Dr Ian Wilson - Seminar Title: Five decades of structural biology on influenza surface antigens: vaccine and therapeutic design

Ian A. Wilson, D.Phil., D.Sc., FRS, FRSE

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 lab’s current focus is on antigen recognition receptors and 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, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and International Member of the US National Academy of Sciences.