Professor Pietro Mastroeni

Bacterial immunology

Pathogenesis

Vaccines

Immune-deficiency

antibiotics

Biography

Education/Qualifications.

Doctor of Science (ScD), Darwin College, University of Cambridge, UK.
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Dept. of Pathology and Darwin College, University of Cambridge, UK.
Doctor of Medicine and Surgery (MD), University of Messina, Italy.

Fellowships and honours.

Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology (FAAM).
Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (FRSB).
Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA).
Honorary Researcher at the Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Honorary Member of The Cuban Society for Immunology.
Special Visiting Researcher Fellowship, Brazilian Scientific Mobility Program.
Award for distinguished contribution to microbiological sciences by the Mediterranean Association of Biomedical Studies

Past professional history

Chief Scientific Advisor, AchilleS Vaccines, Siena, Italy.

Reader in Infection and Immunity, University of Cambridge, UK.
Visiting Scientist (Sabbatical Leave) at the Sanger Institute Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge.
University Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, University of Cambridge, UK.
University Lecturer in Microbiology, University of Cambridge, UK.
Research Fellow, Department of Biochemistry, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London, UK.
Visiting Scientist at Institute Pasteur, Paris, France
Research Associate at the University of Newcastle, Department of Microbiology, The Medical School, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

Appointments/affiliations

Member of Darwin College, Cambridge.

Member of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM).

Member of the British Society for Immunology (BSI).
Member of the BSI Vaccine Affinity Group.
Member of the Association of Italian Scientists in the UK.

Research

My research focuses on pathogenesis and immunity to bacterial infections, vaccine development and the interactions between the immune system and antibiotic treatment.

My group has developed new multidisciplinary biological and mathematical approaches that allow in-depth analysis of the complex and multifaceted interactions between bacterial virulence genes, host cell receptors, antimicrobial functions and immune-evasion mechanisms.