Mechanisms of innate and acquired immunity
Current research in this area includes:
- Cell biology of infection and mechanisms of immunity to Burkholderia pseudomallei - laboratory of Dr Greg Bancroft
- Innate and acquired immunity to tuberculosis and the consequences of immunosuppression - laboratory of Dr Greg Bancroft Vaccination and mechanism of protective immunity against schistosomiasis - laboratory of Dr Quentin Bickle
- Immuno-epidemiology of mycobacterial diseases and correlates of protective immunity - laboratory of Prof Hazel Dockrell
- Co-infections with malaria and intestinal helminths - laboratory of Dr Helena Helmby
- Role of TNF-alpha and impact of rheumatoid arthritis on outcome of Steptococcus pneumoniae infection - laboratory of Dr John Raynes
- Interactions of Streptococcus pneumoniae with acute phase proteins - laboratory of Dr John Raynes
- Role of cytokines in immunity and immunopathology - laboratory of Prof Eleanor Riley
- Recognition of P.falciparum-infected red blood cells by human natural killer cells - laboratory of Prof Eleanor Riley
- The development and lifespan of memory T cells following malaria infection in humans - laboratory of Prof Eleanor Riley
- Correlating protection against malaria with serum antibody profiles to P.falciparum - laboratory of Prof Eleanor Riley