Current Position
Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Telephone +44 (0)1223 763889
Email fc287@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Twitter @DrFran_Colucci
For more information and publications see Research in the Colucci Team
Shreeve N, Depierreux D, Hawkes D, Traherne JA, Sovio U, Huhn O, Jayaraman J, Horowitz A, Ghadially H, Parry JRB, Moffett A, Sled, JG, Sharkey AM, Colucci F. The CD94/NKG2A inhibitory receptor educates uterine NK cells to optimise pregnancy outcomes in humans and mice. Immunity, 2021: Apr 19:S1074-7613(21)00133-3
Huhn, O, Ivarsson M, Gardner L, Hollinshead H, Stinchcombe JC, Chen P, Shreeve S, Chazara O, Farrell LE, Theorell J, Ghadially H, Parham P, Griffiths G, Amir Horowitz A, Moffett A, Sharkey AM, Colucci F. Distinctive phenotypes and functions of innate lymphoid cells in human decidua during early pregnancy. Nature Communications 2020; 11(1):381 – *featured in Editors’ Highlights of the year* (https://www.nature.com/collections/heaibgefaa)
Colucci F. Imagine a world without borders: an immunologist’s thoughts on Brexit. EMBO Rep. 2016 Sep;17(9):1241. doi: 10.15252/embr.201643019. Epub 2016 Aug 5
Brief CV
- Wellcome Investigator Award, University of Cambridge Clinical School, 2017 onwards
- University Reader, University of Cambridge Clinical School, 2011 onwards
- Fellow and Director of Studies, King’s College, Cambridge, 2010-onwards
- University Senior Lecturer, University of Cambridge Clinical School, 2009-2011
- MRC Young Investigator Award, Babraham Institute, Cambridge, 2006-2009
- Co-Founder and Director, Dando and Colucci, LLC, 2005-2012
- Group Leader, Babraham Institute, Cambridge, 2004-2010
- Chargé de Recherché, Pasteur Institute, Paris, 2000-2004
- Post-doctoral training, Necker University Hospital, Paris, 1997-2000
- Habilitation à diriger des recherches, Université Paris V René Descartes, 2000-2004
- PhD in Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Umeå, 1992-1997
- MD and Medical Board Certificate, University of Bari, Italy, 1983-1991
- Liceo Scientifico Galileo Galilei, Monopoli, Italy, 1978-1983
Research Interests
- Natural killer and other innate lymphoid cells
- Immunogenetics
Collaborators
Cambridge
- Hormas Ghadially at MedImmune
- Andrew Sharkey, Ashley Moffett, John Trowsdale and James Traherne at Pathology
- Francesca Gaccioli, Irving Aye, Ulla Sovio and Gordon Smith at O&G
- Wendy Bacon and Steven Charnock-Jones at O&G
- Russell Hamilton at CTR
- Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri at CTR
- Graham Burton at CTR
- Andrew McKenzie at LMB
- Myriam Hemberger at Babraham
- James Brenton, CRUK
International
- Lorenzo Moretta at Bambino Gesu’ Hospital, Roma
- Ennio Carbone and Klas Karre, Karolinska, Stockholm
- Amir Horowitz, Mount Sinai, New York
- Annette Nakimuli, Makerere, Kampala
- Mary Carrington, NIH and Boston
Teaching
- Director of Studies in Pre-Clinical Medicine (Part 1A, 1B and II) and Admission – King’s College Cambridge
- Supervisions in Part 1B BOD, Part II Immunology (Pathology), Part II PDN
- Lectures in Part II Immunology (Pathology) and Part II PDN
- Lectures at International CTR Placental Biology Course
- Ad Hoc Lectures in Master Courses at Karolinska, Oxford University and Torino University
Managerial duties