China offers full-time job to top European immunologist Andrew Macpherson

European immunologist Andrew Macpherson has officially taken up a full-time position at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in Hefei in the central province of Anhui. The move, confirmed by USTC’s school of biomedical sciences on January 2, is a boost to China’s growing reputation as a global hub for cutting-edge biomedical research. Macpherson, widely regarded as one of the foremost authorities in gastrointestinal mucosal immunity, joins USTC from Switzerland, where he was...