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Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery (INsD)

DPAG Principal Investigators

Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery (Kavli INsD) is where the physical sciences are brought into the cell. This 20th Kavli Foundation institute was inaugurated in April 2021 and is located at the heart of the science area in the Oxford campus. 

With a strong culture of collaboration and curiosity driven research our team of 40 faculty and 400 researchers are  leading discovery into the most basic unit of life, the cell.

The world leading teams from structural biology, biochemistry, pathology, chemistry, physics, physiology and engineering work together to make significant contributions to global health.

Kavli INsD is led by Professor Carol Robinson, who is a highly decorated chemist known for her work in using mass spectrometry to elucidate the 3D structures of proteins.

Learn more about Kavli INsD

Research Themes

A male fruit fly gland showing secondary cells (small cluster at the tip of each 'arm' of the gland, green) and circumferential muscle fibres (shown as the dominant mass streaking across the gland, red/pink)

Functional Genomics

We play a leading role in the development of more efficient and cost-effective sequencing technologies.

Two cells coupled together in appearance of a lightening flash against a dark background

Neuroscience

We host a number of internationally recognised neuroscience groups, with expertise in a wide range of experimental and computational methods.