Past events
Seminar series 2011/2012
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15 May 2012
Prof. Peter Openshaw
(Centre for Respiratory Infection, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London)
"Immune regulation of lung inflammation" |
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25 April 2012
Dr. Jian-Guo Chai
(Division of Inflammation and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London)
"Studies of antigen-specific T cell responses against normal and malignant tissues in vivo: Implications for T cell cancer immunotherapy" |
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14 March 2012
Prof. Rick Maizels
(Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh)
"Immune regulation in parasite infections - impact on allergy and immunity" |
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22 February 2012
Prof. Kathy Triantafilou
(Institute of Infection & Immunity, Cardiff University School of Medicine)
"TLR4 oligomerisation: the story of endotoxin"
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8 February 2012
Dr. Marco Purbhoo
(Department of Medicine, Imperial College London)
"Endosomal feedback at the T-cell immune synaspe" |
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1 February 2012
Prof. David Wraith
(School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol)
"Antigen-specific immunotherapy of autoimmune diseases: reinstating peripheral tolerance to self-antigens" |
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25 January 2012
Prof. Henning Walczak
(Tumour Immunology Unit, Division of Immunology and Inflammation, Imperial College London)
"Death receptors and ubiquitin in cancer and inflammation" |
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11 January 2012
Prof. Kingston Mills
(School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
"Distinct functions of IL-17 cytokine family in infection, autoimmunity and cancer"
(sponsored by BioLegend) |
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30 November 2011
Prof. Marco Cassatella
(Department of Pathology and Diagnostics, University of Verona, Italy)
"Neutrophils as shapers of the innate immune response"
(sponsored by StemCell Technologies) |
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16 November 2011
Prof. Brian Willet
(Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research)
"Intrinsic and acquired immunity to feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV)"
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9 November 2011
Dr. Douglas Lowrie
(Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, China)
"Research at the Shanghai Public Health Clinical Centre and Immunotherapy for TB" |
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26 October 2011
Prof. David Johnson
(Princess Alexandra Hospital, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia)
"Exploiting patient cohorts to define infection patterns and outcomes: a tale from down under"
(sponsored by EuroPD) |
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19 October 2011
Life after your PhD - a careers event for young immunologists |
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12 October 2011
Dr. Pierre Rizkallah
(Institute of Infection and Immunity, School of Medicine, Cardiff University)
"Structural biology of immune system proteins - anatomy at the atomic level" |
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28 September 2011
Prof. Martin Sheldon
(Institute of Life Science, Swansea University)
"Mechanisms of infection and immunity in the female genital tract" |
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13 July 2011
Prof. Wilhelm Schwaeble
(Dept of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester)
"The lectin activation pathway of complement significantly contributes to the pathophysiology of ischaemic disease" |
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5-8 July 2011
St Donat's Castle, Llantwit Major, South Wales, UK |
Seminar series 2010/2011
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15 June 2011
Prof. Frank Nestle
(St John's Institute of Dermatology, King's College London)
"Skin inflammation - from genes to functional models and targeted therapy" |
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1 June 2011
Prof. Stephan Gadola
(Infection, Inflammation and Immunity Division, University of Southampton)
"CD1d and its interaction with invariant NKT receptors - Facts & Fallacies" |
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27 April 2011
Prof. Bruce Beutler
(Department of Genetics, Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA)
"Genetic analysis of innate immunity in mammals"
(sponsored by Miltenyi Biotec, Cambridge Bioscience and StemCell Technologies)
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23 March 2011
Dr. Clare Bennett
(UCL Cancer Institute, University College London)
"Investigating the role of cutaneous DC in T cell-mediated immune pathology" |
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9 March 2011
Prof. Sara Rankin
(National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London)
"Mobilization of leukocytes and progenitor cells from the bone marrow" |
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9 February 2011
Dr. Graham Cook
(Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Leeds)
"Activation and inhibition of human natural killer cells in vitro and in vivo" |
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19 January 2011
Prof. Mala Maini
(Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London)
"Overcoming immune tolerance in chronic HBV infection" |
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15 December 2010
Prof. Frederic Geissmann
(Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology of Inflammation, King's College London)
"Origin of macrophages and dendritic cells, relationship with blood monocytes" |
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1 December 2010
Prof. Paul Klenerman (Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford) "CD8+ T cells and HCV: the good, the bad and the unexpected"
(sponsored by Peprotech)
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16 November 2010
Prof. Paul Kaye
(Centre for Immunology and Infection, University of York)
"Leishmania as a tool to study resident macrophage function and heterogeneity" |
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3 November 2010
Prof. Vincent Piguet
(Department of Dermatology & Wound Healing, Cardiff University School of Medicine)
"Mucosal transmission of HIV-1: a tale of deception and speed" |
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20/21 October 2010
Dr. Federica Sallusto
(Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Bellinzona, Switzerland)
"Towards better understanding of T cell immunity"
(sponsored by Miltenyi Biotec and Meso Scale Discovery) |
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6 October 2010
Dr. Emma Morris
(Dept of Immunology, UCL Medical School, Royal Free Hospital London)
"TCR gene therapy for leukaemia" |
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29 September 2010
Prof. David Gray
(Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh)
"What are B cells good for?"
