Johnson & Johnson Innovation \u2013 JLABS announced on 11th July that the Translational Gastroenterology Unit, University of Oxford, has been selected as the awardee in the IBD Stress Test QuickFire Challenge.
The Translational Gastroenterology Unit is celebrating its 10th year in existence in 2019. We thought this was a great opportunity to look at what shape the TGU has taken over that time, and where we would like to be heading in the future.
Oxford Simulation, Teaching and Research (OxSTaR) and the Medical Directors Office held the yearly QIP Symposium on Friday 5th July 2019 at Tingewick Hall, John Radcliffe Hospital.
A Hepatology Specialist Practitioner at Oxford University Hospitals has scooped the top prize at the national Dr Falk-Pharma / Guts UK charity awards 2019.
Congratulations and a huge well done to Denise O\u2019Donnell, Lead Research Nurse for the Gastro and Hepatology Clinical Trials Facility, Transalational Gastroenterology Unit, for receiving a High Sheriff Award!
Satish Keshav, a lynchpin of the TGU and a fine colleague and mentor to many in the Unit died unexpectedly on Wednesday 23rd January. The sudden loss of Satish is tragic for his family and for all of us who were lucky enough to be his friends. In due course we will post an obituary and some memories of his work.
Macrophages treated with the short-chain fatty acid butyrate \u2013 a by-product of dietary fibre breakdown - are better equipped to fight bacteria in the gut, report researchers from the Kennedy Institute and the Translational Gastroenterology Unit. These findings could lead to new strategies to restore gut health in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
forCrohns is a UK based charity solely dedicated to Crohn's Disease. Their mission is to fund research that helps those with the condition today and contributes to finding a cure for Crohn\u2019s disease in the future whilst making more people in the UK aware of the disease and its symptoms.
In case you missed it when first released in the Mail online in June 2018, 'The good Doctors Guide' for Gall Bladder Surgery and treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases as compiled by the Mail, based on peer reviews, includes the following:
The University of Oxford Immunology Network has driven the development of a Human Immune Discovery Initiative (HIDI), an initiative that aims to improve accessibility to immunological assays and expertise for all researchers across the University (and beyond). HIDI will act as a gateway to immunological resources by sponsoring 4 Discovery Platforms within the Medical Sciences Division.
The Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2014 was held over the 1st to the 6th of July at the Royal Society in London. Dr Nathan West and Sarah McCuaig from the Translational Gastroenterology Unit created a short video entitled 'You're never alone...immune-bacterial interactions in the gut', which demonstrated the duel between our immune cells and the bacteria colonising our colons.
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