Infection and Immunity
The Infection and Immunity Research Theme includes the following sub-groups:
- Microbiology, Parasitology and Virology
- Innate Immunity
- Anti-microbial Resistance
- Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy
- Cellular Immunology
- Epidemiology and Mathematical Modelling
- Molecular Biology and Genetics
- One Health
- Nanotechnology and Biotechnology
- Cellular Physiology and Metabolism
- Neuroimmunology and Neurodegeneration
How to find a research supervisor
Research supervisors are either staff members of the University, or based in one of the research units or institutions associated with the University.
Supervisors are in high demand and may not be able to respond to your enquiry immediately, so please be patient. Some may already be supervising the maximum number of PhD students they can, and won’t be able to take on any new students.
Browse potential research supervisors:
accepting applications from prospective postgraduate students
accepting applications from summer students
Supervisors accepting applications from prospective Postgraduate Students:
Dr Alexandre Almeida
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: High-resolution and large-scale approaches to investigate the function and diversity of the human microbiome in health and disease
Email: aa2369@cam.ac.uk
Dr Katerina Artavanis-Tsakonas
Department of Pathology
Topic: Parasitology
Email: ka447@cam.ac.uk
Professor Kate Baker
Genetics
Topic: Genomics epidemiology of bacterial pathogens and antimicrobial resistance
Email: kb827@cam.ac.uk
Dr Gabriel Balmus
Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Topic: DNA Damage Response in ageing and neurodegeneration
Email: gb318@cam.ac.uk
Dr Andrew Blagborough
Department of Pathology
Topic: Malaria transmission
Email: amb283@cam.ac.uk
Professor Mark Blaxter
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Topic: Tree of life
Email: mb35@sanger.ac.uk
Dr Michael Boemo
Department of Pathology and Department of Genetics
Topic: Developing AI and mathematical models to determine how genome replication and repair can be targeted in cancer and infectious diseases
Email: mb915@cam.ac.uk
Dr Alex Borodavka
Biochemistry
Topic: Mechanisms of RNA virus replication, RNA structure, ribonucleoprotein condensates
Email: ab2677@cam.ac.uk
Professor Louise Boyle
Department of Pathology
Topic: Antigen presentation to cells of the immune system
Email: lhb22@cam.ac.uk
Professor Ian Brierley
Pathology
Topic: Translational control in virus gene expression
Email: ib103@cam.ac.uk
Professor Clare Bryant
Departments of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Pattern Recognition Receptor signalling in inflammatory and infectious disease
Email: ceb27@cam.ac.uk
Dr Josie Bryant
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Topic: Lung infections, microbiomes, evolution and host-pathogen interactions
Email: jb31@sanger.ac.uk
Dr Raymond Bujdoso
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Molecular pathology in prion disease
Email: rb202@cam.ac.uk
Professor Folma Buss
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research)
Topic: Molecular mechanism of myosin motor proteins in health and disease.
Email: fb207@cam.ac.uk
Professor Cinzia Cantacessi
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Parasitology, host-parasite interactions, metagenomics
Email: cc779@cam.ac.uk
Professor John Carr
Plant Sciences
Topic: Plant-Pathogen Interactions
Email: jpc1005@cam.ac.uk
Dr Mike Chapman
Department of Haematology (NHSBT)
Topic: Myeloma and normal lymphoid biology
Email: mac54@cam.ac.uk
Dr Jeongmin Choi
Department of Plant Sciences
Topic: Plant Symbiosis with Beneficial Fungi
Email: jc913@cam.ac.uk
Dr Betty Chung
Pathology
Topic: Gene expression, Translation control, abiotic (temperature, pH etc..) and biotic (infection) stresses, Host:pathogen interactions,
Email: bcy23@cam.ac.uk
Professor Murray Clarke
Department of Medicine (Section of CardioRespiratory Medicine)
Topic: Novel mechanisms that induce vascular inflammation; particularly IL-1 family members and inflammasomes
Email: mchc2@cam.ac.uk
Professor Menna Clathworthy
Department of Medicine
Topic: Tissue immunity in health and disease
Email: mrc38@cam.ac.uk
Professor Francesco Colucci
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Topic: Immunology of reproduction, Infections, Cancer
Email: fc287@cam.ac.uk
Dr Andrew Conlan
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Epidemiology and mathematical modelling
Email: ajkc2@cam.ac.uk
Dr Anne Corcoran
Babraham Institute
Topic: Epigenetic and chromatin remodeling mechanisms that regulate immunoglobulin gene rearrangement (VDJ recombination) in B lymphocytes in particular non-coding RNA transcription and nuclear organization
Email: anne.corcoran@babraham.ac.uk
Professor Colin Crump
Department of Pathology (Virology Division)
Topic: Virus assembly, egress and host cell interactions
Email: cmc56@cam.ac.uk
Professor Nik Cunniffe
Plant Sciences
Topic: Modelling the spread, detection, evolution and control of plant pests and pathogens
Email: njc1001@cam.ac.uk
Dr Emma Davenport
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Topic: Functional Genomics
Email: ed5@sanger.ac.uk
Professor Daniela De Angelis
MRC Biostatistics Unit
Topic: Evidence synthesis to inform health
Email: daniela.deangelis@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk
Dr Maike de la Roche
