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Gintare Kolesnikovaite
Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology
Events this person is organising:
Monday 9 November 2015
12:00
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Using zebrafish to unpick the relationship between genes and loading in shaping and maintaining joints
Lunch Provided
Dr Chrissy Hammond
(School of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Bristol, Bristol)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Friday 20 November 2015
13:00
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Actin cytoskeletal dynamics underpinning T-cell activation
Dr Marco Fritzsche
(Group leader at MRC Human Immunology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
13:00
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Actin cytoskeletal dynamics underpinning T-cell activation
Dr Marco Fritzsche
(MRC Human Immunology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Monday 23 November 2015
12:00
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Lessons from Animal Models of Giardiasis
Prof Steven Singer
(Georgetown University)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 30 November 2015
12:00
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Early Life Microbiota-Host Interactions
Dr Lindsay Hall
(Microbiome Research Leader Institute of Food Research)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 14 December 2015
12:00
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Gaucher disease (with a skeletal perspective)
Prof Timothy Cox
(University of Cambridge)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 11 January 2016
12:00
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Microbiota-host interaction from the immune system point of view
Prof Maria Rescigno
(European Institute of Oncology)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Tuesday 12 January 2016
12:00
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Mechanisms of tumor evasion from NK cell surveillance and potential clinical applications
Michele Ardolino
(Raulet Laboratory, University of California, Berkley)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 18 January 2016
12:00
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Functional plasticity of CD4+ T cells is driven by an asymmetric inheritance of mitochondria
Prof Stephen Cobbold
(University of Oxford)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Tuesday 19 January 2016
13:00
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Interferons: Tug of war between host and pathogen
Charlotte Odendall
(Harvard Medical School)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Thursday 21 January 2016
12:00
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Novel anti-chemokine peptides from ticks
Prof Shoumo Bhattacharya
(University of Oxford)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
15:00
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Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome in HIV: from bedside to bench
Irini Sereti
(Chief HIV Pathogenesis Section, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, NIAID/NIH)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 25 January 2016
12:00
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Chemokines and miRNAs in atherosclerosis
Dr Christian Weber
(Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig-Maximilians-University)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 1 February 2016
12:00
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Altering the Vasculature to Promote Tumour Immunity
Prof Awen Gallimore
(University of Cardiff)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Tuesday 2 February 2016
16:00
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Dissecting autoimmunity – B and T cell responses in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Vivianne Malstrom, Professor in Rheumatological Immunology
(Dept of Medicine, Center for Molecular Medicine Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Thursday 4 February 2016
13:00
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The Regulation of Intestinal Immune Homeostasis in Mice and Men
Dr Arthur Mortha
(Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Science and Medicine at the Mount Sinai Medical Center )
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 8 February 2016
12:00
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Mechanisms of osteoarthritis progression following non-invasive repetitive murine knee trauma
Dr Blandine Poulet
(University of Liverpool)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 22 February 2016
12:00
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Oh To Be Seventeen Again: IL-17 signaling in fungal immunity
Dr Sarah Gaffen
( King's College London, University of Pittsburgh)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 14 March 2016
12:00
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The maternal microbiota drives early postnatal innate immune development
Prof Andrew Macpherson
(Director of Gastroenterology University Hospital of Bern, Switzerland)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Tuesday 15 March 2016
13:00
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The role of inflammation in osteoarthritis
Virginia Byers Kraus, MD, PhD
(Professor of Medicine Duke University School of Medicine Duke Molecular Physiology Unit)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 21 March 2016
12:00
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A role for neutrophils in Alzheimer’s disease
Prof Gabriela Constantin
(University of Verona)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 11 April 2016
12:00
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Structural proteomics: development of an integrated pipeline from genes to crystals
