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Cellular Immunology
Dr Oliver Garden’s laboratory, based at the Camden Campus of the Royal Veterinary College, specialises in cellular immunology, with a specific expertise in regulatory T cell (Treg) biology in the context of both fundamental mechanisms and clinical research into canine sepsis and canine lymphoma. Oliver started his laboratory with the aid of a Wellcome Trust Advanced Fellowship in 2001 within the Department of Immunology, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Campus, following post-doctoral training at the University of South Carolina Medical School and a Residency in Small Animal Internal Medicine at Cornell University.
Key techniques for which Oliver’s laboratory has specific expertise include T cell culture, including sophisticated Treg assays in vitro; multi-colour analytical flow cytometry; ELISAs of a number of Th1, Th2 and Th17 cytokines; and molecular biological techniques, including PCR, cloning, and transduction of constructs into mammalian cells. Funding for work in Oliver’s laboratory has been provided by the Wellcome Trust and Medical Research Council, and currently includes grants from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Wellcome Trust, European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, and American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care.
Oliver’s laboratory has successfully worked with three major industrial partners over the past six years, consistently delivering on-time and within budget – for both product-orientated projects and blue-sky research. Current industrial sponsors include GSK, Novartis and Alba Therapeutics. The laboratory has a dynamic, forward-looking, innovative and committed work ethic.
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