1986-1990 PhD studentship; University of Glasgow. 1990-1992 NATO Post doctoral Fellowship, Yale University, U.S.A. 1992-1995 Wellcome Trust Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Manchester. 1996-2001 Dunkerly Research Fellowship in Biochemistry, University of Manchester. 2001-2003 Wellcome Trust University Award recipient, University of Manchester. 2003-2004 Senior Lecturer, University of Manchester. 2004-2007 Reader in Parasite Biology, University of Edinburgh. 2007-present Professor of Parasite Biology, University of Edinburgh. 2011-present Director, Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution

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