School of Infection & Immunity

Gwo-Tzer Ho Lab Group

• Alex Cavanagh, Duncan Rutherford, Robert Whelan, Verity Cowell and Emma Armstrong (School of Infection & Immunity)
• Location: Room 381, Adam Smith Building

Titles:

Alex Cavanagh - The role of microfold (M) cells as an antigen sampling/presenting cells in Crohn's disease

Duncan Rutherford - HMGCS2 and defective ketogenesis in intestinal stem cell repair in Ulcerative colitis

Robert Whelan - Longitudinal analysis of stool micropbiome as a predictive factor of mucosal healing in IBD

Verity Cowell - Mitochondrial DAMPs activating cGAS-STING in Ulcerative colitis

Emma Armstrong - Investigating the pathogenic role of intestinal stem cell mitochondrial dysfunction and senescence in IBD

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First published: 7 August 2026