Professor
Jamie Rossjohn
FAA FAHMS FRS
Jamie Rossjohn has had a profound impact on our understanding of immune recognition. By bringing the power of structural biology to bear, he has explained the pre-T-cell receptor (TCR) self-association in thymocyte ontogeny, provided novel insights into how TCRs interface with viral peptides bound to polymorphic HLA glycoproteins, and illuminated the aberrant T-cell reactivity that leads to autoimmunity and drug/food hypersensitivities. From the aspect of innate immunity, he pioneered the structural definition of Natural Killer cell specificity and defined the lipid-based immunity mediated by Natural Killer T-cells. Functioning at the cutting edge of immunology, Rossjohn has a stellar international reputation.
Fields of research
31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES-
3101
BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY
- 310112 Structural Biology (incl. Macromolecular Modelling)
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3204
IMMUNOLOGY
- 320403 Autoimmunity
- 320404 Cellular Immunology
- 320407 Innate Immunity
- 320409 Tumour Immunology
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3205
MEDICAL BIOCHEMISTRY AND METABOLOMICS
- 320506 Medical Biochemistry: Proteins and Peptides (incl. Medical Proteomics)
For full list of research codes, please visit the ARC Website .
Expertise type
- Protein Structure
- T Cells
- X-ray Crystallography
- Structural Biology
- Immunology
- Infection
- Medical Sciences
- Pathology
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