Lucy Denly
DPhil Student
I am undertaking a DPhil investigating the non-specific effects of the BCG vaccine as part of the TB group. I am particularly interested in the epigenetic changes induced by BCG leading to the phenomena of ‘trained immunity’. I am investigating different routes of BCG administration, including intradermal, aerosol, and intravesical (as carried out in the treatment of bladder cancer). Prior to this I was training as a medical student at Oxford University Medical School.
Recent publications
Platelets sequester extracellular DNA, capturing tumor-derived and free fetal DNA
Journal article
Murphy L. et al, (2025), Science, 389
The effect of sex on responses to influenza vaccines
Journal article
Denly L., (2021), Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 17, 1396 - 1402