Professor Anton Van Der Merwe

Name and Title

Professor Anton van der Merwe

Qualifications

MBChB, BSc(hons), PhD (University of Cape Town)

Academic Positions

Nicholas Kurti Senior Fellow
Professor of Molecular Immunology and Director of Graduate Studies, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology

Academic Background and Previous Positions

1999-2008: MRC Research Reader, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology
1991-1998: Nuffield Medical Fellow and MRC Scientist in  MRC Cellular Immunology Unit,  Sir William Dunn School of Pathology

Undergraduate Teaching Areas

Immunology

Graduate Teaching Areas

T cell activation and signalling

Research Interests

My group studies the mechanism of antigen recognition by T cells. This is mediated by cell surface molecules such as the T cell antigen receptor (TCR) and various accessory receptors. In 1996 Simon Davis and I proposed a new model of TCR signal transduction, termed the kinetic-segregation model. Much of our research focuses on testing this model and extending it to other receptor-ligand systems.

Publications

For a list of publications, please see http://vdm.me/

E-mail

anton.vandermerwe@path.ox.ac.uk

Links

http://vdm.me/
http://www.path.ox.ac.uk/