Previous Awards
The mission of the Oxford Cancer Immuno-Oncology Network (OCION) Funding Scheme is to pump-prime innovative Oxford-based immuno-oncology research and build capacity in cancer immunology.
Previous fund recipients are highlighted below:
2024
Audrey Gérard and Claudia Monaco, The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology
Exploring the relationship between the immune landscape of cancer and atherosclerotic plaques to identify targetable pathways to control tumour growth and limit atherosclerosis incidence
Adán Pinto-Fernández, The Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Oxford InstituteTargeting ISGylation to Boost Cancer Antigenicity: A Novel Approach for Cancer Immunotherapy
Anna Schuh and Kate Ridout, Department of Oncology
Exploring Neo-Epitope Landscapes in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia for Vaccine Development (funded by the NIHR Oxford BRC)
Tamsin Cargill, NDM Experimental Medicine Division
Deciphering Tumour-associated Antigen T-cell Reactivities in Hepatocellular carcinoma to identify candidate immunogens for anti-cancer vaccine development (funded by the NIHR Oxford BRC)
2023
Kim Midwood, The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology
How does macrophage marker F4/80 control T cell tolerance during tumour progression? Finding new ways of taming inflammation to improve treatment options for people with cancer
David Church and Luciana Gneo, Henry Wellcome Building of Genomic Medicine
Vaccination for cancer prevention in Lynch Syndrome
Alistair Easton, Department of Oncology
Phenotyping Intra-epithelial Lymphocytes in Pre-Invasive Lesions