David Hume is one of the world’s leading authorities in the field of macrophage biology. His research on macrophages spans nearly 30 years in which time he has covered just about every aspect of macrophages in health and disease. His more recent research on transcriptional control mechanisms during macrophage lineage-specific differentiation, and following inducible gene expression of macrophages, is regarded as ground breaking by those in the field. The foundation for the latter work was carried out in part at the RIKEN genome sciences centre where he was a key member of the Functional Annotation of Mouse (FANTOM) consortium, and led the programme on transcript mapping and promoter architecture/ evolution using the macrophage as a model system
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Back to directory listingProfessor David Hume FRSE FMedSci
Job Title
Mater Research
Institution
University of Edinburgh
Year elected
2013
Interests
Specialitiesmacrophage biology and innate immunity, genomics, transcriptional regulation, haemopoiesis, developmental biology, experimental pathology
Section committee elected byCellular and developmental biology, microbiology and immunology, genetics
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