Awards
- European Society for Clinical Investigation Award for Excellence in Basic/Translational Research, European Society for Clinical Investigation, 2011
- Award for Outstanding Research Achievement,, Nature Biotechnology SciCafé, 2010
- Officer, Ancient Military Order of Sant’Iago da Espada, Portuguese Republic, 2009
- Distinguished Lecturer in Immunology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, 2008
- Liliane Bettencourt for Life Sciences Award, Fondation Bettencourt-Schueller, 2008
External Positions
- Member,, ERC Consolidator Grants Evaluation Panel LS6 – Immunity and Infection, ERC, 2014
- Symposium Organiser, Organisers of Keystone Symposium, Innate Immunity to Viral Infections, 2014
- Co-organiser, Co-organiser of Cell Press LabLinks Symposium on Tumour Microenvironment, London, Cell Press LabLinks Symposium on Tumour Microenvironment, London, 2012
- Member, Crick BRF (Transitional) Users Committee, Crick BRF, 2012
- Member, ERC Starting Grants Evaluation Panel LS6 –Immunity and Infection, European Research Council, 2012 - 2012
- Board Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Molecular and Cellular Immunology section, Ruggero CeppelliniAdvanced School of Immunology, 2012 - 2015
- Committee Member, Scientific Programme Committee, ECI 2012, Glasgow, 2012
- Shadow Member, ERC Starting Grants Evaluation Panel LS6 –Immunity and Infection, ERC, 2011 - 2013
- Chair, Chair of the Gordon Conference in Immunochemistry and Immunobiology, Gordon Conference in Immunochemistry and Immunobiology, Les Diablerets, 2010
- Co-Chair, Inflammation and Immunity sub-area, Evaluation Panel for the Health Sciences, PortugueseFoundation for Science and Technology, 2010 - 2010
- Board Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Immunology Research Cluster, Trinity College Dublin, 2010
- Member (2010-2011) and Vice-Chair (2010), UKCMRI Biological Resources Facility Design Committee, UKCMRI, 2010 - 2011
- Chair, LRI Biological Resources Executive Committee, London Research Institute, 2009
- Board Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, International Society for Dendritic Cell and Vaccine Science, 2009
- Board Member, Scientific Advisotry Board, Mymetics Corporation, 2009
- President, AERES Evaluation Committee, Amigorena Unit, Institut Curie, 2008
- Panel Member, Scientific Advisory Board, CureVac, 2008
- Vice-chair, Vice-chair of the Gordon Conference in Immunochemistry and Immunobiology, Gordon Conference in Immunochemistry and Immunobiology, Oxford, 2008
- Member, CRUK Biological Resources Executive Committee, Cancer Research UK, 2006 - 2009
- Board Member, Infections and Immunity Board, MRC College of Experts, 2005 - 2009
- Board Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Dept. of Immunology, Institut Pasteur, 2005
- Chair, LRI FACS Committee, LRI, 2003 - 2009
- Member, LRI Faculty Committee, London Research Institute, 2003 - 2012
Membership of Professional Bodies
- Founding member, European Academy for Tumor Immunology, 2011
- Committee Member ( Member from 2001), Medical Research Club, 2010
- Member, European Molecular Biology Organisation, 2006
- Fellow, The Academy of Medical Sciences, 2006
- Member, British Society for Immunology
- Member and Officer of the Council, 2005-2009, European Macrophage and Dendritic Cell Society
- Member, European Society for Clinical Investigation
- Member, Portuguese Society for Immunology
Editorial Boards
- Genes and Immunity, Editorial Board member, 2013
- F1000 Research, Editorial Board Member, 2012
- OncoImmunology, Editorial Board Member, 2012
- Frontiers in Antigen Presenting Cell Biology, Editoiral Board Member, 2011
- Frontiers in Molecular Innate Immunity, Editoiral Board Member, 2011
- Scientific Reports, Editorial Board Member, 2011
- The EMBO Journal, Editorial Board Member, 2010
- European Journal of Immunology, Executive Committee, 2010
- European Journal of Immunology, Editorial Board Member, 2009
- Immunology & Cell Biology, Editorial Board Member, 2007 - 2009
- Open Immunology Journal, Editorial Board Member, 2007
- Faculty of 1000, Immunity to Infection Section, Editorial board member, 2003
- Immunology, Editorial Board, 2000
- Gene Therapy, Editorial Board, 1999 - 2010