MRC HIU appoints new Director
We are pleased to announce that Professor Alison Simmons has been appointed as the new Director of the MRC Human Immunology Unit.
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Human immunology and the development of treatments against infectious diseases, cancer, allergy and autoimmune disease.
MRC Molecular Haematology Unit
Understanding how mature blood cells are normally made from stem cells and how this is perturbed in common blood disorders.
Centre for Computational Biology
Using computational biology to help understand complex biological systems and combat a range of human diseases.
Latest Publications
Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 by Destruction of the Prefusion Spike.
Huo J. et al, (2020), Cell Host Microbe, 28
Broad and strong memory CD4+ and CD8+ T cells induced by SARS-CoV-2 in UK convalescent individuals following COVID-19.
Peng Y. et al, (2020), Nat Immunol, 21, 1336 - 1345
Hepcidin-Mediated Hypoferremia Disrupts Immune Responses to Vaccination and Infection
Frost JN. et al, (2020), Med
Micro-environmental sensing by bone marrow stroma identifies IL-6 and TGFβ1 as regulators of hematopoietic ageing.
Valletta S. et al, (2020), Nat Commun, 11
Two Aldehyde Clearance Systems Are Essential to Prevent Lethal Formaldehyde Accumulation in Mice and Humans.
Dingler FA. et al, (2020), Mol Cell
What's new
MRC HIU appoints new Director
6 January 2021
Research unpicks why immune responses decrease with age
27 November 2020
4 Year MRC WIMM Prize PhD Studentships
Fully-funded 4-year Prize PhD studentships, to start in October 2021 are open to outstanding students of any nationality who wish to pursue a career in experimental and/or computational biology.
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