Dale Godfrey is a Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at The Peter Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne. He is an NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow and Immediate Past President of the Australasian Society for Immunology. Over the past 25 years, working in the field of Immunology, Godfrey has defined and studied new types of white blood cells, deciphering their developmental and functional characteristics and therapeutic potential. Godfrey’s work has had a major impact, internationally, as clearly demonstrated by his outstanding publication record with many highly cited papers in top-tier journals.