Prof Raymond Owens
(University of Oxford)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Wednesday 13 April 2016
15:00
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Transcriptional control of adaptive immunity by BACH2 - lessons from patients
Dr Ben Afzali
(Wellcome Trust Intermediate Clinical Research Fellow, Honorary Consultant Nephrologist)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Wednesday 20 April 2016
14:00
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Specificity, cross-talk and adaptation in Type I Interferon signaling
Professor Anton Zilman
(Department of Physics and Institute for Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 9 May 2016
16:00
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Dissecting GlcNAc-1-Phosphotransferase Function - the key to understanding lysosomal enzyme trafficking
Stuart Kornfeld
(Professor of Medicine, Washington University in St Louis )
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 16 May 2016
12:00
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Transcription activation and termination in a dynamic system: lessons from macrophages
Prof Gioacchino Natoli
(European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Thursday 9 June 2016
12:00
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Single-cell omics with microfluidics and mass cytometry
Due to unforeseen circumstances the seminar is now cancelled and will be rescheduled at a later date. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Status
: This talk has been cancelled
Dr Dave Ruff
(visiting Senior Research Fellow University of Oxford)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 13 June 2016
12:00
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A role for blood derived mononuclear cells in joint surface defect repair
Dr Frances Henson
(University of Cambridge)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
14:00
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‘Non-coding RNAs in vascular disease detection and therapy’
Lars Maegdefessel, MD PhD
(Molecular Vascular Medicine, Karolinska Institute Center for Molecular Medicine Stockholm, Sweden)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Wednesday 15 June 2016
16:00
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Tumour-associated macrophages
Toby Lawrence PhD
( Centre dImmunologie de Marseille- Luminy)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 20 June 2016
12:00
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Mitochondrial dysfunction and MAVS regulation in lupus: return of the LE cell
Ralph C. Budd, M.D.
(Professor of Medicine and Microbiology & Molecular Genetics)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Wednesday 22 June 2016
13:00
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Novel microscopy approaches for label-free sub-diffraction imaging
Seminar time has changed from 1.30pm to 1pm
Dr Kseniya Korobchevskaya
(Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Tuesday 12 July 2016
12:00
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C1q in health and disease – roles outside the complement system
Prof Marina Botto
(Professor of Rheumatology, Imperial College, London )
Kennedy Institute Seminars
13:30
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'Publishing in Science'
The seminar has been postponed until further notice
Stella Hartley
(Senior Editor of Science)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Wednesday 13 July 2016
15:00
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Dendritic Cell and Macrophage Biology: from Development to Functions
Florent Ginhoux
( Senior Principal Investigator , Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Singapore)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 12 September 2016
11:00
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Realising the promise of stratified medicine in asthma
Prof Stephen Holgate
(MRC Professor of Immunopharmacology, Honorary Consultant Physician, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
12:00
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Probiotic and Prebiotic modulation of Brain Function
Dr Philip Burnet
(ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND DIRECTOR OF GRADUATE STUDIES)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 19 September 2016
12:00
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Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Thymus Function
Prof Georg Holländer
(Department of Paediatrics,University of Oxford)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Thursday 22 September 2016
11:00
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Complex origins of autoimmunity: genes, sex and the microbiome
Dr Jayne Danska
(Professor, Faculty of Medicine Dept. of Immunology and Dept. of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto Senior Scientist, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Friday 23 September 2016
12:00
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Novel mechanisms regulating B cell activation
Due to unforeseen circumstances this seminar has been cancelled. Apologies for any inconvenience caused
Prof Bebhinn Treanor
(University of Toronto)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 26 September 2016
12:00
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Epigenetic analysis of cartilage aging and osteoarthritis
Lunch Provided
Dr Louise Reynard
(Newcastle University)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 3 October 2016
14:00
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NanoString ‘molecules that count’ and applications in disease research
Ajay Johni
(Regional Account Manager at NanoString Technologies)
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Jamie Rose Kuhar, Ph.D.
