Participating Research Groups

Adrian Liston

Department of Pathology

Research Topic: Immunotherapeutics to fight infection and neuroinflammation

Akhilesh Jha

Department of Medicine

Research Topic: Epithelial–Immune Crosstalk in the Human Airway

Alexandre Almeida

Department of Veterinary Medicine

Research Topic: Genetics of the human gut microbiome

Andrew Firth

Department of Pathology

Research Topic: RNA virus molecular biology, gene expression, translational control, comparative genomics, and NGS analysis

Arwen Altenburg

Department of Pathology

Research Topic: MHC-I antigen processing and presentation in virus immune detection and evasion

Ben Luisi

Department of Biochemistry

Research Topic: Structure and mechanism of bacterial multi-drug efflux pumps

Benjamin Krishna

Department of Medicine

Research Topic: Human cytomegalovirus biology in hypoxic environments

Betty Chung

Department of Pathology

Research Topic: Translational control in the context of infection

Brian Ferguson

Department of Pathology

Research Topic: Development of synthetic oncolytic poxviruses

Camilla Godlee

Department of Biochemistry / Pathology

Research Topic: Alteration of cellular membranes by bacterial virulence proteins

Catherine Merrick

Department of Pathology

Research Topic: Studying the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

Cinzia Cantacessi

Department of Veterinary Medicine

Research Topic: Gastrointestinal helminths, host-parasite interactions and high-throughput sequencing technologies

Clare Bryant

Department of Veterinary Medicine

Research Topic: Host recognition of infection

Colin Crump

Department of Pathology

Research Topic: How viruses interact with and modify host cells during different stages of their infection cycles

Dami Collier

Department of Pathology

Research Topic: Within-host evolution of HIV-1 and SARS-CoV-2

Emma Poole

Department of Pathology

Research Topic: Molecular mechanisms that control human cytomegalovirus latency

Hendrik van Veen

Department of Pharmacology

Research Topic: Phospholipid transporters in antimicrobial resistance

Ioanna Mela

Department of Pharmacology

Research Topic: DNA Nanostructure Development and Aptamer Selection

James Thaventhiran

Department of MRC Toxicology

Research Topic: Improvement of vaccine efficacy and toxicity in mice and humans

Jeanne Salje

Department of Pathology / Biochemistry

Research Topic: The cell biology of obligate intracellular bacteria

John Doorbar

Department of Pathology

Research Topic: How HPV infection leads to disease

John McCafferty

Department of Medicine

Research Topic: Recombinant antibody technology

Kate Baker

Department of Genetics

Research Topic: Bacterial genetics and antimicrobial resistance

Klaus Okkenhaug

Department of Pathology

Research Topic: PI3 kinases in immunity, infection and cancer

Louise Boyle

Department of Pathology

Research Topic: Molecular mechanisms controlling peptide selection for immune recognition

Maria Adelaida Duque-Correa

Department of Stem Cell Institute

Research Topic: Tissue damage, regeneration and stem cell perturbation by parasitic worms

Mark Wills

Department of Pathology

Research Topic: Immunological mechanisms regulating human cytomegalovirus infection

Nerea Irigoyen

Department of Pathology

Research Topic: Role of virus protein translation in pathogenicity and disease

Nick Matheson

Department of Medicine

Research Topic: HIV and immunometabolism

Rahul Roychoudhuri

Department of Pathology

Research Topic: Immune Regulation in Inflammation and Cancer

Roger Rubio Sánchez

Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology

Research Topic: Exploiting synthetic cell platforms to develop next-generation antimicrobials

Ross Waller

Department of Biochemistry

Research Topic: Investigating molecular function, diversity and evolution in cells

Sam Wilson

Department of Medicine

Research Topic: Innate Immune Barriers to the Emergence and Pathogenesis of Pandemic Viruses

Somenath Bakshi

Department of Engineering

Research Topic: Microfludics platforms to study bacteria and virus infections

Stephen Graham

Department of Pathology

Research Topic: Molecular mechanisms by which viruses remodel the composition and architecture of host membranes during infection

Tim Halim

Department of Pathology

Research Topic: Early cancer and immune co-evolution

Tim Williams

Department of Veterinary Medicine

Research Topic: Extracellular vesicle research

Vasilis Kosmoliaptsis

Department of Surgery

Research Topic: Molecular mechanisms of immune mediated ischaemia-reperfusion injury in the transplantation context

Virginia Pedicord

Department of Medicine

Research Topic: Interaction between the microbiome and immune cell function

Yorgo Modis

Department of Medicine

Research Topic: Cellular mechanisms of viral gene sensing and silencing