Virtual immunology seminars
Talks:

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

Policing secretion: how the COPII coat directs specificity in export from the ER.
Date: 22 November 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Prof Liz Miller (MRC, Cambridge)
Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, off South Parks Road OX1 3PL
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Prof Pedro Carvalho (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)

Thursday 28 November 2024 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Differential deployment of oncogenic translational gene expression programmes by the eIF4F and CCR4-NOT complexes: The hidden information within our genomes
Date: 28 November 2024, 11:00 - 12:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Prof Martin Bushell (CRUK Scotland Institute)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Xin Lu (Ludwig Cancer Research, Oxford Branch)

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

Precision medicine and the immune response: insights from infection
Date: 29 November 2024, 11:00 - 12:00 (Friday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Prof Julian Knight (Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Xin Lu (Ludwig Cancer Research, Oxford Branch)

'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 )

Disarm and disengage: Understanding Aurodox - a Type III Secretion System inhibitor from Streptomyces
Date: 29 November 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Prof Paul Hoskisson (University of Strathclyde)
Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, off South Parks Road OX1 3PL
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Dr Georgia Isom (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)

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)

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)

Thursday 5 December 2024 (8th Week, Michaelmas Term)

From Paperwork to Patients: AI in Healthcare
Date: 5 December 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Thursday, 8th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker s: Kuldeep Singh (Softude), Mradul Kanugo (Softude), Joseph Davids (Imperial College London)
Venue Details: Microsoft Teams
Organisers: Sheena Lee (MSD Business Partnerships Office), Dr Charlotte Bell (University of Oxford), Medical Sciences Division Business Partnerships Office (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Charlotte Bell (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

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

Activation of Inhibitory Receptors on Mast cells: Is it a Winning Strategy to Fight Allergic Diseases and Mastocytosis?
Date: 9 December 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 9th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Prof. Francesca Levi-Schaffer (Professor at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Institute for Drug Research, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

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)

Thursday 12 December 2024 (9th Week, Michaelmas Term)

TGLU Christmas Quiz
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 12 December 2024, 17:00 - 20:00 (Thursday, 9th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker
Venue: John Radcliffe Hospital - Main Building, Headington OX3 9DU
Venue Details: Lecture Room, GPEC Level 3, JR Hospital
Organiser: Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 16 January 2025 (0th Week, Hilary Term)

Prof Edith Heard - title TBA
Date: 16 January 2025, 11:00 - 12:00 (Thursday, 0th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Prof Edith Heard (EMBL, Heidelberg)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Yang Shi (University of Oxford)

Understanding and targeting PARP inhibitor resistance in cancer
Date: 16 January 2025, 14:00 - 15:00 (Thursday, 0th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Prof Chris Lord (Institute of Cancer Research, London)
Venue Details: 3 a/b
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Prof Bass Hassan (University of Oxford)

Wednesday 22 January 2025 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

TBC
Date: 22 January 2025, 14:00 - 15:00 (Wednesday, 1st week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Dr Yaron Carmi (Kennedy Institute - Oxford University)
Venue: Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, South Parks Road OX1 3RE
Venue Details: EPA Seminar room
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Hosts: Prof Omer Dushek (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology), Prof Anton van der Merwe (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, Oxford)

Thursday 23 January 2025 (1st Week, Hilary Term)

Dr Karina Pombo-Garcia - title TBA
Date: 23 January 2025, 11:00 - 12:00 (Thursday, 1st week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Dr Pombo-Garcia (the Rosalind Franklin Institute)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Francesco Boccellato (University of oxford)

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)

Thursday 30 January 2025 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

Prof Thomas Carell - title TBA
Date: 30 January 2025, 11:00 - 12:00 (Thursday, 2nd week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Prof Thomas Carell (LMU, Munich)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Chunxiao Song (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Oxford)

Friday 31 January 2025 (2nd Week, Hilary Term)

TBC
Date: 31 January 2025, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 2nd week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Prof Yardena Samuels (The Weizmann Institute of Science)
Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, off South Parks Road OX1 3PL
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Host: Prof Omer Dushek (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)

Thursday 6 February 2025 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

Tumor-associated macrophages in tumor progression: double edged swords
Date: 6 February 2025, 11:00 - 12:00 (Thursday, 3rd week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Prof Alberto Mantovani (Queen Mary University of London)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Francesco Boccellato (University of oxford)

Thursday 13 February 2025 (4th Week, Hilary Term)

Prof Josef Penninger - title TBA
Date: 13 February 2025, 11:00 - 12:00 (Thursday, 4th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Prof Josef Penninger (Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Francesco Boccellato (University of oxford)

Friday 21 February 2025 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

TBC
Date: 21 February 2025, 14:00 - 15:00 (Friday, 5th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Prof Ian Henderson (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Medical Sciences Teaching Centre, off South Parks Road OX1 3PL
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Melissa Wright (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Hosts: Prof Fumiko Esashi, Dr Anjali Hinch (University of Oxford)

Thursday 27 February 2025 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

Prof Frances Balkwill - title TBA
Date: 27 February 2025, 11:00 - 12:00 (Thursday, 6th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Prof Frances Balkwill (Cancer Research UK)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Xin Lu (Ludwig Cancer Research, Oxford Branch)

Thursday 6 March 2025 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

Prof Gareth Inman - Title TBA
Date: 6 March 2025, 11:00 - 12:00 (Thursday, 7th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Prof Gareth Inman (University of Glasgow)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Xin Lu (Ludwig Cancer Research, Oxford Branch)

Thursday 13 March 2025 (8th Week, Hilary Term)

Dr Céline Vallot - Title TBA
Date: 13 March 2025, 11:00 - 12:00 (Thursday, 8th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Dr Céline Vallot (Institut Curie)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Parinaz Mehdipour (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of Oxford)

Thursday 27 March 2025 (10th Week, Hilary Term)

Targeting KRAS oncogenic signaling and tumour immune evasion in lung cancer
Date: 27 March 2025, 11:00 - 12:00 (Thursday, 10th week, Hilary 2025)
Speaker : Prof Julian Downward (The Francis Crick Institute)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Seminar room
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Xin Lu (Ludwig Cancer Research, Oxford Branch)

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)

This list contains talks from the following series:
2022 - Oxford Festival of Open Scholarship
CAMS Oxford Institute Seminars
Centre for Personalised Medicine Seminars
Commercialisation workshops
Covid Conversations
Developing a Medical Device: turning your idea into a successful commercial product that’s improving detection, diagnosis or treatment
Dunn School of Pathology Departmental Seminars
Dunn School of Pathology Research Seminars
Entrepreneur in Residence Masterclass Series 2022
Immunology, Brain and Behaviour
Industry Insight Seminar Series
Jenner Seminars
Kennedy Institute Seminars
Ludwig Institute Seminar Series
Medawar Infectious Diseases Forum
MRC TIDU Friday Morning Lab Meetings
MRC TIDU Wednesday Seminar Series
MSD Business Partnerships Drop-in sessions
Oxford-Immunocore seminar series
Oxford Immunology Symposium 2021
Oxford SARS-CoV-2 Lecture Series
Sparking Collaboration Across Departments
TGLU Seminars
Tropical Medicine Global Health Seminars
Tropical Medicine Seminars
WHG Equality, Diversity, & Inclusion (EDI) Seminar Series
WIMM MONDAY SEMINARS