(Associate Product Manager at NanoString Technologies)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Thursday 6 October 2016
16:00
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CUSTOM –DESIGNED MOUSE AND RAT MODELS FOR YOUR RESEARCH
Matthew Wheeler, PhD
(Associate Director of European Markets)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 10 October 2016
12:00
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Immunity in atherosclerosis
Prof Ziad Mallat
(Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Wednesday 12 October 2016
13:00
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Please join us to celebrate Patrick Venables’ career in medicine & science
With an introduction from Fiona Powrie and Marc Feldmann, and tributes from Tiny Maini, Peter Taylor and Ted Mikuls Please RSVP to Kim Midwood to attend: kim.midwood@kennedy.ox.ac.uk
Status
: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Various Speakers
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Thursday 13 October 2016
09:30
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Are you interested in learning about the underlying science of joint disease?
Professor Jeremy Saklatvala
(Emeritus Professor, Kennedy Institute)
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Dr Linda Troeberg
(University Research Lecturer, NDORMS)
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Associate Professor Chris Murphy
(Director of Graduate Studies, Kennedy Institute)
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Professor Tonia Vincent
(Professor of Musculoskeletal Biology, NDORMS)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 17 October 2016
12:00
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Neutrophil-vessel wall interactions in vivo: Mechanisms & Complexities of two way trafficking
Sussan Nourshargh PhD FBPhS FMedSci
(Head of Centre for Microvascular Research & Professor of Microvascular Pharmacology, William Harvey Research Institute)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Wednesday 19 October 2016
14:00
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New insights into the role of type I Interferons in regulating the innate immune response in infectious and inflammatory diseases
Professor Paul Hertzog
(Hudson Institute of Medical Research)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 31 October 2016
12:00
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Role of lymphocyte macroautophagy in the humoral response
Frédéric GROS
(Assistant Professor for Immunology,Strasbourg University)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Tuesday 1 November 2016
14:00
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Quantitative Methods for Cell and Tissue Imaging
Jens Rittscher
(University of Oxford)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Thursday 10 November 2016
12:45
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Please join us to celebrate Patrick Venables’ career in medicine & science
With an introduction from Fiona Powrie and Marc Feldmann, and tributes from Tiny Maini, Peter Taylor and Ted Mikul. Please RSVP to Kim Midwood to attend: kim.midwood@kennedy.ox.ac.uk
Various Speakers
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 14 November 2016
12:00
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Regulation of muscle fuel metabolism and mass under non-inflammatory and inflammatory conditions
Prof Paul Greenhaff
(Professor of Muscle Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences,University of Nottingham)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Tuesday 15 November 2016
12:00
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Roles of the ubiquitin system in host-pathogen interactions
Prof. Dr. Christian Behrends
(Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy) Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Wednesday 23 November 2016
15:00
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Oral Pathobiont Regulation of n-3 Docosapentaenoic Acid-derived SPM in Inflammatory Arthritis
Dr Magdalena B. Flak
(Postdoctoral Research Fellow Centre for Experimental Medicine & Rheumatology William Harvey Research Institute)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 28 November 2016
12:00
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Innate lymphoid cells orchestrate organ homeostasis
Prof Andreas Diefenbach
(Chair of Medical Microbiology Coordinator of the Research Centre of Immunology Johannes-Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Germany)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 5 December 2016
12:00
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New mechanisms of auto inflammatory disease
Dr Seth Masters
(Laboratory Head Inflammation Division The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Friday 9 December 2016
16:00
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Beyond inflammation: MMP-9 in neuro-psychiatric disorders’
Professor Leszek Kaczmarek
(Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Poland)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Thursday 15 December 2016
12:00
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'Lipid galaxy – Engaging invariant Natural Killer T cells in immunoprotection
Henk Schipper, MD PhD
(Pediatric Resident Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital Utrecht / University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands Postdoctoral research fellow pediatric immunology / cardiology )
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Tuesday 20 December 2016
12:00
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Immune checkpoints in atherosclerosis
Prof Esther Lutgens
(Department of Medical Biochemistry Academic Medical Center University of Amsterdam)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Tuesday 10 January 2017
