On 28th November OxTalks will move to the new Halo platform and will become 'Oxford Events' (full details are available on the Staff Gateway).
There will be an OxTalks freeze beginning on Friday 14th November. This means you will need to publish any of your known events to OxTalks by then as there will be no facility to publish or edit events in that fortnight. During the freeze, all events will be migrated to the new Oxford Events site. It will still be possible to view events on OxTalks during this time.
If you have any questions, please contact halo@digital.ox.ac.uk
The gastrointestinal tract is home to a multitude of commensal micro-organisms that co-develop with the host from birth to influence a wide range of physiological processes. These commensal organisms, collectively known as the gut-microbiota, are known to many control aspects of immune system development and function both directly and indirectly. This includes research from our laboratory showing that changes in the gut-microbiota and associated metabolites affects the balance between antibody-producing and regulatory B cell subsets in experimental models of autoimmunity. Further exploration of these signals in human arthritides across age (rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis) could identify novel approaches to specifically target pathogenic B cell responses in both childhood and adult arthritis.
