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The BSI Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Tayside, and West of Scotland Immunology Groups welcome you to join us at the Perth Concert Hall on Thursday 27 March 2025 for our fourth Scottish Immunology Groups Network (SIGNET) joint symposium. SIGNET is a full-day in-person symposium which aims to bring together immunologists from across Scotland to share research, foster new collaborations and encourage networking.
We are pleased to welcome two invited keynote speakers, Professor Sarina Ravens (Hannover Medical School, Germany) and Professor David Sansom (University College London, UK). The meeting will also feature invited talks from researchers in each BSI Regional Group.
A strong focus of SIGNET is promoting early career researchers. Six oral presentations from postdocs/PhD students have been selected from submitted abstracts in addition to the poster session, which will include prizes!
Join us in March to catch up with old friends and meet some new colleagues from across the Scottish immunology community.
Please follow @bsicongress and check the event hashtag #SIGNET2025 for updates.
Programme
09:00 | Registration
09:40| Welcome
SESSION 1
Chairs: Dr Becca Belmonte (University of Edinburgh, UK) and Alex Young (University of Glasgow, UK)
09:50 | Keynote speaker: Professor Sarina Ravens (Hannover Medical School, Germany)
γδ T cells in neonatal immune surveillance
10.30 | SONY sponsored talk: Dr Tom Fenton (University of Glasgow, UK)
39-parameter spectral cytometry analysis of Crohn's Disease PBMCs using the Sony ID7000
10.45 | Invited speaker: Professor Nicola Ternette (University of Dundee, UK)
How immunopeptidomics is shaping next generation immunotherapies in cancer
11:10 | Refreshment break
SESSION 2
Vignesh Jayaraman (University of Edinburgh, UK) and Dr Linda Sinclair (University of Dundee, UK)
11:40 | Selected abstract talk: Anna Ahlback (University of Glasgow, UK)
A mouse commensal drives protection against DSS colitis via CD4+ T cells
11:50 | Selected abstract talk: Dr Amanpreet Singh Chawla (University of Dundee, UK)
Developmental rewiring of the TCR signalosome in natural intestinal Intraepithelial T lymphocytes
12:00 | Selected abstract talk: Ryan Devlin (Cancer Research UK Scotland Institute, UK)
Acute influenza infection drives a transient pro-tumoral state in the lungs
12:10 | Invited speaker: Dr Michael Morgan (University of Aberdeen, UK)
Single-cell genetics reveals cell state drivers of immune-mediated disease
12:35 | Lunch (poster session 13:10-14:00 - please stand at your posters during this time)
SESSION 3
Samuele Di Carmine (University of Dundee, UK) and Dr Indrani Mukhopadhya (University of Aberdeen, UK)
14:00 | Selected abstract talk: Dr Graham Heieis (Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands)
Interrogating immuno-metabolic underpinnings of the anti-malaria response during controlled human infection
14:10 | Selected abstract talk: Dr David Duneau (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Neutrophil diurnal ageing is regulated by prostaglandins
14:20 | Selected abstract talk: Neve Elisa Read (University of Aberdeen, UK)
PTP1B blockade rewires macrophage metabolism to drive breast cancer growth
14:30 | Invited speaker: Dr Phil Spence (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Long-lived mechanisms of disease tolerance provide an alternative strategy of acquired immunity to malaria
14:55 | Refreshment break
SESSION 4
Dr Matthew Burgess (University of Aberdeen, UK) and Dr Anna Heawood (University of Glasgow, UK)
15:25 | Invited speaker: Dr Kendle Maslowski (Cancer Research UK Institute, Scotland, UK)
Fighting fire with fire: mechanisms of Salmonella as a cancer therapy
15:50 | Keynote speaker: Professor David Sansom (University College London, UK)
Understanding the CD28-CTLA-4 pathway: a thermostat for T cell immunity
16:30 | Closing remarks and poster prizes
16:45 | Networking reception and posters
17:45 | Close
Registration
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BSI members benefit from reduced registration fees at this meeting and other BSI events, as well as free access to our journals, grants, career development activities and much more. You can sign up to become a member online. For current BSI members, your reduced fee will be applied automatically if you are logged in to your account. All fees include VAT.
| 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 | - |
*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: Thursday 6 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: Thursday 6 March 2025. Find out more and apply.
Abstract submission
Abstract submission is now closed.
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