Mark Coles

Mark Coles is Kennedy Professor of Immunology, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Sciences, and Official Fellow, Reuben College, University of Oxford. Mark graduated with a BSc (Honors and Distinction) in microbiology from Cornell University in 1992. He completed his Ph.D. in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, with Prof. David Raulet. His research focused on natural killer cell receptor expression and function on T lymphocytes (NKT and CD8 T-cells). He undertook post-doctoral training with Prof. Dimitris Kioussis at the National Institute of Medical Research, London, investigating mechanisms leading to lymph node and thymus formation and function.