A research group at @UniofOxford @KirOxford trying to understand how the inflammatory response is controlled on the molecular level
Oxford, England
Joined January 2022
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Congratulations to our brilliant MSc Oncology student Lyndon Walsh @LyndonCWalsh who has recently defended his MSc thesis with Distinction! We wish him all the best in his medical training and hope he will return to the lab one day!
Delighted to receive a major support to our neutrophil research programme - thank you, @The_MRC !
kennedy.ox.ac.uk/news/major-…
Marvel at beautiful shapes of neutrophils on the cover of @NatRevImmunol April 2026 issue and read our review on the current understanding (or the lack of it!) of mechanisms driving the shape changes nature.com/articles/s41577-0…
Some more on Oncology - a networking event on neutrophils in cancer organised by @eileen_parkes! Great initiative and enthusiastic and engaging crowd!
Big welcome to @LyndonCWalsh, MSc Oncology, who joined the group for his research project on epigenetic modulation of neutrophil development, supervised by @juliasalafranca. A dream team!
The European Phagocytes Workshop is in its second day and going strong! Our own @juliasalafranca has just presented at the Mechanobiology session!
Please remember to register for what is expected to be a great meeting in innate immunity space in Oxford!
Early registration deadline - 1 December 2025
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A big thumbs up 👍 to @juliasalafranca who successfully defended her DPhil thesis 3D single live cell analysis of neutrophil morphology and function! Congratulations Dr Julia! Thanks to @KnightGenetics and @red_ven for examining!! Neutrophils rule once again ... even on cakes!
The early registration deadline has been extended until 15 December 2025. Only 3 days to go! Do not forget to register!
Delighted to see it out! Happy to have contributed to this superlative study, which will be used by many labs for years to come! Well done @ivanbamartin, @AndrsHidalgo16 and everyone involved!! 👏
Nature research paper: Architecture of the neutrophil compartment
go.nature.com/3MAW8X4
More news! Our review revisiting old and new ideas on the functional relevance of "metamorphosis" of neutrophil nucleus is out in @NatRevImmunol. Tremendous effort by @Erinke1, @AnandaMukh7422 and Irina! ndorms.ox.ac.uk/news/shaping…
Congratulations to our brilliant @LinhNguyen160, who receives Lee Placito Research Fellowship in Gastrointestinal Disease to continue her studies on spatiotemporal mucus layer remodelling in intestinal inflammation kennedy.ox.ac.uk/news/linh-n…
We have openings to study with us next year. Would you like to find out more? Why not join us at the Kennedy Institute for our student open day?
🗓️ Friday 24 October
⏰ 1 – 5pm
📍 Kennedy Institute
Find out more and register for your place. 👉 kennedy.ox.ac.uk/study-with-…
At a beautiful mountain ridge near Cluj Romania, with George Hajishengalis and Mihai Netea - after an inspiring Human Functional Genomics Romania conference. Thanks Mihai and Team for organising!!!
A new Global Immunotalk is now available online - watch how our exciting story of mechanosening macrophages in the mechanically loaded organs has been developing!
An excellent lecture in a beautiful Oxford University Museum - it has been such a pleasure to host Paul at the Kennedy!
We are delighted to announce that Professor Paul Kubes will deliver the Newton-Abraham Lecture 2025 on 19 May, 16:30-17:30.
All members of the University of Oxford are welcome.
More details here: talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/91d4…
ALT A blue and white poster reads "Newton-Abraham Lecture 2025: Professor Paul Kubes, Queen's University, Canada". The title of the lecture is "Immunophysiology: studying the integration of immune cells into organ physiology". The lecture will take place on Monday 19 May at 16:30-17:30 in the Oxford Museum of Natural History Lecture Theatre. It will be followed by a drinks reception at 17:30-18:30. Full details can be found on Oxford Talks. Sign up is not required, but spaces are limited.
We are delighted that we could add function to yet another subset of macrophages in the synovium! Well done @capyBara_bs, who led the work!
A specific type of macrophage seems to drive inflammation early in arthritis. Could these cells be a new target for therapies to act early in disease? 💊
Read about this new study from @UdalovaLab! 👇
kennedy.ox.ac.uk/news/macrop…