Professor Kenneth BM Reid FRS, is Director at the MRC Immunochemistry Unit, Department of Biochemistry at the University of Oxford. Professor Reid is also a Fellow of the European Molecular Biology Organisation and is a Founder member of the Academy of Medical Sciences. In addition to being a member of many prestigious journal editorial boards, he is also the author of over 290 full-length scientific publications, over the period 1967- 2007, dealing with structure-function relationships of proteins of the human serum complement system and analysis of proteins of innate immunity in the lung surfactant. Since 1970 he has carried out research on the structures and functions of components of the human serum complement system and a major focus of his present research includes the analysis of the roles mammalian lectins SP-A and SP-D, as molecules of innate immunity, in the modulation of inflammation, induced by allergy or infection, in the lungs. Dr Robert B Sim is at the MRC Immunochemistry Unit, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford. Dr Sim has had about 270 papers published since 1975, plus about 300 meetings abstracts and his main research interests are the activation and regulation of the complement system studied at the molecular level.

• Antibodies;1 - R.R. Porter and the structure of antibodies;2 - Chemical engineering of therapeutic antibodies;The Serum Complement System;3 - The evolution of complement systems;4 - Structure and function of the C1 complex: A historical perspective;5 Complement components C3 and C4;6 - Complement control proteins and receptors: from Factor H to CR4;7 - Biology and genetics of complement component C4;Collectins and Ficolins in Innate Immunity;8 - The structure of mannan binding lectin and its functional relevance;9 - Personal accounts of the discovery of MASP-2 and its role in the MBL pathway of complement activation;10 - The Structure and function of Ficolins, MBLs and MASPs';11 - Surfactant protein D (SP-D) and glycoprotein 340 (gp-340);Cell surface proteins - Immunoglobulin superfamily and Integrins;12 - Leukocyte surface proteins - purification and characterisation;13 - Cell Surface Integrins;Immunogenetics/MHC III analysis;14 - Molecular genetics of the major histocompatibility complex class 111 region;15 - Functional characterisation of major histocompatibility complex class III region;Hyaluronan proteins in inflammation;16 - Hyaluronan-binding proteins in inflammation

Professor Kenneth BM Reid FRS, is Director at the MRC Immunochemistry Unit, Department of Biochemistry at the University of Oxford. Professor Reid is also a Fellow of the European Molecular Biology Organisation and is a Founder member of the Academy of Medical Sciences. In addition to being a member of many prestigious journal editorial boards, he is also the author of over 290 full-length scientific publications, over the period 1967- 2007, dealing with structure-function relationships of proteins of the human serum complement system and analysis of proteins of innate immunity in the lung surfactant. Since 1970 he has carried out research on the structures and functions of components of the human serum complement system and a major focus of his present research includes the analysis of the roles mammalian lectins SP-A and SP-D, as molecules of innate immunity, in the modulation of inflammation, induced by allergy or infection, in the lungs. Dr Robert B Sim is at the MRC Immunochemistry Unit, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford. Dr Sim has had about 270 papers published since 1975, plus about 300 meetings abstracts and his main research interests are the activation and regulation of the complement system studied at the molecular level.

• Antibodies;1 - R.R. Porter and the structure of antibodies;2 - Chemical engineering of therapeutic antibodies;The Serum Complement System;3 - The evolution of complement systems;4 - Structure and function of the C1 complex: A historical perspective;5 Complement components C3 and C4;6 - Complement control proteins and receptors: from Factor H to CR4;7 - Biology and genetics of complement component C4;Collectins and Ficolins in Innate Immunity;8 - The structure of mannan binding lectin and its functional relevance;9 - Personal accounts of the discovery of MASP-2 and its role in the MBL pathway of complement activation;10 - The Structure and function of Ficolins, MBLs and MASPs';11 - Surfactant protein D (SP-D) and glycoprotein 340 (gp-340);Cell surface proteins - Immunoglobulin superfamily and Integrins;12 - Leukocyte surface proteins - purification and characterisation;13 - Cell Surface Integrins;Immunogenetics/MHC III analysis;14 - Molecular genetics of the major histocompatibility complex class 111 region;15 - Functional characterisation of major histocompatibility complex class III region;Hyaluronan proteins in inflammation;16 - Hyaluronan-binding proteins in inflammation

Professor Kenneth BM Reid FRS, is Director at the MRC Immunochemistry Unit, Department of Biochemistry at the University of Oxford. Professor Reid is also a Fellow of the European Molecular Biology Organisation and is a Founder member of the Academy of Medical Sciences. In addition to being a member of many prestigious journal editorial boards, he is also the author of over 290 full-length scientific publications, over the period 1967- 2007, dealing with structure-function relationships of proteins of the human serum complement system and analysis of proteins of innate immunity in the lung surfactant. Since 1970 he has carried out research on the structures and functions of components of the human serum complement system and a major focus of his present research includes the analysis of the roles mammalian lectins SP-A and SP-D, as molecules of innate immunity, in the modulation of inflammation, induced by allergy or infection, in the lungs. Dr Robert B Sim is at the MRC Immunochemistry Unit, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford. Dr Sim has had about 270 papers published since 1975, plus about 300 meetings abstracts and his main research interests are the activation and regulation of the complement system studied at the molecular level.

• Antibodies;1 - R.R. Porter and the structure of antibodies;2 - Chemical engineering of therapeutic antibodies;The Serum Complement System;3 - The evolution of complement systems;4 - Structure and function of the C1 complex: A historical perspective;5 Complement components C3 and C4;6 - Complement control proteins and receptors: from Factor H to CR4;7 - Biology and genetics of complement component C4;Collectins and Ficolins in Innate Immunity;8 - The structure of mannan binding lectin and its functional relevance;9 - Personal accounts of the discovery of MASP-2 and its role in the MBL pathway of complement activation;10 - The Structure and function of Ficolins, MBLs and MASPs';11 - Surfactant protein D (SP-D) and glycoprotein 340 (gp-340);Cell surface proteins - Immunoglobulin superfamily and Integrins;12 - Leukocyte surface proteins - purification and characterisation;13 - Cell Surface Integrins;Immunogenetics/MHC III analysis;14 - Molecular genetics of the major histocompatibility complex class 111 region;15 - Functional characterisation of major histocompatibility complex class III region;Hyaluronan proteins in inflammation;16 - Hyaluronan-binding proteins in inflammation