Immunology and Medicine Seminars

"Novel mechanisms that induce or control IL-1-driven inflammation and immune dysfunction"

Hosted by Clare Bryant, speaker: Murray CH Clarke

Murray CH Clarke, University of Cambridge.

MPLT, MRC-LMB, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, CB2 0QH.

Friday 22 September 2017, 13:00-14:00

Immunology in Pathology

Immunorecognition and disease therapy

Host: Prof Jim Kaufman (jfk31@cam.ac.uk)

Dr Alexander Barrow, Washington University, St Louis.

Seminar Room, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 26 September 2017, 12:30-13:30

Parasitology Seminars

Parasite infection dynamics and the pathogenesis of Chagas disease and visceral leishmaniasis

Host: Mark Carrington

Michael Lewis, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Seminar Room, Department of Pathology.

Wednesday 27 September 2017, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Navigating the ILC Transcriptional Landscape

Hosted by Sarah Teichmann, Speaker: Gabrielle Belz

Gabrielle Belz, WEHI.

Sackler Lecture Theatre (Level 7), Cambridge Institute for Medical Research.

Friday 29 September 2017, 13:00-14:00

Immunology in Pathology

Death receptors and ubiquitin in cell death, inflammation and immunity

Host: Dr Brian Ferguson (bf234@cam.ac.uk)

Professor Henning Walczak, University College London.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 04 October 2017, 12:30-13:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Inherent environmentally mediated transmissible RNA pathway in Honey bees

Dr Eyal Moari, Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 04 October 2017, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Studying the structure and assembly of HIV-1 and other enveloped viruses using cryo-electron tomography

Dr John Briggs, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 05 October 2017, 12:00-13:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

The Janus-face nature of MmpL transporters in Mycobacterium abscessus

Hosted by Andres Floto, Speaker: Laurent Kremer

Laurent Kremer, Université de Montpellier.

MPLT, MRC-LMB, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, CB2 0QH.

Friday 06 October 2017, 13:00-14:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Could pluripotent stem cells ever be used for equine tendon regeneration?

Dr Debbie Guest, Centre for Preventive Medicine, Animal Health Trust, Newmarket, UK.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 11 October 2017, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

“Inflammation-driven Disruption of Iron Homeostasis In Parkinson’s Disease”

Hosted by Lalita Ramakrishnan, speaker; Raffaella Gozzelino

Raffaella Gozzelino, Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

Patrick Sissons seminar room (Purple seminar room), Dept Medicine, Level 5, Addenbrookes hospital.

Friday 13 October 2017, 13:00-14:00

Immunology in Pathology

Exploring the functions of monocyte subsets

Host: Dr Naomi McGovern (nm390@cam.ac.uk)

Dr Kevin Woollard, Imperial College London.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 18 October 2017, 12:30-13:30

Parasitology Seminars

Evidence suggesting a non-canonical role for the Plasmodium falciparum AP2 adapter protein m subunit, a known modulator of artemisinin susceptibility.

Host: Ross Waller

Colin Sutherland, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Seminar Room, Department of Pathology.

Wednesday 18 October 2017, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

The importins of Herpes Simplex Virus nuclear targeting

Prof. Beate Sodeik, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 19 October 2017, 12:00-13:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Hosted by Arthur Kaser, Speaker: Trevor Lawley

Trevor Lawley, Sanger Institute.

Patrick Sissons seminar room (Purple seminar room), Dept Medicine, Level 5, Addenbrookes hospital.

Friday 20 October 2017, 13:00-14:00

Immunology in Pathology

Dendritic cells and antigen export into the cytosol for cross-presentation

Host: Dr Louise Boyle (lhb22@cam.ac.uk

Dr Patrycja Kozik, MRC LMB, Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 25 October 2017, 12:30-13:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Sustainability of livestock production: water, welfare and woodland

Professor Don Broom, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 25 October 2017, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Title to be confirmed

Host: Dr James Traherne (jat51@cam.ac.uk)

Dr Paul Lyons, CIMR.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 01 November 2017, 12:30-13:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Sneks long balus

Professor David Pritchard, University of Nottingham.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 01 November 2017, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

What does endogenising a retrovirus do to its host, the example of koala retrovirus?

Dr Rachel Tarlington, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, UK.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 02 November 2017, 12:00-13:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

'The RNA synthesis machine of influenza virus and innate immune sensing'

Hoted by Rupert Beale, Speaker Ervin Fodor

Ervin Fodor, University of Oxford .

MPLT, MRC-LMB, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, CB2 0QH.

