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 3 November 2025

Genetic prediction and multi-omics: Towards disease prevention
Date: 3 November 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof Michael Inouye
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Katie Roberts (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 10 November 2025

Mechanotransduction in vessels: guiding inflammation and atherosclerosis​
Date: 10 November 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Ellie Tzima (Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Tess Lawless
Host: Professor Irina Udalova (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 17 November 2025

Critical roles for ion and water flux in T cell migration and activation
Date: 17 November 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof Victor Tybulewicz (The Francis Crick Institute, London)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Katie Roberts (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 20 November 2025

The multilayered identity of B cell memory
Date: 20 November 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Vassilis Glaros (The Karolinska Institute)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Tess Lawless
Hosts: TBA

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