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Happy #InternationalDogDay! 🐶💙

Meet some of the dogs that brighten our #WIMMCommunity. 

Do you have a canine companion? Feel free to share a picture with us in the comments. 🐾

#DogsOfWIMM #LifeAtWIMM #AcademicSky🧪 

@rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk
August 26, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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#WIMMSpotlight #WIMMCommunity #ArtificialIntelligence #Genomics #GeneRegulation #DeepLearning #ComputationalBiology #MRCWIMM @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk
August 4, 2026 at 9:37 AM
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#WIMMSpotlight #WIMMCommunity #Neuroimmunology #MultipleSclerosis #AutoimmuneDisease #MultiOmics #PrecisionMedicine
July 28, 2026 at 9:22 AM
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#ScientistSpotlight 🧪

This week we’re featuring Lebohang Moshanyana, a Research Assistant in #GeneRegulation at the #MRCWIMM.

#WIMMSpotlight #WIMMCommunity #Genomics #RNABiology #PrecisionMedicine #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #AcademicSky

@rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk
July 14, 2026 at 8:31 AM
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#WIMMSpotlight #WIMMCommunity #Immunology #TCells #CellTherapy #CART #CancerResearch #TranslationalResearch #MRCWIMM 🧬
July 7, 2026 at 9:41 AM
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📄 Recent publication 👇

#WIMMSpotlight #WIMMCommunity #CancerResearch #Immunology #TranslationalResearch #TCells #SingleCellGenomics #MRCWIMM
Tumor-specific CD8 T cell characterization in HR+ breast cancer reveals an impaired antitumoral response in patients with lymph node metastasis
Pinho et al. show that HR+ breast cancer patients with lymph node metastasis have an impaired antitumor CD8 immune response, with less frequency of tumor-reactive TILs. Yet, early-stage patients exhib...
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June 30, 2026 at 9:11 AM
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#WIMMSpotlight #WIMMCommunity #ClinicalGenetics #RareDiseaseResearch #CongenitalAnomalies #GenomeEngineering #DevelopmentalBiology #MRCWIMM
June 23, 2026 at 11:42 AM
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📄 PhD research showing that combining oral vaccination with selected niche competitor strains permits pathogen exclusion and strain replacement in the gut 👇

#WIMMSpotlight #WIMMCommunity #GutBiology #NeonatalResearch #SpatialTranscriptomics #MicrobiomeResearch #PaediatricResearch #MRCWIMM
Vaccine-enhanced competition permits rational bacterial strain replacement in the gut
Colonization of the intestinal lumen precedes invasive infection for a wide range of enteropathogenic and opportunistic pathogenic bacteria. We show that combining oral vaccination with engineered or ...
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June 16, 2026 at 9:06 AM
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🔗 Read more about the award:
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09...

#WIMMSpotlight #WIMMCommunity #LeukaemiaResearch #ChildhoodCancer #Haematology #CRISPR #SingleCellGenomics #CancerResearch @emilysn1.bsky.social @paediatrics.ox.ac.uk #AcademicSky
The Kaiya Foundation to fund leukaemia research at University of Oxford
The Kaiya Foundation has awarded one of its first major research grants, which will fund pioneering research into the fundamental cause of a high-risk leukaemia. The grant is being made to Dr Emily Ne...
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June 2, 2026 at 9:36 AM
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Vy is also the winner of the 2025 WIMM Image Competition with her striking work Jurassic Gut.
#WIMMSpotlight #WIMMCommunity #SpatialTranscriptomics #GutBiology #NECResearch
May 26, 2026 at 9:18 AM
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#ScientistSpotlight 🧪
This week we’re featuring Anna Aulicino, a postdoctoral researcher in the Simmons Group at #MRCWIMM.

#WIMMSpotlight #WIMMCommunity #Microbiology #GutBiology #InfectiousDisease #Salmonella #Organoids #AcademicSky @ndm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk
May 5, 2026 at 8:29 AM
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His research focuses on describing the genetic program that allows megakaryocytes to become large and polyploid, and understanding the parallelisms with cancer development.

We’re excited to see how Antonio’s work continues to uncover links between normal cell biology and cancer. #WIMMCommunity
April 21, 2026 at 8:51 AM
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This will be an invaluable public resource for future studies investigating biological processes in muscle health and disease.

