Innate and adaptive arms of the immune response together orchestrate the effective control of acute infection. However, in an endeavour to restore tissue homeostasis, it is increasingly clear that the immune system plays a long game in its negotiations with foreign, tumour and self-antigens that expose us to chronic disease. Infection and its sequelae, the immunosurveillance of cancer, and dysfunctional immunity manifesting as autoimmunity all show an evolution in immune function through time.
This one-day event, organised by the BSI Bristol Immunology Group, will present current research in these areas highlighting immunological mechanisms that evolve during the development and progression of disease.
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Programme
08:45 | Registration
09:20 | Welcome – Lindsay Nicholson, University of Bristol
SESSION 1 – Infection and Immunopathology
Chair(s): Laura Rivino & Simon Eastham, University of Bristol, UK
09:30 | Sarah Rowland-Jones, University of Oxford, UK – invited speaker
Comorbidities in African adolescents with preinatally-acquired HIV infection - a tale of two viruses?
09:55 | Borko Amulic, University of Bristol, UK – invited speaker
Neutrophils as protagonists in severe malaria
10:20 | Laura Pallett, University College London, UK – selected short talk
CD14 marks tissue CD8+T-cells instructed by myeloid cells and modulated by LPS
10:40 | Shishir Shetty, University of Birmingham, UK - selected short talk
The senescent secretome promotes expression of the fetal receptor PLVAP in human hepatic endothelium to promote monocyte transmigration
11:00 | Refreshment break, posters and meet the exhibitors
SESSION 2 – Autoimmunity, Inflammation and Immune Privilege
Chair(s): Lindsay Nicholson & Claire Naveh, University of Bristol, UK
11:30 | Lucy Walker, University College London, UK – invited speaker
Fine-tuning costimulation blockade in autoimmunity
11:55 | David Wraith, University of Birmingham, UK – invited speaker
Antigen-specific immune intervention in long-haul autoimmune diseases
12:20 | Benjamin Jenkins, Swansea University, UK - selected short talk
Canagliflozin impairs T-cell effector function via metabolic suppression in autoimmunity
12:40 | David Copland, University of Bristol, UK - selected short talk
IL-23 drives uveitis by acting on a novel population of resident ocular T cells
13:00 | Lunch, posters and exhibition
SESSION 3 – Cancer Immunology
Chair(s): Gareth Jones & Michaela Gregorova, University of Bristol, UK
14:15 | Awen Gallimore, Cardiff University, UK – invited speaker
Breaking Down Multiple Barriers to Tumour Immunity: how to trigger the perfect storm?
14:40 | Maike De La Roche, University of Cambridge, UK – invited speaker
Hedgehog signalling in immune cells: novel biology and treatment opportunities
15:05 | Jessica Oliver, Cardiff University, UK - selected short talk
Investigating the impact of radiation on the immunopeptidome of colorectal cancer cell lines
15:25 | Hanin Alamir, University of Bristol, UK - selected short talk
TIM3 is a context-dependent co-regulator of cytotoxic T cell function
15:45 | Refreshment break, posters and exhibition
16:00 | Peter Openshaw, Imperial College London, UK – KEYNOTE SPEAKER
What we’ve learnt about immune inflammation and defence from studies of COVID
16:45 | Prizes and concluding remarks
17:00 | Networking reception
18:00 | Meeting close
Abstract submission
Abstract submission has now closed.
Registration
If one of the following categories apply to you, please contact meetings@immunology.org for a discount code prior to registering. For BSI members in the Early Career/Clinician in training, Postgraduate or Senior categories, your discount will be applied automatically if you are logged in to your account.
- Member - Discounted membership/rate
- Non-member - Postgraduate
- Non-member - Discounted
BSI member | Non-member | |
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Full | £30 | £55 |
Early Career/Clinician in training (read the criteria) | £30 | £55 |
Postgraduate (anyone studying a PhD or Masters) | £20 | £40* |
Senior (Retired) (read the criteria) | £20 | - |
Discounted membership/rate (read the criteria) | £20* | £40* |
Undergraduate (membership is free) | £10 | - |
Registration fees include VAT
*If this fee applies to you, please contact meetings@immunology.org for a discount code prior to registering.
BSI grants to support your attendance at this event
As part of our career development package, we have two grants available to BSI members to support your attendance at this event.
- BSI Regional & Affinity Group Conference Grants: BSI members can apply for up to £100 to contribute towards their travel costs in attending this conference. In this scheme, we have 10 grants available for this conference and they will be allocated on a first come, first served basis to eligible BSI members. Deadline: Monday 29 May. Find out more and apply.
- BSI Regional & Affinity Group Carers' Grants: BSI members can apply for up to £100 to contribute towards extra care arrangements costs they incur during the conference, for example, childcare costs, or for additional care for the applicant themselves. Deadline: Monday 29 May. Find out more and apply.