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
Topic: Hedgehog signalling in the immune system
Email: maike.delaroche@cruk.cam.ac.uk
Dr Lida Derevnina
Department of Plant Sciences
Topic: Plant immunity, effector biology, host pathogen interaction
Email: LD645@cam.ac.uk
Dr John Doorbar
Department of Pathology
Topic: Human papilloma viruses (HPVs)
Email: jd121@cam.ac.uk
Professor Ming-Qing Du
Department of Pathology (Molecular Histopathology Division)
Topic: Lymphomagenesis; molecular pathology in diagnosis and prognosis
Email: mqd20@cam.ac.uk
Dr Maria Adelaida Duque Correa
Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
Topic: Intestinal parasitic worms and impact of infection on stem cells
Email: mad75@cam.ac.uk
Dr James Edgar
Department of Pathology (Division of Immunology)
Topic: Membrane trafficking; MHC Class II antigen presentation
Email: je333@cam.ac.uk
Dr Sebastian Eves-van den Akker
Department of Plant Sciences
Topic: Plant-parasite/pathogen interactions
Email: se389@cam.ac.uk
Dr Brian Ferguson
Department of Pathology (Immunology Division)
Topic: Innate immune sensing of viruses
Email: bf234@cam.ac.uk
Dr Rob Finn
European Bioinformatics Institute
Topic: Computational approaches to understanding microbiomes
Email: rdf@ebi.ac.uk
Professor Andrew Firth
Department of Pathology
Topic: RNA virus gene expression, comparative genomics and molecular biology
Email: aef24@cam.ac.uk
Professor Andres Floto
Heart Lung Research Institute
Topic: Bacterial genomics and evolution; Innate immunity; antibiotic discovery
Email: arf27@cam.ac.uk
Professor Nicholas Gay
Department of Biochemistry
Topic: Human Toll like receptors in inflammatory disease
Email: n.j.gay@bioc.cam.ac.uk
Dr Cedric Ghevaert
Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute)
Topic: Megakaryocyte and platelet biology In vitro production of cellular components for transfusion in humans
Email: cg348@cam.ac.uk
Dr Camilla Godlee
Biochemistry and Pathology
Topic: Investigating the interactions of pathogenic bacteria with eukaryotic membranes
Email: cbjg2@cam.ac.uk
Professor Ian Goodfellow
Department of Pathology (Virology Division)
Topic: Characterisation of virus-host interactions
Email: ig299@cam.ac.uk
Professor Stephen Graham
Pathology
Topic: Virus: Host interactions, innate immunity, vaccines, emerging viral diseases
Email: scg34@cam.ac.uk
Dr Andrew Grant
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Microbial Pathogenesis
Email: ajg60@cam.ac.uk
Dr Harriet Groom
Department of Medicine
Topic: Retroviruses (HIV), SARS-CoV2, host-virus interactions
Email: hctg2@cam.ac.uk
Dr Tim Halim
Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute)
Topic: Cancer immunology - the role of innate lymphoid cells
Email: Tim.Halim@cruk.cam.ac.uk
Dr Jake Harris
Department of Plant Sciences
Topic: Epigenetics, chromatin, immunity
Email: cjh92@cam.ac.uk
Dr Tetsuo Hasegawa
Medicine
Topic: Joint immunity
Email: th647@cam.ac.uk
Professor Jonathan Heeney
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Zoonotic Viruses innate host responses and transcriptome subtraction for detection of novel viruses immunity and vaccine design
Email: jlh66@cam.ac.uk
Professor Christoph Hess
Medicine
Topic: Immunometabolism
Email: ch818@cam.ac.uk
Dr Daniel Hodson
Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute)
Topic: Elucidating the mechanisms of transformation from normal B lymphocyte to malignant B cell lymphoma
Email: djh1002@cam.ac.uk
Professor Florian Hollfelder
Biochemistry
Topic: Synthetic and chemical biology: mechanistic enzymology, enzyme discovery, biocatalysis for sustainable development, directed evolution, btechnologies for droplet microfluidics, single cell transciptomics, developmental cell biology in 3D, antibody engineering, functional metagenomics
Email: fh111@cam.ac.uk
Professor Mark Holmes
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Infectious diseases
Email: mah1@cam.ac.uk
Dr Liz Hook
Department of Pathology
Topic: Innovating Protein Technologies for Therapeutic and Vaccine Design
Email: ceh25@cam.ac.uk
Dr Jon Houseley
Babraham Institute
Topic: Molecular biology of ageing and adaptation
Email: jon.houseley@babraham.ac.uk
Professor Mark Howarth
Department of Pharmacology
Topic: Innovating Protein Technologies for Therapeutic and Vaccine Design
Email: mh2186@cam.ac.uk
Dr Kate Hughes
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: The interactions between different cell types within the mammary gland during regression at the end of lactation
Email: kh387@cam.ac.uk
Dr Nerea Irigoyen
Department of Pathology
Topic: Understanding Zika virus neurotropism and neuropathogenicity
Email: ni236@cam.ac.uk
Dr Leo James
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Molecular basis of pathogen detection and discrimination
Email: lcj@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Professor Frank Jiggins
Department of Genetics
Topic: Evolutionary genetics of pathogens and immune systems
Email: f.jiggins@gen.cam.ac.uk
Professor Randall Johnson
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: The micro-physiology of tissues and how it affects growth development and disease in mammalian genetic systems
Email: rsj33@cam.ac.uk
Professor Arthur Kaser
Department of Medicine & Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease
Topic: Metabo-genetics of autoinflammation/autoimmunity (focus on Crohn's and Still's disease). Core metabolism of the cell.
