Name: Doris Chan
Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology

Events this person is organising:

Monday 17 July 2023 (13th Week, Trinity Term)

"Microbiome and cell death mediated regulation of inflammatory immunity " Professor Tracy McGaha
Date: 17 July 2023, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 13th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Prof Tracy McGaha (University of Toronto)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology), Wilby Chaplin (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology), Jo Silva (NDORMS)
Host: Richard Williams (University of Oxford)

Monday 24 July 2023 (14th Week, Trinity Term)

How does CD45 signal?
Date: 24 July 2023, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 14th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Dr Hayley Sharpe (Babraham Institute, Cambridge)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Jo Silva (NDORMS), Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology), Dr Audrey Gérard (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Audrey Gérard (University of Oxford)

Monday 4 September 2023 (20th Week, Trinity Term)

A collaborative approach to mapping the distribution of cell surface proteins
Date: 4 September 2023, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 20th week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Professor Dylan Owen (Universitiy of Birmingham)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology), Jo Silva (NDORMS)
Host: Michael Dustin (Kennedy Institute, University of Oxford)

Monday 11 September 2023 (21st Week, Trinity Term)

T cells as regulators of germinal center kinetics
Date: 11 September 2023, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 21st week, Trinity 2023)
Speaker : Prof Johanne Tracey Jacobsen (University of Oslo)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Jo Silva (NDORMS), Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Tal Arnon (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Thursday 21 September 2023 (-2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Breakdown of tolerance to self drives atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
Date: 21 September 2023, 11:00 - 12:00 (Thursday, -2nd week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Prof Klaus Ley (Augusta University)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology), Jo Silva (NDORMS)
Host: Professor Claudia Monaco (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3)

Monday 25 September 2023 (-1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Aspergillus infection and inflammation in Cystic Fibrosis
Date: 25 September 2023, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, -1st week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Prof Adilia Warris (University of Exeter)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology), Jo Silva (NDORMS)
Host: Dr Jethro Johnson (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 2 October 2023 (0th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Population-scale metabolomic and genomic prediction of common diseases
Date: 2 October 2023, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 0th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Dr Jeffrey Barrett (Chief Scientific Officer of Nightingale Health)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology), Jo Silva (NDORMS)
Host: Dr Yang Luo (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 16 October 2023 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Vaccine modalities for more effective immunisation
Date: 16 October 2023, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Dr Anita Milicic (Group Leader, Vaccine Formulation and Adjuvants)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Jelena Bezbradica (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 23 October 2023 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Autoimmune connective tissue diseases - intracellular DNA/RNA sensing
Date: 23 October 2023, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Prof Bent Deleuran (Aarhus University)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Prof Lynn Dustin (NDORMS)

Monday 30 October 2023 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Targeting TCR and Co-Receptor Signaling in T Cell-Mediated Immunity
Date: 30 October 2023, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Dr Ricardo Fernandes (Nuffield Department of Medicine - University of Oxford)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Audrey Gerard (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 13 November 2023 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Epi-microRNA mediated metabolic remodelling ensures affinity maturation
Date: 13 November 2023, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Dr Dinis Calado (Senior Group Leader, The Francis Crick Institute (London, UK))
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Alexander Clarke (Kennedy Institute, University of Oxford)

Monday 20 November 2023 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Metabolic regulation of T cell signalling and function
Date: 20 November 2023, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Dr Joy Edwards-Hicks (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Alexander Clarke (Kennedy Institute, University of Oxford)

Monday 27 November 2023 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Commercialising research by creating newco’s with OSE
Date: 27 November 2023, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker s: Claire Brown (Oxford Science Enterprises), Craig Fox (Oxford Science Enterprises), Sally Dewhurst (Oxford Science Enterprises), Katharina Ramshorn (Oxford Science Enterprises), Sanne de Jongh (Oxford Science Enterprises)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Professor Kim Midwood (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 4 December 2023 (9th Week, Michaelmas Term)

DNA fragility and the chemistry of normal life
Date: 4 December 2023, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 9th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Prof Ketan Patel (University of Oxford)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Michael Dustin (Kennedy Institute, University of Oxford)

