The Infection and Immunity Research Theme includes the following sub-groups:
- Microbiology, Parasitology & Virology
- Innate Immunity
- Anti-microbial Resistance
- Cancer Immunology & Immunotherapy
- Cellular Immunology
- Epidemiology & Mathematical Modelling
- Molecular Biology & Genetics
- One Health
- Nanotechnology & Biotechnology
- Cellular Physiology & Metabolism
- Neuroimmunology & Neurodegeneration
Principal Investigators in this theme:
| Name: Dr Jim Ajioka Topic: Biology and evolutionary genetics of Toxoplasma Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pathology (Microbiology and Parasitology Division) Email: ja131@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/james-ajioka Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Alexandre Almeida Topic: High-resolution and large-scale approaches to investigate the function and diversity of the human microbiome in health and disease Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: aa2369@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/staff/dr-alexandre-almeida Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Katerina Artavanis-Tsakonas Topic: Parasitology Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pathology Email: ka447@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/artavanis-tsakonas Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Prof/Ass Prof Kate Baker Topic: Genomics epidemiology of bacterial pathogens and antimicrobial resistance Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Genetics Email: kb827@cam.ac.uk Website: https://baker-lab.github.io/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Kate Baker Topic: Microbial Genomic Epidemiology Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology (incl. Plant Biology), Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Genetics Email: kb827@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.infectiousdisease.cam.ac.uk/staff/kate-baker Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Gabriel Balmus Topic: DNA Damage Response in ageing and neurodegeneration Themes: Infection and Immunity, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Clinical Neurosciences Email: gb318@cam.ac.uk Website: www.balmuslab.org Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Barbara Blacklaws Topic: Pathogenesis of and immunity to virus infections Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Infection and Immunity Department: Veterinary Medicine Email: bab2@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/bab2@cam.ac.uk/ Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Andrew Blagborough Topic: Malaria transmission Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pathology Email: amb283@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/andrew-blagborough Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Mark Blaxter Topic: Tree of life Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: mb35@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/programmes/tree-of-life Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Alex Borodavka Topic: Mechanisms of RNA virus replication, RNA structure, ribonucleoprotein condensates Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Biochemistry Email: ab2677@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.borodavkalab.org/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Louise Boyle Topic: Antigen presentation to cells of the immune system Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Pathology Email: lhb22@cam.ac.uk Website: www.teamtapbpr.co.uk Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ian Brierley Topic: Translational control in virus gene expression Themes: Infection and Immunity Department: Pathology Email: ib103@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/ian-brierley Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Raymond Bujdoso Topic: Molecular pathology in prion disease Themes: Infection and Immunity, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: rb202@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/rb202@cam.ac.uk/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Folma Buss Topic: Molecular mechanism of myosin motor proteins in health and disease. Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: fb207@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-folma-buss Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Cinzia Cantacessi Topic: Parasitology, host-parasite interactions, metagenomics Themes: Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: cc779@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.infectiousdisease.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-cinzia-cantacessi Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor John Carr Topic: Plant-Pathogen Interactions Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity Department: Plant Sciences Email: jpc1005@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/directory/john-carr Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mike Chapman Topic: Myeloma and normal lymphoid biology Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Haematology (NHSBT) Email: mac54@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.haem.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/dr-mike-chapman-2/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr. Jeongmin Choi Topic: Plant Symbiosis with Beneficial Fungi Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: jc913@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/directory/jeongmin-choi Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Betty Chung Topic: Gene expression, Translation control, abiotic (temperature, pH etc..) and biotic (infection) stresses, Host:pathogen interactions, Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Pathology Email: bcy23@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/betty-chung Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Prof Murray Clarke Topic: Novel mechanisms that induce vascular inflammation; particularly IL-1 family members and inflammasomes Themes: Cancer, Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Medicine (Section of CardioRespiratory Medicine) Email: mchc2@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/clarke/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Menna Clathworthy Topic: Tissue immunity in health and disease Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Department of Medicine Email: mrc38@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/clatworthy/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Francesco Colucci Topic: Immunology of reproduction, Infections, Cancer Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Infection and Immunity, Women's Health, Clinical Science Department: Obstetrics and Gynaecology Email: fc287@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.obgyn.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/dr-francesco-colucci/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Andrew Conlan Topic: Epidemiology and mathematical modelling Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: ajkc2@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/ajkc2@cam.ac.uk Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Anne Corcoran 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 Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Babraham Institute Email: anne.corcoran@babraham.ac.uk Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/nuclear-dynamics/anne-corcoran Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Colin Crump Topic: Virus assembly, egress and host cell interactions Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pathology (Virology Division) Email: cmc56@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/colin-crump Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Prof Nik Cunniffe Topic: Modelling the spread, detection, evolution and control of plant pests and pathogens Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Infection and Immunity Department: Plant Sciences Email: njc1001@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/directory/cunniffe-nik Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Emma Davenport Topic: Functional Genomics Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Women's Health Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: ed5@sanger.ac.uk Website: www.davenportlab.com Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Prof Daniela De Angelis Topic: Evidence synthesis to inform health Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Infection and Immunity Department: MRC Biostatistics Unit Email: daniela.deangelis@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/people/in-alphabetical-order/a-to-g/daniel... Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Maike de la Roche Topic: Hedgehog signalling in the immune system Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity Department: Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute Email: maike.delaroche@cruk.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/de-la-roche-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Lida Derevnina Topic: Plant immunity, effector biology, host pathogen interaction Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: LD645@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/groups/crop-pathogen-immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr John Doorbar Topic: Human papilloma viruses (HPVs) Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pathology Email: jd121@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/john-doorbar Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ming-Qing Du Topic: Lymphomagenesis; molecular pathology in diagnosis and prognosis Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Pathology (Molecular Histopathology Division) Email: mqd20@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/ming-du Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Maria Adelaida Duque Correa Topic: Intestinal parasitic worms and impact of infection on stem cells Themes: Infection and Immunity Department: Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Email: mad75@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/dr-maria-duque-correa Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr James Edgar Topic: Membrane trafficking; MHC Class II antigen presentation Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pathology (Division of Immunology) Email: je333@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/james-edgar Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sebastian Eves-van den Akker Topic: Plant-parasite/pathogen interactions Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: se389@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/sebastianevesvandenakker Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Brian Ferguson Topic: Innate immune sensing of viruses Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pathology (Immunology Division) Email: bf234@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.fergusonlab.path.cam.ac.uk/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Rob Finn Topic: Computational approaches to understanding microbiomes Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: European Bioinformatics Institute Email: rdf@ebi.ac.uk Website: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/finn Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Andrew Firth Topic: RNA virus gene expression, comparative genomics and molecular biology Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pathology Email: aef24@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/andrew-firth Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Andres Floto Topic: Bacterial genomics and evolution; Innate immunity; antibiotic discovery Themes: Infection and Immunity Department: Heart Lung Research Institute Email: arf27@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.flotolab.com Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Gillian Fraser Topic: Bacterial motility and flagella biogenesis; Bacterial export pathways Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells, Clinical Science Department: Department of Pathology (Microbiology and Parasitology Division) Email: gmf25@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/gillian-fraser Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Nicholas Gay Topic: Human Toll like receptors in inflammatory disease Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: n.j.gay@bioc.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/gay.html Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Cedric Ghevaert Topic: Megakaryocyte and platelet biology In vitro production of cellular components for transfusion in humans Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: cg348@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/ghevaert Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Camilla Godlee Topic: Investigating the interactions of pathogenic bacteria with eukaryotic membranes Themes: Department: Biochemistry and Pathology Email: cbjg2@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/research/faculty/camilla-godlee Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ian Goodfellow Topic: Characterisation of virus-host interactions Themes: Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Pathology (Virology Division) Email: ig299@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/research/investigators/goodfellow/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Prof. Stephen Graham Topic: Virus: Host interactions, innate immunity, vaccines, emerging viral diseases Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Pathology Email: scg34@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.atomicvirology.path.cam.ac.uk/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Andrew Grant Topic: Microbial Pathogenesis Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: ajg60@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/ajg60%40cam.ac.uk Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Harriet Groom Topic: Retroviruses (HIV), SARS-CoV2, host-virus interactions Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Medicine Email: hctg2@cam.ac.uk Website: www.groomlab.co.uk Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Tim Halim Topic: Cancer immunology - the role of innate lymphoid cells Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) Email: Tim.Halim@cruk.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/halim-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jake Harris Topic: Epigenetics, chromatin, immunity Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: cjh92@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/chromatin-and-memory Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Tetsuo Hasegawa Topic: Joint immunity Themes: Infection and Immunity Department: Medicine Email: th647@cam.ac.uk Website: https://hasegawa-lab.jimdosite.com Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Jonathan Heeney Topic: Zoonotic Viruses innate host responses and transcriptome subtraction for detection of novel viruses immunity and vaccine design Themes: Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: jlh66@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/jlh66@cam.ac.uk Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Christoph Hess Topic: Immunometabolism Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Medicine Email: ch818@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-christoph-hess Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Daniel Hodson Topic: Elucidating the mechanisms of transformation from normal B lymphocyte to malignant B cell lymphoma Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: djh1002@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/hodson Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Prof. Florian