Email: ak729@cam.ac.uk
Professor Vassilis Koronakis
Department of Pathology (Microbiology and Parasitology Division)
Topic: Molecular mechanisms of toxin export; Salmonella effector proteins in eukaryotic cell entry
Email: vk103@cam.ac.uk
Mr Vasilis Kosmoliaptsis
Department of Surgery
Topic: HLA immunogenicity; Alloantibody-HLA interactions; Kidney and Liver Transplantation; Extracellular vesicles
Email: vk256@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Dr Elisa Laurenti
Department of Haematology
Topic: Human blood stem cells and haematopoiesis
Email: el422@cam.ac.uk
Dr Trevor Lawley
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Topic: Host-microbiota interactions
Email: tl2@sanger.ac.uk
Dr Mara Lawniczak
Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute
Topic: Evolutionary genetics and genomics; Malaria; Biodiversity
Email: mara@sanger.ac.uk
Dr Helen Leggett
Department of Zoology
Topic: Host-Parasite Evolution and Genetics
Email: hl448@cam.ac.uk
Professor Paul Lehner
Department of Medicine
Topic: Viral silencing and immune evasion pathways
Email: pjl30@cam.ac.uk
Dr Mohammad Lotfollahi
Welcome Sanger Institute
Topic: Artificial Intelligence
Email: ml19@sanger.acuk
Dr Valeria Lulla
Pathology
Topic: Molecular virology of RNA viruses, organoid infection model, viral infections of CNS
Email: vl284@cam.ac.uk
Dr Bidesh Mahata
Department of Pathology
Topic: Steroid-producing immune cells in regulating cancer inflammation and immunity
Email: bm562@cam.ac.uk
Professor Pietro Mastroeni
Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Infection and immunity, vaccines, antibiotics
Email: pm274@cam.ac.uk
Dr Nicholas Matheson
Department of Medicine & Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease (CITIID)
Topic: Viral and cellular regulation of immunometabolism - HIV, SARS-CoV-2 and the host-virus interaction
Email: njm25@cam.ac.uk
Dr Kate McDole
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Morphogenesis of the early mammalian embryo
Email: kmcdole@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr William McEwan
Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Topic: Immunity in Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative conditions
Email: wm305@cam.ac.uk
Dr Andrew McKenzie
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Transgenic models of immune and haematopoietic disorders
Email: anm@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Professor Eoin McKinney
Medicine
Topic: Autoimmunity, Inflammatory disease, immunology, genomics, Machine Learning
Email: efm30@cam.ac.uk
Dr Ioanna Mela
Pharmacology
Topic: DNA nanotechnology for the sensing, targeting and destruction of bacteria
Email: im337@cam.ac.uk
Dr Vito Mennella
MRC TU Unit
Topic: Molecular mechanisms of defence of airway cells from environmental pollutants and infections agents
Email: vm430@cam.ac.uk
Dr Catherine Merrick
Department of Pathology
Topic: Malaria Parasite Biology
Email: cjm48@cam.ac.uk
Professor Yorgo Modis
Department of Medicine (Molecular Immunity Unit, MRC-LMB)
Topic: Understanding the role of viral RNA and endogenous viral elements in infection and immune homeostasis using structural, biochemical, and cell-based approaches
Email: ym10000@cam.ac.uk
Professor Elizabeth Murchison
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Transmissible cancers
Email: epm27@cam.ac.uk
Professor James Nathan
Department of Medicine
Topic: Cellular mechanisms of oxygen and nutrient sensing
Email: jan33@cam.ac.uk
Dr Sergey Nejentsev
Department of Medicine
Topic: Genetic and functional mechanisms of susceptibility to infection
Email: sn262@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Professor Klaus Okkenhaug
Department of Pathology
Topic: PI3K in immunity infection and cancer
Email: ko256@cam.ac.uk
Dr Miles Parkes
Department of Medicine
Topic: Genetics of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis: GWAS post-GWAS and clinical translation of derived knowledge
Email: mp372@cam.ac.uk
Professor Julian Parkhill
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Bacterial evolution and genomics
