OxTalks will soon move to the new Halo platform and will become 'Oxford Events.' There will be a need for an OxTalks freeze. This was previously planned for Friday 14th November – a new date will be shared as soon as it is available (full details will be available on the Staff Gateway).
In the meantime, the OxTalks site will remain active and events will continue to be published.
If staff have any questions about the Oxford Events launch, please contact halo@digital.ox.ac.uk
Dr. Felipe Galvez-Cancino is an immunologist with a long-standing interest in T and myeloid cell biology. He performed his doctoral studies in Chile and the USA at Fundacion Ciencia & Vida and Stanford University. Following his PhD, he pursued postdoctoral training at the Cancer Institute at UCL in London, UK. Since June 2024, Felipe has been a Group Leader and Kidani Fellow at the Centre for Immuno-Oncology at the University of Oxford, where he leads the Immune-Regulation and Immune-Interactions group (IRII).
Felipe’s work has led to key discoveries in the field of vaccination, identifying the role of vaccination-induced tissue-resident memory CD8+ T cells as key players in the immunity against melanoma. Felipe’s latest work has been focused on understanding the mechanisms of action of immunomodulatory agents, particularly depleting antibodies targeting regulatory CD4+ T cells (Tregs) and their interaction with Fc receptors on myeloid cells. These findings have shown that Tregs control the phagocytic capacity of tumour-infiltrating macrophages, axes that could be therapeutically harnessed for drug development. Dr. Galvez-Cancio’s current interest is understanding the phagocytic compartment of liver tumours and sarcomas and developing novel therapies that engage phagocytosis.
