Antibody and Vaccine Group
Antibody and Vaccine Group

Our people

Learn about our academic experts, from their research interests to their contact details.

Dr Ali Roghanian PhD, FHEA

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Cancer immunotherapy
  • Monoclonal antibodies
  • Cellular therapies (e.g., CAR T and iNKT cells)

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Ali

Email: A.Roghanian@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2381205628

Professor Aymen Al-Shamkhani

Professor in Immunology

Research interests

  • Cancer Immunotherapy
  • Immunobiology of costimulatory receptors
  • Immunostimulatory antibodies

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Aymen

Email: A.Al-Shamkhani@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2381206285

Dr Charlie Birts

Lecturer in Antibody Therapeutics

Research interests

  • Antibody Therapy
  • Metastic Breast Cancer
  • Obesity and Breast Cancer
Connect with Charlie

Email: C.N.Birts@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 4423

Dr Constantinos Savva MD, MSc, PhD, MRCP

Associate Professor of Medical Oncology

Research interests

  • The comprehensive evaluation of the immunometabolic phenotype of tumour microenvironment in breast cancer.
  • Investigation of the underlying biology and immunomodulatory effects of anti-PD1 and metformin combination using targeted transcriptomics and multiplex immunohistochemistry in a breast tumour murine model.

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Constantinos

Email: C.Savva@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2381205630

Professor Juliet Gray

Professor

Research interests

  • Fc modification of monoclonal antibodies to improve effector function
Connect with Juliet

Email: J.C.Gray@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2381206639

Dr Lam Khuat

Senior Research Fellow Gould Fellowship

Research interests

  • Graft-versus-host disease and graft-versus-tumour effect
  • Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation
  • The interplay between the gut microbiome, metabolism, and the immune system
Connect with Lam

Email: L.Khuat@soton.ac.uk

Professor Mark Cragg

Professor in Experimental Cancer Biology

Research interests

  • Antibody biology
  • Antibody engineering
  • Cancer Immunotherapy
Connect with Mark

Email: M.S.Cragg@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2381208452

Dr Matthew Carter

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Antibody Immunotherapy
  • Hypoxia
  • Molecular Cell Biology

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Matthew

Email: M.J.Carter@soton.ac.uk

Professor Sean Lim

Professor of Haematology

Research interests

  • Identification of new therapeutic targets in lymphoma
  • Development of novel monoclonal antibody combination therapies for cancer
  • Understanding the determinants of an effective immune response in patients with lymphoma

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Sean

Email: S.H.Lim@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2381205627

Professor Stephen Beers

Professor of Immunology & Immunotherapy

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Stephen

Email: S.A.BEERS@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 81206639