Jonathan M. Austyn is

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Immunobiology Immunology is a branch of biology and medicine that covers the study of immune systems in all organisms. Immunology charts, measures, and contextualizes the physiological functioning of the immune system in states of both health and diseases; ...

at the

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and a

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. He has taught immunology over many years, and designed the

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course in Integrated Immunology at the University of Oxford, which he co-directs.

Education

Austyn was educated at the

where he was awarded a

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degre in for research investigating

monoclonal antibodies A monoclonal antibody (mAb, more rarely called moAb) is an antibody produced from a Lineage (evolution), cell lineage made by cloning a unique white blood cell. All subsequent antibodies derived this way trace back to a unique parent cell. Mon ...

against the

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macrophage Macrophages (; abbreviated MPhi, φ, MΦ or MP) are a type of white blood cell of the innate immune system that engulf and digest pathogens, such as cancer cells, microbes, cellular debris and foreign substances, which do not have proteins that ...

supervised by

Siamon Gordon Siamon Gordon (born 29 April 1938) is a British pathologist. He is Glaxo Wellcome Professor Emeritus of Cellular Pathology at the University of Oxford. Education He gained his medical degrees ( M.B. and Ch.B.) from the University of Cape Town, ...

Career and research

Austyn has over 25 years research experience of

dendritic cell A dendritic cell (DC) is an antigen-presenting cell (also known as an ''accessory cell'') of the mammalian immune system. A DC's main function is to process antigen material and present it on the cell surface to the T cells of the immune system ...

immunology, particularly as applied to transplantation,

infectious diseases infection is the invasion of tissues by pathogens, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to the infectious agent and the toxins they produce. An infectious disease, also known as a transmissible disease or communicable dise ...

and

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. With Gordon MacPherson he co-authored the textbook ''Exploring Immunology: Concepts and Evidence''.

Awards and honours

Austyn was awarded with distinction the

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in Learning and Teaching in

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by the University of Oxford.

References

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