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Katie Doores

Professor Katie Doores

Professor of Viral Immunology

  • School Academic Lead, Postgraduate Research

Research interests

  • Immunology

Biography

Katie received her PhD in Organic Chemistry from the University of Oxford in 2008 studying carbohydrate chemistry. She then moved to The Scripps Research Institute, California for her postdoctoral studies to work with Dennis Burton where she studied HIV glycobiology and HIV broadly neutralizing antibodies. In June 2013, Katie was awarded an MRC Career Development Award and moved to King’s College London to start her research lab.

In 2017 Katie was selected as a member of the EMBO Young Investigator Programme. Katie was awarded the Medical Research Foundation Emerging Leaders Prize for COVID-19 (2021). In 2023, Katie was named as the Biological Sciences Laureate at the Blavatnik Awards  for young scientists in the UK.

    Research

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    Doores Lab

    The Doores Lab is in the Department of Infectious Diseases

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    Microbes in Health & Disease

    The Microbes in Health & Diseases Research Interest Group aims to foster collaboration across departments and faculties at KCL to explore the multifaceted role microbes play in health and disease.

    News

    Dr Katie Doores receives esteemed Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists

    Katie is one of three Blavatnik Laureates, winning the Life Sciences category for her research which aims to improve our preparedness for future pandemics.

    Blavatnik Awards

    King's study provides vital information to guide COVID-19 vaccine development

    The researchers examined antibodies from people who had recovered from COVID-19 in multiple countries.

    A community COVID-19 testing site

    Dr Katie Doores wins prize for outstanding COVID-19 research

    Dr Katie Doores has been named as one of the winners of the Medical Research Foundation’s 2021 Emerging Leaders Prize.

    Katie Doores

    COVID-19 antibodies remain in the body 10 months after infection

    The study, published in Nature Microbiology, looked at the antibodies of 38 patients and healthcare workers in St Thomas’ Hospital who were infected within...

    antibodies

    Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy impacts the developing immune system of the fetus

    New research from King’s suggests COVID-19 infection in the mother alters the immune system of the baby in utero.

    Pregnancy COVID-19

    Scientists uncover a molecule that can help coronavirus escape antibodies

    A natural molecule can effectively block the binding of a subset of human antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, researchers have found.

    tube-containing-green-covid-protein

    Covid-19 antibodies can decline over time, research suggests

    Antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 can peak three weeks post onset of symptoms but begin to decline after as little as 2-3 months, according to research by...

    antibody covid

      Research

      virus3 1800 x 500 banner.
      Doores Lab

      The Doores Lab is in the Department of Infectious Diseases

      Hero_Microbes_RIG-thumbnail
      Microbes in Health & Disease

      The Microbes in Health & Diseases Research Interest Group aims to foster collaboration across departments and faculties at KCL to explore the multifaceted role microbes play in health and disease.

      News

      Dr Katie Doores receives esteemed Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists

      Katie is one of three Blavatnik Laureates, winning the Life Sciences category for her research which aims to improve our preparedness for future pandemics.

      Blavatnik Awards

      King's study provides vital information to guide COVID-19 vaccine development

      The researchers examined antibodies from people who had recovered from COVID-19 in multiple countries.

      A community COVID-19 testing site

      Dr Katie Doores wins prize for outstanding COVID-19 research

      Dr Katie Doores has been named as one of the winners of the Medical Research Foundation’s 2021 Emerging Leaders Prize.

      Katie Doores

      COVID-19 antibodies remain in the body 10 months after infection

      The study, published in Nature Microbiology, looked at the antibodies of 38 patients and healthcare workers in St Thomas’ Hospital who were infected within...

      antibodies

      Exposure to SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy impacts the developing immune system of the fetus

      New research from King’s suggests COVID-19 infection in the mother alters the immune system of the baby in utero.

      Pregnancy COVID-19

      Scientists uncover a molecule that can help coronavirus escape antibodies

      A natural molecule can effectively block the binding of a subset of human antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, researchers have found.

      tube-containing-green-covid-protein

      Covid-19 antibodies can decline over time, research suggests

      Antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 can peak three weeks post onset of symptoms but begin to decline after as little as 2-3 months, according to research by...

      antibody covid