Apolonia Group We use diverse, integrated techniques and approaches from cell culture, virology, molecular biology, biochemistry and bioinformatics to uncover novel innate inhibitors and dependency factors of HIV, Influenza, SARS-CoV-2, and other viruses.
Clinical Diagnostics Development Unit (CDDU) The CDDU ethos is to harmonise all methods used within the labs for the processing of clinical samples.
Fox Group The Fox Group works on combined HIV adolescent prevention and investigating COVID-19 infectiousness and antibody evolution in COVID-19 patients in Sub-Saharan Africa and Europe.
Galão Lab The Galao Lab studies host/virus interactions, focusing mainly in innate immune responses to infection by RNA viruses.
Hill Group Relapsing bacterial infections require prolonged and repetitive antibiotic treatment schedules associated with the emergence of antibiotic resistance.
Martinez-Nunez Group We investigate how mRNA translation is regulated during inflammation and infection responses.
Mischo Lab The Mischo Lab studies how gene expression can be controlled through the modulation of transcription termination.
Padilla-Parra Lab We employ advanced single molecule imaging approaches to understand enveloped virus fusion mechanics. We use a highly interdisciplinary approach that combines, virology, molecular biology, advanced biophysics live cells imaging and single molecule spectroscopy to define virus fusion molecular machines. In particular we investigate a number of enveloped viruses during the first steps of infection (virus entry and fusion) that comprise Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 (HIV-1), Ebola (EBOV) and SARS Corona viruses (SARS CoV 2).
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.
Schurich Group The Schurich Lab studies the function of human T cells, with a focus on T cell metabolism to understand how T cells fuel their extraordinary effector capacity.
Wanford Group The Wanford lab employs genomic, and wet lab infection biology techniques to study: (1) how Kp regulate expression of its major virulence factor, a slimy layer surrounding the pathogen called the polysaccharide capsule, and (2) how both the capsule and other accessory genes modulate interaction of Kp with host cells
5 August 2024 Researchers in the School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences receive MRC New Investigator Awards Dr Anna Schurich and Dr Vincenzo Torraca have both received New Investigator Research Grant from the…
6 June 2024 Professor Linda Klavinskis elected as President of the International Society for Vaccines Professor Klavinskis will serve as the President of the ISV over 2024 and 2025 term
5 March 2024 MOBILE MEN launched to support HIV prevention in East and Southern Africa The study aims to help men who are mobile for work, remain HIV negative through developing PrEP…
18 January 2024 New species of bacteria discovered in unusual human infection Researchers at King’s and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust have discovered a new species of bacteria,…