Immunity and Disease: Events
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Archive Seminars
| Date | Speaker | Title | Room | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 27 Oct 2005 | Prof Paul Crocker | The sweet side of immune recognition: siglecs (sialic acid binding lg lectins) as adhesion and signalling molecules | L7CR | 12.30-1.30 pm |
| Thu 30 Nov 2006 | Professor Berent Prakken [University Medical Centre, Utrecht] | Peptide therapy for rheumatoid arthritis | L7CR | 12.30 pm |
| Thu 7 Dec 2006 | Professor Siamon Gordon [University of Oxford] | Macrophage receptors: role in innate and acquired immunity | L7CR | 12.30 pm |
| Thu 11 Jan 2007 | Professor Ken Smith [University of Cambridge] | Susceptibility to autoimmune disease: lessons from mice and patients | L7CR | 12.30 pm |
| Thu 18 Jan 2007 | Dr Cassian Sitaru [applicant for lectureship] | Disruption of epithelial adhesion by autoantibodiies | L7CR | 2.45-3.45 pm |
| Dr Nasim Yousaf [applicant for lectureship] | Abnormal signalling by mutant TNFR1 associated with inflammation and potential role of ARTS-1/ERAP1 in cytokine receptor shedding and peptide processing | |||
| Thu 8 Feb 2007 | Dr Simon Davis [University of Oxford] | The T-cell surface - composition, organization, signalling | L7CR | 12.30 pm |
| Thu 15 Feb 2007 | Kirsten Berer [University of Aberdeen] | Breast is best: the autologous milk protein butyrophilin (BTN) induces a regulatory T cell response that cross-reacts with myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG). | L7CR | 12.30 pm |
| Thu 22 Mar 2007 | Dr Saj Mittal [Aberdeen Royal Infirmary] | Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma cells induce a local and a systemic regulatory T cell response | L7CR | 12.30 pm |
| Thu 19 Apr 2007 | Professor Andrew McMichael [John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford] | Anti virus T cells and emerging infections | L7CR | 12.30 pm |
| Thu 11 Oct 2007 | Aberdeen Immunological Group | Annual General Meeting | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 18 Oct 2007 | Dr Heping Xu [University of Aberdeen] | Complement activation in the retina | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 25 Oct 2007 | Dr Simon Davis [Nuffield Dept Clinical Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford] | The T-cell surface - composition, organization, signalling | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 1 Nov 2007 | Dr Andy Welch [University of Aberdeen] | From man to mouse: the role of imaging in translational research | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 15 Nov 2007 | Professor Augusto Litonjua [Channing Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, USA] | Can vitamin D deficiency explain the asthma epidemic? | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 22 Nov 2007 | Dr Jenny Woof [Division of Pathology and Neuroscience, University of Dundee Medical School] | Immunoglobulin-mediated defence mechanisms and how pathogenic bacteria fight back | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 29 Nov 2007 | Dr Gordon Brown | Innate Immunity: Insights from Dectin-1 | L7CR | 4 pm |
| Thu 24 Jan 2008 | Professor John Todd [Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge] | Genetics and mechanisms of autoimmune diabetes | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 31 Jan 2008 | Dr Isabel Crane [Department of Ophthalmology, University of Aberdeen] | Chemokines and chemokine receptors in Uveitis | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 14 Feb 2008 | Bone and Immunology joint seminar | Bone & Musculoskeletal Programme & Immunology & Inflammation Programme Research Day 14th Feb, Level 7 seminar room 12:00 – 12:30 Introduction, Rob Barker & Mike Rogers 12:30 – 13:00 sandwich lunch 13:00 – 14:30 Miep Helfrich: Biology of the osteoclast: a bone-eating macrophage Heather Wilson: SOCS proteins direct macrophage function in disease Fraser Coxon: Vesicular trafficking in osteoclast physiology and bone disease Lars Erwig: Macrophage phagosome maturation - Rab and Rho 14:30 – 15:00 coffee 15:00 – 16:30 Frank Ward: Soluble CTLA-4 – A novel regulatory mechanism Keith Thompson: Gamma,delta T cells and bone Mark Vickers: A role for Epstein-Barr virus and vitamin D in multiple sclerosis Cosimo De Bari: Stem cells in skeletal homeostasis, remodelling and repair Janet Liversidge: What’s hot in flow cytometry! 16:30 general discussion EVERYONE WELCOME ! http://www.abdn.ac.uk/ims/bone/ http://www.abdn.ac.uk/ims/immunology/ | L7CR | 12-5 pm |
| Thu 13 Mar 2008 | Professor Eddy Liew [Department of Immunology, University of Glasgow] | Interleukins in immunity and inflammation | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 17 Apr 2008 | Professor Ken Reid [MRC Immunochemistry Unit, University of Oxford] | Collectins - proteins of innate immunity, with potential as therapeutics for infection and inflammation | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 8 May 2008 | One-Day Symposium | Th17 Immunity: New Horizons for Inflammatory Disorders. | L7CR | 12.45 - 6 pm |
