Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Oxford Institute

COI Half-Day Symposium December 2018

The CAMS Oxford Institute (COI) held a half-day symposium on 12th December 2018 which was the 2nd COI symposium hosted by the University of Oxford.

China Vice Premier and Minster of National Health Commission visit to CTI Beijing

China Vice Premier Madam Sun Chunlan and Minster of National Health Commission Ma Xiaowei visited the CAMS Oxford Centre for Translational Immunology Beijing branch.

China Vice Premier in Oxford for Signing of Research Collaboration

The Vice-Premier of the People’s Republic of China, Liu Yandong, visited Oxford to witness the signing and launching of Chinese Academy of Medical Science Oxford Institute.

COVID Without Borders Webinar Series

The first webinar of the series “COVID Without Borders – A collaboration to Investigate A New Disease” was held online in July 2020. There have been three webinars held to date, the fourth will be held in April 2021.

Stay COVID safe

The University of Oxford is taking steps to help keep everyone safe, from testing to wellbeing support. Find out what the University of Oxford is doing to protect the community, protect the vulnerable and protect it's staff and students: www.ox.ac.uk/covid-health

COI prioritise funding support to the current crisis caused by novel coronavirus

COVID Without Borders- A collaboration to Investigate A New Disease III – Vaccine Research and Development

18 December 2020

The webinar entitled “COVID Without Borders-A collaboration to Investigate A New Disease III – Diagnostic and Treatment for COVID-19” was held online on the morning of November 17th 2020, jointly organized by Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and CAMS-Oxford Institute (COI).

Oxford University breakthrough on global COVID-19 vaccine

23 November 2020

The University of Oxford, in collaboration with AstraZeneca plc, today announces interim trial data from its Phase III trials that show its candidate vaccine, ChAdOx1 nCoV-2019, is effective at preventing COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) and offers a high level of protection.

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Key COVID-19 Publications

Evidence of escape of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.351 from natural and vaccine-induced sera

Zhou D. et al, (2021), Cell

The antigenic anatomy of SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain

Dejnirattisai W. et al, (2021), Cell

A COVID-19 vaccine candidate using SpyCatcher multimerization of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein receptor-binding domain induces potent neutralising antibody responses.

Tan TK. et al, (2021), Nature communications, 12

Broad and strong memory CD4+ and CD8+ T cells induced by SARS-CoV-2 in UK convalescent individuals following COVID-19

Peng Y. et al, (2020), Nature Immunology, 21, 1336 - 1345

Structural basis for the neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 by an antibody from a convalescent patient

Zhou D. et al, (2020), Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, 27, 950 - 958

Longitudinal COVID-19 profiling associates IL-1RA and IL-10 with disease severity and RANTES with mild disease.

Zhao Y. et al, (2020), JCI insight, 5

Hypoxic and pharmacological activation of HIFs inhibits SARS-CoV-2 infection of lung epithelial cells

MCKEATING J. et al, (2021), Cell Reports

Combining computational modelling, structural biology and biochemistry to understand Antigen processing

Tuesday, 22 June 2021, 12pm to 1pm

Speakers: Prof Tim Elliott
Title TBC

Tuesday, 06 July 2021, 12pm to 1pm

Speakers: Dr Juthathip Mongkolsapaya

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CSC - CAMS/PUMC - Oxford High-level Innovative Talent Scholarships

The Chinese Scholarship Council, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences/Peking Union Medical College and the University of Oxford collaborate together for a programme of scholarship cooperation.

The main purpose of this programme is to train the next generation of leaders in the medical sciences field. By combining the strength of our partners, it is aimed at students with a clinical background with an interest in pursuing research in a scientific field related to medicine.

Current Vacancies

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