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Megan Macleod graduated from the University of Glasgow with a BSc in Immunology in 2001 and obtained a PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 2005, focusing on the requirement for costimulation in the generation and reactivation of memory CD4 T cells. After her PhD, she pursued postdoctoral research with Pippa Marrack and John Kappler at National Jewish Health in Denver, CO, USA. She joined the University of Glasgow in 2012 under a Career Development Research Fellowship from Arthritis Research UK, studying the induction of tolerance in memory CD4 T cells. By 2017, she became a lecturer and achieved senior lecturer status in 2019. Her laboratory investigates the fundamental differences between naïve and memory T cells, and their interactions with immune cells and local stromal cells in the context of viral infections. Megan is actively involved in the British Society for Immunology and serves as the Scottish representative for the BSI's Forum and as secretary for the West Scotland Immunology Group, which organizes seminars featuring prominent immunologists. Her research interests include immunological memory and how past infections and inflammatory events affect subsequent immune responses, with a focus on enhancing immune protection while mitigating autoimmune pathologies.