The intersection of nutrition and infection at the host-microbe interface
This seminar will be held using Zoom. Please register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIsceuqqjsjHNRxj7KxJe7BsCRJLKav7I8Q
Cells require nutrient metal to carry out essential biochemical processes. This requirement is something that the immune system has exploited to defend against infection by restricting microbial access to metal. This process of nutrient restriction during infection is called “nutritional immunity”. Bacterial pathogens evolved elaborate mechanisms to circumvent nutritional immunity and acquire metal during infection. This struggle for nutrient metal impacts microbial virulence as well as the immune response of the host, profoundly impacting the outcome of host-pathogen interactions. In this talk I will cover aspects of nutritional immunity and microbial countermeasures that are relevant to infectious diseases.
Date: 26 April 2021, 15:00 (Monday, 1st week, Trinity 2021)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: This seminar will be held using Zoom. Please register here: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIsceuqqjsjHNRxj7KxJe7BsCRJLKav7I8Q
Speaker: Prof Eric Skaar (Vanderbilt Institute of Infection)
Organising department: Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS)
Organisers: Dr Jelena Bezbradica (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology), Jennifer Pope (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology), Professor Irina Udalova (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Organiser contact email address: jennifer.pope@kennedy.ox.ac.uk
Host: Dr Jelena Bezbradica (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Part of: Kennedy Institute Seminars
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIsceuqqjsjHNRxj7KxJe7BsCRJLKav7I8Q
Audience: Public
Editor: Jennifer Pope