Neil Dufton

Biography

Neil Dufton graduated from the University of Bath with a BSc (Hon) Pharmacology in 2006. He went on to undertake a PhD at the William Harvey Research Institute within the Bart's and the London Medical School with Professors Perretti and Flower. The project focused on the interaction of the anti-inflammatory protein Annexin 1 with its receptor FPR2/ALX in regulating innate immunology and the resolution of inflammation. In 2010 he moved to Canada for two years to work with Professor John Wallace at the Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, McMaster University investigating the role of hydrogen sulfide gas in regulating inflammation. Neil became a post-doctoral research associate at the National Heart and Lung Institute (NHLI) at Imperial College London in 2012 with Prof. Anna Randi. Neil's current research interests include vascular inflammation, endothelial homeostasis and angiogenesis.

Research Interest

Auto Biology, Translational Immunology, inflammation