Our mission is to bring new insights into host-pathogen interactions and accelerate improved health outcomes
About
Welcome to the Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research website.
Our building houses an inter-discplinary research consortium which investigates pathogen diversity through a combination of experimental and theoretical approaches.
The Peter Medawar Building hosts researchers from both the Medical Sciences Division and the Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division.
News
NIHR-funded Blood and Transplant Research Unit (BTRU)
18 May 2022
We are excited to share the launch of a new NIHR-funded Blood and Transplant Research Unit (BTRU) directed by Professor Peter Simmonds.
COVID research at the PMB
4 August 2021
The team at the Peter Medawar Building have been busy during the pandemic. Navigate to our research section to find out what we have been up to.
Fifty years of HIV: how close are we to a cure?
3 July 2019
It’s half a century since the first known HIV-related death and two patients appear to have been cured of the virus. What does this mean for the 37 million still living with it?
Jobs
There are a wide range of opportunities at the Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research.