| Luigina Romani - University of Perugia; | ||||
| Mon 12 May 2008 | Professor Paul McMenamin [University of Western Australia] | Planet Eye | L7CR | 4-5 pm |
| Joint Opthalmology / Immunology Seminar | ||||
| Thu 19 Jun 2008 | Professor Brian Sutton | IgE-receptor interactions as a target for intervention in allergy and asthma | L7CR | 1-2pm |
| Thu 28 Aug 2008 | Dr Raif Yucel [Flow Cytometry Facility Manager] | Analytical flow cytometry: Powerful tool for basic and applied research | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Dr Phil Cash [Section of Immunology & Infection] | Recent developments in proteome analysis | |||
| Thu 11 Sep 2008 | Professor Judith Allen [Institute of Immunology & Infection Research, University of Edinburgh] | The many faces of alternatively-activated macrophages: lessons from helminth infection models | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Tue 30 Sep 2008 | Dr Ruth Murray | Technology overview: Apoptosios - Is your research dead or dying? | L5CR | 12.30 pm |
| Thu 2 Oct 2008 | Aberdeen Immunology Group annual meeting | Programme to be announced | L7CR | all day |
| Thu 9 Oct 2008 | Senior Lectureship in Immunology ~ Candidate Presentations | Dr John Reynolds (Imperial College London) "Induction of antigen-specific tolerance for the treatment of autoimmune disease" ........ Dr Nick Underhill-Day (University of Birmingham) "Cutting through the haze: Insights into GP130 cytokine signalling mechanisms" ........ Dr Barbara Metzler (Novartis Institutes for BioMed Res) "Exploring central and peripheral mechanisms of tolerance and regulation in autoimmunity and transplantation" ........ Dr Neil Young (University of Cambridge "Leucocyte lg-like receptors - linking innate and adaptive immunity" | L7CR | 12-2 pm |
| Wed 15 Oct 2008 | Scottish Stem Cell network 1-day Symposium | Stem Cell and Immunology | L7CR | all day |
| Thu 6 Nov 2008 | Professor Marina Botto [Rheumatology Department, Imperial College London] | Lupus and complement deficiency: insights from knockout mice | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 13 Nov 2008 | Professor Paul Garside [Centre for Biophotonics, Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde] | Visualising and analysing immune responses in real time in vivo | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 27 Nov 2008 | Dr Silvia Wehmeier[University of Aberdeen] | Importance of bacterial cell envelope components in chronic intracellular infection | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 4 Dec 2008 | Professor Graham Anderson [MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Birmingham Medical School] | Development of the thymic medulla and establishing T-cell tolerance | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 8 Jan 2009 | Immunology Research Showcase | Programme circulated | L7CR | 1.30 - 4.30 pm |
| Thu 22 Jan 2009 | Professor Peter Beverley, The Jenner Institute, University of Oxford | Immunological memory in time and space | L7CR | 1-2pm |
| Thu 19 Feb 2009 | Dr Simon Wong [Division of Applied Medicine, University of Aberdeen] | Adjuvant properties of a meningitis B vaccine | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 5 Mar 2009 | Professor Jim Kaufman [Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge] | Pathogen resistance, gene co-evolution and the birth of an adaptive immune system: the bird's eye view | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 19 Mar 2009 | Dr Frank Thies [Section of Translational Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen] | Anti-inflammatory properties of n-3 PUFA: relevance to artheorosclerosis | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 30 Apr 2009 | Professor Paul Kaye [Immunology and Infection Unit, Hull York Medical School and Department of Biology, University of York] | The dynamics of immune regulation during experimental leishmaniasis | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 7 May 2009 | Half-Day Symposium | Immune-based therapeutics: from bench to bedside | L7CR | 11.00 - 4.30 pm |
