Professor Townsend tells us about lessons to be drawn from the history of immunology in Oxford, from 1979 onwards, until his current research on active and passive immunity to influenza. All these developments happened in Oxford because the atm

Some final words

Oct 28th, 2013 17m 3s

Professor Sir Andrew McMichael speaks about his early days in Oxford, working in immunology. With a touch of humour he compares the tools available to immunologist in 1971 with today's technology. He also explains how immunology progressed from

The Human Immunology Unit

Oct 28th, 2013 24m 24s

The increasing globalisation of infectious disease is a major challenge to human health. The MRC Human Immunology Unit is a key player in international efforts to combat this threat, and in research into other diseases involving the immune syst

Correlates of protection, the China Connection

Oct 28th, 2013 26m 50s

Professor Xiao-Ning Xu talks about his research on emerging infectious diseases in China, from the SARS outbreak in 2003/4 to flu pandemic and HIV infection. Professor Xu also follows a HIV cohort in Beijing, and studies their T cell responses

Time to escape

Oct 28th, 2013 22m 54s

Dr Nilu Goonetilleke talks about her research within the CHAVI project (NIH Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology). In the course of HIV infection, the fate is set early, since the early immune response is an important factor in determining th

African adventures

Oct 28th, 2013 31m 58s

Professor Sarah Rowland-Jones talks about her research on HIV, first in Oxford then in Africa, in Kenya and in The Gambia. Professor Rowland-Jones studies protective immunity against HIV infection. It was early recognized that cytotoxic T cells

New immunoregulatory mechanisms

Oct 28th, 2013 17m 28s

Professor Mike Lenardo speaks about early links between the NIH (National Institute of Health, USA) and the University of Oxford, and their success in setting up the NIH-Oxford-Cambridge DPhil programme. Professor Lenardo also talks about his w

A structural biologist's perspective

Oct 28th, 2013 15m 7s

Professor Yvonne Jones tells us how structural biology was brought into the field of immunology in Oxford, at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics. Professor Jones also explains the developments of her current research on cell surface r

What do we measure and what do we want to learn

Oct 28th, 2013 35m 27s

Professor Zinkernagel speaks about some historical and more recent aspects of immunology. Although we do know a lot, only about half of what we think we know is usually true - we just don't know which half! Professor Zinkernagel differentiates

Welcome and Introduction

Oct 28th, 2013 4m 23s

Professor Vincenzo Cerundolo opens the Symposium with a few words about Professor Sir Andrew McMichael's achievements, past, present and future. Professor Vincenzo Cerundolo talks about Professor Sir Andrew McMichael and his tremendous vision,

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