IIT external seminar | Dr Becca Asquith

Our next IIT external seminar is on the 26th of January with Dr Becca Asquith from Imperial College London: 

Title                    “KIRs, T cell dynamics, control of chronic virus infection and autoimmunity” 

Date                  – Thursday 26^th of January 2023

Speaker            – Dr Becca Asquith, Imperial College London.

Host                  – Benedict Seddon

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 Ben/Jenny Cowan)

                          – 17:00 drinks reception  

Summary of the Speaker’s work:   

I use a combination of theoretical and experimental technique to study human immunity. I am particularly interested in the CD8+ T cell response to persistent virus infections and how changes in the dynamics of our T cell response can affect clinical outcome. Current research interests include understanding the role of T stem cells in establishing and maintaining immune memory, investigating “unconventional” gamma delta T cells in humans and studying how immune receptors called KIRs determine the quality of our T cell response.

One-on-one meetings with the speaker can be organised via host/Jennifer Cowan.

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