João Ferreira Fernandes
immjoao.bsky.social
João Ferreira Fernandes
@immjoao.bsky.social
Postdoc @ucl.ac.uk |
Visiting Scientist @crick.ac.uk |
Formerly DPhil @ox.ac.uk @imm.ox.ac.uk
Happy to share that our review on the structural biology of T-cell surface proteins is out in Immunological Reviews.

Here we describe the ways in which crystal structures and cryo-EM have informed our understanding of receptor behaviour and T-cell biology.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The Structural Biology of T‐Cell Antigen Detection at Close Contacts
T cells physically interrogate their targets using tiny membrane protrusions called microvilli, forming junctions ~400 nm in diameter and ~ 15 nm deep, referred to as “close contacts”. These contacts...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 4, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Reposted by João Ferreira Fernandes
Congratulations to Dr Sumana Sharma (@sumanasharma.bsky.social), who has won a Wellcome Career Development Award for her research investigating receptors in T cells 🎉

Read more: www.imm.ox.ac.uk/news/wellcom...

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Wellcome Career Development Award For Sumana Sharma
Dr Sumana Sharma has won a Wellcome Career Development Award for her research investigating receptors in T cells.
www.imm.ox.ac.uk
March 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM