Clinical Research Fellow Dr Alex Cavanagh Clinical Research Fellow Institute for Regeneration and Repair Contact details Email: acavana2@exseed.ed.ac.uk Research I am a trainee histopathologist with research interests in gastrointestinal pathology and mucosal immunology. I am currently completing a Jean Shanks Foundation/Pathological Society Clinical PhD Fellowship investigating the role of Microfold (M) cells in antigen sampling at Peyer's patches in early Crohn's disease pathogenesis. Main techniques include immunohistochemistry, digital image analysis, human organoid cell culture and spatial transcriptomics. Collaborators Dr Gwo-tzer Ho, University of Edinburgh Prof Neil Mabbott, University of Edinburgh Prof Prakash Ramachandran, University of Edinburgh Dr Kathryn Kirkwood, NHS Lothian Dr Gareth Rhys Jones, University of Edinburgh Web Links Selected Publications This article was published on 2024-08-27
