New Head of Immunology appointed
Published: 23 September 2020
We are pleased to confirm the appointment of Professor Jim Brewer as the new Head of Immunology with Professor Simon Milling serving as Deputy.
We are pleased to confirm the appointment of Professor Jim Brewer as the new Head of Immunology with Professor Simon Milling serving as Deputy.
Institute Director Professor Iain McInnes said: "I am delighted to let you know that Jim Brewer will be taking over from Hugh Willison as Head of Immunology.
"He will be ably assisted by Simon Milling as deputy and I look forward to Jim and Simon’s leadership in immunology and across the Institute.
"I want to highlight the excellent leadership shown by Hugh for Immunology over the years. He will now focus his efforts ever more on his outstanding neuroimmunology research programme.
"Naturally, we will all continue to benefit from his wise advice to staff and students alike.
"I look forward to this next phase in our life as an Institute and wish Jim and Simon every success!"
Prof Brewer, who completed a PhD designing novel vaccine adjuvants with Professor Jim Alexander at the University of Strathclyde in 1993, arrived at the University of Glasgow in 1998.
A Wellcome Career Development Fellowship in the Glasgow Immunology Department allowed him to concentrate on the fundamental immunological problem of how adjuvants work, as well as working with Dr David Russell at Washington University.
It was during his time in St Louis that he developed an interest in the application of microscopy and bioimaging to answer fundamental immunological problems.
Appointed a Lecturer in 2001 and Senior Lecturer in 2005, a four-year stint at the Centre for Biophotonics at the University of Strathclyde as a Reader followed.
It was in 2009 that, in Prof Brewer's own words, he saw the light and returned to UofG, whereupon he was appointed Professor here in the Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation.
Prof Brewer said: "I’m really honoured to have the opportunity to lead the excellent team in the Centre for Immunology.
"We share a common commitment to delivering world leading teaching, research and training in Immunology. I’m reassured that this united approach will support the continuing development of Immunology in Glasgow in the future."
First published: 23 September 2020