Meike Aßmann
“I first became excited about immunology during my undergraduate studies at Jacobs University Bremen, where my thesis project focused on the biochemistry of MHC class I proteins.”
Jan Fennelly
“I trained in medical laboratory sciences in Newcastle prior to entering research working on cell surface receptors. Later I decided that a change was in order and moved to Oxford to work on OX40 and CD4 in Neil Barclay’s lab at the Dunn School. “
Jiandong (Dongdong) Huo
“After completing an undergraduate degree in Medical Microbiology & Immunology at Newcastle University, I joined the T-cell biology group in 2008 to start my D. Phil, funded by the Clarendon fund and a Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine (NDM) Research Prize, and obtained my degree in 2012.”
Susan Yu
“Having completed my undergraduate degree in biology at Imperial College London, I joined the T-cell biology group as a D.Phil. student in October 2010. “
Super-resolution imaging of early signaling in T cells
Supervisor: Prof Simon Davis
Analysis of lipid and lipid-anchored protein organization at the T-cell surface using novel super-resolution (STED) microscopy
Supervisors: Prof Christian Eggeling and Prof Simon Davis
New combinations of immune-checkpoint inhibitors to treat cancer
Supervisors: Prof Simon Davis, Prof Richard Cornall and Dr Consuelo Anzilotti
James Felce
James is currently a post-doc, working with Simon at the Davis lab in Oxford. He studied for his PhD under Simon’s direction and prior to that he studied Biochemistry for his undergraduate degree here in Oxford too.
Membrane nanoclusters – tails of the unexpected
Sezgin E, Davis SJ, Eggeling C. (2015), Cell. 161, 433-4
Hussain Abidi
Originally from Pakistan, Hussain was keen to study for his PhD at a top UK university. He applied to several labs in Oxford and Cambridge, and visited the UK to visit the labs and their professors.