Oxford Immunology Symposium 2025 | British Society for Immunology

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The BSI Oxford Immunology Group, in collaboration with the University of Oxford Immunology Network, is pleased to present a one-day showcase of the fantastic immunology research happening across Oxford. With a diverse range of disciplines and technologies on display across both adaptive and innate immunity, there will be plenty of opportunity for cross-disciplinary collaboration and networking. The BSI Oxford Immunology Group looks forward to welcoming you at the University of Oxford Mathematical Institute on Monday 24 March 2025.

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Programme

8:15 | Registration

9:00 | Welcome

Session 1: Mechanisms in innate immune function

9:15 | Invited speaker: Professor Frances Platt (University of Oxford, UK)
The role of the NPC cellular pathway in infection and immunity

09:45 | Selected short talk: Alexander Redmond (University of Oxford, UK)
The Soluble Isoform of the Type I Interferon Receptor is a Negative Regulator of Antiviral Gene Expression

10:00 | Selected short talk: Beining Li (University of Oxford, UK)
Interrogating the peptide-specificity of KIR with yeast display of HLA-C

10:15 | Refreshment break, posters and meet the exhibitors

10:45 | Selected short talk: Jinyi Zhao (University of Oxford, UK)
Trained immunity enhances monocyte-T-cell pathogenic crosstalk in Ankylosing Spondylitis

11:00 | Selected short talk: Shannon Nicole Russell (University of Oxford, UK)
Macrophage metabolic programming facilitates enhanced immune response in pancreatic cancer

11:15 | Invited speaker: Professor Petros Ligoxygakis (University of Oxford, UK)
Toll/NF-κB signalling regulates the Drosophila intestinal landscape

11:45 | Sponsor short talk: Dr Jeremy Fry (ProImmune)
Ankyrons™ - Next-generation target binding reagents beyond antibodies

12:00 | Lunch, posters and meet the exhibitors

Session 2: Mechanisms in adaptive immune function

13:15 | Invited speaker: Dr Kate Attfield (University of Oxford, UK)
Genome-wide analysis of Aquaporin-4-positive neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder and MOG antibody-associated disease: Insights into comorbidities and future therapeutic approaches

13:45 | Selected short talk: Professor Shoumo Bhattacharya (University of Oxford, UK)
“Bug-to-Drug”: Tick-inspired treatments for Type 1 Diabetes

14:00 | Selected short talk: Dana Costigan (University of Oxford, UK)
Iron deprivation counteracts systemic autoimmune inflammation caused by Treg depletion

14:15 | Selected short talk: Mohammad Umer Sharif Shohan (University of Oxford, UK)
CELLeBT: exploring physical B cell-T cell clonal interactions through single-cell multi-omics

14:30 | Invited speaker: Dr Pablo Céspedes Donoso (University of Oxford, UK)
Unravelling sialylation-dependent regulation of T-cell immunity: Harnessing human-specific research tools from the lymphoid organoid and explant research hub

15:00 | The Mark Asquith Memorial Award

| The Peter Medawar prize for immunology

15:15 | Refreshment break, posters and meet the exhibitors

Session 3: Interdisciplinary immunology

15:45 | Selected short talk: Dr Alastair Corbin (Pathios Therapeutics Limited, UK)
Targeting Acidic Immune Suppression in Cancer with PTT-4256: a first-in-class small molecule inhibitor of GPR65

16:00 | Selected short talk: Shawn Sun (University of Oxford, UK)
Characterising transcriptomic features of peripheral blood mononuclear cells to low pH at single-cell resolution

16:15 | Invited speaker: Professor Helen Byrne (University of Oxford, UK)
Mathematical Insights into Tumor-Immune Interactions: Navigating an Evolving Landscape

16:45 | Prizes and closing remarks

17:00 | Networking reception

18:00 | Event close

Registration

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	BSI member	Non-member
Full	£36	£75
Early Career/Clinician in training (read the criteria)	£36	£75
Postgraduate (anyone studying a PhD or Masters)	£24	£54*
Senior (retired) (read the criteria)	£24	£54
Discounted membership/rate (read the criteria)	£24*	£54*
Undergraduate (membership is free)	£12	-

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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 3 March 2025. 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 3 March 2025. Find out more and apply.