The combined expert knowledge of six leading scientists from Pirbright will drive the study of cattle, pig and poultry antibody responses at high resolution to expand our understanding of protective immunity in species that can also be used as models for a range of human infectious diseases.
Dr Erica Bickerton
Leader of the Coronaviruses group at The Pirbright Institute
Hub specific project leader: Engineering recombinant infectious bronchitis viruses (IBV) to identify cross-reactive epitopes on the spike glycoprotein
Dr Marie Di Placido
Interim Group Leader in the Immunogenetics group at The Pirbright Institute
Coordinator of the Hub collaborative projects and work programmes 1 and 2 on tool development for B cell isolation and antibody sequencing in cattle, pig and chicken.
Prof Simon Graham
Leader of the Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) Immunology group at The Pirbright Institute
Hub work programme leader: Link Fc and Fc-receptor function in multiple species (WP4)
Prof John Hammond
Pirbright Livestock Antibody Hub Lead
Director of research and leader of the Immunogenetics group at The Pirbright Institute
Hub lead and specific project leader: Identification of cross-specific epitopes on the capsids of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus (FMDV)
Kevan Hanson
Research technician at the Pirbright Immunological Toolbox
Hub project: Expression and engineering of recombinant antibodies in multiple species
Kathleen Humphreys
Research technician in the Immunogenetics group at The Pirbright Institute
Hub project: In charge of antigens production, antigen-specific cell isolation by flow cytometry and antibody chains amplification for sequencing (WP1)
Prof Munir Iqbal
Leader of the Avian Influenza group at The Pirbright Institute
Hub specific project leader: Prevention and control of avian influenza in poultry through antibody-based approaches
Prof Venugopal Nair OBE
Leader of the Viral Oncogenesis group at The Pirbright Institute
Hub specific project leader: Antibody guided design of a broadly protective recombinant Newcastle disease virus (NDV) F (fusion) protein vaccine.
Dr Alistair Noble
Post-doctoral scientist in the Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) Immunology group at The Pirbright Institute
Hub project: Link Fc and Fc-receptor function in multiple species (WP4)
Dr Basu Paudyal
Post-doctoral scientist in the Mucosal Immunology group at The Pirbright Institute
Hub project: The pig as a large-animal model for influenza virus infection, to inform the design and to test novel human vaccines and antibody-based therapeutic and prophylactic approaches
Noemi Polo
Research technician in the Immunogenetics group and the Sequencing facility at The Pirbright Institute
Hub project: In charge of Library preparation for antibody sequencing by NGS (WP2)
Prof Christine Rollier
Group leader and Professor of vaccinology at Surrey University
Linking The Pirbright Institute and the University of Surrey to promote collaborations, joint studentships, and access to facilities
Dr Elma Tchilian
Leader of the Mucosal Immunology group at The Pirbright Institute
Hub specific project leader: The pig as a large-animal model for influenza virus infection, to inform the design and to test novel human vaccines and antibody-based therapeutic and prophylactic approaches