(sponsored by Biolegend)
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15 September 2010
Prof. Ton Schumacher
(Department of Immunology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam)
"Dissecting cytotoxic T cell responses with self-cleaving peptides and genetic barcodes" |
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3 September 2010
Prof. Rajiv Khanna
(Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Australia)
"Translating herpesvirus immunology from bench to bedside: somnium animadverto" |
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Seminar Series 2009/2010
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30 June 2010
Dr. Keith Thompson
(Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen)
"Activation of gamma/delta T cells: help or hindrance?"
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23 June 2010
Prof. Ann Moormann
(Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA)
"Malaria-induced immune modulation of EBV-specific T cells in the etiology of endemic Burkitt lymphoma: A study of children residing in Kenya" |
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16 June 2010
Prof. Maher Gandhi
(Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia)
"EBV driven B-cell differentiation and lymphogenesis" |
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26 May 2010
Dr. Donald Fraser
(Institute of Nephrology, Cardiff University School of Medicine)
"The role of microRNAs in chronic kidney disease" |
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5 May 2010
Dr. Claudia Kemper
(MRC Centre for Transplantation, King's College London)
"Complement during T cell activation: timing is key"
(sponsored by Peprotech)
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7 April 2010
Dr. Derek Doherty
(St James's Hospital, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
"Innate T cells in the control of adaptive immunity in humans" |
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17 March 2010
Prof. Peter Lane
(MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, University of Birmingham)
"Lymphoid tissue inducer cells and CD4 memory again!" |
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3 March 2010
Dr. David Morgan
(Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol)
"Controlling anti-tumour CD8 T cell responses" |
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19 February 2010
Prof. Paul Lehner
(Department of Medicine, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research)
"Regulating MHC class I molecules with ubiquitin - lessons from viruses" |
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3 February 2010
Dr. John Maher
(Breast Cancer Biology Group, King's College London)
"CAR stories – genetic targeting of T cells against cancer" |
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9 December 2009
Prof. Mark Peakman
(Peter Gorer Dept of Immunobiology, King's College London)
"Beta cell autoimmunity in type 1 diabetes: it's the MHC, stupid!" |
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25 November 2009
Dr. Simon Powis
(Bute Medical School, University of St. Andrews, Fife)
"HLA-B27 and inflammatory arthritis, and novel MHC class I structures on exosomes" |
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4 November 2009
Prof. Christopher McGuigan
(Welsh School of Pharmacy, Cardiff University)
"Serendipity and antiviral drug discovery" |
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21 October 2009
Prof. Vincenzo Cerundolo
(Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford)
"Harnessing innate immune responses to optimise cancer vaccination strategies"
(sponsored by Gen-Probe) |
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7/8 October 2009
Prof. Casey Weaver
(Dept of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA)
"Th17: the discovery and emergence of a new T cell lineage"
(sponsored by Miltenyi Biotec) |
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13 July 2009
Dr. Polly Matzinger (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, USA) " Conversations between tissues and T cells" |
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Seminar series 2008/2009
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26 June 2009 Dr. Richard Siegel
(National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Bethesda, USA)
"TL1A-DR3 interactions in T cell mediated autoimmunity" |
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24 June 2009
