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This podcast investigates anxiety from a medical and a psychodynamic perspective, including formal diagnoses and other ways of categorising anxiety, plus an exercise on identifying potential causes of underlying anxiety.

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Department: Student Administration and Services

Date Added: 12/01/2025

Duration: 00:20:28

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This podcast focuses on different kinds of stress: helpful and unhelpful stress, acute and chronic stress, and macro and micro-stress, and offers a practical way in which you can start to get some control back over any stress you might be experiencing.

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Department: Student Administration and Services

Date Added: 11/01/2025

Duration: 00:17:14

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Carlos Bayod Lucini

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Mark Crosby

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ARCHiOX - Seeing the Unseen in Oxford University Collections

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Experts discuss how the latest 3D recording technology has supported their research by revealing near-invisible markings from originals held at Oxford University Institutions

The very latest in 3D recording technology has revealed near-invisible markings from originals held at Oxford University institutions. Imagery captured with this technology shows what has never before been possible to record. These recordings have assisted researchers in making exciting discoveries which will be shared at this event.
In this presentation, a panel of experts will discuss how recordings have supported their research. Incised text from second century wax tablets, newly discovered designs found on the reverse of copper printing plates and examples of preparatory stylus markings from High Renaissance drawings will all be explored through these incredible new images. Recordings of specimens from the Oxford University Museum of Natural History will demonstrate how this new method for 3D acquisition could have the potential to assist in the classification of species.
The technology used to create these recordings will be described and explained by their designer, and the Bodleian’s imaging specialist. Members of Bodleian Digital Library Systems and Services will demonstrate online viewers to disseminate these 3D recordings, and newly developed tools which allow users to interact with them.
ARCHiOx – Analysis and Recording of Cultural Heritage in Oxford – is a collaborative project bringing together the Bodleian Libraries and the Factum Foundation. Based in Madrid, the Factum Foundation specialises in high-resolution 3D imaging and has worked in cultural heritage institutions throughout the world, producing exceptional, three-dimensional facsimiles of artworks and artefacts.

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Adam Lowe is the director of Factum Arte and founder of Factum Foundation for Digital Technology in Preservation. Founded in 2001, Factum Arte is a multidisciplinary workshop dedicated to digital mediation for the production of works for contemporary artists.
John Barrett is Senior Photographer for the Bodleian Libraries. Since 2005, John has provided photographs of Bodleian originals for numerous publications. His work involves the development of new methods of recording special collections material. John is technical lead at the Bodleian for ARCHiOx.
Jorge Cano is Head of Technology at Factum Foundation. He has developed a multidisciplinary career working in the intersections of art and technology. Jorge is an expert in 3D recording, image filtering and Geographical Information Systems.
Carlos Bayod is Project Director at the Factum Foundation. His work is dedicated to the development and application of digital technology to the recording, study and dissemination of cultural heritage.
Richard Allen is a Software Engineer for Bodleian Digital Library Systems and Services where he works primarily supporting Digital Bodleian and the Imaging Studio DAMS. He is also CEO of an Oxford University spinout company called Palaeopi Limited that specialises in photogrammetry.
Angelamaria Aceto is a Senior Research in Italian Drawings at Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford.
Dr. Mark Crosby, FSA is an associate Professor and Director of the K-State Digital Humanities Center at the Department of English, Kansas State University.

With an introduction by Richard Ovenden OBE, Bodley's Librarian & Head of Gardens, Libraries and Museums (GLAM)

The project has been generously funded by The Helen Hamlyn Trust.

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Date Added: 10/01/2025

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This first podcast defines stress and anxiety, explores common causes of stress and anxiety amongst the student community at the University of Oxford, and outlines key signs and symptoms to look out for.

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Date Added: 10/01/2025

Duration: 00:19:32

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Optimising CAR-T cell sensitivity by engineering matched extracellular sizes between CAR/antigen and CD2/CD58 adhesion complexes

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To Immunity and Beyond

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Professor Omer Dusk discusses a bioRxiv pre-print: ‘Optimising CAR-T cell sensitivity by engineering matched extracellular sizes between CAR/antigen and CD2/CD58 adhesion complexes’.

This episode discusses the following pre-print: 'Optimising CAR-T cell sensitivity by engineering matched extracellular sizes between CAR/antigen and CD2/CD58 adhesion complexes.' Burton J, Siller-Farfan JA, Andre V, Jenkins J, Barton MI, Bustamante Eguiguren S, Cabezas-Caballero J, Davis SJ, Weikl TR, van der Merwe PA, Dushek O (bioRxiv pre-print (2025), under review).
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.01.06.631424v1

And references two related studies that provide foundational framework for the work:
Using CombiCells, a platform enabling titration and combinatorial display of cell surface ligands, to study T cell antigen sensitivity by TCRs, CARs, and BiTEs
Patel A, Andre V, Eguiguren SB, Barton MI, Denham EM, Pettmann J, Morch AM, Kutuzov MA, Siller-Farfan JA, Dustin ML, van der Merwe PA, Dushek O
The EMBO Journal (2024)
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.06.15.545075v2