Email: jp369@cam.ac.uk
Professor Uta Paszkowski
Plant Sciences
Topic: Plant Molecular Genetics
Email: up220@cam.ac.uk
Dr Nazima Pathan
Department of Paediatrics
Topic: Pathophysiology of multi-organ failure in critical illness
Email: np409@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Dr Virginia Pedicord
Department of Medicine
Topic: Microbiota effects on host physiology
Email: vap33@cam.ac.uk
Dr Luca Peruzzotti-Jametti
Clinical Neurosciences
Topic: Neuroimmunometabolism
Email: lp429@cam.ac.uk
Mr Gavin Pettigrew
Department of Surgery
Topic: Alloantigen recognition and antigen presentation (transplantation immunology)
Email: gjp25@cam.ac.uk
Professor Stefano Pluchino
Clinical Neurosciences
Topic: regenerative neuroimmunology; progressive multiple sclerosis; cellular senescence; mitochondrial metabolism;
Email: spp24@cam.ac.uk
Professor Lalita Ramakrishnan
Department of Medicine
Topic: The pathogenesis of tuberculosis and the basis of vastly different susceptibilities to this disease
Email: lr404@cam.ac.uk
Dr Felix Randow
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Cell-autonomous and innate immunity
Email: randow@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Professor Julian Rayner
Cambridge Institute for Medical Research
Topic: Using molecular understanding of malaria parasites to identify and prioritise drug and vaccine targets
Email: jcr1003@cam.ac.uk
Dr Olivier Restif
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Mathematical models for infectious disease dynamics
Email: or226@cam.ac.uk
Professor Rahul Roychoudhuri
Pathology
Topic: Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy
Email: rr257@cam.ac.uk
Professor Kourosh Saeb-Parsy
Department of Surgery
Topic: Transplantation, Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Immunotherapy
Email: ks10014@cam.ac.uk
Dr Henrik Salje
Department of Genetics
Topic: Infectious disease dynamics
Email: hs743@cam.ac.uk
Dr Jeanne Salje
CIMR/Biochemistry/Pathology
Topic: Cell biology of obligate intracellular bacteria
Email: jss53@cam.ac.uk
Professor George Salmond
Department of Biochemistry
Topic: Bacterial signalling gene regulation and protein secretion
Email: gpcs@bioc.cam.ac.uk
Dr Milka Sarris
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Immune cells and how they navigate through tissues in vivo to mount inflammatory responses
Email: ms543@cam.ac.uk
Professor Wilhelm Schwaeble
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: The role of complement in health and disease
Email: hws24@cam.ac.uk
Professor Derek Smith
Department of Zoology
Topic: Evolution of pathogens
Email: d.smith@zoo.cam.ac.uk
Professor Ken Smith
Department of Medicine
Topic: Immune regulation autoimmunity and disease outcome
Email: kgcs2@cam.ac.uk
Professor Elizabeth Soilleux
Department of Pathology
Topic: Interesting projects available in immunity (TCR/BCR repertoire) cancer biology (esp lymphoma) histopathological imaging bioinformatics AI and clinical data handling. Active collaborations with the vet school maths engineering and industry
Email: ejs17@cam.ac.uk
Professor Charlotte Summers
Medicine
Topic: Mechanisms of acute and chronic lung and systemic vascular inflammation; acute hyperaemic respiratory failure
Email: cs493@cam.ac.uk
Professor Sarah Teichmann
Cambridge Stem Cell Institute & Department of Medicine
Topic: Genomics, Bioinformatics, Immunology, Human Cell Atlas
Email: sat1003@cam.ac.uk
Professor Nicholas Thomson
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Topic: Bacterial genomics and evolution
Email: nrt@sanger.ac.uk
Dr Teresa Tiffert
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Homeostasis of human erythrocytes in health and disease; calcium regulation in malaria-infected erythrocyte
Email: jtt1000@cam.ac.uk
Dr Laurence Tiley
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Influenza virus infection dynamics and vaccine development
Email: lst21@cam.ac.uk
Dr Richard Timms
Department of Medicine (CITIID)
Topic: Genetic interrogation of the ubiquitin-proteasome system