Prof. Jamie Rossjohn
(School of Biomedical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia)
"Immune recognition and the Atkins diet"
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3 June 2009
Dr. Zsuzsanna Tabi
(Dept of Oncology and Palliative Medicine, Velindre Cancer Centre, Cardiff)
"Complex immunological changes induced by radiation therapy in prostate cancer"
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20 May 2009
Dr. Federica Marelli-Berg
(Dept of Immunology, Imperial College London)
"Novel mechanisms of T cell trafficking"
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6 May 2009
Prof. John Trowsdale
(Dept of Pathology, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research)
"Genetic and functional interactions of HLA/NK genes and proteins"
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11 March 2009
Prof. Graham Anderson
(MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, University of Birmingham)
"Generating the thymus to establish central tolerance"
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25 February 2009
Prof. Foo Y. Liew
(Glasgow Biomedical Research Centre, University of Glasgow)
"Novel cytokines in infection and inflammatory disease"
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11 February 2009
Dr. Leonie Taams
(Peter Gorer Dept of Immunobiology, King's College London)
"Crosstalk between CD4+ T cell subsets and monocytes/macrophages"
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28 January 2009
Dr. David Blackbourn
(Division of Cancer Studies, University of Birmingham)
"Aspects of host immune modulation by Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus"
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26 November 2008
Prof. Paul Garside
(Centre of Biophotonics, University of Strathclyde)
"Visualising and analysing immune responses in real time in vivo"
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12 November 2008
Dr. Brad Spiller
(Dept of Child Health, Cardiff University)
"Off to a poor start: innate immune under-development in the newborn"
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24 Sept 2008
Prof. Brian Baker
(University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA)
"Molecular mimicry in T cell receptor cross-reactivity requires cooperative conformational plasticity"
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16 July 2008
Prof. Aymen Al-Shamkhani
(Cancer Sciences Division, University of Southampton)
"T cell costimulation by members of the TNF receptor family: implications for anti-tumour vaccination"
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9 July 2008
Dr. Ian Humphreys
(Dept of Medical Biochemistry and Immunology, Cardiff University)
"Suppression of antiviral immunity during mucosal cytomegalovirus infection"
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Seminar series 2007/2008
25 June 2008
Dr. Dagmar Scheel-Toellner
(Division of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham)
"Cytokine networking in chronic inflammation"
18 June 2008
Dr. Kathryn Else
(Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester)
"Resistance to intestinal nematode parasites: eliciting protective immunity whilst regulating gut pathology"
28 May 2008
Prof. Colin Watts
(Division of Cell Biology and Immunology, University of Dundee)
"Acute dendritic cell responses to TLR ligands"
23 April 2008
Dr. Jens Stein
(Theodor Kocher Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland)
"Following lymphocyte migration in vivo: roles for DOCK2, PI3K and ICAM"
26 March 2008
Prof. David Price
(Dept of Medical Biochemistry and Immunology, Cardiff University)
"Decoding the antigen-specific T cell repertoire"
12 March 2008
Dr. Immo Prinz
(Institute for Immunology, Hannover Medical School)
"Visualization of γδ T cells – from development to function"
27 February 2008
Prof. Sally Wenzel
(Asthma and Allergic Disease Programs, University of Pittsburgh, USA)
"Epithelial cell IL-4Ra activation pathways in human asthma"
23 January 2008
Prof. Clare Lloyd
(National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London)
"Regulation of allergen-induced airway inflammation"
12 December 2007
Prof. Simon Carding
(Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds)
"Immune-epithelial cell interactions in intestinal barrier function"
5 December 2007
Prof. Steve Ward
(Dept of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath)
