ProfessorJohn Tregoning
Professor in Vaccine Immunology
Department of Infectious Disease - Faculty of Medicine
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- Professor in Vaccine ImmunologyDepartment of Infectious Disease - Faculty of Medicine
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BIO
My lab researches the immune response to vaccines, in order to prevent respiratory infections.
Every breath we take, we inhale a vast array of bacteria, viruses and fungi and yet we do not get infected every time we breath in. My group aims to understand what prevents symptomatic respiratory infections, focussing on the immune response.
To answer why we get infected, we have developed a range of in vivo and in vitro models of infection and vaccination in early life, including RSV, Influenza, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Acinetobacter baumannii and non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae (ntHi).
Contract research
I have experience of working with biotech companies to perform pre-clinical assessment of vaccines to RSV and influenza. This uses our well established infection models and we are open to further collaborations. We are open for new collaborations.
Science writing
I have written 2 popular science books: Infectious and Live Forever. These have sold over 10,000 copies. Live Forever was described in the Guardian as ‘a warm, charming and often laugh-out-loud funny book’.
Every breath we take, we inhale a vast array of bacteria, viruses and fungi and yet we do not get infected every time we breath in. My group aims to understand what prevents symptomatic respiratory infections, focussing on the immune response.
To answer why we get infected, we have developed a range of in vivo and in vitro models of infection and vaccination in early life, including RSV, Influenza, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Acinetobacter baumannii and non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae (ntHi).
Contract research
I have experience of working with biotech companies to perform pre-clinical assessment of vaccines to RSV and influenza. This uses our well established infection models and we are open to further collaborations. We are open for new collaborations.
Science writing
I have written 2 popular science books: Infectious and Live Forever. These have sold over 10,000 copies. Live Forever was described in the Guardian as ‘a warm, charming and often laugh-out-loud funny book’.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Professor of Vaccine ImmunologyImperial, London, United Kingdom1 Apr 2011 - present
DEGREES
- PhDImperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- BAUniversity of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
FACULTY
- Faculty of Medicine
POSITION NAME
- Professor in Vaccine Immunology
MEDIA GUIDE
- Members of the media are welcome to contact me about my research and areas of expertise