Division of Infection and Immunity

Monday,13 February, 1pm
Speaker: Dr Simon Yona (Department of Metabolism and Experimental Therapeutics, UCL Division of Medicine)
Title: Origins and fates of blood monocytes
Host: Dr Mahdad Noursadeghi
Venue: Pearson LT (North East Entrance), Pearson Building, Bloomsbury
Lunch will be available from 12.30pm at Wilkins North Cloisters

Tuesday,14 February, 1pm
Speaker: Mr Sean Knight (Department of Immunology, Bloomsbury Campus)
PhD Thesis Seminar: Lentiviral vectors for gene therapy
Group Leaders: Prof M Collins & Dr Y Takeuchi
Venue: Pearson LT (North East Entrance), Pearson Building (Bloomsbury)

Wednesday, 15 February, 2pm - 6pm, LSHTM
BiPR Immunology Symposium
Venue: Manson LT, LSHTM, Keppel St
Flyer; Programme
For further information, email David Clark 

Thursday, 16 February, 1pm, Royal Free
Speaker: Professor Graham Pawelec (University of Tuebingen Center for Medical Research)
Title: Immune frailty: role of viral infection and impact on vaccination in the elderly.
Host: Dr Richard Milne, Virology
Venue: LT2, Royal Free

For full details of all Division events.

The panel assessment of the Division's research in the Research Assessment Exercise in 2008 was that "Infection and Immunity, particularly Virology is very strong in this University" and rated the outputs from this grouping as 20.6% 4*, 50.6% 3*.  Research Groups/Areas.

In Infection & Immunity we offer 5 postgraduate programmes of study:
MSc Clinical Biochemistry;
MSc Molecular Medicine;
MSc Infection and Immunity;
MSc/Diploma/Cert Medical Mycology; and
MSc/PG Dip Healthcare associated Infection Control; 
and 2 undergraduate programmes in addition to our MPhil and PhD programmes.  There are more details in our Study section.

Our Division is a vibrant  academic community made up of academic researchers and teachers, technical and support staff and students at under- and post-graduate levels.
Contacts/Locations for members of the Division.