Gavin Wilkinson
Professor
Medicine
Cardiff University School of Medicine
United Kingdom
Biography
1977 B.Sc. University of Edinburgh, Scotland. 1984: M.Sc. University of Warwick, UK. 1988 Ph.D. University of Warwick, UK. Honours and awards Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales Professional memberships Microbiology Society. British Society of Immunology Welsh Microbiological Society Academic positions 2005- present. Professor of Molecular Virology, Department of Medical Microbiology, School of Medicine, Cardiff University 2000-2005. Reader. University of Wales College of Medicine. 1995-2000. Senior Lecturer, UWCM 1992-1995. Lecturer. UWCM. 1979- 1992. MLSO - Principal Grade Scientist, PHLS Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research. Porton Down, Salisbury 1987-1988. Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Stanford University School of Medicine, California Speaking engagements 28-29 Nov 2016 Co-organiser of UK CMV meeting in Hinxton Committees and reviewing Member of MRC Infection and Immunity Board Member of Scientific Advisory Board for Regional Centre for Applied Molecular Oncology (RECAMO) located in Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, Brno, Czech Republic. External member of the Registry of the Institution: University of Crete. External Examiner Imperial College London, MSc on the Molecular Biology and Pathology of Viruses. 2013-present. External Examiner, Liverpool University MRes in Clinical Sciences, 2013-present.
Research Interest
Virology Microbiology Medicine
Publications
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ielding, C.et al. 2017. Control of immune ligands by members of a cytomegalovirus gene expansion suppresses natural killer cell activation. eLife 6 (10.7554/eLife.22206)
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Murrell, I.et al. 2017. The pentameric complex drives immunologically covert cell -cell transmission of wild-type human cytomegalovirus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 114(23), pp. 6104-6109., article number: 201704809. (10.1073/pnas.1704809114)
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Suárez, N.et al. 2017. Genomic analysis of chimeric human cytomegalovirus vaccine candidates derived from strains Towne and Toledo. Virus Genes 53(4), pp. 650-655. (10.1007/s11262-017-1452-0)
