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The Sir Roy Calne Award Winners
Youngs Investigator's Award


1995 Christopher Page
Heart Sciences Centre, Harefield
Human endothelial stimulation of allogenic T cells via a CTLA-4 independent pathway

1996 David Saitovitch
Nuffield Dept. Surgery, Oxford
Recipient cells expressing single donor MHC locus products can substitute for donor-specific transfusion in the induction of transplantation tolerance when pre-treatment is combined with anti-Cd4 monoclonal antibody

1997 Wilson Wong
Nuffield Dept. Surgery, Oxford
Pre-transplant administration of a single donor class 1 major histocompatibility complex molecule is sufficient for the indefinite survival of fully allogeneic cardiac allografts

1998 Louise Collins & Lorna Shewring
Institute of Child Health, London
A non-viral vector system for efficient gene transfer to corneal endothelial cells via membrane integrins

1999 Sheng YUN
Institute of Child Health, London
Suppression of anti-porcine T-cell immune responses by major histocompatibility complex class II transactivator constructs lacking the amino terminal domain

2000 Gavin PETTIGREW
Dept. SurgeryCambridge
Indirect T cell allorecognition and allo-antibody mediated rejection of MHC class I disparate heart grafts

2001 Nick JONES
Nuffield Dept. Surgery, Oxford
CD40-CD40 ligand- independent activation of CD8 positive T cells can trigger allograft rejection

2002 Emma LOVEGROVE
Dept. Surgery, Cambridge
Epitope mapping of indirect T cell response to allogenic class I MHC: sequences shared by donor and recipient MHC may prime T cells that provide help for alloantibody production

2003 Julian R PRATT
Deptartment of Nephrology and Transplantation, Guy's Hospital, London
Local synthesis of complement component C3 regulates acute renal transplant rejection

2004

Nicola MONK
Deptartment of Nephrology and Transplantation, Guy's Hospital, London.

Fc-dependent depletion of activated T cells occurs through CD40L-specific antibody rather than costimulation blockade

2005 Mahzuz Karim
Nuffield Dept of Surgery, Oxford
Alloantigen-induced CD25+CD4+ regulatory T cells can develop in vivo from CD25-CD4+ precursors in a thymus-independent process

2006 Peng H Tan
Imperial College, London

Creation of tolerogenic human dendritic cells via intracellular CTLA4: a novel strategy with potential in clinical immunosuppression.

2007 No award in 2007  

2008 Kathryn Brown