PUBLIC LECTURE: Raine Lecture

Professor Ronald E Bontrop is an immunologist and editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Immunogenetics. He leads the Biomedical Primate Research Centre (BPRC) in Rijswijk, The Netherlands and is an expert in the field of comparative Immunogenetics.

Professor Bontrop’s current research programme deals with the genetics and evolution of immune system genes in various primate species and their co-evolution with pathogens. Special emphasis is placed on the genes of the Major Histocompatibility Complex as well as the Killer Cell Immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) gene complex.