# Cellular immunology
**Source**: https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/lydia-becker-institute/research/cellular-immunology/
**Parent**: https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/lydia-becker-institute/
[Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation](https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/lydia-becker-institute/) / [Research](https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/lydia-becker-institute/research/) / Cellular immunology
- [The Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation](https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/lydia-becker-institute/)
- [Research](https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/lydia-becker-institute/research/)
- [Barrier immunology](https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/lydia-becker-institute/research/barrier-immunology/)
- [Cancer immunology](https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/lydia-becker-institute/research/cancer-immunology/)
- [Cardiovascular immunology and multi-morbidities](https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/lydia-becker-institute/research/cardiovascular-immunology-and-multi-morbidities/)
- [Cellular immunology](https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/lydia-becker-institute/research/cellular-immunology/)
- [Eco-immunology and context-specific immunology](https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/lydia-becker-institute/research/eco-immunology-and-context-specific-immunology/)
- [Immune tolerance](https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/lydia-becker-institute/research/immune-tolerance/)
- [Immuno-informatics](https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/lydia-becker-institute/research/immuno-informatics/)
- [Immuno-matrix](https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/lydia-becker-institute/research/immuno-matrix/)
- [Life course immunology](https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/lydia-becker-institute/research/life-course-immunology/)
- [Neuro-immunology](https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/lydia-becker-institute/research/neuro-immunology/)
- [Pathogens, parasites and commensals](https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/lydia-becker-institute/research/pathogens-parasites-and-commensals/)
- [COVID-19](https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/lydia-becker-institute/research/covid-19/)
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# Cellular immunology
Understanding the immune system requires an in-depth knowledge about what each different type of immune cell does in the body.
We study many different types of immune cell, including T cells, B cells, natural killer cells, macrophages, monocytes and dendritic cells.
We investigate how these different immune cells vary their behaviour in different organs of the body, as well as how and why their activity changes in old age, at different times of the day, and in different disease settings.
We collaborate widely with academic scientists, clinicians and scientists in pharmaceutical companies.
Much of our success comes from our continuing use of state-of-the-art technology, from single cell sequencing to different type of imaging techniques including super resolution microscopy
One aspect of our research focus in the ways in which these different immune cells work together to detect and deal with pathogens including bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites, and in cancer.
**Read case studies:**
[Investigating macrophage responses to danger signals](https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/lydia-becker-institute/research/cellular-immunology/investigating-macrophage-responses-to-danger-signals/)
[Understanding COVID-19 immune responses](https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/lydia-becker-institute/research/cellular-immunology/understanding-covid-19-immune-responses/)
## People
### Leads
[Dr Gloria López-Castejón](https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/gloria.lopez-castejon.html)
[Dr Madhvi Menon](https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/madhvi.menon) (Deputy Lead)
### Principal investigators
[Professor Stuart Allan](https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/stuart.allan.html)
[Professor Judi Allen](https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/judi.allen.html)
[Professor David Brough](https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/david.brough.html)
[Dr Simon Clark](https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/simon.clark-3.html)
[Professor Kevin Couper](https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/kevin.couper.html)
[Professor Sheena Cruickshank](https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/sheena.cruickshank.html)
[Dr Douglas Dyer](https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/douglas.dyer.html)
[Professor Kathryn Else](https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/kathryn.else.html)
[Professor Steve Eyre](https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/steve.eyre.html)
[Dr Katie Finegan](https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/k.g.finegan.html)
[Dr Julie Gibbs](https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/julie.gibbs.html)
[Dr John Grainger](https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/john.grainger-2.html)
[Professor Richard Grencis](https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/richard.grencis.html)
[Dr Matthew Hepworth](https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/matthew.hepworth.html)
[Dr Adam Hurlstone](https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/adam.hurlstone.html)
[Professor Tracy Hussell](https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/tracy.hussell.html)
[Dr Joanne Konkel](https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/joanne.konkel.html)
[Professor Andrew MacDonald](https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/andrew.macdonald.html)
[Dr Kimberly Mace](https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/kimberly.mace.html)
[Dr Elizabeth Mann](https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/elizabeth.mann.html)
[Dr Madhvi Menon](https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/madhvi.menon.html)
[Professor Werner Muller](https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/werner.muller.html)
[Dr Javier Redondo-Munoz](https://www.ucm.es/microbiologia-1/cell-migration-and-epigenetics) (The University of Madrid)
[Dr Gisela Orozco](https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/gisela.orozco.html)
[Dr Pawel Paszek](https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/pawel.paszek.html)
[Professor Silvia Bulfone-Paus](https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/silvia.bulfone-paus.html)
[Dr Juan Quintana](https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/juan-quintana)
[Dr Dominik Ruckerl](https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/dominik.ruckerl.html)
[Dr Amy Saunders](https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/amy.saunders.html)
[Professor Mark Travis](https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/mark.travis-2.html)
Professor Michael White
[Dr Santiago Zelenay](http://www.cruk.manchester.ac.uk/Home/Cancer-Inflammation-and-Immunity)
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