IIT External Seminar Series | Dr Louisa James

Our next IIT external seminar is on the 5^th of January - face to face at the Pears, plus virtually via Teams. 

Dr Louisa James from the Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, will be speaking. All are welcome, details below: 

Title                    “Regulation of antibody production in the airway” 

Date                  – Thursday 5^th of January 2023

Speaker            – Dr Louisa James, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London.

Host                  – Pavel Tolar

Time                  – 12:00 Seminar 

Location           – Pears building Seminar room 207 plus virtual over teams.

                          – 13:00 lunch meeting with PhD students/postdocs/technicians 

                          – 14:00 meeting with PIs (please arrange via Pavel/Hanh)

                          – 17:00 drinks reception  

Summary of the Speaker’s work:   

Dr James is a Senior Lecturer in Immunology at the Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London. Her group examines human B cell biology in the context of inflammatory disease. By studying how immune memory is regulated and maintained, they aim to discover new approaches to manipulate B cell memory for therapeutic benefit. 

One-on-one meetings with the speaker can be organised via Pavel Tolar / Hanh (h.gurr@ucl.ac.uk).

PhD students and post-docs are encouraged to attend the lunch with the speaker following the seminar, please email Hanh (h.gurr@ucl.ac.uk) if you would like to attend.