Monday 11 December 2023 (10th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Neutrophils in chronic inflammation – from physiology to therapeutic interference
Date: 11 December 2023, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 10th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Prof Oliver Soehnlein (University of Münster, Germany)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Professor Irina Udalova (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 15 January 2024 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

Follicular Dendritic Cells Spill the Transcriptomic Tea
Date: 15 January 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 1st week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Dr Balthasar Heesters (Utrecht University - The Netherlands)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Joannah Fergusson (University of Oxford)

Monday 22 January 2024 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

Cancelled: Intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes - guardians of the gut
Date: 22 January 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 2nd week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Dr Mahima Swamy (University of Dundee)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Audrey Gerard (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 29 January 2024 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

Dendritic cells and initiation of immune responses
Date: 29 January 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 3rd week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Dr Patrycja Kozik (The MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology - Cambridge)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Professor Lynn Dustin (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 5 February 2024 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

DNA fragility and the chemistry of normal life
Date: 5 February 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 4th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Prof Ketan Patel (University of Oxford)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Michael Dustin (Kennedy Institute, University of Oxford)

Monday 12 February 2024 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

Following the fate of cancer cells using intravital microscopy
Date: 12 February 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 5th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Dr Colinda Scheele (University of Leuven, Belgium)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Prof Marco Fritzsche (Kennedy Institute for Rheumatology, University of Oxford)

Monday 19 February 2024 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

Mast cells help organize the Peyer’s patch niche for induction of IgA responses
Date: 19 February 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 6th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Dr. Marco De Giovanni (Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (Milan, Italy))
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Tal Arnon (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 26 February 2024 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

Computational Biology in Drug Discovery
Date: 26 February 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 7th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Dr Philippe Sanseau (GlaxoSmithKline (GSK))
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Prof Mark Coles (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology )

Monday 4 March 2024 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

Tissue T cells: Life in Lockdown in Liver and Lung
Date: 4 March 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 8th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Prof Mala Maini (UCL Institute of Immunity and Transplantation)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Jelena Bezbradica (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 11 March 2024 (9th Week, Hilary Term)

Understanding the causes and consequences of immune variability
Date: 11 March 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 9th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Dr Darragh Duffy (Institut Pasteur, Paris)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Prof Mark Coles (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology )

Monday 18 March 2024 (10th Week, Hilary Term)

Cross-regulation between the immune system and the extracellular matrix during lung pathology
Date: 18 March 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 10th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Dr Tara Sutherland (University of Aberdeen)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Professor Kim Midwood (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 25 March 2024 (11th Week, Hilary Term)

Lymphocyte mechano-regulation for immunotherapies
Date: 25 March 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 11th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Dr Enrico Klotzsch (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Professor Marco Fritszche (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 8 April 2024 (-1st Week, Trinity Term)

Spermatogenesis: a paradigm of stem cell regulation
Date: 8 April 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, -1st week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Prof Benjamin Simons (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Adrien Hallou (University of Oxford)

Monday 15 April 2024 (0th Week, Trinity Term)

From GWAS to function: interrogating biology at scale to move genetic variant associations to therapies
Date: 15 April 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 0th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Gosia Trynka (Wellcome Sanger Institute - Cambridge)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Yang Luo (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Wednesday 17 April 2024 (0th Week, Trinity Term)

The control of inflammatory pain and disease- a new pathway?
Date: 17 April 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Wednesday, 0th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Prof John Hamilton (University of Melbourne)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Prof Christopher Buckley (University of Oxford)

Friday 19 April 2024 (0th Week, Trinity Term)

Inside Nature
Date: 19 April 2024, 10:00 - 11:00 (Friday, 0th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Michelle Trenkmann (Editor in Chief, Nature’s magazine)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Yang Luo (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 22 April 2024 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

Lessons into lupus pathogenesis from inborn errors of immunity
Date: 22 April 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 1st week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Prof Carola Vinuesa (The Francis Crick Institute)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Professor Lynn Dustin (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Thursday 25 April 2024 (1st Week, Trinity Term)

