Division of Infection and Immunity

Dates for Academic session 2014/2015

This meeting is held monthly during term time - usually the third Thursday of the month at 4pm.

The format of the meeting is a presenting group of 3 speakers, each talking for 25 mins plus question time, and introduced by a representative or head of the research group.

UP coming confirmed meetings will be on:

Thursday 26th February, 4pm, Bloomsbury

Host: Dr Stuart Neil, King's College London

Thursday 26th March, 4pm, Bloomsbury

Host: Prof Charles Bangham, Imperial College, London

Thursday 21st May, 4pm, Bloomsbury

Host: Professor Paul Lehner, University of Cambridge

Academic Session 2012/13

17 September
Dr Katrina Pollock, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Title: HIV and TB: dual pandemics, dual impact on T-cell immunity.

24 September
Professor Rose Zamoyska, Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh
Title: Why do immune responses turn bad? Genetic influences that predispose to autoimmunity.

1 October
Dr David Horn, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Title: RNAi libraries for high throughput phenotyping and drug resistance screening in the African trypanosome.

8 October
Dr Lindsay Nicholson, School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol
Title: Target organ modulation of autoimmune disease.

11 October
Dr Jessica Strid, Imperial College London
Title: The lymphoid stress-surveillance response: might we be allergic to cancer?

15 October
Professor Ziad Mallat, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Cambridge
Title: Targeting B Cell Responses in cardiovascular disease.

22 October
Dr Kevin Bryson, Bioinformatics Group, Dept of Computer Science, UCL
Title: Systems biology modelling of streptococcus quorum sensing – from atomic level to population level modelling.

25 October
Dr Lucy Dorrell, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford
Title: Effective immune control of HIV - lessons from the 99%.

29 October
Dr Becca Asquith, Dept of Medicine, Imperial College London
Title: The efficiency of the CD8+ T cell response to persistent viral infection: mathematical insights into immune function.

5 November
Dr Joe Jarvis, Hospital for Tropical Diseases/London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Title: Novel strategies for treatment and prevention of HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis.

8 November
Professor Tim Elliott, University of Southampton
Title: The importance od MHC protein dynamics for antigen presenting function.

12 November
Dr Henry A F Stephens, Consultant Clinical Scientist and Honorary Senior Lecturer UCL Centre for Nephrology and the Anthony Nolan Laboratories Royal Free London NHS Foundation

19 November
Professor Paul Klenerman, Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, University of Oxford
Title: Liver-loving T Cells

22 November
Dr Matt Reeves, University of Cambridge
Title:Human cytomegalovirus latency and reactivation: Exploiting a successful exit strategy.

26 November
Professor Helen McShane, Jenner Institute, University of Oxford
Title: Global progress in TB vaccine development.

6 December
Professor Philip Taylor, Cardiff Institute of Infection & Immunity
Title: Macrophage heterogeneity and renewal during inflammation.

6 December
Professor David Mosser, University of Maryland
Title: Macrophage heterogeneity in infectious and inflammatory diseases.

10 December
Dr Ben Killingley, University of Nottingham
Title: Influenza transmission - a challenging subject.

14 January
Professor Jonathan Stoye, Division of Virology, MRC National Institute for Medical Research
Title: Capsid binding by retroviral restriction factors.

21 January
Dr Andres Cimarelli, Department of Human Virology, Ecole Normale Superiore Lyons
Title: Myeloid cells and restrictions to primate lentivrial infection.

28 January
Professor Vincent Piguet, Institute of Infection & Immunity, Cardiff University and University Hospital of Wales
Title: Dendritic Cell-T cell transmission of HIV across the Virological Synapse.

4 February
Professor Andrew Sewell, Institute of Infection & Immunity, Cardiff University and University Hospital Wales
Title: A systems view of recognition by the T cell receptor provides multiple opportunities for rational therapeutic interventions in cancer, infection and automimmunity.

8 February
Professor Benedict Seddon, NIMR
Title: Further Education for adolescent T agers.

11 February,
Professor Anne O'Garra, MRC National Institute for Medical Research
Title:The immune response in tuberculosis: from mouse models to human disease.
14 February
Professor Wolfgang Uckert , Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin
Title: TCR Gene Therapy: Improving Safety and Efficiency.

18 February
Professor Marina Lusic, Molecular Medicine Lab, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Trieste
Title: The role of nuclear topology in the regulation of HIV-1 integration and transcription.

21 February
Dr Marek Slomka, Dr Wendy Howard and Dr Scott Reid, Virology Department, Animal Health & Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge
Titles:
Dr Wendy Howard: Evolutionary dynamics of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in Romania;
Dr Scott Reid: Detection of Infectious Bronchitis Virus (QX strains) in poultry flocks in the United Kingdom; and
Dr Marek Slomka: Investigation of cross-species transmission of a water-fowl isolate of H5N2 low pathogenicity avian influenza virus from infected ducks to chickens and turkeys.

