IIT External Seminar: Prof Jessica Strid

For our next IIT external seminar, we will have Professor Jessica Strid from Imperial College London speaking about 'Immune surveillance in epithelial tissue and tumours'. 

Details

Title: ‘Immune surveillance in epithelial tissue and tumours’

Date: Thursday 10^th of November 2022  

Speaker: Professor Jessica Strid, Department of immunology and inflammation, Imperial College London.

Host: Steve Ley

Time: 12:00 Seminar 

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

14:00 meeting with PIs (please arrange via Steve Ley/Hanh)

17:00 drinks reception

Location: Pears building Seminar room 207 plus virtual over teams

Summary of speaker's work

Dr Jessica Strid is a Professor of Cellular Immunology at the Department of immunology and inflammation, Imperial College London, UK. Her laboratory studies immune surveillance at epithelial body surface tissues, such as the skin, with a focus on understanding the role of tissue resident and infiltrating immune cells in regulating epithelial cell homeostasis, repair and carcinogenesis.

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

Please contact Hanh Gurr (h.gurr@ucl.ac.uk) if you would like to join the seminar remotely (if the link does not work).  

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.

We recommend to wear face masks during the seminar.