The immune system: B cells and Epigenetics with Dr Hamish King

In todays episode, I speak to Dr Hamish King, a Sir Henry
Wellcome Fellow affiliated with the Blizard Institute at Queen
Mary University of London. Hamish is interested in how errors in
gene regulation lead to changes in the behaviour and function of
B cells, an important cell type in our immune system that makes
antibodies to fight and remember infections. Hamish talks about
how he uses wet lab and bioinformatic techniques to answer these
questions. Dr King is also due to become a laboratory head at
WEHI in early 2022, where his lab will focus on answering a range
of questions including:
How immune-specific chromatin-based mechanisms regulate gene
expression Whether autoimmune-associated genetic risk loci disrupt
regulatory function of enhancers If disease-specific epigenomic
networks exist in autoimmunity

We talk also in the episode, about Hamish's recent paper which is
accessible here, you can also find Hamish on twitter here where
he is happy to be contacted further about his research and
upcoming vacancies in his brand new lab.