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Immunology

Members of the Immunology division are dedicated to finding out how the immune system works and how it might be manipulated to achieve new disease treatments.

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Leadership

Laboratory Head
Dr Vanessa Bryant
Scientific Engagement and Collaboration Lead
Division Head
Division Head
Professor Phil Hodgkin
Laboratory Head
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About

A healthy immune system can be enhanced by vaccines for protection against deadly infectious diseases or trained to fight many different types of cancer. Problems with the immune system are linked to serious health conditions including autoimmune diseases, asthma and allergies.

The institute has contributed many major advances to the science of immunology. We remain committed to understanding how our immune systems work and how dysfunction can lead to disease.

Division news

Advanced immunotherapy may hold promise for children with brain cancer
08 May 2023
Study reveals how patients’ smoking history changes evolution of lung cancer
21 April 2023
Random defence: Cells play ‘molecular roulette’ to determine how body fights disease
03 October 2022
Could releasing ‘handbrake’ immune cells help supercharge immunity?
14 April 2022
Researchers unveil new ‘time machine’ technique to measure cells
16 April 2021
Three-dimensional imaging provides valuable insight to immune responses
19 March 2021
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