John Trowsdale - Curriculum Vitae#

Education

• 1967 - 1970 BSc (Hons) Bacteriology, Birmingham, UK

Postgraduate Training

• 1970 - 1973 PhD Bacterial Genetics, Genetics Department, University of Birmingham, UK

Postdoctoral Training

• 1974 - 1976 Centre de Genetique Moleculaire, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
  Supervisor: Constantine Anangnostopoulos
  
• 1976 - 1979 Scripps Clinic & Research Foundation, La Jolla California
  Supervisor: James A. Hoch
  
• 1979 - 1982 University of Oxford, Department of Genetics/Imperial Cancer Research Fund
  Supervisor: Sir Walter F. Bodmer

Academic Experience and Faculty Appointments

• 1982 - 1985 Research Scientist, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London
  
• 1982 - 1985 Senior Scientist, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London
  
• 1986 - 1990 Research Scientist, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London
  Head: Human Immunogenetics Laboratory
  
• 1990 - 1997 Principal Scientist, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London
  Head: Human Immunogenetics Laboratory
  
• 1997 - present Professor of Immunology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge
  Head: Immunology Division
  
• 2010 Elected Professorial Fellow in Medicine, Trinity Hall

Selected Honors and Awards

• 1973 European Fellow of the Biochemical society
  
• 1979 SRC Postdoctoral Fellowship
  
• 1997 Chair of BSHI
  
• 2000 Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences
  
• 2002 ISI Highly Cited Researchers (most cited 100 Immunologists)
  
• 2002 Rose Payne Lecture – ASI, distinguished scientist award
  
• 2003 Invited Raine visiting Professor (Perth)
  
• 2004 Ceppellini Lecture (EFI, Sofia)
  
• 2005 Fellow of World Innovation Foundation
  
• 2006 Metchnikoff Club Lecture (Edinburgh); Almroth Wright Lecture (St. Mary's)
  
• 2008 Pillars of Immunology paper (J. Immunol.)
  
• 2009 Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
  
• 2009 Scientific Committee, EFI
  
• 2010 Jean Dausset Seminar, Paris
  
• 2011 Invited visiting Professor, CIR, Oslo
  
• 2011 Keynote speaker, CRC, Marseille
  
• 2012 Invited visiting Professor, CIR, Oslo
  
• 2012 Landsteiner Lecture and Masterclass, Amsterdam
  
• 2012 Festenstein Lecture, BSHI, Liverpool

Professional Organizations

• Society for Natural Immunity
  
• British Society of Immunology
  
• European Foundation for Immunogenetics
  
• American Cancer Society
  
• Genetical Society

National and International Teaching Responsibilities

Examples:

• 1996 Ceppellini Advanced School of Immunology
  
• 2000 Ceppellini Advanced School of Immunology
  
• 2000-2003 External Examiner Edinburgh Pathogy Honours
  
• 2005 Murikka (Finland) Summer School in molecular Biology
  
• 2006 European School of Haematology
  
• 2012-2016 Lecturer Cambridge Summer school

Local Teaching and Administrative Responsibilities

• 1997 - 2007 Overall responsibility for Cambridge Natural Sciences Part I and Part II, lectures, practicals and courses in Immunology. Ad hoc supervisions
  
• 2000 - present Wellcome 4 year PhD core topics lectures
  
• 2011 - 2012 CIMR Graduate Education Committee
  
• 2011 - 2012 Trinity Hall Graduate Education Committee
  
• 2013 - 2014 Department of Pathology Degree Committee
  
• 2012 - 2013 Cambridge University UoA1 REF committee
  
• 2014 - 2016 Member Cambridge Immunology Steering Committee

Trainees

Over 30 graduate students

Editorial Responsibilities

• 2000 Member, Advisory Board, European Journal of Immunogenetics
  
• 1995 Member, Editorial Board Immunogenetics
  
• 2002 Member, Editorial Board European Journal of Immunology
  
• 2002 Member, Editorial Board Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine
  
• 2002 Member, Editorial Board Tissue Antigens
  
• 2002 Member, Editorial Board Molecular Immunology

National and International Responsibilities

Numerous - recent examples:

• 1996 - present SAB ONYVAX
  
• 1997 - present Councillor: European Foundation for Immunogenetcis
  
• 1997 - 1998 Chair: British Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetcis
  
• 1998 - present Member, WHO Committee for Nomenclature for Factors of the HLA System
  
• 1999 - 2000 Appointments Committee for Faculty of Biology
  
• 1999 - 2000 Deputy Head of Department of Pathology
  
• 2005 - 2006 Advisory Committee, Anthony Nolan Trust
  
• 2005 - 2006 MRC college of experts
  
• 2007 International NK conference Cambridge (co-organiser Ashley Moffett)
  
• 2011 Graduate Education Committee, Trinity Hall
  
• 2010 Graduate Education Committee, CIMR
  
• 2012 - 2016 Postgraduate Degree Committee, Biological sciences
  
• 2013 REF - UoA Clinical Sciences Committee
  
• 2014 Scientific Advisory Panel, CRUK International Symposium
  
• 2015 Section Head for Immunology Faculty of1000
  
• 2015 Appearance in ‘First Peoples’ film – contribution to public understanding

Invited Lectures

National: about 10 per year, including CRUK, Oxford, London, Glasgow, Edinburgh plus public understanding of science lectures to schools

International: about 6 per year, including Keystone (3x), AAI, ASHI, BSHI, BSI, EFI, EFIS, ENII, ISI, SSI Dajeraad Symposium, International Histocompatibility Conference (Tokyo, New York, Melbourne), International Immunology Congress, Novartis

Patents

Two current