Jonathan Austyn

Jon Austyn
Born
Jonathan M. Austyn
Scientific career
FieldsImmunology
WorkplacesUniversity of Oxford
ThesisMonoclonal antibodies against the murine macrophage (1980)
Academic advisors
Siamon Gordon
Doctoral students
Caetano Reis e Sousa
Websitewww.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. 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.

Education

Austyn completed a PhD (research investigating monoclonal antibodies against the murine macrophage) at the University of Oxford, supervised by Siamon Gordon.

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.

Awards and honours

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

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. Free access icon
  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.