Inefficient exploitation of accessory receptors reduces the sensitivity of chimeric antigen receptors
Burton J, Siller-Farfan JA, Pettmann J, Salzer B, Kutuzov M, van der Merwe PA, Dushek O
PNAS (2023).
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2216352120

A full list of contributors and acknowledgements can be found within each article. Additionally, Professor Omer Dushek would like to thank past and present members of his laboratory, including all co-authors of the manuscript, and especially his long-term collaborator P. Anton van der Merwe (co-founder). The establishment of MatchBio Ltd relied on technology to improve the sensitivity of CAR-T cells and technology to manipulate surface proteins directly on the cell surface (CombiCells) that included critical contributions from Jake Burton, Jesús Siller-Farfan, Violaine Andre, Michael I. Barton, Ashna Patel, Eleanor Denham, Edward Jenkins, Simon J. Davis, Sofia Bustamante Eguiguren, Jose Cabezas Caballero, Thomas R Weikl, and Johannes Pettmann. The founding of MatchBio Ltd relied on the expertise of Philip G. Jakeman (CEO) and the OSE Life Science Panel. The work has been supported by the Wellcome Trust (207537/Z/17/Z) and UKRI MRC (MR/W031353/1).

Speakers: Professor Omer Dushek, Professor Paul Klenerman

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Date Added: 09/01/2025

Duration: 00:28:24

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Prospects for Democracy and the Muslim Subject: Reflecting on the Raba'a Massacre Ten Years On

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This talk is the closing plenary address given by Professor S Sayyid, University of Leeds the final part of a 2-day online academic conference convened on 15-16 August 2023 by Dr Usaama al-Azami.

This talk is the closing plenary address given by Professor S Sayyid, University of Leeds the final part of a 2-day online academic conference convened on 15-16 August 2023 by Dr Usaama al-Azami on the topic of "Prospects for Democracy and the Muslim Subject: Reflecting on the Raba'a Massacre Ten Years On". Dr al-Azami gathered together 15 guest speakers to particate in 3 panels and 1 roundtable discussion. Panel 1 explored "A Decade of Counterrevolution". Panel 2 considered "Making Sense of Violence and Trauma"; and Panel 3 covered "Islamism and Muslim Subjectivities in the Aftermath of Raba'a". The Roundtable Discussion on the afternoon of Day 2, considered "Conceptualizing and Locating Islamophobia". The 2 days culminated in Professor Sayyid's presentation after which followed an audience Q&A. A plenary discussion brought the conference to a close.

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Contemporary Islamic Studies

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Salman Sayyid

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Department: Middle East Centre

Date Added: 07/01/2025

Duration: 00:34:15

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Stress and Anxiety

Stress and anxiety are amongst the most common mental health problems experienced by students. In this series of podcasts, we look at what stress and anxiety are, common signs and symptoms to look out for, some of the most common causes of stress and anxiety for students at Oxford, and how an understanding of basic physiology, neurology, and child development can help us to understand why we might be feeling stressed or anxious. Drawing on an evidence based, psychodynamic approach, we also explore a range of practical strategies and how to make a long term plan to address any stress and anxiety in your life, which you can either try out on your own or with the help of a counsellor.

Importantly, these podcasts are not intended to be used as a replacement for counselling, therapy, or medical intervention for those who might need it. Rather, the hope is that it will give you some ideas which might be part of a process of understanding more about yourself and, ultimately, feeling better.

Useful Links and Resources:

University Counselling Service Self-Help Resources: https://www.ox.ac.uk/students/welfare/counselling/self-help

Points of Contact:

Emergency Services: Call 999 or go to Accident & Emergency (A&E) if you are at immediate risk e.g. if you are having suicidal thoughts and believe you might act on them imminently. The nearest A&E in Oxford is at the John Radcliffe Hospital: Headley Way, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU.

Your GP: Your GP is a point of contact for mental as well as physical health and can make referrals to specialist services where appropriate. See your college website if you’re not sure which surgery you’re connected to.

111: Call 111 if you need medical help quickly but there is not an immediate risk, or if you are unable to contact your GP surgery (e.g. due to its being out-of-hours). As well as physical health advice, this is a source of round the clock, non-emergency advice on accessing mental health support.

College Support:

Your College Welfare Team: Every college has its own setup but this may include a Wellbeing Adviser, Welfare Officer or Dean, Chaplain, Nurse and others. Check your college website if you’re not sure who to contact.

Your College Lodge: The porters can also help you access support within college. If you need urgent support outside of normal working hours, they will be able to alert an on-call Junior Dean who can help you access appropriate support.

Helplines and Online Support:

Samaritans: 116 123. Emotional support helpline, free to access, operates 24/7.

Togetherall: A professionally moderated online peer support community. Register with your university email address to gain free access.

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