Cell Shape Sensing by Immune Cells
Date: 25 April 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 1st week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Ana-Maria Lennon-Duménil (Institut Curie, Paris)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Professor Irina Udalova (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 29 April 2024 (2nd Week, Trinity Term)

Regulation and immunotherapy responses of NK cells (and T cells) against tumors
Date: 29 April 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 2nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor David Raulet (UC Berkeley)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Prof Mark Coles (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology )

Monday 13 May 2024 (4th Week, Trinity Term)

Epstein Barr Virus - searching for a metabolic Achilles' heel
Date: 13 May 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 4th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Prof Christoph Hess (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Alex Clarke (Univeristy of Oxford - The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 20 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

Immune cell migration in complex environments
Date: 20 May 2024, 10:00 - 11:00 (Monday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Prof Michael Sixt (The Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA))
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Prof Marco Fritzsche (Kennedy Institute for Rheumatology, University of Oxford)

CAR T-cell immunotherapy of solid tumours: moving through the generations
Date: 20 May 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr John Maher (King's College London)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Ewoud Compeer (University of Oxford - The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 3 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Bacterial induced IFN-y primes the lung for innate control of SARS-CoV-2 infection
Date: 3 June 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Alan Sher (NIH Distinguished Investigator)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Prof Mark Coles (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology )

Wednesday 5 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

"Systems analysis of inflammation" AND "Oxford - Berlin Partnership: joined forces for excellent research in and beyond rheumatology"
Date: 5 June 2024, 12:00 - 13:30 (Wednesday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Prof Eicke Latz (German Rheumatology Research Center (DRFZ)), Ms Uta Bielfeldt (German Rheumatology Research Center (DRFZ))
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Jelena Bezbradica (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Thursday 6 June 2024 (7th Week, Trinity Term)

Polysaccharide Metabolism in the Infant Gut: Pathways to Immune Homeostasis
Date: 6 June 2024, 10:00 - 11:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Marcin Pekalski (University of Oxford)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Jethro Johnson (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

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

Multiscale approaches for understanding single cell spatial omics data
Date: 7 June 2024, 11:00 - 12:00 (Friday, 7th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Shila Ghazanfar (University of Sydney)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Adrien Hallou (University of Oxford)

Monday 10 June 2024 (8th Week, Trinity Term)

A disease-associated gene desert directs macrophage inflammation via ETS2
Date: 10 June 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 8th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr James Lee (The Francis Crick Institute)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Franze Progatzky (University of Oxford - Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 17 June 2024 (9th Week, Trinity Term)

Myeloid derived suppressor cells and macrophages in regulation of immune response in cancer and tumor progression
Date: 17 June 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 9th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Prof Dmitry Gabrilovich (Chief Scientist, Cancer Immunology, AstraZeneca)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Professor Irina Udalova (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 24 June 2024 (10th Week, Trinity Term)

Molecular Organisation of Cell Junctions in Epithelial Tissue
Date: 24 June 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 10th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Karina Pombo-Garcia (Rosalind Franklin Institute)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Adrien Hallou (University of Oxford)

Monday 1 July 2024 (11th Week, Trinity Term)

Feeding the inflammasome to damage the liver
Date: 1 July 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 11th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Sabrina Sofia Burgener (University of Queensland)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Jelena Bezbradica (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Friday 5 July 2024 (11th Week, Trinity Term)

Immune organoids and combinations to advance our understanding of autoimmunity, vaccination and infection.
Date: 5 July 2024, 10:30 - 11:30 (Friday, 11th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Prof Mark Davis (Stanford University)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Michael Dustin (Kennedy Institute, University of Oxford)

Monday 8 July 2024 (12th Week, Trinity Term)

Sympathetic neuroimmune interactions regulating outcomes of viral infection and cancer
Date: 8 July 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 12th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Prof Scott Mueller (University of Melbourne)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Hosts: Professor Christopher Buckley (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford), Prof Mark Coles (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology )

Monday 15 July 2024 (13th Week, Trinity Term)

