Professor Stephen Todryk

Professor

Department: Applied Sciences

Stephen Todryk is Professor of Immunology within the Department of Applied Sciences.

Having received a BSc in Applied & Human Biology in Aston, Birmingham in 1989, Steve went on to work in an NHS Immunology lab in Oxford for two years. He then embarked on a PhD at Guys Hospital, London, studying immunity and vaccines against streptococci, which he completed in 1995. He carried out postdoctoral studies on cancer immunotherapy at the Cancer Research UK lab at the Hammersmith Hospital and at St George’s London, before setting up a group as a Principal Investigator at the University of Maynooth in Ireland in 2000. He relocated his lab to Trinity College Dublin where he was a Research Lecturer. He came back to the UK, to Oxford University, in 2004, to lead the study of human immunological aspects of malaria vaccine development with Adrian Hill.

Steve joined Northumbria University in 2007 as a Senior Lecturer, became Reader in 2010 and was awarded personal Chair of Immunology in 2012.

Steve has been a member of the British Society for Immunology (BSI) since 1990, and served on the BSI council and local committee. He is a committee member of the local branch of the Royal Society of Biology (RSB), where he is Fellow.

He is also on the Editorial Boards of the following international journals:

Immunology (Impact Factor 5.0)

PloS ONE (Impact Factor 2.7)

Scientific Reports (Impact Factor 4.0)

Frontiers in Immunology (impact factor 6.4)

Cells (impact factor 4.4)

Vaccines (impact factor 4.1)

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

immunology
Recent and current projects:

Anti-microbial immunity in the lung, in obstructive lung diseases

Allergic responses in the lung

Immune responses in Chronic Fatigue

Immune responses in Heart Disease and COVID-19

Key Publications

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Editorial: Inflammaging and immunosenescence: role in aging-associated cardiovascular diseases, Barhoumi, T., Bouchareb, R., Alroqi, F., Nefzi, A., Todryk, S. 14 May 2025, In: Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Measuring Human Memory B Cells in Autoimmunity Using Enzyme-Linked ImmunoSpot, Stylianou, G., Kirchenbaum, G., Lehmann, P., Pearce, S., Todryk, S. 30 Apr 2025, In: Biomolecules
How Reliable Are Predictions of CD8+ T Cell Epitope Recognition? Lessons for Cancer, Lehmann, A., Lehmann, P., Todryk, S. 17 Apr 2024, In: Onco
Relationship between tcdA and tcdB genes of clostridium difficile with diarrhea duration in elderly patients: an immunosenescence effect, Wedari, N., Todryk, S. Dec 2024, In: Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
The Bisdioxopiperazine ICRF-193 Attenuates LPS-induced IL-1β Secretion by Macrophages, Brindle, A., Bainbridge, C., Kumar, M., Todryk, S., Padget, K. 1 Feb 2024, In: Inflammation
Tracking Circulating HLA-Specific IgG-Producing Memory B Cells with the B-Cell ImmunoSpot Assay, Kervella, D., Heidt, S., Fairchild, R., Todryk, S., Bestard, O. 19 Mar 2024, Handbook of ELISPOT, New York, Springer
Engineering Approaches for Cellular Therapeutics and Diagnostics, Torun, H., Agrawal, P., Markwell, C., Fu, Y., Todryk, S., Moschos, S. 6 Apr 2023, Emerging Drug Delivery and Biomedical Engineering Technologies , Boca Raton, US, Taylor & Francis
Next generation organoid engineering to replace animals in cancer drug testing, Hockney, S., Parker, J., Turner, J., Todd, X., Todryk, S., Ger Gieling, R., Hilgen, G., Camargo Madeira Simoes, D., Pal, D. 1 Jul 2023, In: Biochemical Pharmacology
Role of monocytes/macrophages in renin-angiotensin system-induced hypertension and end organ damage, Barhoumi, T., Todryk, S. 3 Oct 2023, In: Frontiers in Physiology
The Effect of Menstrual-Cycle Phase on Immune Responses to a 5-km Cycling Time Trial: An Exploratory Study, Hicks, K., Orange, S., Dulson, D., Ansdell, P., Todryk, S., Gilbert, S., Saxton, J. 1 Apr 2023, In: International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance

Current and Recent Projects

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The role of maternal folate in childhood leukemia initiation; understanding the molecular mechanisms, McKay, J. (Principal Investigator), Todryk, S. (Co Investigator), World Cancer Research Fund International, 01/04/23 - 31/03/27, £346,625.00