25 February
Dr Ian Taylor, Division of Molecular Structure, MRC Institute for Medical Research
Title: Structure and mechanism fo teh HIV-1 restriction factor, SAMHD1.

4 March
Professor Massimo Palmarini, MRC- University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research
Title: Taking Europe by storm: Schmallenberg Virus.

11 March
Speaker: Professor Farzin Farzaneh, Department of Haematological Medicine, Kings College London

13 March
Professor Johannes Krause, University of Tübingen
Title: Ancient Pathogen Genomics: the genome of the Black Death

14 March
POSTGRADUATE CLUB
Speakers from the Wellcome Trust: Sarah Molton (Senior Business Analyst, Technology Transfer Division), Jen Middleton (Senior Media Officer), Emily Richardson (Science Portfolio Advisor), and
Tom Ziessen (Senior Public Engagement Adviser)
Title: Biomedical career paths beyond the bench.

18 March
Professor Carmen Molina-Paris, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Leeds

11 April
Dr Boghuma Titanji, Department of Infection
Title: MPhil/PhD Transfer: Investigating the impact of protease inhibitors on the cell-to-cell spread of HIV-1 variants.

15 April
Professor Jane McKeating, Institute of Biomedical Research, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham
Title: The ins and outs of hepatitis C virus.

22 April
Speaker: Professor Ashley Moffett, Division of Immunology, University of Cambridge
Title: Do NK cells have a role in the success of human pregnancy?

25 April
Dr Gavin Bendle, University of Birmingham
Title: Advancing the development of adoptive immunotherapy of cancer.

29 April
Dr Michelle West, University of Sussex
Title: Looping the loop with Epstein-Barr virus: epigenetic reprogramming through the control of chromatin architecture.

7 May
Dr Nilu Goonetilleke, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford
Title: CD8  T cell studies in acute HIV-1 infection.

13 May
Dr Alexander Drakesmith, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford
Title: The iron hormone hepcidin and its role in anaemia, malaria, and HCV.

16 May
VIRTUAL VIROLOGY
Host: Prof Aine McKnight, Dr Richard Sloan, Dr Kelly Marno and Ms Ana Guerrero-Alonso (The Blizard Institute, Barts and the London Medical School,Queen Mary University of London)
Speaker 1: Dr Richard Sloan: The influence of IFITMs on HIV replication
Speaker 2: Dr Kelly Marno: RNA-associated Early-stage Anti-viral Factor (REAF) inhibits human and simian immunodeficiency viruses
Speaker 3: Ms Ana Guerrero-Alonso: Activity of the anti-viral RNA polymerase II associated factor 1 complex PAF1c

20 May
Professor Robert Read, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton
Title: Neisseria meningitidis – colonisation and invasion.

3 June
Dr Darius Armstrong-James, Fungal Disease Immunobiology, Imperial College London
Title: The role of calcineurin signalling in innate antifungal immunity.

4 June
Professor Robin May, Institute of Microbiology & Infection and the School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham
Title: Host-pathogen interactions during invasive fungal infections.

6 June
Professor Philip Askenase, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine
Title: Nano Immuno Genetic Regulation by Suppressor T Cell Exosome miRNA.

6 June
Professor Giovanna Lombardi, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre - Transplant Theme, Kings College London
Title: The long and winding road towards clinical transplantation tolerance...

6 June
Dr Andrew Yates, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York
Title: Life choices for T cells - decision making and optimal strategies from development to maturity.

10 June
Dr Julia Garcia Prado, IrsiCaixa Institute for AIDS Research
Title: HIV vs Houdini: in the search of the best escapologist

11 June
Dr Nicholas E Peters (Imperial College London)
Title: New lessons from Vaccinia virus - DNA sensing and Hypoxia.

17 June
Dr Menna Clatworthy, Cambridge Immunology Network, University of Cambridge
Title: Antibodies shape immune highways and DC trafficking.

20 June
VIRTUAL VIROLOGY
Host: Professor Steve Goodbourn, Dr Craig Ross, and Dr Kay Childs, Division of Basic Medical Sciences, St George's (University of London)
Speaker 1: Professor Steve Goodbourn Title: Interfering with interferon; viruses fight back
Speaker 2: Dr Craig Ross Title: Structure of interferon-inducing PAMPs generated by paramyxovirus infections
Speaker 3: Dr Kay Childs Title: Regulation of RNA helicases by paramyxovirus accessory proteins

24 June
Speaker: Professor Polly Roy (LSHTM)
Title: Phased replication by Bluetongue virus and its application to vaccine design.

1 July
Dr Tao Dong, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford
Title: Identification of key factors determining anti-viral efficacy in HIV infection.

8 July
Dr Katja Simon, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford
Title: Clearing the cellular debris, novel roles for autophagy in the hematopoietic system.

Academic Session 2011/12

Academic Session 2010/2011