Jonathan Austyn

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Jon Austyn
Born
Jonathan M. Austyn
Scientific career
Fields Immunology
Institutions University of Oxford
Thesis Monoclonal antibodies against the murine macrophage  (1980)
Academic advisors Siamon Gordon
Doctoral students Caetano Reis e Sousa [1]
Website www.nds.ox.ac.uk/team/jon-austyn

Jonathan M. Austyn is Professor of Immunobiology at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. [2] He has taught immunology over many years, and designed the Master of Science course in Integrated Immunology at the University of Oxford, which he co-directs. [3]

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Education

Austyn was educated at the University of Oxford where he was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degre in for research investigating monoclonal antibodies against the murine macrophage supervised by Siamon Gordon. [4]

Career and research

Austyn has over 25 years research experience of dendritic cell immunology, particularly as applied to transplantation, infectious diseases and cancer. With Gordon MacPherson he co-authored the textbook Exploring Immunology: Concepts and Evidence. [5]

Awards and honours

Austyn was awarded with distinction the Diploma in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education by the University of Oxford.

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References

  1. Reis e Sousa, Caetano Maria Pacheco Pais dos (1992). Phagocytosis of antigens by Langerhans cells. ora.ox.ac.uk (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford. OCLC   863542179. EThOS   uk.bl.ethos.314901. Lock-green.svg
  2. "Wolfson College, Oxford". www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk.
  3. "MSc Integrated Immunology — Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences". www.nds.ox.ac.uk.
  4. Austyn, Jonathan M. (1980). Monoclonal antibodies against the murine macrophage. ox.ac.uk (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford. OCLC   556713598. EThOS   uk.bl.ethos.237663.
  5. MacPherson, Gordon; Austyn, Jonathan (2012). Exploring immunology : concepts and evidence. Weinheim: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN   9783527324309. OCLC   799010499.