Kennedy Institute Seminars

Weekly seminar held at the Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre every Monday at 12pm at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology by an external Guest Speaker. At Kennedy we focus on understanding the causes of chronic inflammatory conditions to develop new treatments that change lives.We are located in our own purpose designed building at the heart of the University of Oxford’s Old Road campus, a premier site for translational research in Oxford.
Type: Seminar Series
Series organiser: Jo Silva (NDORMS)
Web Address: http://www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/upcoming-events
Organising department: Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS)

Talks:

Monday 22 September 2025

Explorations in microstructural imaging of the heart and other tissues
Date: 22 September 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Gregory Sands (University of Auckland)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Magdalena Gross
Host: Prof Mark Coles (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology )

Friday 26 September 2025

Single-Cell Computational Intelligence Uncovers Autoimmune Disease Pathogenesis
Date: 26 September 2025, 10:00 - 11:00
Speaker : Prof Fan Zhang (University of Colorado Anschutz)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Magdalena Gross
Host: Dr Yang Luo (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 29 September 2025

Derailed Cellular Choreography in the Skin Ulcer Niche: Roadblocks to Repair
Date: 29 September 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Jenna Cash (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Magdalena Gross
Host: Dr Adrien Hallou (University of Oxford)

Monday 27 October 2025

Spatial Proteomics Relates Metabolic T Cell Flexibility to Successful Cancer Immunotherapy
Date: 27 October 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Felix Hartmann (German Cancer Research Center)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Magdalena Gross
Host: Professor Christopher Buckley (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford)

Editors: Anne Bowtell, Nicole Harris, Jo Silva, Josie Eade, Katie Roberts, Magdalena Gross