Email: rtt20@cam.ac.uk
Professor Caroline Trotter
Veterinary Medicine & Pathology
Topic: Epidemiology of vaccine-preventable diseases and the impact of immunisation
Email: clt56@cam.ac.uk
Dr Dan Tucker
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Virus diseases of pigs
Email: awt1000@cam.ac.uk
Dr Martin Turner
Babraham Institute
Topic: Lymphocyte development and activation
Email: martin.turner@babraham.ac.uk
Professor Hendrik van Veen
Department of Pharmacology
Topic: Molecular mechanisms of multidrug transporters
Email: hwv20@cam.ac.uk
Dr Roser Vento-Tormo
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Topic: Celluar genetics
Email: rv4@sanger.ac.uk
Professor Ross Waller
Department of Biochemistry
Topic: Molecular function, diversity and evolution in cells
Email: rfw26@cam.ac.uk
Professor Michael Weekes
Department of Medicine (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research)
Topic: Innate immune evasion by intracellular pathogens
Email: mpw1001@cam.ac.uk
Dr Lucy Weinert
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: The ecology and genomics of bacterial pathogens
Email: lw461@cam.ac.uk
Professor Martin Welch
Biochemistry
Topic: Microbial Cell-Cell Communication, Microbial Physiology and Metabolism, Polymicrobial Microbiology
Email: mw240@cam.ac.uk
Dr Tim Williams
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Biology of extracellular vesicles and biomarkers of renal disease
Email: tlw27@cam.ac.uk
Dr Mark Wills
Department of Medicine (Division of Infectious Diseases)
Topic: Immunobiology of human cytomegalovirus
Email: mrw1004@cam.ac.uk
Professor James Wood
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Epidemiology, emergence and control of zoonotic infections
Email: jlnw2@cam.ac.uk
Professor Matthias Zilbauer
Stem Cell Institute
Topic: Intestinal stem cell biology and human health and disease
Email: mz304@cam.ac.uk
Research supervisors accepting applications from summer students
Dr Alexandre Almeida
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: High-resolution and large-scale approaches to investigate the function and diversity of the human microbiome in health and disease
Email: aa2369@cam.ac.uk
Dr Katerina Artavanis-Tsakonas
Department of Pathology
Topic: Parasitology
Email: ka447@cam.ac.uk
Professor Kate Baker
Genetics
Topic: Genomics epidemiology of bacterial pathogens and antimicrobial resistance
Email: kb827@cam.ac.uk
Dr Gabriel Balmus
Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Topic: DNA Damage Response in ageing and neurodegeneration
Email: gb318@cam.ac.uk
Dr Andrew Blagborough
Department of Pathology
Topic: Malaria transmission
Email: amb283@cam.ac.uk
Professor Mark Blaxter
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Topic: Tree of life
Email: mb35@sanger.ac.uk
Dr Michael Boemo
Department of Pathology and Department of Genetics
Topic: Developing AI and mathematical models to determine how genome replication and repair can be targeted in cancer and infectious diseases
Email: mb915@cam.ac.uk
Dr Alex Borodavka
Biochemistry
Topic: Mechanisms of RNA virus replication, RNA structure, ribonucleoprotein condensates
Email: ab2677@cam.ac.uk
Professor Louise Boyle
Department of Pathology
Topic: Antigen presentation to cells of the immune system
Email: lhb22@cam.ac.uk
Professor Ian Brierley
Pathology
Topic: Translational control in virus gene expression
Email: ib103@cam.ac.uk
Professor Clare Bryant
Departments of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Pattern Recognition Receptor signalling in inflammatory and infectious disease
Email: ceb27@cam.ac.uk
Dr Josie Bryant
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Topic: Lung infections, microbiomes, evolution and host-pathogen interactions
Email: jb31@sanger.ac.uk
Dr Raymond Bujdoso
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Molecular pathology in prion disease
Email: rb202@cam.ac.uk
Professor Folma Buss
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research)
Topic: Molecular mechanism of myosin motor proteins in health and disease.