Hollfelder 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 Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Biochemistry Email: fh111@cam.ac.uk Website: https://hollfelder.bioc.cam.ac.uk/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Mark Holmes Topic: Infectious diseases Themes: Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: mah1@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Nick Holmes Topic: CD45: T lymphocyte activation Themes: Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Pathology (Immunology Division) Email: nh106@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/nick-holmes Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Liz Hook Topic: Innovating Protein Technologies for Therapeutic and Vaccine Design Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pathology Email: ceh25@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/liz-hook Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Mark Howarth Topic: Innovating Protein Technologies for Therapeutic and Vaccine Design Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: mh2186@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/research/Howarth/research Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Kate Hughes Topic: The interactions between different cell types within the mammary gland during regression at the end of lactation Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: kh387@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/hughes Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Nerea Irigoyen Topic: Understanding Zika virus neurotropism and neuropathogenicity Themes: Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Pathology Email: ni236@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-nerea-irigoyen Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Leo James Topic: Molecular basis of pathogen detection and discrimination Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: lcj@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/l-james Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor David Jayne Topic: Clinical Autoimmunity Themes: Infection and Immunity Department: Medicine Email: dj106@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/Networkdirectory/jayne Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Frank Jiggins Topic: Evolutionary genetics of pathogens and immune systems Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Genetics Email: f.jiggins@gen.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/frank-jiggins Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Randall Johnson Topic: The micro-physiology of tissues and how it affects growth development and disease in mammalian genetic systems Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: rsj33@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/rjohnson/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Arthur Kaser Topic: Metabo-genetics of autoinflammation/autoimmunity (focus on Crohn's and Still's disease). Core metabolism of the cell. Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology Department: Department of Medicine & Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease Email: ak729@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.citiid.cam.ac.uk/arthur-kaser/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Vassilis Koronakis Topic: Molecular mechanisms of toxin export; Salmonella effector proteins in eukaryotic cell entry Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pathology (Microbiology and Parasitology Division) Email: vk103@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/vassilis-koronakis Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Mr Vasilis Kosmoliaptsis Topic: HLA immunogenicity; Alloantibody-HLA interactions; Kidney and Liver Transplantation; Extracellular vesicles Themes: Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Surgery Email: vk256@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.kosmoliaptsis.group.cam.ac.uk/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Dominic Kwiatkowski Topic: Natural genetic variation (in malaria) Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: dominic@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/kwiatkowski-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Elisa Laurenti Topic: Human blood stem cells and haematopoiesis Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Haematology Email: el422@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/laurenti Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Trevor Lawley Topic: Host-microbiota interactions Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: tl2@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/lawley-lab Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mara Lawniczak Topic: Evolutionary genetics and genomics; Malaria; Biodiversity Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: mara@sanger.ac.uk Website: Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Helen Leggett Topic: Host-Parasite Evolution and Genetics Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Zoology Email: hl448@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-helen-leggett Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Paul Lehner Topic: Viral silencing and immune evasion pathways Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Medicine Email: pjl30@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.citiid.cam.ac.uk/paul-lehner/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Valeria Lulla Topic: Molecular virology of RNA viruses, organoid infection model, viral infections of CNS Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Pathology Email: vl284@cam.ac.uk Website: https://lullalab.owlstown.net/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Bidesh Mahata Topic: Steroid-producing immune cells in regulating cancer inflammation and immunity Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pathology Email: bm562@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/bidesh-mahata Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Pietro Mastroeni Topic: Infection and immunity, vaccines, antibiotics Themes: Infection and Immunity Department: Veterinary Medicine Email: pm274@cam.ac.uk Website: Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Nicholas Matheson Topic: Viral and cellular regulation of immunometabolism - HIV, SARS-CoV-2 and the host-virus interaction Themes: Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Medicine & Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease (CITIID) Email: njm25@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.citiid.cam.ac.uk/nick-matheson/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Kate McDole Topic: Morphogenesis of the early mammalian embryo Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity, Medical Imaging, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: kmcdole@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/kate-mcdole/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr William McEwan Topic: Immunity in Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative conditions Themes: Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Clinical Neurosciences Email: wm305@cam.ac.uk Website: https://mcewan-lab.com/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Andrew McKenzie Topic: Transgenic models of immune and haematopoietic disorders Themes: Infection and Immunity Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: anm@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/a-mckenzie Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Eoin McKinney Topic: Autoimmunity, Inflammatory disease, immunology, genomics, Machine Learning Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology Department: Medicine Email: efm30@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/departments/cambridge-institute-for-the... Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Ioanna Mela Topic: DNA nanotechnology for the sensing, targeting and destruction of bacteria Themes: Infection and Immunity Department: Pharmacology Email: im337@cam.ac.uk Website: ioannamela.com Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Simon Mendez-Ferrer Topic: Stem cell niche pathophysiology Themes: Infection and Immunity, Medical Imaging, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: sm2116@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.haem.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/dr-simon-mendez-ferrer/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Vito Mennella Topic: Molecular mechanisms of defence of airway cells from environmental pollutants and infections agents Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC TU Unit Email: vm430@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk/staff/vito-mennella Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Catherine Merrick Topic: Malaria Parasite Biology Themes: Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Pathology Email: cjm48@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/catherine-merrick Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Su Metcalfe Topic: Use of nanotechnolohy for targeted delivery of delivery of neuroprotective factors Themes: Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Surgery Email: smm1001@cam.ac.uk Website: https://neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/research-collaboration/ Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Yorgo Modis Topic: Understanding the role of viral RNA and endogenous viral elements in infection and immune homeostasis using structural, biochemical, and cell-based approaches Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Medicine (Molecular Immunity Unit, MRC-LMB) Email: ym10000@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/ymodis/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ashley Moffett Topic: NK cells pregnancy trophoblast HLA Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Infection and Immunity, Women's Health Department: Department of Pathology (Immunology Division) Email: am485@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/ashley-moffett Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Elizabeth Murchison Topic: Transmissible cancers Themes: Cancer, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: epm27@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.tcg.vet.cam.ac.uk/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor James Nathan Topic: Cellular mechanisms of oxygen and nutrient sensing Themes: Cancer, Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Medicine Email: jan33@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.citiid.cam.ac.uk/james-nathan/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sergey Nejentsev Topic: Genetic and functional mechanisms of susceptibility to infection Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Medicine Email: sn262@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/nejentsev/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Klaus Okkenhaug Topic: PI3K in immunity infection and cancer Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Pathology Email: ko256@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.okkengroup.path.cam.ac.uk/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Miles Parkes Topic: Genetics of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis: GWAS post-GWAS and clinical translation of derived knowledge Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Medicine Email: mp372@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/parkes/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Julian Parkhill Topic: Bacterial evolution and genomics Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: jp369@cam.ac.uk Website: https://pathgenevocam.github.io Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Uta Paszkowski Topic: Plant Molecular Genetics Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Plant Sciences Email: up220@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/utapaszkowski.html Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Nazima Pathan Topic: Pathophysiology of multi-organ failure in critical illness Themes: Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Paediatrics Email: np409@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: http://paediatrics.medschl.cam.ac.uk/about-us/people/senior-academic-sta... Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Virginia Pedicord Topic: Microbiota effects on host physiology Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Department of Medicine Email: vap33@cam.ac.uk Website: pedicordlab.com Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Evangelia Petsalaki Topic: Cell signalling, network analysis, systems biology, computational biology Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: European Bioinformatics Institute Email: petsalaki@ebi.ac.uk Website: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/petsalaki/ Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Mr Gavin Pettigrew Topic: Alloantigen recognition and antigen presentation (transplantation immunology) Themes: Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Surgery Email: gjp25@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/directory/gjp25@cam.ac.uk Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Stefano Pluchino Topic: regenerative neuroimmunology; progressive multiple sclerosis; cellular senescence; mitochondrial metabolism; Themes: Infection and Immunity, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Clinical Science Department: Clinical Neurosciences Email: spp24@cam.ac.uk Website: www.pluchinolab.org Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Lalita Ramakrishnan Topic: The pathogenesis of tuberculosis and the basis of vastly different susceptibilities to this disease Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Medicine Email: lr404@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/Ramakrishnan/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Felix Randow Topic: Cell-autonomous and innate immunity Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: randow@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/n-to-s/f-randow Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Prof Julian Rayner Topic: Using molecular understanding of malaria parasites to identify and prioritise drug and vaccine targets Themes: Infection and Immunity Department: Cambridge Institute for Medical Research Email: jcr1003@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-julian-rayner Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Olivier Restif Topic: Mathematical models for infectious disease dynamics Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: or226@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/or226@cam.ac.uk Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Prof Rahul Roychoudhuri Topic: Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Pathology Email: rr257@cam.ac.uk Website: http://roychoudhurilab.org/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Kourosh Saeb-Parsy Topic: Transplantation, Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Immunotherapy Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Surgery Email: ks10014@cam.ac.uk Website: www.saeb-parsy.group.cam.ac.uk Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Henrik Salje Topic: Infectious disease dynamics Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Genetics Email: hs743@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr. Jeanne Salje Topic: Cell biology of obligate intracellular bacteria Themes: Infection and Immunity Department: CIMR/Biochemistry/Pathology Email: jss53@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/dr-jeanne-salje Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor George Salmond Topic: Bacterial signalling gene regulation and protein secretion Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: gpcs@bioc.