Name: Renata Sojka
MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford

Events this person is organising:

Wednesday 10 April 2024 (-1st Week, Trinity Term)

From bulk to single cell: Leveraging Multiomics Data to Study Autoimmunity in the Era of Precision Medicine
Date: 10 April 2024, 13:30 - 14:30 (Wednesday, -1st week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Marina Sirota (University of California San Francisco)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Host: Anna Rozina (Rehwinkel Lab, University of Oxford)

Friday 3 May 2024 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

Transcriptomic studies in the human airways
Date: 3 May 2024, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Timothy Hinks (Oxford Respiratory Unit, NDM)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 10 May 2024 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

Genomics of vaccine response: Learning from COVID-19
Date: 10 May 2024, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, 3rd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Prof Julian Knight (Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 17 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

SARS-CoV-2 specific memory T cell response - 4 years after initial infection
Date: 17 May 2024, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Prof Tao Dong (CAMS Oxford Institute, University of Oxford), Dr Yanchun Peng (Dong Group, University of Oxford), Dr Elie Antoun (Dong Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 24 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

The effects of iron deficiency and repletion on adaptive immunity and vaccine response
Date: 24 May 2024, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Nicole Stoffel (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 31 May 2024 (6th Week, Trinity Term)

The role of Grb2 in B cell selection
Date: 31 May 2024, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, 6th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Jianwei Cui (Cornall Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 7 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals the presence of immature neutrophils in inflamed murine joints
Date: 7 June 2024, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Erinke van Grinsven (Udalova Lab, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 12 June 2024 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

Publishing science in Science: an editor’s perspective
Date: 12 June 2024, 13:30 - 14:30 (Wednesday, 8th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Sarah H. Ross (Associate Editor, Science)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Hal Drakesmith (WIMM HIU)

Friday 14 June 2024 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

Characterization of human lymphoid tissue CD8+ T cell subsets with potential roles in modulation of germinal center responses
Date: 14 June 2024, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, 8th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Quang Nguyen (Borrow Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 21 June 2024 (9th Week, Trinity Term)

Antimicrobial immunity and intestinal inflammation
Date: 21 June 2024, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, 9th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Prof Holm Uhlig (WIMM, HIU)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 28 June 2024 (10th Week, Trinity Term)

Engineering T cells with reduced cross-reactivity
Date: 28 June 2024, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, 10th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Jose Cabezas Caballero (Dushek Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 25 September 2024 (-2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Understanding dysregulation of antibody and immune memory responses to chronic viral infection
Date: 25 September 2024, 13:30 - 14:30 (Wednesday, -2nd week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Professor Kim Good-Jacobson (Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Australia)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 27 September 2024 (-2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Peptide Specific Immune Receptors
Date: 27 September 2024, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, -2nd week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Malcolm Sim (Centre for Immuno-Oncology, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 4 October 2024 (-1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Mechanobiology of early T-cell activation across scales from tissues down to cells and molecules
Date: 4 October 2024, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, -1st week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Prof Marco Fritzsche (Kennedy Institute for Rheumatology, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 11 October 2024 (0th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Endemics and pandemics: The development and testing of vaccines against outbreak pathogens
Date: 11 October 2024, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, 0th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Dr Katrina Pollock (Oxford Vaccine Group, University of Oxford), Daniel Wright (Oxford Vaccine Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 18 October 2024 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Engineering Proximity-Induced Signaling: Novel Approaches to Modulate Immune Checkpoints and Receptor Tyrosine Kinases
Date: 18 October 2024, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Dr Victoria Junghans (Fernandes Group, University of Oxford), Dr Christina Heroven (Fernandes Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 25 October 2024 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Mitochondrial RNA is a danger signal and triggers innate immunity via ZBP1
Date: 25 October 2024, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Anna Rozina (Rehwinkel Lab, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 1 November 2024 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Targeting HLA-E for translation
Date: 1 November 2024, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Dr Hongbing Yang (University of Oxford), Max Quastel (Gillespie / McMichael Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 8 November 2024 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Engineering TCR-controlled Fuzzy Logic into CAR T Cells Enhances Therapeutic Specificity
Date: 8 November 2024, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Sooraj Achar (Dustin Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 15 November 2024 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Longitudinal bone and immune aging morbidities among adolescents living with perinatal HIV/CMV coinfection in Zimbabwe and Zambia
Date: 15 November 2024, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Dr Anthony Hsieh (Rowland-Jones Group, University of Oxford), Dr Lisha Jeena (Rowland-Jones Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 22 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Can infection confer protection? Identifying determinants of response and toxicity to checkpoint immunotherapy
Date: 22 November 2024, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Professor Benjamin Fairfax (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 29 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

A therapeutic atlas of inflammatory bowel disease
Date: 29 November 2024, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Professor Calliope Dendrou (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 4 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The co-inhibitory receptor TIGIT promotes tissue protection and repair
Date: 4 December 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Wednesday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Professor Nicole Joller (Department of Quantitative Biomedicine, the University of Zurich)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: Prof Jan Rehwinkel ((Radcliffe Department of Medicine) University of Oxford), Dr Ross Chapman (University of Oxford)

Friday 6 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Title TBC
Date: 6 December 2024, 9:15 - 10:15 (Friday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Davis Group (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 29 January 2025 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

Title TBC
Date: 29 January 2025, 13:30 - 14:30 (Wednesday, 2nd week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Dr Simon Cleary (King's College London)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Host: Prof David Jackson (WIMM HIU)

Wednesday 30 April 2025 (15th Week, Hilary Term)

Title TBC
Date: 30 April 2025, 13:30 - 14:30 (Wednesday, 15th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Dr Andreas Wack (The Francis Crick Institute, London)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Ling-Pei Ho (University of Oxford)