William Jenkinson – Network — University of Birmingham

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The focus of Will Jenkinson’s research has been on the biology of thymic microenvironments. In particular, he has developed a research emphasis on the investigation of mechanisms regulating the development of specialised epithelial cells within the thymus. Critically, thymic epithelial cells play a unique role in nurturing the development of mature T cells pivotal to the efficient functioning of the adaptive immune system. Investigation of how thymic microenvironments are both initially established and maintained provides important insights into the processes regulating the efficiency of T cell development and associated T-cell mediated immunoprotection. His key areas of research include:

Thymic epithelial proliferation and thymus growth
Inter-relationship of thymic epithelial cell availability and efficiency of T cell development
Identifying thymic epithelial progenitor populations
Regulation of T cell development and thymus colonisation

Dr Jenkinson is interested in supervising doctoral researchers in each of these areas.

Research activity per year

Medical and Dental Sciences

The University of Birmingham

Organisational unit: College

58 shared research output

Cancer and Genomic Sciences

Medical and Dental Sciences

Organisational unit: School

17 shared research output

The University of Birmingham

Organisational unit: University

13 shared research output

Clinical Sciences

Medical and Dental Sciences

Organisational unit: School

4 shared research output

Biomedical Sciences

Clinical Sciences

Organisational unit: Department

4 shared research output

Metabolism and Systems Research

Medical and Dental Sciences

Organisational unit: School

3 shared research output

Microbiology and Infection

Medical and Dental Sciences

Organisational unit: School

2 shared research output

Inflammation and Ageing

Medical and Dental Sciences

Organisational unit: School

1 shared research output

Cardiovascular Sciences

Medical and Dental Sciences

Organisational unit: School

1 shared research output

Applied Health Research

Medical and Dental Sciences

Organisational unit: School

1 shared research output

Cancer Clinical Trials Unit

Cancer and Genomic Sciences

Organisational unit: Department

1 shared research output

University of Birmingham

External organisation: University or other Higher Education Institute

7 shared research output

Tokushima University

External organisation: University or other Higher Education Institute

2 shared research output

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

External organisation: Unknown

2 shared research output

University College London

External organisation: University or other Higher Education Institute

1 shared research output

National Cancer Institute

External organisation: Unknown

1 shared research output

University of Ulm

External organisation: University or other Higher Education Institute

1 shared research output

Christian Albrechts Universitat

External organisation: University or other Higher Education Institute

1 shared research output

Universität Konstanz

External organisation: University or other Higher Education Institute

1 shared research output

University of Cape Town

External organisation: University or other Higher Education Institute

1 shared research output

University of Oxford

External organisation: University or other Higher Education Institute

1 shared research output

University of Liverpool

External organisation: University or other Higher Education Institute

1 shared research output

Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme

External organisation: Unknown

1 shared research output

Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX.

External organisation: Unknown

1 shared research output

Universidade Do Porto

External organisation: University or other Higher Education Institute

1 shared research output

DKFZ (German Cancer Research Centre)

External organisation: Unknown

1 shared research output

Imperial College London

External organisation: University or other Higher Education Institute

1 shared research output

University of Bern

External organisation: University or other Higher Education Institute

1 shared research output

Birmingham Women's & Children's Foundation Trust

External organisation: Unknown

1 shared research output

The Francis Crick Institute

External organisation: Unknown

1 shared research output

Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX.

External organisation: Unknown

1 shared research output