Email: fb207@cam.ac.uk
Professor Cinzia Cantacessi
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Parasitology, host-parasite interactions, metagenomics
Email: cc779@cam.ac.uk
Professor John Carr
Plant Sciences
Topic: Plant-Pathogen Interactions
Email: jpc1005@cam.ac.uk
Dr Jeongmin Choi
Department of Plant Sciences
Topic: Plant Symbiosis with Beneficial Fungi
Email: jc913@cam.ac.uk
Dr Betty Chung
Pathology
Topic: Gene expression, Translation control, abiotic (temperature, pH etc..) and biotic (infection) stresses, Host:pathogen interactions,
Email: bcy23@cam.ac.uk
Professor Francesco Colucci
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Topic: Immunology of reproduction, Infections, Cancer
Email: fc287@cam.ac.uk
Dr Andrew Conlan
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Epidemiology and mathematical modelling
Email: ajkc2@cam.ac.uk
Professor Colin Crump
Department of Pathology (Virology Division)
Topic: Virus assembly, egress and host cell interactions
Email: cmc56@cam.ac.uk
Professor Nik Cunniffe
Plant Sciences
Topic: Modelling the spread, detection, evolution and control of plant pests and pathogens
Email: njc1001@cam.ac.uk
Dr Emma Davenport
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Topic: Functional Genomics
Email: ed5@sanger.ac.uk
Dr Maike de la Roche
Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
Topic: Hedgehog signalling in the immune system
Email: maike.delaroche@cruk.cam.ac.uk
Dr Lida Derevnina
Department of Plant Sciences
Topic: Plant immunity, effector biology, host pathogen interaction
Email: LD645@cam.ac.uk
Dr John Doorbar
Department of Pathology
Topic: Human papilloma viruses (HPVs)
Email: jd121@cam.ac.uk
Professor Ming-Qing Du
Department of Pathology (Molecular Histopathology Division)
Topic: Lymphomagenesis; molecular pathology in diagnosis and prognosis
Email: mqd20@cam.ac.uk
Dr Maria Adelaida Duque Correa
Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
Topic: Intestinal parasitic worms and impact of infection on stem cells
Email: mad75@cam.ac.uk
Dr James Edgar
Department of Pathology (Division of Immunology)
Topic: Membrane trafficking; MHC Class II antigen presentation
Email: je333@cam.ac.uk
Dr Sebastian Eves-van den Akker
Department of Plant Sciences
Topic: Plant-parasite/pathogen interactions
Email: se389@cam.ac.uk
Dr Brian Ferguson
Department of Pathology (Immunology Division)
Topic: Innate immune sensing of viruses
Email: bf234@cam.ac.uk
Dr Rob Finn
European Bioinformatics Institute
Topic: Computational approaches to understanding microbiomes
Email: rdf@ebi.ac.uk
Professor Andrew Firth
Department of Pathology
Topic: RNA virus gene expression, comparative genomics and molecular biology
Email: aef24@cam.ac.uk
Professor Andres Floto
Heart Lung Research Institute
Topic: Bacterial genomics and evolution; Innate immunity; antibiotic discovery
Email: arf27@cam.ac.uk
Professor Nicholas Gay
Department of Biochemistry
Topic: Human Toll like receptors in inflammatory disease
Email: n.j.gay@bioc.cam.ac.uk
Dr Camilla Godlee
Biochemistry and Pathology
Topic: Investigating the interactions of pathogenic bacteria with eukaryotic membranes
Email: cbjg2@cam.ac.uk
Professor Ian Goodfellow
Department of Pathology (Virology Division)
Topic: Characterisation of virus-host interactions
Email: ig299@cam.ac.uk
Dr Andrew Grant
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Microbial Pathogenesis
Email: ajg60@cam.ac.uk
Dr Harriet Groom
Department of Medicine
Topic: Retroviruses (HIV), SARS-CoV2, host-virus interactions
Email: hctg2@cam.ac.uk
Dr Tim Halim
Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute)
Topic: Cancer immunology - the role of innate lymphoid cells
Email: Tim.Halim@cruk.cam.ac.uk
Dr Jake Harris
Department of Plant Sciences
Topic: Epigenetics, chromatin, immunity
Email: cjh92@cam.ac.uk
Professor Christoph Hess
Medicine
Topic: Immunometabolism
Email: ch818@cam.ac.uk
Professor Florian Hollfelder
Biochemistry
Topic: Synthetic and chemical biology: mechanistic enzymology, enzyme discovery, biocatalysis for sustainable development, directed evolution, btechnologies for droplet microfluidics, single cell transciptomics, developmental cell biology in 3D, antibody engineering, functional metagenomics
Email: fh111@cam.ac.uk
Professor Mark Holmes
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Infectious diseases
Email: mah1@cam.ac.uk
Dr Liz Hook
Department of Pathology
Topic: Innovating Protein Technologies for Therapeutic and Vaccine Design
Email: ceh25@cam.ac.uk
Dr Jon Houseley
Babraham Institute
Topic: Molecular biology of ageing and adaptation
Email: jon.houseley@babraham.ac.uk
Professor Mark Howarth
Department of Pharmacology
Topic: Innovating Protein Technologies for Therapeutic and Vaccine Design
Email: mh2186@cam.ac.uk
Dr Kate Hughes
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: The interactions between different cell types within the mammary gland during regression at the end of lactation
Email: kh387@cam.ac.uk
Dr Nerea Irigoyen
