In new research, published in Nature, Professor Geoffrey L Smith and team identify a mechanism by which poxviruses evade host immune defences, opening up new avenues for therapies using existing licensed drugs.
On Thursday 13th and Friday 14th July 2023, Professor Catherine Wong from Peking Union Medical College Hospital visited Oxford University for the first time as a CAMS Oxford Institute Principal Investigator.
Researchers from across the Nuffield Department of Medicine, including many from the CAMS-Oxford Institute, have published a new article in Science Immunology investigating the role of HLA-E-restricted SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells.
A delegation from the Ministry of Education (MoE) of the People's Republic of China visited the University of Oxford and was hosted at the Nuffield Department of Medicine (NDM) by Professor Tao Dong, Ita Askonas Professor of Translational Immunology and Director of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Oxford Institute (COI).
CAMS-Oxford Institute Network (COIN) members descended upon the city of Chengdu, in the Sichuan province of China, for the return of the annual COIN Conference across 1st-3rd June 2023.
Latest research by Biochemistry & CAMS-Oxford Institute researchers has uncovered at the molecular level how BIRC6 (a giant ubiquitin ligase) keeps cells alive.
The CAMS-Oxford Institute (COI) has funded 12 COVID-19 projects aiming to understand immune responses to COVID-19, contributing nearly 100 published research articles to the field. Read about the impact the COI has had on our understanding of COVID-19 pathology and immunology.
On 12th December 2022, the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences-Oxford University Joint Symposium on \u2018Population Medicine & Public Health\u2019 was held online.
Investigation of the T cell responses against monkeypox virus will be led by Prof. Tao Dong at the CAMS-Oxford Institute and MRC Human Immunology Unit.
A new bioinformatics suite, named in memory of Dr Ling Felce, was officially opened at the CAMS-Oxford Institute (COI) during a ceremony in her honour last month.
Oxford University and the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) signed a cooperation agreement at a virtual unveiling ceremony of the CAMS Oxford Institute.
Study from the Dong Group reveals key differences in the adaptive immune responses of patients with mild vs. severe COVID-19, highlighting a potential new vaccine target.
On the morning of 29th June 2021, the symposium \u201cCAMS Oxford Joint Symposium- Clinical Medicine Research Without Borders\u201d was held online, jointly organized by the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and CAMS-Oxford Institute (COI), and was attended by 1300 participants including Principal Investigators, researchers and students from Oxford and CAMS.
The CAMS-COI Joint webinar entitled \u201cCOVID Without Borders-A collaboration to Investigate A New Disease III \u2013 Diagnostic and Treatment for COVID-19\u201d was held online on the morning of November 17th 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.
The webinar entitled \u201cCOVID Without Borders: A collaboration to Investigate a New Disease II - Vaccine Research and Development\u201d was held online on 22nd September 2020.
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