@oxcio.bsky.social
Centre for Immuno-Oncology (CIO) Nuffield Department of Medicine - University of Oxford. We are based at the Old Road Campus Research Building. https://www.immonc.ox.ac.uk
Calling all members of the Oxford Cancer Network!
The next @oxcio.bsky.social seminar will take place on Monday, January 12th, at 2 pm.
Dr Amit Sud will present 'Spatial colocalisation of neoantigen-expressing tumour cells and cognate T-cells in cancer'.
This project has been a fantastic collaboration between members of the @oxcio.bsky.social and @oncology.ox.ac.uk (Oxford), AstraZeneca and others, and a huge dose of perseverance and resilience from @mtjackson101.bsky.social ! Huge thanks also to our funders. 10/10
05.01.2026 15:30 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Parkes lab pre-print alert! βTMEM33 deletion potentiates anti-tumor CD8βΊ T cell immunity.β Led by mtjackson101.bsky.social. Full bluetutorial follows! 1/10 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
05.01.2026 15:30 β π 22 π 10 π¬ 1 π 1
Our #CIO DPhil student Lisha Jeena is about to give her pre-viva talk on the effects of HIV-associated inflammation on musculoskeletal healthπ¦΄.
Come support Lisha in the NDMRB seminar room! Best of luck, Lisha π youβve got this! πͺπ
π Best of luck to Max Quastel, whoβs defending his DPhil thesis today! Heβll be giving a pre-viva talk open to everyone, come along and cheer him on. Break a leg, Max! β¨ #CIODphil
12.12.2025 12:37 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Our #CIO DPhil student Lisha Jeena is about to give her pre-viva talk on the effects of HIV-associated inflammation on musculoskeletal healthπ¦΄.
Come support Lisha in the NDMRB seminar room! Best of luck, Lisha π youβve got this! πͺπ
There was something different about patients receiving treatment for cancer in the pandemic. Less treatment was given, so it may have been restricted the fittest/ those who would most benefit. This may explain the Covid vaccine enhancement of ICB recently reported.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Great to see that @oxcio.bsky.social Max is thinking big before his DPhil viva this morning! #croissantasaurusrex
12.12.2025 12:56 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
π Best of luck to Max Quastel, whoβs defending his DPhil thesis today! Heβll be giving a pre-viva talk open to everyone, come along and cheer him on. Break a leg, Max! β¨ #CIODphil
12.12.2025 12:37 β π 6 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Weβre happy to be in Liverpool for this years @britsocimm.bsky.social congress:
In todayβs βWhatβs hot in cancer immunology?β session, Prof David Withers presented our new data on an orthotopic colorectal cancer model for the first time! ππͺ
CIO is at @britsocimm.bsky.social BSI congress in Liverpool.
Look out for presentations, posters and session chairs from CIO members @witherslab.bsky.social @galvez-cancino.bsky.social @timmunologist.bsky.social @mjwsim.bsky.social
The Sim lab is at BSI Congress with two posters @britsocimm.bsky.social
Come see what weβve been up to! Numbers 400 and 403.
Tomorrow we welcome Jonathon Worboys from the University of Manchester to our CIO seminar series.
Jon is a Wellcome research fellow and will give a talk titled βThe nanoscale governance of TIGIT signalling and blockadeβ
Today, our PostDoc @lisav17.bsky.social has presented her progress on alternative experimental approaches to our current Kaede system in the @oxcio.bsky.social weekly seminar!
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UK NK 2026 in Cardiff.
January 9th. Be there.
eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-nk-conferβ¦
Hosted by Rich Stanton, Ceri Fielding & Eddie Wang
@timmunologist.bsky.social @mjwsim.bsky.social
23.10.2025 20:21 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Welcome DPhil class of 2025! Great to have you in CIO.
23.10.2025 20:19 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
π€©CIO Cake Alert!! Anjum made this amazing lemon blueberry sponge cake for Felipeβs @galvez-cancino.bsky.social birthday from a TikTok recipe π°π But she promised to add it to our recipe collection making it truly generational-friendly!Weβre so excited that homebaked cakes are back to CIO again π
23.10.2025 13:29 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1
In this weeks @oxcio.bsky.social seminar, our PostDoc Pascale presented her current progress on setting up #SingleCellSequencing experiments and their analysis for the @witherslab.bsky.social in Oxford! π₯οΈπ‘π
Exciting!!!
A big part of the CIO team will be at the @britsocimm.bsky.social Conference in Liverpool! You might spot our DPhil student (soon-to-be Dr) Max, featured in this yearβs poster.
07.10.2025 17:58 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Scientists at NDM's @oxcio.bsky.social and the @dunnschool.bsky.social are joining together to develop an #mRNAVaccine for children with a rare type of #cancer. Using funding from Alice's Arc, their aim is to improve #rhabdomyosarcoma treatment π
Learn more π www.ndm.ox.ac.uk/news/ndm-sci...
Today we welcome Associate Prof. Amir Horowitz from the Tish Cancer Institute at Mt Sinai to the CIO Seminar Series.
Amir will present work from his group with the title 'Targeting HLA-E and NKG2A in solid tumors to overcome resistance to cancer immunotherapies'
Hugo, a DPhil student in our department, created a brain teaser about #immunopeptidomics. Can you help us solve it? #AntigenPresentation #Immunology #OxfordOpenDoors
13.09.2025 14:55 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Come visit our Centre for Immuno-Oncology activities at the Old Road Campus Research Building for @ox.ac.uk Open Doors! Learn about the amazing science we do in our department through fun games. Kids will understand antigens and thereβs a complicated enigma for the grown ups ππ©βπ¬π¨βπ¬π§ͺ #OxfordUOpenDoors
13.09.2025 11:50 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Today we kicked off the @oxcio.bsky.social weekly seminar presenting our most recent achievementsπ¬
Our PostDoc @nabinapun.bsky.social gave insight into her research on myeloid cells in the TME our RA @ioannisguida.bsky.social presented a conclusion of his work in the #WithersLab before he leaves us!
The early bird deadline for βͺ@thebacr.bsky.socialβ¬ Cancer Immunology conference has been extended to the 18th of August!
Talks will include discussions on:
β’ Antibody Immunotherapy
β’ Technological Advances in Cancer Immunology
β’ Cellular Therapies
Sign up here β¬οΈ
www.bacr.org.uk/event/cancer...
Yesterday we finished with prize-giving and drinks in the gardenπ₯π±! π Posters for Bas, Cindy & Charlotteπ; postdoc talk for Qian π©βπ« & best embossing artwork for Group8 π§βπ¨ Shoutout to Lisha for the Rhodes House tours, acknowledging its history, the good and the uncomfortable βοΈ. What a day! #CIOawayday
10.07.2025 07:15 β π 6 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
After some cake π (of course!) to celebrate Timβs and Nachoβs birthdays π₯³, we wrapped up with fantastic postdoc talks. Big thanks to Bruno, Maria, Lisa and Qian for rounding off a #CIOawayday packed with inspiring science and great company! π
09.07.2025 17:10 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
π§ͺ We continued with an engaging afternoon poster session featuring more of our talented PhD students π£ Fantastic science, thoughtful questions, and great discussions all around. The future is bright! #CIOawayday
09.07.2025 16:29 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
π¨ After lunch we had some team-building fun with a sciency embossing workshop π§βπ¨ so many creative scientists in the room! Huge thanks to Asma for teaching us a new skill!! #CIOawayday #embossing
09.07.2025 16:23 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
