BSI Manchester Immunology Group Seminar Series: Professor Gerard Graham, University of Glasgow. Location: MS Lecture Theatre, Michael Smith Building
Dates: | 16 January 2025 |
Times: | 12:00 - 13:00 |
What is it: | Seminar |
Organiser: | School of Biological Sciences |
How much: | Free |
Who is it for: | University staff, Adults, Alumni, Current University students |
Speaker: | Professor Gerard Graham |
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Chemokine receptors and the orchestration of the inflammatory response?
Biography
Professor Gerry Graham BSc, PhD, FRSE, FMedSci
Gerry Graham is Gardiner Chair of Immunology and Dean of Research in the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences at the University of Glasgow. He is head of the Chemokine Research Group (www.chemokineresearchgroup.org) at the University of Glasgow and has worked in the field of chemokine biology for over 30 years and has been responsible for many of the seminal discoveries in this area. Work in Gerry’s lab is supported by a Medical Research Council Programme Grant and by a Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award. He is a recipient of a Wolfson Royal Society Merit Award and has been elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Academy of Medical Sciences. He has served on a number of grants panels, including the Leukaemia Research Fund Medical and Scientific Advisory Panel. He also spent over four years as a member of the Medical Research Council Infections and Immunity Board and Chaired the Wellcome Trust Expert Review Group in the Immune System in Health and Disease. He publishes regularly in prominent international journals and is frequently invited to major international scientific meetings.
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Michael Smith Lecture Theatre
Michael Smith Building
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