC Radio 4's Sliced Bread last week!📻 The episode gives a great run down on gut microbiome testing kits🦠🧑‍🔬 Catch up on the episode here! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Sliced Bread - Sliced Bread - Series 17 - Gut Microbiome Tests - BBC Sounds

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

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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

#WorldMicrobiomeDay 11 countdown 💩 Today, Ffion from Powrie lab discusses: 🧼 "Are cleaning products harmful to our gut microbiome?" 👨🏼‍🔬 Follow along as Oxford scientists answer your questions about the human microbiome — one short video each day until World Microbiome Day. ⚠️ see comments 🪥 & 🐾

Are cleaning products harmful to our gut microbiome? 🧼

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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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#WorldMicrobiomeDay 2️⃣ countdown 💩 Today, Holly from OCMS answers: 🦠 “Where does our #microbiome come from?” Follow along as Oxford scientists answer your questions about the human microbiome — one short video each day until World Microbiome Day. @hollyroach.bsky.social

Where do our gut microbes come from? 🦠

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#WorldMicrobiomeDay1️⃣ countdown 💩 Today, Kate from OCMS answers: 🦠 “What is a #microbiome?” 👩🏻‍🔬Follow along as Oxford scientists answer your questions about the human microbiome — one short video each day until World Microbiome Day. @katecoldwell.bsky.social youtu.be/Fqfq-u6Yxic

An introduction to the microbiome

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Throwing it back to Day 2 of KIPS, with more excellent postdoc talks and a great keynote from Kevin Foster! It was also announced that Ffion won the award for the best long talk!🥳 Thanks to the fantastic postdoc committee for organising two great days of science!👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 @kiroxford.bsky.social

We had a fabulous time at day 1 of the first ever KIPS (Kennedy Institute Postdoc Symposium) yesterday! There were lots of great talks from postdocs across the KIR, and plenty of Powrie Lab representation! Huge thanks to the wonderful Carola Vinuesa for her keynote talk too!🥳 @kiroxford.bsky.social

A slightly late post to share that a great time was had at the Keystone Beyond Antibiotics conference last month! We’re super proud of our fantastic postdoc, Ffion, for winning a Keystone future of science fund to attend & present her work!🧫👩‍🔬 @keystonesymposia.bsky.social @kiroxford.bsky.social

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

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

The small intestine is increasingly recognised as a potential site of pathological gut-liver communication in liver disease. Was proud to present our recent work on the involvement of the ileum and bile acid signalling in PSC at this years #EASLCongress @easlnews.bsky.social

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Powrie Lab!🥳🎈 Congratulations to Fiona and everyone who has been a part of the lab through the years for the ongoing success! We’re sure that all lab members past and present are thrilled to see the lab still going strong today!🎉3️⃣0️⃣🎉 @kiroxford.bsky.social

We had a great time at the Oxford Microbiome Network (OMiN) meeting last week! Meetings are quarterly and bring together researchers across Oxford departments🧫👩‍🔬 For more info about the network, contact @oxmicrobiome.bsky.social or sign up using the link below: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Microbiome curious? ❓Ask a scientist your human microbiome question here: forms.office.com/e/rKJS7WV9rP by 30 May We'll post selected answers for #WorldMicrobiomeDay 2026 💩🪱🦠🧫🔍🧬👩🏻‍🔬👨🏾‍⚕️🤒💊🌽🍄🐛👂🏽👅🧠💪🏿🫁🫀 Please share! Kids questions welcome #microbiome #GutHealth #STEM #scienceoutreach

Check out Dr Nick Ilott's article on #microplastics and the #gutmicrobiome in The Conversation @theconversation.com @nickilott.bsky.social

Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology@kiroxford.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Microplastics are everywhere, but how might they affect our gut health? 🩺 Dr Nick Ilott, Senior Researcher and Lead Bioinformatician at the Oxford Centre for Microbiome Studies, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, describes what we know. 🔍 @nickilott.bsky.social theconversation.com/microplastic...

Hello world. We checked with the microbes and they approved this account. 🦠 We’re the Oxford Centre for Microbiome Studies: posting researcher achievements, microbiome science, and microbiome lab moments. Because the tiniest residents can have the biggest effects.

A few weeks ago we had the pleasure of being part of the first Kennedy Institute Choir! With a great song choice by Fiona (Running Up That Hill), we had a lot of fun - huge thanks to our wonderful conductor Lizzie!🎶👩‍🎤🎤 Watch here: youtu.be/IOXLjGvkChU?... @kiroxford.bsky.social @ndorms.bsky.social

We had a great time at the annual Kennedy Network Conference in Birmingham last week! We really enjoyed the chance to listen to some excellent keynote talks, present some of our own work, and hear what the wider network is up to! Looking forward to next year already🌸🌼 @kiroxford.bsky.social

We’re really pleased to share that our excellent DPhil student, Amit, successfully defended his PhD thesis last week! We had a great time celebrating with you and look forward to seeing what your next chapter holds!🎉🧑‍💻🥂 @kiroxford.bsky.social @amit-halkhoree.bsky.social @nickilott.bsky.social

Congratulations to the wonderful Natasha for successfully defending her DPhil thesis! We’re excited to see what comes next for Natasha and her MAIT cell story whilst she continues her project as a postdoctoral researcher🥳👩‍🔬 @kiroxford.bsky.social

New year, new paper! Thrilled to share that our review “Contextualising TH17 cells in cancer” is out now! Congratulations to Declan & team for a fantastic, in depth overview🥳 Go give it a read here: doi.org/10.1038/s415... @natrevimmunol.nature.com @kiroxford.bsky.social

Contextualizing TH17 cells in cancer - Nature Reviews Immunology

T helper 17 (TH17) cells can have both pro-tumour and antitumour effects. Understanding how they are regulated by environmental and regulatory cues according to context will inform strategies to harne...

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An excellent opportunity, please have a look at the position below!🧫👩‍🔬

Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology@kiroxford.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Hiring: Group Leader in Microbiome Studies! ✨ The successful candidate would establish & lead a new research group in human microbiome science, advancing understanding of microbe-microbe and microbe-host interactions in health & disease. Apply by 22 Dec. www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/jobs/kennedy...

We’re hiring! Two postdoctoral research positions are available in our lab - one in mucosal immunology, and one in exposome immunology (MRC CoRE)! Apply by December 22nd!🎄 Position 1: tinyurl.com/2mh44tn4 Position 2: tinyurl.com/5ffzxsfb @kiroxford.bsky.social @exposomeimmunology.bsky.social

Congratulations to our fantastic DPhil student, Henry, for defending his PhD thesis today!! It’s been a pleasure to have Henry in the lab & we miss him already! Go check out the review (linked below) if you’d like to see some of his work🥳🧑‍🔬 @kiroxford.bsky.social pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40252635/

Day 4 and the final day of the BSI saw a fantastic talk from @labliston.bsky.social about Tregs in the brain and an excellent session devoted to “Barriers, bugs, and breakdowns” - right up our street! Thank you to all organisers and presenters @britsocimm.bsky.social for a great week in Liverpool🫶

We’re very proud of our very own Dr Alice Bertocchi for winning a Kennedy Trust Transition Fellowship! Keep up the amazing work as always, Ali!🥳❤️

Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology@kiroxford.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Dr Lakshanie Wickramasinghe, Dr Alice Bertocchi and Dr Adrien Hallou have been awarded highly competitive funding from the Kennedy Trust for Rheumatology Research! Read about their exciting research projects 👇 www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/news/researc...