11:00
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Stromal cell microenvironments in inflammation, autoimmunity and cancer
Prof Mark Coles
(Professor of Immunology Centre for Immunology and Infection University of York)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 16 January 2017
12:00
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Morphogen signalling in intestinal inflammation and cancer
Professor Simon Leedham
(University of Oxford)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Tuesday 17 January 2017
13:00
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Supporting your research career
Dr C.J.S. Hassall
(Head of Researcher Affairs Wellcome Trust)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Friday 20 January 2017
12:00
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If it’s about Quality and Cost, let clinicians run healthcare
Prof Keith Willet
(Professor of Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery University of Oxford)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 23 January 2017
12:00
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Neutrophils in infection and disease
Venizelos Papayannopoulos
(Group leader, Antimicrobial Defence Laboratory The Francis Crick Institute, London)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 30 January 2017
12:00
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Novel Kinases controlling T cell development, trafficking and immune responses
Dr Robert Köechl
(The Francis Crick Institute)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 6 February 2017
12:00
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Differentiation and function of regulatory B cells: what goes wrong in autoimmunity
Prof Claudia Mauri
(Professor of Immunology Vice-Dean (International) Faculty Medical Science Centre for Rheumatology Research)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Tuesday 7 February 2017
13:00
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Can unbiased single-cell analysis of immune cells improve data-driven selection of tailored therapies in human atherosclerosis?
Chiara Giannarelli, MD, PhD
(Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 20 February 2017
12:00
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New paradigms in leukocyte trafficking in acute inflammation and chronic inflammatory disease
Professor Ed Rainger
(University of Birmingham)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 27 February 2017
12:00
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Host-pathogen interactions: understanding viral infection and inflammation in airway epithelial cells
Dr Lisa Parker
(University of Sheffield)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 6 March 2017
10:30
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T-B Crosstalk on the Germinal Centre Road to Memory
Prof Hai Qi
(Professor, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, China)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
12:00
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A DaNGeRous talk about dendritic cells
Dr Caetano Reis e Sousa
(The Francis Crick Institute)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 13 March 2017
12:00
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Making Muscle Mighty
Prof Mark Lewis
(Dean of School of Sport, Exercise & Health Sciences Professor of Musculoskeletal Biology Loughborough University)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 20 March 2017
12:00
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Molecular mechanisms of the TGFß signalling pathway in human stem cell fate choice, tissue formation and disease
Dr Siim Pauklin
(University of Cambridge)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Thursday 23 March 2017
13:30
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Understanding the myeloma microenvironment
Irene M. Ghobrial, MD
(Attending Physician, Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School Director, Michele & Stephen Kirsch Laboratory)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 27 March 2017
12:00
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Long-range training of mononuclear phagocytes following infection and injury
Dr. John R. Grainger
(Wellcome Trust & Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellow, Manchester Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research (MCCIR), The University of Manchester)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 3 April 2017
12:00
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Kynurenines and serine proteases: from brain to periphery and back
Professor Trevor W. STONE
(University of Glasgow)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Tuesday 4 April 2017
10:00
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ZEISS Lightsheet Z.1 imaging for cleared biological samples – to reveal the details deeper and clearer
Dr Katherine Lau
(3D Account Manager – West Region Microscopy)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 10 April 2017
12:00
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Role of neutrophils in health and disease
Professor Paul Kubes
(Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Tuesday 18 April 2017
12:00
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Cytosolic RNA sensing in T-dependent immunity
Prof Cecile King
(Associate Professor Department of Immunology Garvan Institute of Medical Research)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 8 May 2017
12:00
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Investigating the mechanisms of regulatory T-cell differentiation in vivo by novel Fluorescent Timer reporters
The talk has been rescheduled to 09/10/2017
Dr Masahiro Ono, MD, PhD
