Professor Anjali Kusumbe awarded the ECTS Iain T Boyle Award
Kennedy Trust Senior Research Fellow Anjali Kusumbe has been awarded the European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS) Iain T Boyle Award. The award recognises young scientists who have made significant progress and contribution to the field of bone and calcified tissue. ...
Professor Katja Simon elected to the Academy of Medical Sciences
Professor Katja Simon, Professor of Immunology at the Kennedy Institute for Rheumatology, has been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences. Read more here....
Professor Michael Dustin elected to the National Academy of Sciences
In recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of immunology, Professor Michael Dustin, Professor of Molecular Immunology and Director of Research at the Kennedy Institute for Rheumatology, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Read more here....
Small mechanical forces in immune cells measured at unprecedented sensitivity
Professor Marco Fritzsche’s group at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology and the Rosalind Franklin Institute has used advanced microscopy techniques to measure previously unseen forces generated by cells during an immune response; a breakthrough for mechanobiology and future advances in...
Oxford to collaborate with Janssen to map the cellular landscape of immune-mediated disorders
A number of Kennedy Trust funded researchers based at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, including Professors Fiona Powrie and Chris Buckley, will work with Janssen scientists to develop a cellular map of genes and proteins implicated across a range of...
Vascular loss shown to be the primary hallmark of aging
Research from the Kusumbe group at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology suggests vasculature attrition, including pericyte to fibroblast differentiation, is an early hallmark of tissue aging in multiple organs. Read more here....
Drug may boost vaccine responses in older adults
A preliminary study from Professor Katja Simon’s research group at the Kennedy Institute shows that a drug which helps immune cells self-clean may improve vaccine protection in older adults. Read more here....
3D imaging reveals the role of blood vessels in hormone production
Research from Kennedy Trust Senior Research Fellow Anjali Kusumbe’s group at the Kennedy Institute has shown a direct correlation between age-related decline in capillary and artery numbers and hormone production in the endocrine system. Read more here....
Understanding the physics of the immune response necessitates new technology
Professor Marco Fritzsche has been jointly funded by the Kennedy Trust and the Rosalind Franklin Institute to join the Kennedy Institute as the Principal Investigator of the Biophysical Immunology Laboratory (BPI). His lab is leading the development of a lattice...
CD2 corolla calls T cells to arms
A study led by Professor Mike Dustin’s group at the Kennedy Institute has visualised how key cells of the immune system lock onto cancerous or infected cells to destroy them. Read more here....