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Henry studied for his undergraduate in Immunology at the University of Glasgow, graduating in 2004. He then completed a PhD on TGF-B homologues from parasites which induce Tregs with Professor Rick Maizels at the University of Edinburgh (graduating in 2008). 

Henry then moved Brisbane and Cairns, Australia, to undertake a postdoctoral researcher post with Prof Alex Loukas. He worked on a clinical trial of human hookworm infection, to attempt to treat celiac disease. He returned to Rick Maizels lab in Edinburgh in 2010, working on using parasite secretory products to treat asthma. While there he received an Asthma UK Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship (2013) to continue this work. In 2014 he received a Chancellors Fellowship to set up his own laboratory in Edinburgh.

In 2020 Henry moved his lab to the University of Dundee. The lab’s interests focus on immunomodulation by parasites, and the role of the IL-33 pathway in infection and immunopathology. He is deputy head of the division of Cell Signalling and Immunology.

Edited by Kate Burgoyne (Technician, University of Aberdeen)

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Dr Mahima Swamy is a Sir Henry Dale Fellow and group leader in the MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit (MRC PPU) at the University of Dundee. Mahima’s lab works broadly in the areas of intestinal immunology, diet, intestinal infection and inflammatory bowel diseases, with a focus on intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes, a class of poorly characterised T cells that reside in the intestinal epithelium. She did her PhD at the Max-Planck Institute of Immunobiology in Freiburg, Germany, and after two postdoc stints, one in CRUK’s London Research Institute with Prof. Adrian Hayday, and another at the University of Dundee with Prof. Doreen Cantrell, she started her lab in the MRC PPU in Dundee in 2017. She was selected to join the EMBO Young Investigator network in 2022.

Edited by Kate Burgoyne (Technician, University of Aberdeen)

This podcast is brought to you by the Aberdeen Immunology Group (AIG) which is a regional group of the British Society for Immunology.

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Dr Mike Morgan is a lecturer in computational biology and immunology at the Institute of Medical Sciences at the University of Aberdeen. He got his PhD in pharmacogenetics from University of Leeds studying the genetics of rheumatoid arthritis before training in computational biology at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Mike’s research now blends computation and experimentation to unravel how ageing affects our immune systems, and how this can be manipulated to promote healthy ageing.

Dr Mike Morgan, University of Aberdeen

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Lewis is currently a research fellow and study director at the University of Aberdeen where he completed his BSc, MSc and PhD. In partnership with TauRx Therapeutics Ltd and the Scottish Biologics Facility, his research is involved in the discovery and development of novel anti-tau therapeutics, immunodiagnostics and biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease. Lewis is also a senior scientist for TauRx where he is involved in clinical research and is a study lead for implementation of blood-based biomarker endpoints into Alzheimer’s disease clinical trials. He has previously worked as a study director in regulated toxicology at a global CRO.

Dr Lewis Penny, TauRx Therapeutics Ltd and University of Aberdeen

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Presented by Raquel Ferro Barroso (PhD candidate, University of Aberdeen) and Kate Burgoyne (Technician, University of Aberdeen)

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In this episode of Immunology in Aberdeen brought to you by the Aberdeen Immunology Group, we are very excited to present to you our latest episode, where we sat down with Dr Wael Houssen who is a reader at the Institute of Medical Sciences at the University of Aberdeen. He has received a BSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences and PhD in chemistry. His research interest is to study how bioactive natural products e.g. the pain killer morphine or the antibiotic penicillin are produced in the living organisms. Dr Houssen’s research is focussed on engineering and recruitment of the enzymes involved in the biosynthesis to make similar compounds with enhanced bioactivity and less toxicity.

Here is a link to a video showing what his group does in the lab - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU1nOr84zwg

Dr Wael Houssen, University of Aberdeen - @WaelHoussen

Presented by Raquel Ferro Barroso (PhD candidate, University of Aberdeen) and Kate Burgoyne (Technician, University of Aberdeen)

This podcast is brought to you by the Aberdeen Immunology Group (AIG) which is a regional group of the British Society for Immunology.

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In this episode of Immunology in Aberdeen brought to you by the Aberdeen Immunology Group, we are very excited to present to you our latest episode where we sat down with Dr Huan (Patrick) Cao.

He began his scientific career at the University of Cambridge doing an undergraduate degree in Natural sciences before transitioning into a PhD investigating how sugars interact with and dictate the immune response. He continued his work exploring the world of sugar immunology as a post-doc at the University of Aberdeen and was recently appointed to Lecturer in Immunology here also.

Dr Huan (Patrick) Cao, University of Aberdeen

Presented by Raquel Ferro Barroso (PhD candidate, University of Aberdeen) and Kate Burgoyne (Technician, University of Aberdeen)

This podcast is brought to you by the Aberdeen Immunology Group (AIG) which is a regional group of the British Society for Immunology.

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In this episode of Immunology in Aberdeen brought to you by the Aberdeen Immunology Group, we are very excited to present to you our latest episode where we sat down with Dr Frank Ward.

After working for ten years as a plant scientist in industry, he decided to follow his personal interest and passion in immunology and autoimmune disease by undertaking a PhD at King’s College London researching autoantibodies and T cell responses in Lupus. He continued his interest in T cell immunology as a postdoc in London before coming to the university of Aberdeen to work. Alongside his current role as a lecturer at the university of Aberdeen, he is now actively involved in developing new therapeutics for a range of cancers.

Dr Frank Ward, University of Aberdeen

Presented by Raquel Ferro Barroso (PhD candidate, University of Aberdeen) and Kate Burgoyne (Technician, University of Aberdeen)

This podcast is brought to you by the Aberdeen Immunology Group (AIG) which is a regional group of the British Society for Immunology.

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In our very first episode of AIG presents Immunology in Aberdeen, we chat with Dr Julia Martinez Fraile about her career path, current work on an antibody based therapy using VNARs from sharks to treat a liver disease called NASH (Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis) and how her role attempts to bridge the gap between industry and academia.  

Dr Julia Martinez Fraile, Elasmogen Ltd & University of Aberdeen 

Presented by Raquel Ferro Barroso (PhD candidate, University of Aberdeen) and Kate Burgoyne (Technician, University of Aberdeen)

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A introduction to our new podcast starting soon!

Presented by Raquel Ferro Barroso and Kate Burgoyne 

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