Immune tolerance Branch Lead Dr Matt Hepworth along with co-authors Dr Hugo Penny and Dr Rita Domingues have been published in the September 2022 issue of the prestigious Science Immunology journal with their study investigating how feeding cues and circadian rhythms...
Our Life course Branch Lead Dr Peter Arkwright appeared recently on the EMJ Podcast for Healthcare Professionals and was interviewed by their Editor Evgenia Koutsouki. They discussed; Dr Arkwright’s fascinating career - including the defining moment of his practice so...
Prof Dan Davis has written in The Sunday Times about the recent controversy surrounding the 'Monkeypox' virus, with the WHO finding the name stigmatising, and the importance of considering the broader impact when naming diseases/conditions. Dan traces the history of...
Our Cellular Immunology Branch Lead Prof Judi Allen has been interviewed by Prof Adrian Liston for the Immunology & Cell Biology Journal to discuss what makes Immunology at Manchester such an exciting prospect for researchers/students Prof Judi Allen also...
Prof Sheena Cruickshank, along with three other health experts, has written in The Conversation about the response to COVID thus far - what has worked well, what mistakes scientists and policymakers made, and what needs to be done to protect human health from here on....
Dr Elizabeth Mann appeared recently on BBC Woman's Hour to discuss offering low-dose Covid vaccines to children aged between 5-11 years in all four nations of the UK. You can listen to her appearance here Related...
Prof Sheena Cruickshank has written for The Conversation on the challenges posed by the Omicron variant of Covid-19 and how developing T-cell vaccines may be the key to unlocking long-term immunity from Covid: Many of the vaccines designed to date – including...
Our Director Prof Tracy Hussell appeared on BBC Radio Manchester with Michelle Dignan this morning to discuss the Omicron variant, the impact on cases within Manchester, the risks posed to the NHS, the cut to self-isolation to 7 days for those with a negative test...
Prof Sheena Cruickshank was featured recently in The Guardian's 'Conversations with Experts' series to answer questions about the possibility of finding a cure for the common cold. Related...
Dr Nicholas Barnes a Lecturer in Healthcare Sciences (Clinical Immunology) at the Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation has been announced as the winner of the British Society for Immunology's Immunology Teaching Excellence Award 2021. This award is...
