Dr Lucy Jackson-Jones- Senior Lecturer in Immunology. Lucy studied Immunology at the University of Edinburgh before completing a Wellcome Trust funded 4-year PhD in the Cellular and Molecular Basis of Disease. She graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2013, her thesis on the Alternative Activation of Dendritic Cells was completed under the supervision of Prof Andrew MacDonald. Lucy spent two years at the Institute of Immunology and Infection Research in Edinburgh as a PDRA in the laboratory of Prof Judi Allen prior to joining the Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences in 2015 as a PDRA in the laboratory of Dr Cecile Benezech. Lucy moved to Lancaster University in Spring 2018 to establish her own group and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2023.
Chloe Barnes- PhD Student. Chloe joined the group in December 2021 and works on a collaborative project co-supervised by Dr Mick Urbaniak, Dr John Worthington and Dr Neil Dawson. ‘Investigating the Tropism, Immunology and Pathology of African trypanosomiasis’ Chloe’s PhD studentship is funded by Lancaster University Faculty of Health and Medicine
Otto Wheeler- PhD Student. Otto joined the group in October 2021 and works on a collaborative Immuno-oncology project supervised by Dr Leonie Unterholzner. ‘How is the immune system alerted to persistent replication stress and DNA damage in keratinocytes during immunosurveillance against cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma?’ Otto’s project is funded by North West Cancer Research.
Lab alumni:
Sheila Macharia, PDRA 2021-2024
Ivo Basilio-Queijo, MSc by Research student 2023-2024
Nadia Iqbal, PhD student 2019-2024, PDRA 2023-2024
Alexander Hardgrave, Research Technician 2021-2023
Michael Voong UGRIP Intern Summer 2023
Karolina Bentkowsksa NWCR Intern Summer 2021
Nadin Fathallah Research Technician 2019-2020