#WIMMSpotlight #WIMMCommunity #SingleCellGenomics #HumanCellAtlas #ComputationalBiology #MuscleResearch #DataScience #MRCWIMM
April 14, 2026 at 9:08 AM
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#WIMMSpotlight #WIMMCommunity #LeukaemiaResearch #CancerGenomics #ClonalEvolution #GlobalHealth #MRCWIMM
April 7, 2026 at 9:41 AM
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Find out more about the Sharma Group: www.imm.ox.ac.uk/research/res...
#WIMMSpotlight #WIMMCommunity #SystemsBiology #ComputationalBiology #Immunology #TCells #TranslationalResearch
Sharma Group: Mechanistic T Cell Genomics
Our research team is focused on uncovering the mechanisms that govern T cell signaling, with the goal of precisely engineering immune cells for immunotherapies.
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March 31, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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Recent publications:
www.cell.com/cell-stem-ce...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#WIMMSpotlight #WIMMCommunity #CancerResearch #BloodCancer #Haematology #StemCellResearch #GeneRegulation #Genomics #DiseaseMechanisms #PrecisionMedicine #iPSC #EarlyCareerResearch #WomenInScience #OxCODE
comBO: A combined human bone and lympho-myeloid bone marrow organoid for preclinical modeling of hematopoietic disorders
Shen et al. report comBO, a combined human bone and bone marrow model that integrates osteolineage, vascular, stromal, and hematopoietic compartments in a single hiPSC-derived organoid system. comBO s...
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March 24, 2026 at 10:03 AM
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#ScientistSpotlight 🧪

This week we’re featuring Karmella Naidoo, a postdoctoral researcher in the Graham Ogg Group at #MRCWIMM

#WIMMSpotlight #WIMMCommunity #CD1a #cutaneousimmunity #innateimmunology #itch #barriersensing #MRCWIMM #AcademicSky @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk
March 17, 2026 at 9:34 AM
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#WIMMSpotlight #WIMMCommunity #IBDResearch #VascularBiology #Inflammation #EndothelialBiology #TranslationalResearch
March 10, 2026 at 9:56 AM
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#ScientistSpotlight 🧪

This week we’re featuring Toby Whitehead, a DPhil student in the Sharma and Davis Labs at the #MRCWIMM.

@rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk

#WIMMSpotlight #WIMMCommunity #Immunology #CancerResearch #Immunotherapy #TCells #CheckpointBiology #AcademicSky
March 3, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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📄 Key paper on single cell RNA sequencing and spatial transcriptomics in fetal intestine:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#WIMMSpotlight #WIMMCommunity #PaediatricResearch #IntestinalImmunology #SpatialTranscriptomics #SingleCellGenomics #RareDiseaseResearch #MRCWIMM
Spatiotemporal analysis of human intestinal development at single-cell resolution
Development of the human intestine is not well understood. Here, we link single-cell RNA sequencing and spatial transcriptomics to characterize intest…
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February 24, 2026 at 10:19 AM
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🔗 Learn more about Katie’s work:
www.imm.ox.ac.uk/people/katie...

#WIMMSpotlight #WIMMCommunity #StemCellResearch #Haematopoiesis #AgeingResearch #ComputationalBiology #MRCWIMM
Katie Croft
MPhys (Hons) Katie Croft - DPhil Student
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February 17, 2026 at 10:08 AM
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🔗 Find out more:
RDM profile: www.rdm.ox.ac.uk/people/laura...

#WIMMSpotlight #WIMMCommunity #Immunology #SkinImmunity #TCells #LipidBiology #UVResearch #MRCWIMM
Laura Ciacchi
Laura Ciacchi - Postdoctoral Scientist
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February 10, 2026 at 10:11 AM
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🔗 Learn more about the LynchVax programme:
www.cancer.ox.ac.uk/research/lyn...

#WIMMSpotlight #WIMMCommunity #CancerResearch #Immunotherapy #ClinicalResearch #LynchSyndrome #PreventativeVaccines #MRCWIMM 🧬
LynchVax
A Cancer Prevention Vaccine Programme.
www.cancer.ox.ac.uk
February 3, 2026 at 9:55 AM
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🔗 Rehwinkel Group lab page:
www.rdm.ox.ac.uk/about/our-di...

#WIMMSpotlight #WIMMCommunity #Immunology #InnateImmunity #AntiviralResearch #Interferon #PhDStudent #MRCWIMM
Rehwinkel Group: Nucleic Acid Sensing
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January 27, 2026 at 10:16 AM
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Through her work, Alison helps ensure that scientific advances are understood not just in the lab, but in the real-world contexts where they matter most.

#WIMMSpotlight #WIMMCommunity #HealthExperienceResearch #GeneticCounselling #PublicEngagement #ScienceAndSociety #MRCWIMM
January 20, 2026 at 12:53 PM