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A graduate of Queen's College Cambridge, Professor Hayday obtained his PhD in Tumour Virology in 1978 and then undertook post-doctoral training at MIT. In 1998, after thirteen years on the faculty of the Departments of Biology and Immunobiology at Yale University, he returned to London, and was appointed to the Kay Glendinning Professor & Chair in the Department of Immunobiology at King's College. He is internationally renowned for his work in Immunology and has published over 120 papers. He has worked on chromosome translocations causing B-cell neoplasia, and contributed to the cloning of the T-cell receptor (TCR), in particular the unanticipated TCR-gamma chain gene. Together with long-standing collaborators, Professor Hayday has succeeded in identifying critical roles for gamma-delta cells in primary immunoprotection against solid tumours, and in immunoregulation, particularly with tissues. In 1997, he was awarded the William Clyde DeVane Medal, Yale College's highest honour for teaching and scholarship, and he was elected a fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2002. He advises a number of bodies, including the Welcome Trust where he chairs the Funding Committee in Basic Immunology and Infectious Diseases, and sits on the Strategy Committee. | 