Advantages of Academic and Industry Research: Are They So Different, and Do They Lead to Expected Results? Can Things Go Wrong?
Date: 15 July 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 13th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Prof Beat Imhof (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Prof Christopher Buckley (University of Oxford)

Monday 22 July 2024 (14th Week, Trinity Term)

Lessons from the human prenatal immune system
Date: 22 July 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 14th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Prof Muzlifah Haniffa (Newcastle University)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Prof Mark Coles (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology )

Monday 29 July 2024 (15th Week, Trinity Term)

'Host-Plasmodium interactions' AND 'Science and design of nucleic acid-based vaccines/adjuvants'
Date: 29 July 2024, 12:00 - 13:30 (Monday, 15th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker s: Prof Cevayir Coban, Prof Ken Ishii (University of Tokyo)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Jelena Bezbradica (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 16 September 2024 (22nd Week, Trinity Term)

Effector and regulatory T cells balance in inflamed human livers
Date: 16 September 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 22nd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Prof Ye Htun Oo (University of Birmingham)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Prof Mark Coles (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology )

Monday 23 September 2024 (-2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

An introduction to Octopus.ac – a new way to publish your research
Date: 23 September 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, -2nd week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Alexandra Freeman (Winton Centre - University of Cambridge)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Jonas Mackerodt (University of Oxford)

Monday 30 September 2024 (-1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Using high-throughout genetic and genomic screens to understand the biological basis of inflammatory bowel disease and deliver precision medicine
Date: 30 September 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, -1st week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Carl Anderson (Wellcome Sanger Institute)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Yang Luo (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

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

From immune regulation to anti-tumor effects: A tale of cytotoxic regulatory T cells
Date: 4 October 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, -1st week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Prof Bruce Blazar (University of Minnesota)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Michael Dustin (Kennedy Institute, University of Oxford)

Monday 7 October 2024 (0th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Tissue Immunity at CNS borders
Date: 7 October 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 0th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Prof Menna Clatworthy (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Franze Progatzky (University of Oxford - Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 14 October 2024 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Fibroblasts: master regulators of inflammation
Date: 14 October 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Prof Christopher Buckley (University of Oxford - The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 21 October 2024 (2nd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Towards synchrotron functionality in the X-ray lab
Date: 21 October 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 2nd week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Martin Peter Pichotka (University Medical Center Freiburg)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Professor Marco Fritszche (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 28 October 2024 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

From Nuclear Swelling to Chemoattractant Production During Tissue Damage
Date: 28 October 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Balázs Enyedi (Semmelweis University, Hungary)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Professor Irina Udalova (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 4 November 2024 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Axes of T cell diversification
Date: 4 November 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Carmen Gerlach (the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Audrey Gerard (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Wednesday 6 November 2024 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Machine learning and inference methods for the study of spatially structured cell heterogeneity within tissues
Date: 6 November 2024, 15:00 - 16:00 (Wednesday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Paul Villoutreix (INSERM/ Aix-Marseille University (Marseille, France))
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Adrien Hallou (University of Oxford)

Monday 11 November 2024 (5th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Turning morphology into numbers and streamlining bioimage analysis at scale
Date: 11 November 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Virginie Uhlmann (BioVisionCenter, University of Zurich)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Adrien Hallou (University of Oxford)

Monday 18 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The multiple roles of intraepithelial T lymphocytes in maintaining intestinal homeostasis
Date: 18 November 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Mahima Swamy (University of Dundee)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Audrey Gerard (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

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

'A History of Herd Immunity: Between Observation and Cultivation' AND 'The Long-term Context of Medical Debates: A History of Herd Immunity'
Date: 29 November 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Friday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Dr David Robertson (University of Oxford), Prof Erica Charters (University of Oxford)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Prof Mark Coles (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology )

Monday 2 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Molecular and spatial control of tumor-associated macrophages
Date: 2 December 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Prof Renato Ostuni (San Raffaele Telethon Institute, Milan)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Professor Irina Udalova (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 9 December 2024 (9th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Live cell imaging unveils novel innate immune biology
Date: 9 December 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 9th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Paul Kubes (Queen’s University, Canada)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Professor Mike Dustin (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)