Funding Research at Kings College London

Two professionals holding a melanoma research award at Kings College London.
8 October 2026

Ground breaking research at King's

On Wednesday 7th October Colin (our C.O.O.) visited King’s College London Labs at Guy’s Hospital to present our grant certificate to Professor Sophia Karagiannis. “It was a privilege to see first hand the ground-breaking work being carried out by her team”, reported Colin.

Many people will have heard about T cells and their role in the adaptive immune system. It was fascinating to learn more about B cells — how they develop, interact with other cells within the tumour environment, and may influence responses to immunotherapy.

Two professionals holding a melanoma research award at Kings College London.
Researchers discussing melanoma research at Kings College London laboratory.
Researchers discussing melanoma research at Kings College London laboratory.

Thanks to our donors and fundraisers, Melanoma UK’s grant at King’s is supporting further research through the project “Decoding B Cell Signatures to Improve Immunotherapy Outcomes in Melanoma”. We look forward to sharing updates on this downtrack.

Thanks to Sophia and all the amazing team at King’s College London for their presentations and hosting.

To learn more of KCL’s fascinating study to map the development and behaviour of B Cells click here

If you would like to contribute to our mission find and hit our donate / fundraise button !

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