Prof. Peter Cowan, Ph.D.

Peter Cowan is Professor in the Department of Medicine of the University of Melbourne and Scientist Director of the Immunology Research Centre of the St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne.

His major research interests are pig-to-human xenotransplantation and the immunobiology of transplantation, in particular the role of complement, coagulation and purinergic signalling in transplant-associated inflammation and injury.

Peter Cowan is a Visiting Fellow from October to December 2019 upon invitation from Prof. Dr. Bruno Reichart and Prof. Dr. Eckhard Wolf. On 28 October 2019 he will give a lecture at the Gene Center Munich on "Xenotransplantation: Finally Close to the Clinic?".