Major new five-year package of strategic funding awarded to Kennedy Institute
The Kennedy Trust has approved a five-year funding award worth over £27m to the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology to enable the strategic ambitions of the Institute from 2026. The Institute and the Trust have close relationship, forged through a shared...
The role of mechanical forces in T cell activation
A perspectives piece published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) sheds light on the importance of mechanical forces in the early activation of T cells, a critical part of the immune response. Professor Marco Fritzsche, a...
New microscopy method can pinpoint molecular interactions in cell membranes
The Kennedy Trust’s support for the Oxford-ZEISS Centre of Excellence has contributed to the development of a new microscopy technique. The new technique, developed by researchers at the Kennedy Institute, enables detailed analysis of molecular interactions in live cell membranes,...
Celebrating two new professorships at the Kennedy Institute
Trustees and staff at the Kennedy Trust attended a dinner hosted by the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology in celebration of a recent donation made by the Trust to enable the endowment of two new professorships in translational medicine at the...
Adrien Hallou joins Franco-British Young Leaders Programme
Dr Adrien Hallou, who is supported by the Kennedy Trust as a Group Leader in Tissue Biology at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, has been announced as one of 20 new Young Leaders to join the Franco-British Council in 2024....
Professor Michael Dustin contributes to report on the future of healthcare
Professor Michael Dustin, who is supported by the Kennedy Trust through a Professorship in Molecular Immunology at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, has contributed to a new report on the future of healthcare, compiled by Citi Global Perspectives & Solutions...
PD-1 gets an “A” for team-work
Professor Michael Dustin, who is supported by the Kennedy Trust through a Professorship in Molecular Immunology at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, has contributed to a new understanding of the PD-1 axis (programmed death cell) that could help shape ongoing...
Professor Irina Udalova appointed to the MRC’s Infections and Immunity Board
Professor Irina Udalova, who is part-funded by the Kennedy Trust at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, has been appointed to the MRC’s Infections and Immunity Board (IIB). She will begin her two-year tenure in April 2024 and will actively support...
Oxford-ZEISS Centre of Excellence officially opened
The Kennedy Trust has provided salary and equipment funding to support a partnership between the University of Oxford and ZEISS, bringing ground-breaking microscopy imaging equipment, and analysis tools, to advance the study of global health and disease. On February 21,...
Kennedy Trust gift to help drive forward research into inflammatory and musculoskeletal diseases at Oxford
Two professorships in translational medicine have been endowed at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology thanks to a generous gift from the Kennedy Trust for Rheumatology Research. The Kennedy Trust has been a long-time supporter of the University of Oxford through...