Oxford and Basel launch centre for children's immune health

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 1 Nov, 13:05 · Archive

The University of Oxford and the Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering in Basel have launched a collaborative research centre focused on children's health.

The Basel-Oxford Centre for Translational Immune Engineering for Child and Adolescent Health (CTIE) is a collaboration between the University of Oxford's Department of Paediatrics and the Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering (BIIE) in Basel, Switzerland. The centre aims to translate advances in immune engineering into diagnostics, vaccines and therapies, with particular emphasis on improving health outcomes for children and adolescents in low- and middle-income countries.

The centre officially launched last week with its first scientific meeting in Oxford on 22 and 23 October, bringing together researchers from both institutions to explore shared expertise and begin developing joint research projects. Scientific discussions focused on clinical cohorts, experimental medicine, global health, precision medicine, antibody discovery, diagnostics and vaccine delivery.

Professor Simon Draper, director of the CTIE and professor of vaccinology and translational medicine at Oxford, said the partnership offered 'an exciting opportunity to combine cutting-edge immune engineering in Basel with Oxford's strengths in human immunology, clinical translation and global health'. He added: 'By bringing researchers together around ambitious collaborative projects, we want to shorten the pathway from scientific discovery to interventions that can make a meaningful impact on human health.'

How it is being reported

• New Oxford research centre aims to transform children’s healthThe research centre is a collaboration between the University of Oxford and the Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering.Oxfordshire Guardian · 1 Nov, 12:30
• New Oxford research centre aims to transform children’s healthThe research centre is a collaboration between the University of Oxford and the Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering.Oxford Mail · 1 Nov, 12:30

In this story: University of Oxford · Botnar Institute of Immune Engineering · Simon Draper · Georg Holländer · Basel · Oxford

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