Author: Professor Arne Akbar

Professor Arne Akbar is a basic scientist who trained in biochemistry, physiology and immunology at Kings College London where he received a 1st Class Honours Degree in 1978. He obtained his PhD in Pathology and Immunology at Southampton University Medical School in 1982. After this he spent 3 years as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre and Cornell University Medical School in New York. He then took up a second Postdoctoral Post in the Department of Clinical Immunology at the Royal Free and University College Medical School where he stayed for 17 years, achieving the title of Professor in 2002. He is currently Professor of Immunology at University College London where his research group consisting of scientists, clinicians and students are focused on the investigation of mechanisms of decreased immunity during ageing. Professor Akbar can be reach by email.