| Thu 28 May 2009 | Professor John Semple [St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto] | Understanding the pathogenesis of immune-mediated thrombocytopenia | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 4 Jun 2009 | Professor Andrew Bowie [School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin] | Insights into innate immune signalling from viral evasion studies | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 2 Jul 2009 | Dr Donna MacCallum [School of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen] | Modelling fungal infection: the kidney and Candida albicans infection outcome | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 10 Sep 2009 | Dr Frank Ward [Immunology and Infection, University of Aberdeen] | Soluble CTLA-4: a solution in search of a problem? | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 1 Oct 2009 | Professor Maggie Harnett [Biomedical Research Centre, University of Glasgow] | Capturing signalling events in the immune system in situ | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 22 Oct 2009 | Dr Neil Young | Leucocyte Ig-like receptors - linking innate and adaptive immunity | L5CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 29 Oct 2009 | Dr Denise Kelly [Rowett Institute of Nutrition & Health, Gut Health, University of Aberdeen] | Gut Microbiota and Mucosal Immune Regulation | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 5 Nov 2009 | BSI Aberdeen Immunology Group | Annual General Meeting | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 12 Nov 2009 | Professor Graham Devereaux, Dr Helen MacDonald, Professor Mark Vickers [University of Aberdeen] | Vitamin D and disease | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 26 Nov 2009 | Joint Microbiology and Immunology Meeting | Immunity and Infection Forum | L7CR | 11.30-4.30 pm |
| Thu 3 Dec 2009 | Dr Claudia Mauri [Centre for Rheumatology Research, University College London] | Regulatory B cells: translation from experimental models of autoimmunity to patients with rheumatic diseases | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 17 Dec 2009 | Professor Colin Brooks [Institute of Cell and Molecular Biosciences, University of Newcastle | Mouse natural killer cell receptors | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 21 Jan 2010 | Aberdeen Immunological Group | Immunology Showcase | L7CR | 1.30 - 4.30 pm |
| Thu 11 Feb 2010 | Professor Allan Mowat [Biomedical Research Centre, University of Glasgow] | Intestinal macrophages in health and inflammation | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 11 Mar 2010 | Dr Alexandra Godlee [National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London] | CANCELLED | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 29 Apr 2010 | Mini Symposium | Friend or Foe - Infection and the Immune System | L7CR | 11-4 pm |
| Thu 6 May 2010 | Dr Steve Watson [Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham] | Novel mechanisms of platelets activation of relevance to haemostasis and lymphatic development | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Joint seminar with Aberdeen Vascular Group | ||||
| Thu 13 May 2010 | Professor Joel Swanson [Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School] | The co-ordination of signaling for phagocytosis | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 27 May 2010 | Dr David Sansom [MRC Centre for Immune Regulation, University of Birmingham] | How does CTLA-4 regulate T cell responses? - the great immunology rip-off! | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 3 Jun 2010 | Professor Teunis Geijtenbeek [Center for Experimental and Molecular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam] | C-type lectins in infection and immunity: the importance of sugar flavours | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Mon 13 Sep 2010 | Dr William Horsnell [Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town] | How immune and non-immune cells protect against parasitic nematode infections | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 30 Sep 2010 | Mr Christopher McKenzie and Dr Claire Whyte | WAYWO (What are you working on) Session | L5CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 21 Oct 2010 | Ms Alexandra Clark and Dr Judith Bain | WAYWO Session | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 28 Oct 2010 | Professor Christian Münz [Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zürich] | Priming of protective and tumor specific T cell responses in mice with human immune system components | L5CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 4 Nov 2010 | Professor Arne Akbar [Department of Immunology and Molecular Pathology, University College London] | Decreased cutaneous immunosurveillance during ageing: predisposition to malignancy and infection? | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 11 Nov 2010 | Professor Eleanor Riley [Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine] | T cell mediated immunoregulation of murine and human malaria infections: 1L-10 and Tregs | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 18 Nov 2010 | Dr Barry Lewis and Ms Izabelle Klaska | WAYWO Session | L7CR | 1-2pm |
