Focus on the target! (Andy Tsun)
cytotoxic T lymphocyte polarised towards the target it will kill. Microtubules in red, nuclei in blue, secretory lysosomes in green
TRIM GFP-tagged expressing HEK cells, loaded with cholera toxin in red, nuclei in blue with DAPI (Sarah Harford)

Welcome to Cambridge Immunology

Cambridge Immunology is a virtual focus for the community of immunologists working in and around Cambridge. It builds on a rich tradition of immunological research in Cambridge, and brings together groups whose work ranges from discovery of the basic molecular mechanisms underpinning the immune response through to applications relevant to the clinic, to industry and to global health. Find out more

This website provides a searchable directory of researchers arranged by theme, institute, name and key word. You can also find information about relevant seminars, funding opportunities and the latest immunologic community news and events.

Forthcoming talks and seminars

Tuesday 24th November
2:15 "Cheminformatics and Metabolism research and services at the European Bioinformatics Institute"

Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics

Dr Christoph Steinbeck Head,Chemoinformatics & Metabolism, EBI
Wednesday 25th November
12:00 Mechanisms underlying embryonic and adult DRG regeneration

BRC Seminar Series

Dr Laura Gumy, BRC
12:30 Adaptive variation and evolutionarily conserved MHC-DRB supertype-binding motifs in Old World primates

Immunology in Pathology

Dr Leslie Knapp, Dept of Biological Anthropology, University of Cambridge
Host: Jim Kaufman (jfk31@cam.ac.uk)
4:30 Expanding the one-host one-pathogen framework: implications for disease emergence and wildlife health

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Dr Amy Pedersen, School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh
Friday 27th November
1:00 Novel crosstalk between the ER stress and TLR signaling pathway

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Jane Goodall, Dept of Medicine, University of Cambridge
Host - Hill Gaston
4:15 On the origin of RNA and peptide synthesis: clues from biology and prebiotic chemistry

MRC LMB Seminar list

John D Sutherland, Manchester
Tuesday 1st December
2:30 Emulation of random output (stochastic) models: theory and application

MRC Biostatistics Unit Seminars

Dan Cornford, Aston University
Wednesday 2nd December
12:00 Environmental regulation of CNS remyelination

BRC Seminar Series

Dr Mark Kotter, LRM, Cambridge
12:30 HIV microbicides: current and emerging candidates

Immunology in Pathology

Professor Charles Kelly, Oral Immunology, King's College, London
Host: Chris Rudd (cer51@cam.ac.uk)
4:30 Causes and processes of liver disease in man. Are there lessons for the veterinary world?

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Dr Graeme Alexander, Department of Medicine, Addenbrookes Hospital
Thursday 3rd December
12:00 Jane Allen Seminar: “Tetherin Antagonism by Virally-encoded Countermeasures”

Virology Seminars

Dr. Stuart Neil, Department of Infectious Diseases, King’s College London School of Medicine, London
4:15 New genes involved in deafness from large-scale mouse screens

MRC LMB Seminar list

Karen Steel
Friday 4th December
1:00 Innate regulation of dendritic cell function

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Caetano Reis e Sousa, Cancer Research UK, Univeristy College, London
Host - John Todd

Latest news

Talk: James Allison, Cambridge NIHR BRC Lecture, 2nd Dec

As part of the Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre Lecture series, Prof. James Allison, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, will give a talk on 2nd Dec at 5pm...

The Oxford Vaccinology Programme - Launches 9th November 2009

The Oxford Vaccinology Programme will launch on 9th November with a 5-day training course on 'Human and Veterinary Vaccinology' at the world-renowned Jenner Institute.

Photos - Cambridge Immunology Symposium 'Evolution and Immunity'

This year's Cambridge Immunology symposium tool place at Peterhouse, Cambridge on 24th September.  Here are some photos from the event.

Funding Opportunities

Wellcome Trust 4-Year PhD Programme in Infection and Immunity, Wellcome Trust Immunology Unit

Through a funding initiative by the Wellcome Trust, the University of Cambridge has an on-going 4-year PhD Programme in Infection and Immunity. Up to six studentships will be available beginning in October 2010.

Wellcome Trust/MRC 4 Year PhD Programme - Cambridge Institute for Medical Research

Two Wellcome Trust funded studentships will be available in October 2010. We also expect to be able to offer two 4-year MRC funded studentships..

Clinical PhD Programme in Translational Medicine and Therapeutics (TMAT) - School of Clinical Medicine

Uniquely, this programme offers a select number of Fellows the opportunity to carry out a 4 year PhD, incorporating 2 years with a supervisor in the USA at the NIH, and 2 years with a Cambridge supervisor.

Wellcome Trust Clinical PhD Programme - Cambridge Institute for Medical Research

The University of Cambridge and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute are offering 7 PhD fellowships...Candidates should have the potential to pursue a career as an academic clinician..

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology - International PhD Programme 2010

The LMB provides an opportunity to do cutting-edge research for 20-30 new graduate students from universities all over the world.

The Dr Hawden Trust - New Grant Applications INVITED NOW

The Dr Hadwen Trust is currently inviting new grant applications for research proposals to develop, validate or implement non-animal methods....

Job Opportunities

(Senior) Research Associate - Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Department of Medical Genetics

We have a unique opportunity for a post-doctoral immunologist to research human autoimmune disease mechanisms and pathways, in particular type 1 diabetes...