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\n \n 16 November 2021\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford is to benefit from $2 million (\u00a31.49 million) in funding from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) to investigate how our ancestry and diversity influence the way that vaccines work in our cells.\r\n\r\nThe Oxford team includes a number of investigators across several departments including the Jenner Institute.\r\n\r\nFind out more: (https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2021-11-16-2m-fund-awarded-oxford-s-single-cell-ancestry-vaccine-research)
\n \n\n\n \n 11 November 2021\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford have begun recruiting for a Phase I trial to test an Ebola vaccine in human volunteers \u2013 with the first vaccinations having already taken place.
\n \n\n\n \n 4 October 2021\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nThe Oxfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership (OxLEP) has secured funding to support the University of Oxford\u2019s Clinical BioManufacturing Facility (CBF) \u2013 a UK leader in the production of vaccines for early phase clinical trials, including the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
\n \n\n\n \n 3 September 2021\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nResearch from Jenner Institute and Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research has shown the technology behind the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has potential in treating cancer. When tested in mice, the cancer vaccine increased levels of anti-tumour T cells infiltrating tumours and improved efficacy of cancer immunotherapy. Compared to immunotherapy alone, the combination with the vaccine showed a greater reduction in tumour size and improved survival of the mice.
\n \n\n\n \n 23 August 2021\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nThe Royal Society Africa Prize 2021 is awarded to Professor George Warimwe, Jenner Investigator, for his work on zoonoses vaccine development, capacity building in Africa, and his innovative research proposal. Professor Warimwe will be awarded a medal and a grant of \u00a315,000 towards his research project at a symposium to be held at a future date.
\n \n\n\n \n 20 August 2021\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nThe Oxford-run VALIDATE Network, co-directed by Jenner Investigator Prof Helen McShane, has received $1.5 million in funding for its tuberculosis vaccine work from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. An effective vaccine for TB is one of the primary goals of the VALIDATE Network which aims to accelerate vaccine development for complex intracellular pathogens that are often neglected.
\n \n\n\n \n 6 August 2021\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nAs the University was planning the first clinical trials for the COVID-19 vaccine, some began to wonder how to supply the vaccine to the world - if it worked. Although Oxford had the capacity to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, and clinical trials might take only a few months, manufacturing \u2018at pandemic scale\u2019 would take much longer. A group of University scientists had, however, worked on the problem for some time.
\n \n\n\n \n 4 August 2021\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nThe course provides teaching in human and veterinary vaccinology by an exceptional faculty of academic and industrial speakers, with an emphasis on strengthening vaccine development and manufacturing autonomy in Africa. The course alternates between East and West Africa. In 2021, participation is for attendees working or studying in East Africa. Applications close 31 August.
\n \n\n\n \n 3 August 2021\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nProfessor Tomas Hanke, Professor of Vaccine Immunology at the Jenner Institute, and lead researcher on the trial, said: \u2018This highly rational, bioinformatics-assisted, vaccine design addresses the enormous variability of HIV-1 - one of the greatest challenges to the development of an effective vaccine against HIV/AIDS.\u2019
\n \n\n\n \n 29 July 2021\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford\u2019s and our partners AstraZeneca have today announced that one billion doses of the ChAdOx1 nCov-19 coronavirus vaccine have been released, to more than 170 countries, marking a key milestone as part of the University and AstraZeneca\u2019s joint vision to make the available to the world, on a not-for-profit basis for the world during the pandemic, and in perpetuity for low- and middle-income countries.
\n \n\n\n \n 16 July 2021\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nAdenovirus vaccine vectors, such as the ChAdOx1 nCov-19 construct which has risen to prominence as a major vaccine for COVID-19, may generate robust long-term immune system responses, according to scientists from the Universities of Oxford and the Cantonal Hospital St.Gallen, Switzerland.
\n \n\n\n \n 5 July 2021\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nVaccinations started today of a novel HIV vaccine candidate as part of a Phase I clinical trial in the UK. Professor Tom\u00e1\u0161 Hanke, Professor of Vaccine Immunology at the Jenner Institute and lead researcher on the trial, said: \u2018An effective HIV vaccine has been elusive for 40 years. This trial is the first in a series of evaluations of this novel vaccine strategy in both HIV-negative individuals for prevention and in people living with HIV for cure.\u2019
\n \n\n\n \n 28 June 2021\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford in partnership with AstraZeneca began vaccinations on 27 June 2021 for a new phase in human trials to test a COVID-19 vaccine \u2018AZD2816\u2019 in volunteers against the B.1.351 variant of concern \u2013 commonly known as the Beta variant.
\n \n\n\n \n 28 June 2021\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nAlternating doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines generate robust immune responses against COVID-19, according to researchers running the University of Oxford-led Com-COV study. Mixed schedules involving Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca generate strong immune response against SARS-CoV2 spike IgG protein.
\n \n\n\n \n 18 June 2021\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nResearch on the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, also known as the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, indicates that a long interval between first and second doses does not compromise the immune response after a late second dose. Additionally, a third dose of the vaccine continues to boost antibodies against SARS-CoV-2.
\n \n\n\n \n 12 June 2021\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nThe pioneering work of members of the University into tackling the Coronavirus pandemic has been recognised in The Queen's Birthday Honours List. The honorands include Jenner Institute researchers Sarah Gilbert, Catherine Green, Adrian Hill and Teresa Lambe.
\n \n\n\n \n 13 May 2021\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers running the University of Oxford-led Com-COV study \u2013 launched earlier this year to investigate alternating doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and the Pfizer vaccine \u2013 have today reported preliminary data revealing more frequent mild to moderate reactions in mixed schedules compared to standard schedules.
\n \n\n\n \n 6 May 2021\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nProfessor Adrian Hill is elected as Fellow of the Royal Society for his world-leading work in the design and development of new vaccines for globally important infectious diseases. He founded and directs the Jenner Institute at Oxford University.
\n \n\n\n \n 23 April 2021\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers from the University of Oxford and their partners have today reported findings from a Phase IIb trial of a candidate malaria vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, which demonstrated high-level efficacy of 77% over 12-months of follow-up.
\n \n\n\n \n 23 April 2021\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nCOVID-19 infections fell significantly \u2013 by 65% percent - after a first dose of the Oxford-AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines in this large community surveillance study.
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