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Details for Professor Neil Williams
| Personal details | |
| Name | Professor Neil Williams |
| Job title | Professor of Immunology |
| Department | School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine University of Bristol |
| Contact details | This expert can be contacted via the University of Bristol Public Relations
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| Qualifications | BSc(Birm), PhD(Bristol) |
| Professional details | |
| Membership of professional bodies | Member of Council and of the Meetings Committee of the British Society for Immunology Biochemcal Society Society for Mucosal Immunology |
| Keywords | immunology vaccination autoimmune disease novel therapies for inflammatory diseases commercialisation of academic research herpes simplex virus bacterial toxins business development |
| Areas of expertise | I am an immunologist with special interest in the use of novel therapeutic agents in the treatment of autoimmune (arthritis, diabetes, Crohns disease..) and allergic diseases (rhinitis and asthma). In addition, I work in the area of novel vaccine design and development against infectious diseases, in particular herpes simplex virus and meningitis group B. I have a wide ranging expertise in the use of bacterial toxin fragments in intervention in inflammatory diseases and a particular interest in mucosal immunology. I also act in a liaison capacity working closely with the Research and Development group promoting the commercialisation of academic research. I have been founder of a spin-out pharmaceutical company, which I work closely with to develop novel approaches to the treatment of human inflammatory diseases. I am inventor of 6 patents. |
| Media experience | I have attended a media training course and have given taped and live interviews on national and local television (ITN news, HTV, Sky) and radio (Radio 4, Radio Bristol). I was a major contributor to a Science Now programme broadcast on Radio 4. In addition, my work has been reported in a number of national and regional newspapers (Daily Mail, Independent, Times) and magazines (New Scientist, Vogue, Mens Health) |