(Imperial College London)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 15 May 2017
12:00
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Regulatory T cell Fitness in Type 1 Diabetes - using a gene signature
Anne M Pesenacker, PhD
(Postdoctoral fellow, Megan Levings Lab Faculty of Medicine Department of Surgery The University of British Columbia (UBC) Child & Family Research Institute (CFRI))
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 22 May 2017
12:00
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Krebs Cycle reprogrammed for Cytokines
Professor Luke O’Neill
(Chair and Professor of Biochemistry, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Tuesday 23 May 2017
12:00
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Alarmin HMGB1 orchestrates tissue regeneration
Marco E. Bianchi
(Professor of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, San Raffaele University)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 5 June 2017
12:00
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Inflammation control by inflammasomes
Associate Professor Kate Schroder
(Head, Inflammasome Lab, Institute for Molecular Bioscience The University of Queensland Brisbane, Australia)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Friday 9 June 2017
12:00
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Oxysterol regulation of inflammation and immunity
Prof Jason Cyster
(Dept of Microbiology & Immunology, University of California, San Francisco Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 12 June 2017
12:00
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Bench to bedside and beyond. A journey that cannot get away from clinical trials
Professor Sarah Lamb
(Co-Director of the Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit – University of Oxford)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Wednesday 21 June 2017
13:30
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Functional genomic studies of the protein tyrosine phosphatase PTPN22
Prof Andrew Cope
( Arthritis Research UK Professor of Rheumatology Head of Department, Academic Rheumatology King’s College, London)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 26 June 2017
12:00
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TGF-beta, Immune cells and Microbiota: three ingredients to control gut inflammation and colorectal cancer development
Julien C. Marie, PhD
(Helmholtz association investigator Department of Immunology Virology and Inflammation Cancer Research Center of Lyon, France )
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Wednesday 28 June 2017
14:00
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Cues and barriers for lymphocyte emigration and proliferation
Prof Ronen Alon
(Weizmann Institute of Science)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 3 July 2017
12:00
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Visualising Pattern Recognition Receptor Signalling
Prof Clare Bryant
(Professor of Innate Immunity,University of Cambridge)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Tuesday 4 July 2017
12:00
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Personalising treatment of inflammatory autoimmune arthritis: immune regulation and the microbiome
Professor Ranjeny Thomas
(Arthritis Queensland Chair in Rheumatology)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 10 July 2017
12:00
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Building tools and a common infrastructure for endotype discovery and response stratification in Immune-Inflammatory diseases
Michael R Barnes, PhD
(Director of Bioinformatics William Harvey Research Institute Queen Mary University of London)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 17 July 2017
12:00
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Anti-TNF Therapy: How Did We Get There and Where To Next?
Professor Sir Ravinder Maini FRS FMedSci
(Emeritus Professor, Imperial College, London President, Kennedy Trust for Rheumatology Research)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Wednesday 19 July 2017
16:00
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Syndecan proteoglycans: gatekeepers of the cell adhesion phenotype
Professor John Couchman
(Biotech Research & Innovation Centre (BRIC) University of Copenhagen)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 7 August 2017
12:00
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Single cell genomics: tools for computational analysis with application to innate immune response to HIV-1 infection
Nir Yosef
(Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Center for Computational Biology, UC Berkeley)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Thursday 10 August 2017
13:00
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Structured illumination microscopy for super-resolution live cell imaging
Prof Dong Li
(National Laboratory of Biomarcomolecules, Institute of Biophysics Beijing, China)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Wednesday 6 September 2017
10:00
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Immune Checkpoint Deficiencies in Large Vessel Vasculitis
Cornelia M. Weyand, MD, PhD
(Chief, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology Professor of Medicine Stanford University)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 18 September 2017
12:00
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Patching up the crypt: Innate immune cells orchestrate intestinal regeneration
Associate Professor Tom Cupedo
(Department of Hematology Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Monday 4 December 2017
12:00
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Cancer cells: the evil companions corrupting good tissue behaviour
Prof Ilaria Malanchi
(The Francis crick Institute)
Kennedy Institute Seminars