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/salmond.html Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Milka Sarris Topic: Immune cells and how they navigate through tissues in vivo to mount inflammatory responses Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells, Clinical Science Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ms543@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/milka-sarris Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Wilhelm Schwaeble Topic: The role of complement in health and disease Themes: Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: hws24@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.research.vet.cam.ac.uk/research-staff-directory/principal-in... Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Andrew Sharkey Topic: Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Pathology Email: as168@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.repro.cam.ac.uk/staff/dr-andrew-sharkey Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Derek Smith Topic: Evolution of pathogens Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Zoology Email: d.smith@zoo.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/derek-smith Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ken Smith Topic: Immune regulation autoimmunity and disease outcome Themes: Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Medicine Email: kgcs2@cam.ac.uk Website: www.citiid.cam.ac.uk Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Elizabeth Soilleux 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 Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Medical Imaging, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pathology Email: ejs17@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/elizabeth-soilleux Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Nicole Soranzo Topic: Human complex traits Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Clinical Science Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: ns6@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/soranzo-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Charlotte Summers Topic: Mechanisms of acute and chronic lung and systemic vascular inflammation; acute hyperaemic respiratory failure Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Clinical Science Department: Medicine Email: cs493@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.hlri.cam.ac.uk/investigators/charlotte-summers/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sarah Teichmann Topic: Genomics, Bioinformatics, Immunology, Human Cell Atlas Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Wellcome - MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute & Department of Medicine Email: sat1003@cam.ac.uk Website: www.teichlab.org Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Alana Thackray Topic: Molecular pathology of prion diseases, viral infection and immunity, infectious diseases Themes: Infection and Immunity, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: amt27@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/amt27%40cam.ac.uk Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Nicholas Thomson Topic: Bacterial genomics and evolution Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: nrt@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/thomson-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Teresa Tiffert Topic: Homeostasis of human erythrocytes in health and disease; calcium regulation in malaria-infected erythrocyte Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: jtt1000@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/tiffert/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Laurence Tiley Topic: Influenza virus infection dynamics and vaccine development Themes: Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: lst21@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/staff/dr-laurence-tiley Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Richard Timms Topic: Genetic interrogation of the ubiquitin-proteasome system Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Medicine (CITIID) Email: rtt20@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.timmslab.com Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Caroline Trotter Topic: Epidemiology of vaccine-preventable diseases and the impact of immunisation Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Infection and Immunity Department: Veterinary Medicine & Pathology Email: clt56@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/clt56@cam.ac.uk Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Dan Tucker Topic: Virus diseases of pigs Themes: Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: awt1000@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/awt1000@cam.ac.uk/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Martin Turner Topic: Lymphocyte development and activation Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Babraham Institute Email: martin.turner@babraham.ac.uk Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/lymphocyte/martin-turner Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Hendrik van Veen Topic: Molecular mechanisms of multidrug transporters Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: hwv20@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/research/vanveen Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Roser Vento-Tormo Topic: Celluar genetics Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Women's Health Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: rv4@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://ventolab.org/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ross Waller Topic: Molecular function, diversity and evolution in cells Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: rfw26@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.wallercellevolution.com Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Michael Weekes Topic: Innate immune evasion by intracellular pathogens Themes: Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Medicine (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: mpw1001@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-michael-weekes Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Lucy Weinert Topic: The ecology and genomics of bacterial pathogens Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: lw461@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.research.vet.cam.ac.uk/research-staff-directory/principal-in... Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Martin Welch Topic: Microbial Cell-Cell Communication, Microbial Physiology and Metabolism, Polymicrobial Microbiology Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology (incl. Plant Biology), Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Biochemistry Email: mw240@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/research/welch Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Tim Williams Topic: Biology of extracellular vesicles and biomarkers of renal disease Themes: Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: tlw27@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/tlw27 Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mark Wills Topic: Immunobiology of human cytomegalovirus Themes: Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Medicine (Division of Infectious Diseases) Email: mrw1004@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/wills/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor James Wood Topic: Epidemiology, emergence and control of zoonotic infections Themes: Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: jlnw2@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-james-wood-obe Applications from potential students are welcome |
