Welcome to IPD

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IPD was developed in 2003 to provide a centralised system for the study of polymorphism in genes of the immune system. The IPD project was established by the HLA Informatics Group of the Anthony Nolan Research Institute in close collaboration with the European Bioinformatics Institute.

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IPD Developers

Development of the IPD Database has been undertaken by the following individuals:

Anthony Nolan Research Institute
  • James Robinson BSc, MSc, PhD
  • Dominic Barker BSc, MSc
Other collaborators include:
  • Steven GE Marsh - University College london
  • Andy Yates - European Bioinformatics Institute
  • Giuseppe Maccari

Latest publications

Please cite the IPD-MHC Database whenever you publish your sequences. For further publications, please see our citations page.

IPD Resources