Helen Brown
Research Assistant
After obtaining my degree in Cell and Molecular Biology I started work as a Research Assistant at the Welcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics in Oxford. The group were investigating which genes are involved in depression and anxiety.
I then moved to the Peter Medawar Building for Pathogenic Research to work on the immunologic responses of HIV. I am currently involved in the RIVER trial where we are trying to understand how to achieve a functional cure for HIV using the ‘Kick and Kill’ approach to reduce/eradicate the HIV reservoir.
Recent publications
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Safety and immunogenicity of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 in HIV infection: a single-arm substudy of a phase 2/3 clinical trial
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Frater J. et al, (2021), The Lancet HIV, 8, e474 - e485
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Natural and vaccine-induced antibody and cellular responses against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern
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Skelly DT. et al, (2021)
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CD32 expressing doublets in HIV-infected gut-associated lymphoid tissue are associated with a T follicular helper cell phenotype.
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Thornhill JP. et al, (2019), Mucosal immunology, 12, 1212 - 1219
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Development of a Simple In Vitro Assay to Assess Digestion of the Extracellular Matrix of the Human Pancreas by Collagenase Enzyme Blends
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Spiers RM. et al, (2018), Cell Transplantation, 27, 1039 - 1046
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CD32-Expressing CD4 T Cells Are Phenotypically Diverse and Can Contain Proviral HIV DNA
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Martin GE. et al, (2018), Frontiers in Immunology, 9