Nicholas Gascoigne
Lamar B. Peacock, MD Distg. Chair, Immun. Disease
Professor
Academic Appointment(s)
Medical College of Georgia
Department of Medicine
Bio
After a Ph.D. from UCL and Postdoc at Stanford, started a lab at Scripps Research Institute, rising to full Prof. in 2005. Chaired Department of Microbiology at National University of Singapore. Joined Immunology Center of Georgia and Georgia Cancer Center at Augusta University in 2024.
- NGASCOIGNE@augusta.edu
- (706) 446-5122
- (706) 446-0296
- 1410 Laney Walker Blvd., CN 4121, AUgusta, GA 30912
- Personal Website
Education
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Ph.D., Immunology
University College London, 1983
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BS, Zoology/Animal Biology
University of Wales - Universi, 1980
Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year
Teaching Interests
I am course director for BIOM 8240: Introduction to Immunology & Infectious Disease.
Scholarship
Selected Recent Publications
- Themis differentially regulates T follicular helper cell differentiation during early and late stages of chronic viral infection., 2025
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Non-viral, high throughput genetic engineering of primary immune cells using nanostraw-mediated transfection., 2025
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Protocol for the simultaneous activation and lentiviral transduction of primary human T cells with artificial T cell receptors., 2025
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Occlusion of TCR binding to HLA-A*11:01 by a non-pathogenic human alloantibody., 2025
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Antigen-antibody complex density and antibody-induced HLA protein unfolding influence Fc-mediated antibody effector function., 2024
Journal Article, Academic Journal
Research Interests
I'm an immunologist working on T cell activation, signaling, and differentiation. My lab is working on improving T cell and CAR-T cell efficacy for immunotherapy.