| Thu 25 Nov 2010 | Dr Steve Watson [Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Birmingham] | Novel mechanisms of platelet activation of relevance to haemostasis and lymphatic development | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 2 Dec 2010 | Dr Lindsay Cairns and Dr Keith Thompson | WAYWO Session | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 16 Dec 2010 | Professor Stephen Durham [National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London] | Immune tolerance in Allergy: state of the Art | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 3 Feb 2011 | Dr Andrew S MacDonald [Institute of Immunology & Infection Research, University of Edinburgh] | Th2 induction by dendritic cells: lessons from pathogens | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Wed 2 Mar 2011 | Richard Hansen | Exploring the microbiota of paediatric inflammatory bowel disease | L5CR | 4-5 pm |
| Markus Franz | Molecular mechanisms of latent mycobacterium tuberculosis infections and novel antibacterial treatment strategies | |||
| Thu 3 Mar 2011 | Professor William Harnett [Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde] | ES-62: a parasitic helminth product with therapeutic potential against allergic and autoimmune diseases | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 17 Mar 2011 | Lekh Dahal and Paul Lockhead | WAYWO Seminar | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 31 Mar 2011 | Kathrin Mertens and Koju Kamoi | WAYWO Seminar | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Wed 6 Apr 2011 | Kanya Preechasuth | Immunological and Physical Properties of Candida albicans Cell Wall | L5CR | 4pm |
| Dr Angela Patterson | Heparan Sulphate Proteoglycans in Healthy and Diseased Colon | |||
| Thu 28 Apr 2011 | Heather Wassall and Simon Vautier | WAYWO Seminar | L5CR | 1-2 pm |
| Wed 4 May 2011 | Dr Jun Zou | Fish antiviral sensing anfd interferon response | L5CR | 4-5 pm |
| Rebecca Drummond | The role of pattern recognition receptors in C. albicans specific immunity | |||
| Thu 5 May 2011 | Half-day Symposium | Limping or Sprinting - progress in understanding and treating rheumatoid arthritis | L7CR | 12.30 - 5.30 pm |
| Speakers: | Professor Mike Ehrenstein [Centre for Rheumatology, University College London]: Professor Yuti Chernajovsky [Bone and Joint Research Unit Barts]: Professor Hill Gaston [Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge]: Professor Rikard Holmdahl [Division of Medical Inflammation Research, Karolinska Institute] | |||
| Thu 12 May 2011 | Bev Minter and Corina Bobu | WAYWO Seminar | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 19 May 2011 | Professor Brigitta Stockinger [Division of Molecular Immunology, MRC National Institute for Medical Research] | Plasticity of 1L-17 responses in inflammation | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 26 May 2011 | Michael Kalogeropoulos and Gayathri Devarajan | WAYWO Seminar | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Mon 30 May 2011 | Dr Helen Goodrige [IBD and Immunobiology Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles] | Tuning out the noise - sensing intact microbes amidst the microbial debris | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 2 Jun 2011 | Professor Douglas Young [Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Imperial College London] | Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Immunology and Evolution | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 9 Jun 2011 | Wendy Pickford and Natasha Whibley | WAYWO Seminar | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Tue 14 Jun 2011 | Professor John Semple [St Michaels Hospital, University of Toronto] | Animal models for the study of immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) | L7CR | 12.30 pm |
| Thu 30 Jun 2011 | Professor Jurgen Ruland [institute for Molecular Immunology, Technical University of Munich] | ITAM Receptor Signalling in Innate Immunity | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 8 Sep 2011 | Professor David Williams [Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennesse State University] | The Candida albicans cell wall: a dynamic and adaptable organelle | L5CR | 1-2pm |
| JOINT IMMUNOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGY SEMINAR | ||||
| Thu 29 Sep 2011 | Professor Caetano Reis e Sousa [London Research Institute, Cancer Research UK] | Innate regulation of immunity by dendritic cells | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 6 Oct 2011 | Dr Victor Tybulewicz [National Institute for Medical Research, Medical Research Council] | B cell survival and tonic B cell receptor signaling | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 27 Oct 2011 | Dr Raymond Steptoe [Diamantina Institute, University of Queensland, Australia] | Induction of amnesia: 'turning off' T-cell memory | L7CR | 1-2 pm |
| Thu 24 Nov 2011 | Dr Simon Powis [School of Medicine, University of St Andrews] | MHC class I molecules in dimeric form. Are they involved in antigen presentation and ankylosing spondylitis? [Host: Simon Wong] | L7CR | 11am - 12:00 |
| Thu 24 Nov 2011 | Dr. John McCafferty [Department of Biochemistry,University of Cambridge] | Recombinant antibodies in research and medicine [Host: Prof Andy Porter] | L7 CR | 12:45 - 1:45pm |