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Rachel Anscombe
DPhil student
I am a DPhil student in the Powrie lab, studying regulatory T cell biology in the context of gut immunity. My project uses traceable murine TCR transgenic T cells to study the longevity, functions, and cellular interactions of antigen-specific, microbiota-reactive regulatory T cells. I joined the lab as a student in October 2023 as part of a Kennedy Trust Prize Studentship.
Prior to starting my DPhil, I completed a BSc in Biology at the University of Nottingham and an MSc in Integrated Immunology at the University of Oxford. My MSc research project investigated the role of human CD161+ Regulatory T cells in inflammatory arthritis and was based in the Bowness/Chen lab, where I then continued to work as a research assistant for a year.
Recent publications
CD4+ tissue-resident memory Th17 cells are a major source of IL-17A in Spondyloarthritis synovial tissue.
Journal article
Liu F. et al, (2025), Ann Rheum Dis, 84, 1151 - 1163