Jenner Institute

The Jenner Institute is a research institute on the Old Road Campus in Headington, east Oxford, England. It was formed in November 2005 through a partnership between the University of Oxford and the UK Institute for Animal Health.[2] It is associated with the Nuffield Department of Medicine, in the Medical Sciences Division of Oxford University. The institute receives charitable support from the Jenner Vaccine Foundation.[3][4]

The Jenner Institute Laboratories from the atrium of the Old Road Campus Research Building
The Jenner Institute
Parent institutionUniversity of Oxford
Established2005 (2005)
DirectorAdrian Hill
Staff100
Key peopleSarah Gilbert[1]
Helen McShane
Formerly calledEdward Jenner Institute for Vaccine Research
Location
Old Road Campus Research Building
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Coordinates51.7519293°N 1.2163045°W / 51.7519293; -1.2163045
AddressOld Road Campus Research Building (ORCRB), Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
Websitewww.jenner.ac.uk/home

The institute is led by Prof. Adrian Hill.[5] The institute develops vaccines and carries out clinical trials for diseases including Malaria, Tuberculosis (MVA85A), Ebola, and MERS-Coronavirus.[6][7]

In 2020, the institute has been developing a coronavirus vaccine in a project backed by the UK government.[8] It is collaborating with Italy's Advent Srl (part of the IRBM Group) on the development[9] and Germany's Merck Group on the manufacture of a COVID-19 vaccine.[3] The British vaccinologist Sarah Gilbert is one of the leading scientists involved in the development.[1][10]

Statue of Edward Jenner at the entrance of The Jenner Institute

The institute is named after the English physician and immunization pioneer Edward Jenner (1749–1823), who was a major contributor to the development of the smallpox vaccine.

History

Previously, the Edward Jenner Institute for Vaccine Research was an independent research institute named after Edward Jenner, the inventor of vaccination. It was co-located with the Compton Laboratory of the Institute for Animal Health on a campus in the village of Compton in Berkshire. After occupying temporary laboratory space at the Institute for Animal Health from 1996, the Institute moved to a newly completed laboratory building in 1998. Funding of the institute continued until October 2005, when it was relaunched replacing the four founding funding partners (GSK, MRC, BBSRC and DH) with the University of Oxford and the Institute for Animal Health.[11][12]

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