Research Group:
Kennedy Trust Non-Clinical Studentships
Almost all living cells in the body exert and experience the mechanics of their tissue micro-environment. New insights in the field of mechanobiology reveal that cell function is directly influenced by both the mechanical properties and mechanical forces of the surroundings. Read more
Research Group:
Kennedy Trust Non-Clinical Studentships
The adaptive immune system provides critical protection from a diverse range of rapidly evolving microbes. A key step in initiating adaptive immunity involves the delivery of antigens into secondary lymphoid organs, including the lymph nodes and the spleen. Read more
Research Group:
Kennedy Trust Non-Clinical Studentships
Influenza virus is a common airborne pathogen that continues to present a significant medical challenge causing over 3 million cases of critical illness and up to 500,000 deaths per annum. Read more
Research Group:
Kennedy Trust Non-Clinical Studentships
Vascular Niche, T Cells, Thymus, Adaptive Immunity, Angiogenesis. Immunology, Vascular Biology, Stem Cell Biology. The thymic microenvironment harbours a hierarchical system of lymphoid/T cell progenitors and supports T cell development which is crucial for generation of adaptive immune diversity. Read more
Research Group:
Kennedy Trust Clinical Studentships
Research in our groups (https://sansomlab.org, https://www.ndorms.ox.ac.uk/research-groups/immunology-of-Ankylosing-Spondylitis) is focused on understanding the molecular basis of immune-mediated inflammatory diesease1,2,3. Read more
Research Group:
Kennedy Trust Clinical Studentships
Our immune system detects tumors and activates inflammation to destroy them. However, tumors develop effective strategies to evade elimination, for example switching off cytotoxic T cells that are mobilized to kill them. Read more
Research Group:
Kennedy Trust Clinical Studentships
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has emerged as the most common cause of chronic liver in the Western world, affecting 30% of the adult population in the USA and encompasses non-alcoholic fatty liver (NAFL) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Read more
Research Group:
Kennedy Trust Clinical Studentships
Population ageing is becoming one of the most significant social transformations of this century which impacts different sectors of society including labour force and financial resources Although the increase in life span is one of the greatest achievements of humanity, age-related diseases, such as Osteoarthritis (OA), limit health span. Read more
Research Group:
Kennedy Trust Clinical Studentships
The human gut harbours a complex microbial ecosystem that can influence many aspects of host physiology and plays an important role in shaping the host immune system. Read more
Research Group:
Rheumatoid Arthritis Centre of Excellence (RACE) Studentships
Supervisors University of Oxford. Stephen Sansom (Primary Supervisor), Paul Bowness, Luke Jostins-Dean. Co-Supervisor University of Birmingham. Read more
Research Group:
Rheumatoid Arthritis Centre of Excellence (RACE) Studentships
Supervisory team University of Oxford. Prof. Mark Coles (Primary Supervisor), Prof. Christopher Buckley. Co-supervisors University of Birmingham. Read more
The most common childhood cancer is acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). There has been amazing progress in treating childhood ALL, but unfortunately a subset of childhood ALL continues to be refractory to treatment. Read more
The most common childhood cancer is acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). There has been amazing progress in treating childhood ALL, but unfortunately a subset of childhood ALL continues to be refractory to treatment. Read more
