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Scientific
Advisory Board
Peter
Cresswell, Ph.D.
Dr.
Cresswell is Professor of Immunobiology and Cell Biology and and
Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute at Yale
University School of Medicine. He received his B.S. degree in
chemistry and his M.S. degree in microbiology from the
University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, U.K., and his Ph.D. degree in
biochemistry and immunology from
London
University. His postdoctoral training was completed at
Harvard
University
with Jack Strominger. Before assuming his position at Yale, Dr.
Cresswell was Chief of the Division of Immunology at
Duke
University
Medical
Center. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society,
U.K., and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.

RESEARCH ABSTRACT SUMMARY:
Peter Cresswell is interested in the functions of major
histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules and CD1 molecules,
which, respectively, bind peptides from foreign antigens and
lipids to form complexes recognized by T lymphocytes during
immune responses. The mechanisms governing formation of
MHC-peptide complexes are collectively known as antigen
processing. Also of interest are the actions of a variety of
proteins, induced by interferons, that play a role in immunity
to infection.
http://www.hhmi.org/research/investigators/cresswell_bio.html
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