Seminar by Dr Ed Roberts 'BYOB: Organising Appropriate Gatherings in the Lymph Node'
This seminar will be held virtually via Zoom. This seminar is open only to members of Oxford University, register with a valid Oxford University email address at https://medsci.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIlduCvrTorEtHG4HsaRD-Yo550iJdpnXSZ
The immune system must simultaneously deal with both innocuous and harmful antigens that must be processed, transported to the lymph node and transferred to lymph node resident cells. These cells which remain distal to the site of challenge perform crucial functions in maintaining tolerance and in promoting robust immunity without access to the normal cues found at the challenge site. We have previously shown that migratory dendritic cells transfer tumour derived antigen at tight synapses to their lymph node resident counterparts but now using a novel reporter strain of Influenza A infection we have studied how information about an antigen’s background is co-transferred to these distal cells to keep a tight circuit between tissue and node. Furthermore we have investigated how this leads to the spread of tumour derived dysfunction to the lymph node.
Date: 21 February 2022, 12:00 (Monday, 6th week, Hilary 2022)
Venue: This seminar will be held virtually via Zoom. This seminar is open only to members of Oxford University, register with a valid Oxford University email address at https://medsci.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIlduCvrTorEtHG4HsaRD-Yo550iJdpnXSZ
Speaker: Dr Ed Roberts (University of Glasgow)
Organising department: Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS)
Organisers: Ellen Mobbs (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology), Dr Jelena Bezbradica (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology), Professor Irina Udalova (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Organiser contact email address: ellen.mobbs@kennedy.ox.ac.uk
Host: Dr Audrey Gerard (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Part of: Kennedy Institute Seminars
Booking required?: Not required
Booking url: https://medsci.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIlduCvrTorEtHG4HsaRD-Yo550iJdpnXSZ
Audience: Members of the University only
Editors: Elizabeth Thompson, Ellen Mobbs