Tim Elliott

Congratulations Liz! Read her historical perspective article in @imtadvances.bsky.social

Congress starts today in Liverpool. Immunologists are battling the elements to be together! See you there.

🧬 Therapeutic cancer vaccines are back in focus! Advances in neo-antigen T cells, dendritic cell biology, and mRNA tech are paving the way for next-gen immunotherapy.

Read the Open Access review: https://bit.ly/4cefxGm

#CancerVaccines #Immunotherapy #mRNA #Oncology

🦠 DC3s in solid tumours can prime T cells and influence outcomes—boosting survival in some cancers, but promoting immunosuppression in others.

👉 https://bit.ly/3T2blRg

#Immunotherapy #CancerImmunology

🔬 First head-to-head comparison of nuclear imaging for tumour CD8⁺ T cells shows [⁸⁹Zr]Zr-anti-CD8-IgG2a(silent) & [⁸⁹Zr]Zr-OT-I track T-cell infiltration & migration, aiding immunotherapy strategies.

👉 https://bit.ly/4ncWCzv

#Immunotherapy #CD8Tcells #CancerResearch

Congratulations, Michael! 🎉

Agreed. Pipette for Power!

Offer cancer patients exercise on NHS, major charity urges Maggie’s says embedding activities such as yoga, tai chi and Nordic walking into care could boost chances of survival

Offer cancer patients exercise on NHS major charity urges www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

It seems someone removed the beautiful local multinational flag from the lamppost in East Oxford, but someone else has put up another one. Join Nextdoor, an app for neighbourhoods where you can get local tips, buy and sell items, and more

It seems someone removed the beautiful local multinational flag from the lamppost in East Oxford, but someone else has put up another one.
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Incredible #infection #immunity #cancer #Bcells #Tcells Resource 👏 Top of the Human League 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️

From CAR-NK cells to checkpoint inhibitors, Blunt & Khakoo review how boosting NK-cell function could transform cancer therapy.

🔓 Open access: https://bit.ly/4j8dKEW

#Immunotherapy #NKcells #CancerResearch

UK NK 2026 in Cardiff.

January 9th. Be there.

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Hosted by Rich Stanton, Ceri Fielding & Eddie Wang

Need funding to attend your next conference? 💡

The BSI Conference Travel Grants can cover your travel costs - UK (£500), Europe (£700), rest of world (£1,000).

The deadline is just over 1 week away (1 November), so submit your application soon! https://bit.ly/3U0jk2E

@witherslab.bsky.social going from strength to strength

Tick what? Many happy returns Felipe and well marked Anjum!

4 decades of IO – Celebrating 40 years of SITC. In 2009, we had a record meeting attendance and abstract submission! Attend this year's 40th Anniversary Annual Meeting and be a part of the science. https://www.sitcancer.org/2025/home

Wonderful day celebrating Paul Nurse after he steps down from being the Director @crick.ac.uk. We are all very grateful to him for having created an amazing institute.

@blackwellbooks.bsky.social please start posting

Great to see our work on preventive cancer vaccines, including LungVax, featured in this issue!

@oxfordcancer.bsky.social @sarahblagden.bsky.social @timmunologist.bsky.social

University of Oxford - DPhil in Cancer Science Open Day Join the Virtual DPhil in Cancer Science Open Day to hear more about Oxford’s world-leading research training

Join us for our DPhil in Cancer Science Open Day on Tuesday 2nd September at 12:30pm to find out how a DPhil can be the next step in your cancer research career development!

Register via our Eventbrite link before 1st Sept⬇️ @oncology.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk

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Looking forward to talking about #cancervaccines to *all* @CRUK research and innovation staff this afternoon at their fabulous away-day. Actually I’m a bit nervous😬

Amazing news for our Institute @kiroxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk 🎉🍾😀 ! Looking forward to working with our @manchester.ac.uk colleagues to understand better how envrionmental determinants drive chronic inflammatory diseases !

Targeting monocyte dynamics in MS?

In Immunotherapy Advances, Bibi et al. explore how shifting monocytes from inflammatory to reparative states may reshape MS treatment strategies.

📘 https://bit.ly/3EXOfaV

#MS #Monocytes #Neuroinflammation

New research by Rui Zhao et al. shows that high anti-drug antibody (ADA) levels after 3 cycles of camrelizumab are linked to shorter survival in patients with advanced solid cancers.

📉 Higher ADA = lower drug levels = worse outcomes.

🔗 https://bit.ly/461mc5B

#Immunotherapy #CancerResearch

🧬 Better understanding of immune rejection and evasion is setting the stage for next-gen therapies.

Elizabeth Simpson reviews how foundational immunology is reshaping transplant and cancer treatment.

📖 https://bit.ly/44N141N

#TransplantImmunology #Immunotherapy

🧩 Antigen presentation is complex - but imaging is bringing clarity.

@doreenlau.bsky.social‬ & @timmunologist.bsky.social‬ review how advanced imaging illuminates T-cell–APC interactions, peptide-MHC dynamics, and more in cancer immunity.

📖 https://bit.ly/3TkIasN

#CancerImmunology

A high-affinity TCRxCD3 bispecific (ImmTAC®) efficiently redirects T cells to kill PRAME+ tumor cells, even at low epitope density. Combination with anti-PD-1 restores activity in exhausted T cells.

One of the most read articles in ITA: https://bit.ly/40o5kT8

#immunology

Mechanistic modelling reveals that both antigen-dependent and independent factors shape CAR T-cell dynamics in month-one lymphoma patients. IL-7/IL-15 levels and lymphodepletion matter more than CAR T-cell phenotype.

📖 Read: https://bit.ly/3U6fDY6

#Immunotherapy

Yesterday we finished with prize-giving and drinks in the garden🥂🌱! 🏆 Posters for Bas, Cindy & Charlotte📃; postdoc talk for Qian 👩‍🏫 & best embossing artwork for Group8 🧑‍🎨 Shoutout to Lisha for the Rhodes House tours, acknowledging its history, the good and the uncomfortable ⚖️. What a day! #CIOawayday

✨ Kicking off #CIOawayday with our senior PIs sharing the experiments that changed their careers 🧑‍🔬👩‍🔬🧫 A reminder that serendipity, curiosity, and pub chats can spark groundbreaking ideas 🤓 Clearly science thrives on kindness and collaboration and we got a lot of that in #CIO 😉🙃 #ScienceLife