Marieke Pingen

Dr. Marieke Pingen serves as a Research Fellow within the Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation at the University of Glasgow's College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences. Her research focuses on immunological mechanisms related to viral infections, chemokine biology, and inflammatory responses.

Dr. Pingen's research interests center on understanding how chemokine receptors regulate immune responses during viral infections. Her work spans multiple areas including influenza immunity, neuroimmunology, placental immunology, and arbovirus transmission. She investigates how inflammatory responses to mosquito bites enhance viral pathogenesis, how chemokine networks regulate T cell responses to influenza, and how immune responses in the central nervous system contribute to neurological conditions.

Analysis of her publication record from 2014-2025 reveals consistent focus on chemokine biology and viral immunology, with recent work (2023-2025) emphasizing T cell responses to influenza, placental ACKR3 function, and neuroimmune interactions. Her research demonstrates strong translational potential for understanding viral pathogenesis and developing therapeutic interventions.

Dr. Pingen has secured research funding from several prestigious organizations including the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity, and The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland. Her grants have supported work on enhancing innate anti-viral immunity in the nervous system, investigating bat bite impacts on rabies transmission, and developing vaccines for severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV).

Her laboratory work involves sophisticated techniques including mixed neuronal-glial cell cultures, mouse infection models, and detailed analysis of immune cell migration and function. She collaborates extensively with researchers across immunology and virology, particularly with Professor Gerard J. Graham's group.