Profile: Irene Nambuya
Irene Nambuya is a Research Technician based in the MacDonald Lab. Read about Irene's start in research at the MRC/Uganda Virus Research Institute, how a merit scholarship opportunity at The University of Manchester ultimately led to her work with the MacDonald...
The STEM Village shortlisted for a UoM Making A Difference Award
The STEM Village, which provides a platform for LGBTQ+ people in STEM, has been shortlisted for a University of Manchester Making a Difference 2024 Award.The awards recognise the outstanding social and environmental impact staff, students, alumni, and external...
British Society of Parasitology awards President’s Medal to Dr Juan Quintana
The British Society of Parasitology (BSP) has awarded the 2024 President’s Medal to Dr Juan Quintana from the Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation at The University of Manchester. The President’s Medal recognises BSP early career members who have...
Profile: Brian Chan
Meet Brian Chan, a Research Technician and 4th-floor AV Hill Lab Manager based in the Allen Lab. In this Becker Profile find out how Brian discovered his love of parasites in Glasgow which then led to a career path working on various research projects in...
UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship awarded to Dr Madhvi Menon
Dr Madhvi Menon, Deputy Branch Lead for Cellular Immunology at the Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation has been awarded a prestigious Future Leaders Fellowship by UK Research and Innovation to continue her research on studying the role B cells play...
Wellcome Trust awards funding to explore how innate immune cells determine intestinal health and disease
Dr Matt Hepworth, Branch Lead for Immune Tolerance at The University of Manchester’s Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, has been awarded a £2.8 million, 8-year Career Development Award (CDA) from the Wellcome Trust to conduct groundbreaking...
Dean’s Prize Fellowship Awarded to Dr Pedro Papotto
Dr Pedro Papotto, a Research Fellow from the Allen Lab, has been awarded a distinguished FBMH Dean's Prize Fellowship for his work on understanding how immune responses to infections are regulated at the organismal level and the role of unconventional T cells in...
Profile: Nabina Pun
For our latest Becker Profile we spoke to Nabina Pun, a final-year CRUK-funded PhD student based in the Dyer Lab. Nabina shares her journey from Berkshire to the labs of Manchester, delving into her passion for immunology and her groundbreaking research on how...
Profile: Dr Grace Mallett
Meet Dr Grace Mallett, a Postdoc in the MacDonald Lab. Here Grace discusses her time as a PhD student at Newcastle University looking at the role innate lymphoid cells (ILCs) play in the tumour microenvironment and her recent research as a Postdoc here at the...
New Substack by Professor Sheena Cruickshank
Professor Sheena Cruickshank has set up a new Substack that will aim to put new research into context and make it more accessible for lay audiences. The research covered will be largely immunology based and for her first entry Sheena has written a piece on the latest...