Department of Pathology
Topic: Understanding Zika virus neurotropism and neuropathogenicity
Email: ni236@cam.ac.uk
Dr Leo James
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Molecular basis of pathogen detection and discrimination
Email: lcj@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Professor Frank Jiggins
Department of Genetics
Topic: Evolutionary genetics of pathogens and immune systems
Email: f.jiggins@gen.cam.ac.uk
Professor Randall Johnson
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: The micro-physiology of tissues and how it affects growth development and disease in mammalian genetic systems
Email: rsj33@cam.ac.uk
Professor Vassilis Koronakis
Department of Pathology (Microbiology and Parasitology Division)
Topic: Molecular mechanisms of toxin export; Salmonella effector proteins in eukaryotic cell entry
Email: vk103@cam.ac.uk
Mr Vasilis Kosmoliaptsis
Department of Surgery
Topic: HLA immunogenicity; Alloantibody-HLA interactions; Kidney and Liver Transplantation; Extracellular vesicles
Email: vk256@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Dr Trevor Lawley
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Topic: Host-microbiota interactions
Email: tl2@sanger.ac.uk
Dr Mara Lawniczak
Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute
Topic: Evolutionary genetics and genomics; Malaria; Biodiversity
Email: mara@sanger.ac.uk
Dr Helen Leggett
Department of Zoology
Topic: Host-Parasite Evolution and Genetics
Email: hl448@cam.ac.uk
Professor Paul Lehner
Department of Medicine
Topic: Viral silencing and immune evasion pathways
Email: pjl30@cam.ac.uk
Dr Mohammad Lotfollahi
Welcome Sanger Institute
Topic: Artificial Intelligence
Email: ml19@sanger.acuk
Dr Valeria Lulla
Pathology
Topic: Molecular virology of RNA viruses, organoid infection model, viral infections of CNS
Email: vl284@cam.ac.uk
Dr Bidesh Mahata
Department of Pathology
Topic: Steroid-producing immune cells in regulating cancer inflammation and immunity
Email: bm562@cam.ac.uk
Professor Pietro Mastroeni
Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Infection and immunity, vaccines, antibiotics
Email: pm274@cam.ac.uk
Dr Nicholas Matheson
Department of Medicine & Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease (CITIID)
Topic: Viral and cellular regulation of immunometabolism - HIV, SARS-CoV-2 and the host-virus interaction
Email: njm25@cam.ac.uk
Dr William McEwan
Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Topic: Immunity in Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative conditions
Email: wm305@cam.ac.uk
Dr Andrew McKenzie
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Transgenic models of immune and haematopoietic disorders
Email: anm@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Professor Eoin McKinney
Medicine
Topic: Autoimmunity, Inflammatory disease, immunology, genomics, Machine Learning
Email: efm30@cam.ac.uk
Dr Ioanna Mela
Pharmacology
Topic: DNA nanotechnology for the sensing, targeting and destruction of bacteria
Email: im337@cam.ac.uk
Dr Vito Mennella
MRC Toxicology Unit
Topic: Molecular mechanisms of defence of airway cells from environmental pollutants and infections agents
Email: vm430@cam.ac.uk
Dr Catherine Merrick
Department of Pathology
Topic: Malaria Parasite Biology
Email: cjm48@cam.ac.uk
Dr Su Metcalfe
Department of Surgery
Topic: Use of nanotechnolohy for targeted delivery of delivery of neuroprotective factors
Email: smm1001@cam.ac.uk
Professor Yorgo Modis
Department of Medicine (Molecular Immunity Unit, MRC-LMB)
Topic: Understanding the role of viral RNA and endogenous viral elements in infection and immune homeostasis using structural, biochemical, and cell-based approaches
Email: ym10000@cam.ac.uk
Professor Elizabeth Murchison
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Transmissible cancers
Email: epm27@cam.ac.uk
Professor James Nathan
Department of Medicine
Topic: Cellular mechanisms of oxygen and nutrient sensing
Email: jan33@cam.ac.uk
Dr Sergey Nejentsev
Department of Medicine
Topic: Genetic and functional mechanisms of susceptibility to infection
Email: sn262@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Professor Klaus Okkenhaug
Department of Pathology
Topic: PI3K in immunity infection and cancer
Email: ko256@cam.ac.uk
Professor Julian Parkhill
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Bacterial evolution and genomics
Email: jp369@cam.ac.uk
Professor Uta Paszkowski
Plant Sciences
Topic: Plant Molecular Genetics
Email: up220@cam.ac.uk
Dr Nazima Pathan
Department of Paediatrics
Topic: Pathophysiology of multi-organ failure in critical illness
Email: np409@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Dr Virginia Pedicord
Department of Medicine
Topic: Microbiota effects on host physiology
Email: vap33@cam.ac.uk
Dr Luca Peruzzotti-Jametti
Clinical Neurosciences
Topic: Neuroimmunometabolism
Email: lp429@cam.ac.uk
Mr Gavin Pettigrew
Department of Surgery
Topic: Alloantigen recognition and antigen presentation (transplantation immunology)
