Descripción: IGC. Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência «Research Interests: The Cellular Immunology Unit studies mechanisms able to induce and maintain immune tolerance. We study diseases, or animal models of human pathologies, where the immune system has an inappropriate action, such as autoimmunity, transplantation or allergy. We aim to reprogramme the immune system, inducing the expansion of regulatory T cells capable of reinstating the tolerance state. We always strive to validate our experimental results in collaboration with clinical scientists.»