Vincenzo Cerundolo is Professor of Immunology in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine at the University of Oxford. He has made central contributions to our understanding of the human immune response. His first major contribution led to the discovery that a peptide transporter known as TAP was located in the major histocompatability complex, and essential for the presentation of peptide antigens to T lymphocytes. From there he moved to tumour immunity and his work on identifying T cell responses to melanoma has led to phase-one clinical trials of vaccination for the treatment of melanoma.
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Back to directory listingProfessor Vincenzo Cerundolo FRS FMedSci
Job Title
Director, MRC Human Immunology Unit
Department
Radcliffe Department of Medicine
Institution
University of Oxford
Year elected
2002
Interests
Specialitiesanalysis of innate and antigen specific T-cell responses in health and disease
Section committee elected byCellular and developmental biology, microbiology and immunology, genetics
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