Antibody and receptor recognition of emerging human pathogens

Prof. Ian A. Wilson obtained a B.Sc. from Edinburgh University (1971), D. Phil. (1976) and D.Sc.
(2000) from Oxford University, was a postdoc at Harvard University 1977-82, and joined Scripps
Research Institute as a faculty member in 1982. His contributions include structural
characterization of many key antigen recognition receptors in innate and adaptive immunity,
including over 550 antibodies and antibody complexes, T cell receptors, MHC class I and II, CD1,
TLRs, VLRs, NODs, etc. His lab’s current focus is on how antibodies recognize influenza virus,
HIV-1, HCV, SARS-CoV-2, Mpox, astroviruses, alphaviruses, and P. falciparum to aid in design
of vaccines and therapeutics. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of London, International Fellow
of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,
International Member of the US National Academy of Sciences, and Honorary Fellow, Corpus
Christi College, Oxford.