Dr Alexander Barrow obtained his degree in Microbiology from the University of Leeds and his PhD in immunology from the University of Bristol in the UK. Alex performed his post-doctoral research at the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR) and was the recipient of a Marie Curie International Fellowship, which he used to travel to Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, USA. Alex teaches cancer immunology to undergraduate students and heads a laboratory in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology where his research group examines how growth factors can activate immune responses to cancer cells and pathogens.