Transplantation Immunology & Mucosal Biology

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MPhil/PhD

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Part Time, Full Time

Medicine graduate class
RESEARCH PROFILE

2008 RAE Divisional Results: In the last RAE over 70% of our research outputs and activities were rated as world leading or internationally excellent. The MRC Centre for Transplantation received special mention for its contribution to sustainable research in the field.

Research income:
Formed in autumn 2010 the Division has received over £5 million of research grant awards in its first year.

Current number of research teams:
30

Current number of PhD students:
24

Recent publications:
1) Complement regulator CD46 temporally regulates cytokine production by conventional and unconventional T cells. Nature Immunology 2010
2) Development of a cross-platform biomarkers signature to detect renal transplant tolerance in humans. J Clin Invest 2010
3) Strategies for Translational Research in the United Kingdom. Sci Tran Med 2010
The immortality of humoral immunity. Immun Rev 2010

KEY FACTS
Head of group/division
Professor Steven Sacks
Duration
FT 4 years/PT 6 years
Location
Guy's or Denmark Hill Campus
Student destinations
Successful PhD students from the Division have moved on to successful careers elsewhere, many remaining in research at prestigious universities including Oxford and University College London.
Year of entry 2012
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