Packed house at this week’s External Seminar at the KIR (kiroxford.bsky.social). Great talk by Dr Mo Lotfollahi (sangerinstitute.bsky.social) on using generative AI to model human tissues and cell behaviour.

Wolfson is delighted to announce the establishment of the Bongani Mayosi Scholarship, named in memory of Professor Bongani Mayosi, a Wolfson graduate, and one of the world’s leading cardiologists and most revered doctors in Africa. www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/news/wolfson...

Brasenose College Formal Hall 🍽️ #BrasenoseCollege #UniversityofOxford

UNIQplus – Postgraduate Entry Scheme at the University of Oxford 🎓 For talented undergraduates from underrepresented backgrounds in research who face barriers to postgraduate study beyond academic ability. ⏰ Apply by 12:00 (UK), Wed 18 Feb 2026 🔗 www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/g...

Excited to be attending the Festival of Genomics & Biodata 2026 (#FOG2026), the UK’s largest life sciences event. Looking forward to the workshops and talks at the intersection of data science and translational research. If you’re attending, I’d love to connect. #omics #bioinformatics #datascience

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.

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.

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.

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

🎉 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 ❄️

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...

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...

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. 🧪

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

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

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

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 ✨

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

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

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. 🧵 [1/6]

🔬 🧫 🖥️ 🧬 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

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 🧠

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.

🩻 🦴 🖥️ 🔬 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

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!

🔬 🧫 🧬 🩻 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

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 👏

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

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...

🚨 AAI is proud to announce the launch of the AAI RESTORE Grants Program, an $8M emergency funding initiative to support scientists whose immunology-focused federal research grants were abruptly terminated or frozen in 2025. 🔗 ow.ly/rwMU50Wy3Mp #AAIRESTORE

🚨 Funding alert! @aai.org's RESTORE Grants Program offers up to $100K for 12 months to immunology projects frozen/terminated in 2025. Apply by Aug 28, 2025, for funding Oct 2025–Sep 2026. #Immunology #ResearchFunding #FundingOpportunity

🌟 Interested in broadening your experience beyond academia? The BSI Career Enhancing Grant can support internships in science communication and more. Applications are open until 24 September. See how the grant could help you and apply here: https://bit.ly/3QedNDL

hrilled to share that Medhesion won 1st Place at #StEPIgnite2025 🏆 From the lab to the clinic, we’re tackling surgical adhesions head-on. A huge thanks to enspireoxford.bsky.social‬, mentors, and my phenomenal team for this incredible ride!innovation.ox.ac.uk/news/medhesi...n/

NDORMS has been recognised again as a @eular.org Centre of Excellence in Rheumatology Research! 🎉🎉 www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/news/ndorms-...

We're hiring a skilled Research Assistant to process and inventory samples from clinical studies looking at inflammatory diseases, including Rheumatoid Arthritis and Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Apply by 6 August! www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

Oxford University spinout OrganOx has won the £50k MacRobert Award from the Royal Academy of Engineering for its life-saving technology, boosting organ transplants and cutting waiting lists. Read more ⬇️

📣 Aspiring Biology PhD students! Apply now to the 2025 Stanford Biology Preview Program – a virtual event to help you prep for PhD apps with mentorship, feedback, and insider tips! 🧬 📅 Program dates: Sept 11–12 (virtual) 🔗 Application link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Want to work at the intersection of science, policy, and society? The Christine Mirzayan Fellowship at the National Academies offers a 12-week paid policy fellowship in Washington DC, USA. Apply by July 8 👉 mirzayanfellow.nas.edu #SciencePolicy #STEM #PhD #Research #Academia

#FundingOpportunity for early-career scientists 🚨 Launch your lab right out of your PhD/postdoc with the Rowland Fellows Program at Harvard. 🔬 5-yr funded fellowship 💰 Independent budget 🏛️ Lab space Deadline: Aug 16, 2025 🌍 Open worldwide 🔗 rowland.harvard.edu/fellowships

🚨 Abstract submissions open for the 2025 AMA Research Challenge! ✅ Showcase your research ✅ Compete for a $10,000 grand prize ✅ Gain national recognition 🗓 Deadline: July 16, 2025 www.ama-assn.org/member-benef... #AMAResearchChallenge #MedStudent #Resident #IMG #MedicalResearch

I really enjoyed the Foundations of Immunology course offered by britsocimm.bsky.social‬. The day was spent in lectures exploring how our immune system defends, adapts, and sometimes misfires. I could not have asked for a better refresher about the basics o#Immunologygy 💡

An incredible evening at #StartedInOxford hosted by EnSpire Oxford (enspireoxford.bsky.social‬) — 15 of Oxford’s newest startups, inspiring pitches, & a vibrant innovation ecosystem 🌱#Entrepreneurshipi#Oxfordr#Innovationon

Looking for a fully funded Master’s or PhD at the University of Oxford (ox.ac.uk‬)? 🇬🇧 The Rhodes Scholarship covers tuition and living costs 🎓 Open to students from around the world! Apply: https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/scholarships/the-rhodes-scholarship/#RhodesScholarshipi#UniversityofOxfordrd

Lady Margaret Hall Formal Hall 🍽️🥂 #LMH #LadyMargaretHall #UniversityofOxford

Congrats Dr Clarke! Well deserved 👏🏽

Wolfson College (wolfsonoxford.bsky.social‬) Formal Hall 🐺 🕯️#UniversityofOxfordr#WolfsonCollegeg#FormalHallll

🎓 Want to pursue a fully funded Master’s in Canada? 🇨🇦🌍 The McCall MacBain Scholarship at McGill covers tuition, living costs & leadership development — and it's open to international students too! 🔗 Apply: www.mcgill.ca/gradapplican... #Scholarships #McGill #GradSchool #Canada #FullyFunded

This week, I attended the Oxford Venture Builder Final Pitching Event, backed by enspireoxford.bsky.social‬ — an inspiring showcase of bold ideas in Biotech, Edtech, and Fintech. Oxford’s startup scene is alive and thriving. I am eager to see where these ventures go!

🎓 Thinking about a Ph.D.? Check this out. Princeton’s Prospective Ph.D. Preview (P3) is now accepting apps for October 2025! ✅ Free to attend ✅ All-expenses-paid trip ✅ Meet faculty & admissions ✅ Workshops on applying ✅ For URM & underserved students