New Centre for Complement and Inflammation Research (CCIR)

Imperial College Department of Medicine is delighted to announce the formation of a new Centre for Complement and Inflammation Research.

Imperial College Department of Medicine is delighted to announce the formation of a new Centre for Complement and Inflammation Research, directed by Professors Marina Botto and Terry Cook and located on the Hammersmith Campus.  The Centre is built on existing strengths at Hammersmith in research on complement, systemic autoimmunity and mechanisms of inflammatory tissue injury.   Research themes in the Centre will include:

• Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms underlying Systemic Autoimmunity
• Cellular Mechanism of Inflammation
• Genetics of Macrophage Activation
• Abnormal Regulation of Complement 
• Complement Diagnostic Service

The Centre will be closely linked with the Imperial College AHSC Lupus Centre, directed by Drs Tom Cairns and Matthew Pickering, and this will drive the translational aspects of research in the Centre.  In collaboration with the Department of Immunology the Centre will provide a comprehensive complement diagnostic service, which will include genetic and serological investigations.