Email: gjp25@cam.ac.uk
Professor Stefano Pluchino
Clinical Neurosciences
Topic: regenerative neuroimmunology; progressive multiple sclerosis; cellular senescence; mitochondrial metabolism;
Email: spp24@cam.ac.uk
Professor Lalita Ramakrishnan
Department of Medicine
Topic: The pathogenesis of tuberculosis and the basis of vastly different susceptibilities to this disease
Email: lr404@cam.ac.uk
Dr Felix Randow
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Cell-autonomous and innate immunity
Email: randow@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Professor Julian Rayner
Cambridge Institute for Medical Research
Topic: Using molecular understanding of malaria parasites to identify and prioritise drug and vaccine targets
Email: jcr1003@cam.ac.uk
Dr Olivier Restif
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Mathematical models for infectious disease dynamics
Email: or226@cam.ac.uk
Professor Rahul Roychoudhuri
Pathology
Topic: Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy
Email: rr257@cam.ac.uk
Professor Kourosh Saeb-Parsy
Department of Surgery
Topic: Transplantation, Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Immunotherapy
Email: ks10014@cam.ac.uk
Dr Henrik Salje
Department of Genetics
Topic: Infectious disease dynamics
Email: hs743@cam.ac.uk
Dr Jeanne Salje
CIMR/Biochemistry/Pathology
Topic: Cell biology of obligate intracellular bacteria
Email: jss53@cam.ac.uk
Professor George Salmond
Department of Biochemistry
Topic: Bacterial signalling gene regulation and protein secretion
Email: gpcs@bioc.cam.ac.uk
Dr Milka Sarris
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Immune cells and how they navigate through tissues in vivo to mount inflammatory responses
Email: ms543@cam.ac.uk
Professor Wilhelm Schwaeble
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: The role of complement in health and disease
Email: hws24@cam.ac.uk
Professor Derek Smith
Department of Zoology
Topic: Evolution of pathogens
Email: d.smith@zoo.cam.ac.uk
Professor Ken Smith
Department of Medicine
Topic: Immune regulation autoimmunity and disease outcome
Email: kgcs2@cam.ac.uk
Professor Elizabeth Soilleux
Department of Pathology
Topic: Interesting projects available in immunity (TCR/BCR repertoire) cancer biology (esp lymphoma) histopathological imaging bioinformatics AI and clinical data handling. Active collaborations with the vet school maths engineering and industry
Email: ejs17@cam.ac.uk
Professor Charlotte Summers
Medicine
Topic: Mechanisms of acute and chronic lung and systemic vascular inflammation; acute hyperaemic respiratory failure
Email: cs493@cam.ac.uk
Professor Sarah Teichmann
Cambridge Stem Cell Institute & Department of Medicine
Topic: Genomics, Bioinformatics, Immunology, Human Cell Atlas
Email: sat1003@cam.ac.uk
Professor Nicholas Thomson
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Topic: Bacterial genomics and evolution
Email: nrt@sanger.ac.uk
Dr Teresa Tiffert
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Homeostasis of human erythrocytes in health and disease; calcium regulation in malaria-infected erythrocyte
Email: jtt1000@cam.ac.uk
Dr Laurence Tiley
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Influenza virus infection dynamics and vaccine development
Email: lst21@cam.ac.uk
Dr Richard Timms
Department of Medicine (CITIID)
Topic: Genetic interrogation of the ubiquitin-proteasome system
Email: rtt20@cam.ac.uk
Dr Dan Tucker
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Virus diseases of pigs
Email: awt1000@cam.ac.uk
Dr Martin Turner
Babraham Institute
Topic: Lymphocyte development and activation
Email: martin.turner@babraham.ac.uk
Professor Hendrik van Veen
Department of Pharmacology
Topic: Molecular mechanisms of multidrug transporters
Email: hwv20@cam.ac.uk
Dr Roser Vento-Tormo
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Topic: Cellular genetics
Email: rv4@sanger.ac.uk
Professor Ross Waller
Department of Biochemistry
Topic: Molecular function, diversity and evolution in cells
Email: rfw26@cam.ac.uk
Professor Michael Weekes
Department of Medicine (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research)
Topic: Innate immune evasion by intracellular pathogens
Email: mpw1001@cam.ac.uk
Dr Lucy Weinert
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: The ecology and genomics of bacterial pathogens
Email: lw461@cam.ac.uk
Professor Martin Welch
Biochemistry
Topic: Microbial Cell-Cell Communication, Microbial Physiology and Metabolism, Polymicrobial Microbiology
Email: mw240@cam.ac.uk
Dr Tim Williams
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Biology of extracellular vesicles and biomarkers of renal disease
Email: tlw27@cam.ac.uk
Dr Mark Wills
Department of Medicine (Division of Infectious Diseases)
Topic: Immunobiology of human cytomegalovirus
Email: mrw1004@cam.ac.uk
Professor James Wood
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Epidemiology, emergence and control of zoonotic infections
Email: jlnw2@cam.ac.uk