Staff Lead researcher Professor Karl Staples PhD CBiol FRSB FHEA Prof Resp Immunology & Pharmacology Research interests Chronic Respiratory Disease e.g. Asthma, COPD Host-pathogen Interactions Ex vivo models of the human lung Connect with Karl Email: k.staples@soton.ac.uk Other researchers Dr Chris McCormick BSc, DPhil, PGCert Associate Professor Research interests Positive strand RNA virus replication Viral proteases Viral host pathogen interactions Connect with Chris Email: cjm@soton.ac.uk