Location
Room 5804, Level 5, John Radcliffe Hospital
Oxford, OX3 9DU
Georgina Kerr
Research Facilitator for Immunology
I am responsible for coordinating and communicating immunology-related research across the Medical Sciences Division. Immunology research encompasses a wide range of subjects including the defence against infection, inflammatory diseases, cancer, therapeutics, and many others. Similarly, researchers are spread across a number of sites and departments within the University. The Immunology Network aims to promote the sharing of ideas, expertise and resources within Oxford, and to facilitate collaborations, identify funding opportunities and support research innovation.
Prior to starting this role I worked as a post-doctoral scientist at the University of Oxford for twelve years, initially at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine using biochemical assays to understand more about the cancer-predisposition disorder Bloom’s Syndrome, and subsequently at the Structural Genomics Consortium where I used cell-based assays to validate potential drug-like molecules in the treatment of the rare bone disease Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP), also known as Stone Man Syndrome.