Professor Jo Spencer
Interim Head of the Peter Gorer Department of Immunobiology
- Professor of Experimental Medicine
Research interests
- Immunology
Biography
Professor Jo Spencer is the Interim Head of the Peter Gorer Department of Immunobiology and a Professor of Experimental Medicine in the Peter Gorer Department of Immunobiology, School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences, within the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine at King's College London.
Research
Spencer Group
We are interested in human B cells and mucosal immunology. Our projects include the study of human B cells in tissue, in the gut and B cell response to systemic lupus erythematosus.
Spatial Biology Network
The Spatial Biology Network is a cross-faculty research interest group that brings together researchers from various disciplines, ranging from technology development and molecular biology, to bioinformatics and clinical translational research, to explore the complexity of spatial biology.
RNA Biology
RNA is at the forefront of biomedical research for its central role in how information is transferred from DNA to protein. This Research Interest Group is open to all interested parties from across the University.
News
Immune cells hit a developmental fork in the road that decides their fate
New research suggests that important infection-fighting cells reach a fork in the road during their development – with the path they take cementing the role...
Mapping immune cell interactions in gut tissue reveals changes in ulcerative colitis
Researchers have mapped the immune cell interactions that occur in a tissue that lines the gut, revealing how these interactions change in people with the...
Features of autoimmune diseases found to be normal components of gut immunity
Researchers have found that cell types and molecules usually associated with autoimmune disease are present in the gut at sites where bacteria normally meet...
Researchers find previously undetected population complexity in human lymphoid tissue B cells
Deep analysis of human marginal zone B cells could improve scientists’ understanding of lupus nephritis
Gut health compromised in severe COVID-19
New research of samples of intestine from people who have died of COVID-19 has shown the impact of the virus on the gut immune system.
Kings researchers develop a new software for the analysis of multiplexed tissue imaging data
A team of researchers from the Schools of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences and Immunology and Microbial Sciences and the Cancer Systems Biology laboratory at...
Researchers investigate factors determining the response of colorectal cancer patients to immunotherapy
Colorectal cancer is the cancer of the colon or rectum, which typically affects older adults but can occur at any age.
Research
Spencer Group
We are interested in human B cells and mucosal immunology. Our projects include the study of human B cells in tissue, in the gut and B cell response to systemic lupus erythematosus.
Spatial Biology Network
The Spatial Biology Network is a cross-faculty research interest group that brings together researchers from various disciplines, ranging from technology development and molecular biology, to bioinformatics and clinical translational research, to explore the complexity of spatial biology.
RNA Biology
RNA is at the forefront of biomedical research for its central role in how information is transferred from DNA to protein. This Research Interest Group is open to all interested parties from across the University.
News
Immune cells hit a developmental fork in the road that decides their fate
New research suggests that important infection-fighting cells reach a fork in the road during their development – with the path they take cementing the role...
Mapping immune cell interactions in gut tissue reveals changes in ulcerative colitis
Researchers have mapped the immune cell interactions that occur in a tissue that lines the gut, revealing how these interactions change in people with the...
Features of autoimmune diseases found to be normal components of gut immunity
Researchers have found that cell types and molecules usually associated with autoimmune disease are present in the gut at sites where bacteria normally meet...
Researchers find previously undetected population complexity in human lymphoid tissue B cells
Deep analysis of human marginal zone B cells could improve scientists’ understanding of lupus nephritis
Gut health compromised in severe COVID-19
New research of samples of intestine from people who have died of COVID-19 has shown the impact of the virus on the gut immune system.
Kings researchers develop a new software for the analysis of multiplexed tissue imaging data
A team of researchers from the Schools of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences and Immunology and Microbial Sciences and the Cancer Systems Biology laboratory at...
Researchers investigate factors determining the response of colorectal cancer patients to immunotherapy
Colorectal cancer is the cancer of the colon or rectum, which typically affects older adults but can occur at any age.