The mammalian immune system is a sprawling network of cells, each with unique properties and functions. As discussed in my latest Technology Feature, immunologists have developed a range of technologies to characterize those populations, from mass cytometry to single-cell DNA sequencing. Read more
Sometimes I ask people, “if you weren’t studying biology, what would you do?” … Read more
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Claire Haworth and Oliver Davis, who both work in behavioural and statistical genetics, met whilst they were studying for a PhD at the MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre at King’s College London and “managed to squeeze in getting married between submitting our PhDs and starting fellowships!” After graduating from their PhDs in the summer of 2009, Oliver started a Wellcome Trust funded postdoc in Oxford and Claire, funded by the MRS and ESRC, stayed in London. After her second fellowship Claire moved to the University of Warwick to set up her own lab and Oliver moved to UCL to start his own group in January 2013. Read more
contributors Yuriy Baglaenko and Eric Gracey … Read more
Students from the department of immunology at the University of Toronto recently completed a survey of their 288 alumni, tracking their career choices and progressions through life. In this post, Yuriy Baglaenko and Eric Gracey follow the alumni around the globe, to see where they have ended up after leaving the University of Toronto. Read more
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