"T lymphocyte navigation: Insights from new pharmacological tools and atypical chemokine receptors"
28 November 2007
Prof. Wolfgang Drexler
(School of Optometry and Vision Science, Cardiff University)
"Optical biopsy and functional imaging using optical coherence tomography"
14 November 2007
Dr. Aleksandar Ivetic
(National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London)
"A short tail of L-selectin: stories from beneath the plasma membrane"
17 October 2007
Dr. Hugo van den Berg
(Warwick Systems Biology Centre, University of Warwick)
"Diversity and specificity of T cell recognition: a dynamical view"
19 September 2007
Dr. Bent Jakobsen
(Avidex Limited, Oxford)
"Engineering of immune receptors for therapeutics"
Seminar series 2006/2007
27 June 2007
Dr. S. John Curnow
(Division of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham)
"Uveitis: a paradox of immune privilege"
6 June 2007
Prof. Brigitta Stockinger
(National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London)
"Differentiation and functional activities of Th17 cells"
30 May 2007
Prof. Arne Akbar
(Windeyer Institute of Medical Sciences, University College London)
"Longer life leads to lymphocyte exhaustion"
23 May 2007
Dr. Joanne Lello
(School of Biosciences, Cardiff University)
"Simplifying complexity: ecological and mathematical approaches to the immunology of co-infection"
10 May 2007
Dr. Annette Oxenius
(Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
"Modulation of T cell responses during chronic viral infection"
18 April 2007
Dr. Naeem Khan
(School of Infection and Host Defence, University of Liverpool)
"Immunity to cytomegalovirus in primary and persistent infection"
21 March 2007
Dr. Richard Harrop
(Oxford Biomedica)
"Evolution of a cancer vaccine from pre-clinical research to phase III development"
14 February 2007
Dr. Matthias Eberl
(Dept of Med Biochemistry and Immunology, Cardiff University)
"Functional plasticity of human γδ T cells"
17 January 2007
Dr. Linda Wooldridge
(Dept of Med Biochemistry and Immunology, Cardiff University)
"CD8 controls optimal levels of T cell cross-reactivity"
10 January 2007
Dr. Stephan Gadola
(Dept of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Switzerland)
"Invariant NKT cell receptors - innate or adaptive?"
15 November 2006
Dr. Veronica Athie Morales
(Biochemistry Department, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
"Signalling in human NK cells"
18 October 2006
Dr. Ellie Roy
(National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London)
"Immunomodulation of TB infection using intravenous immunoglobulin"
Seminar series 2005/2006
17 May 2006
Prof. Frances Gotch
(Dept of Immunology, Imperial College London)
"Towards a vaccine for HIV"
3 May 2006
Dr. Eshwar Mahenthiralingam
(School of Biosciences, Cardiff University)
"The multifarious, multireplicon Burkholderia cepacia complex"
29 March 2006
Prof. Susan Wong
(Dept of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol)
"CD8 T cells in autoimmune diabetes"
15 March 2006
Dr. Chris Fegan
(Dept of Haematology, Llandough Hospital Penarth)
"Sex, inheritance and haematological cancers"
10 March 2006
Dr. David Jenkins
(Glaxo Smith Kline Biologicals, Rixensart, Belgium)
area of interest: "Development of vaccines to prevent cervical cancer"
1 March 2006
Dr. Daniel Pennington
(Peter Gorer Dept of Immunobiology, King's College London)
area of interest: "γδ T cell development"
18 January 2006
Dr. Véronique Braud
(Inst. of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Nice, France)
area of interest: "NK cells"
30 November 2005
Dr. Chris O'Callaghan
(Nuffield Dept of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford)
"Responding to danger - immunity, vascular biology and snakes"
23 November 2005
Prof. Martin Rowe
(Division of Cancer Studies, University of Birmingham)
area of interest: "EBV"
5 October 2005
Dr. Marco Purbhoo
(Div. of Cell and Molecular Biology, Imperial College London)
"Receptor dynamics during antigen recognition by cytotoxic T cells"
28 September 2005
Dr. Phillip Taylor
(Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford)
"Macrophages and the recognition of fungi"
1 September 2005
Dr. Marion Brown
(Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford)
"Positive and negative regulation of immune responses by CD6 and CD244 (2B4)"
20 July 2005
Dr. Steve Anderton
(School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh)
"CNS-damaging T cells: intrinsic and extrinsic controls to limit disease"