About the TGU
The Translational Gastroenterology Unit hosts teams of scientists and clinicians working together to tackle major diseases affecting the gut and the liver. This includes cancers, infections and inflammatory diseases. A longstanding interest of the unit is inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease), dating back to the era of Sidney Truelove, who developed the first trials and treatments. Together we are now pursuing studies of vaccines, diagnostics, biomarkers, genetics and new clinical interventions in a range of diseases including celiac disease, intestinal failure and auto-immune liver diseases. The unit hosts the Sidney Truelove chair and the Lee Placito chair and around 15 PIs across the different university sites who study various aspects of GI disease at the interface of clinical medicine and basic science. It also hosts a core Flow Cytometry Facility that offers a high-quality Flow Cytometry service to a variety of users. The TGU and flow cytometry facility are supported by the Biomedical Research Centre and Human Immune Discovery Initiative.
Latest publications
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A robust deep learning workflow to predict CD8 + T-cell epitopes
Journal article
Lee CH. et al, (2023), Genome Medicine, 15
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CD4+ and CD8+ T cells and antibodies are associated with protection against Delta vaccine breakthrough infection: a nested case-control study within the PITCH study.
Journal article
Neale I. et al, (2023), mBio
News and Events
Shortlist Announced for Staff Awards
26 July 2023
TGU@14 - Monday 11th September at St Anne's College - Bookings Closing 23rd August-click link below the agenda!
13 July 2023
This TGU@14 Event is Free
Oxford IBD MasterClass 2024 - Personalising care in IBD – the future is now!
12 July 2023
23rd & 24th September 2024 Examination Schools, Oxford, UK
Crohn’s & Colitis Public Information Event - 21st March 2023 - Watch our event here
17 January 2023
Watch our public event here from 21st March 2023.
Featured TGU Researcher
Oxtalks Feed
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Thursday, 28 September 2023, 4.30pm to 5.30pm
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Thursday, 09 November 2023, 4.30pm to 5.30pm
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Thursday, 30 November 2023, 4.30pm to 5.30pm