Friday 03 November 2017, 13:00-14:00

Immunology in Pathology

Glucose inhibits Dendritic cell-induced CD8 T cell responses

Host: Dr Maja Wallberg (mw394@cam.ac.uk)

Dr David Finlay, Trinity College, Dublin.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 08 November 2017, 12:30-13:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

The population biology of disease control: incorporating mosquito ecology and life history into malaria prevention

Dr Mafalda Viana,Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 08 November 2017, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Prof. Ian Goodfellow, University of Cambridge.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 09 November 2017, 12:00-13:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Hosted by Maike de la Roche, Speaker: Robert Salmond

Robert Salmond, Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology.

Sackler Lecture Theatre (Level 7), Cambridge Institute for Medical Research.

Friday 10 November 2017, 13:00-14:00

Immunology in Pathology

Stromal microenvironments and the control T-cell development and selection

Host: Dr Nick Holmes (nh106@cam.ac.uk)

Professor Graham Anderson, Universitiy of Birmingham.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 15 November 2017, 12:30-13:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

The value of improving livestock health and fitness through genetics

Prof Eileen Wall, Professor of Integrative Livestock Genetics at SRUC.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 15 November 2017, 16:00-17:00

Parasitology Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Host: Mark Carrington

Bill Wickstead, University of Nottingham.

Seminar Room, Department of Pathology.

Wednesday 15 November 2017, 16:00-17:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Hosted by Lalita Ramakrishnan, speaker; Cressida Madigan

Cressida Madigan, UCLA.

MPLT, MRC-LMB, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, CB2 0QH.

Friday 17 November 2017, 13:00-14:00

Immunology in Pathology

Immunity in early life: the case of gammadelta T cells

Host: Dr David Rhodes (dar32@cam.ac.uk)

Dr David Vermijlen, Universite libre de Bruxelles.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 22 November 2017, 12:30-13:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Horizontal transfer of antimicrobial resistance drives multi-species population level epidemics

Dr Kate Baker, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 22 November 2017, 16:00-17:00

Parasitology Seminars

Drug target deconvolution in the trypanosomatids

Host: Paula MacGregor

Susan Wyllie, University of Dundee.

Seminar Room, Department of Pathology.

Wednesday 22 November 2017, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Lisa Fong Poh NG, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 23 November 2017, 12:00-13:00

Bradford Hill seminars at the Cambridge Institute of Public Health

Evidence is Not Enough: Towards a democratically legitimate role for evidence in health policymaking

BRADFORD HILL SEMINAR

Dr Katherine Smith, Reader - Global Public Health Unit Social Policy, School of Social & Political Science, University of Edinburgh.

Large Seminar Room, 1st Floor, Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge.

Friday 24 November 2017, 13:00-14:00

Immunology and Medicine Seminars

"Immunosenescence and Cancer: is there an “Immune Risk Profile” in cancer and ageing?"

Hosted by Mark Wills, speaker: Graham Pawelec

Graham Pawelec, University Of Tuebingen.

Patrick Sissons seminar room (Purple seminar room), Dept Medicine, Level 5, Addenbrookes hospital.

Friday 24 November 2017, 13:00-14:00

Immunology in Pathology

Metabolic adaptation as a disease tolerance mechanism against infection

Host: Dr Brian Ferguson (bf234@cam.ac.uk)

Dr Miguel Soares, IGC Lisbon.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 29 November 2017, 12:30-13:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Rapid host-pathogen co-evolution following a severe emerging infectious outbreak

Dr Camille Bonneaud, Senior Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology, University of Exeter.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 29 November 2017, 16:00-17:00

Parasitology Seminars

Fighting trypanosomiasis with snake venom toxins

Host: Mark Carrington

Andreas Laustsen, Technical University of Denmark.

Dixon Room, Department of Pathology.

Wednesday 29 November 2017, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

A novel innate immune antagonist function in influenza A virus?

Prof. Paul Digard, The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, UK.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 30 November 2017, 12:00-13:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Title to be confirmed

The date for the talk is provisional, please check back in a few weeks to find confirmed details.

Dr Christophe Diagne, Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD) - Research Institute for sustainable Development Centre de Biologie pour la Gestion des Populations (CBGP).

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 10 January 2018, 16:00-17:00

Immunology in Pathology

Diversity of the human response to malaria

Host: Dr Maja Wållberg (mw394@cam.ac.uk)

Dr Phil Spence, University of Edinburgh.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 17 January 2018, 12:30-13:30

Immunology in Pathology

Title to be confirmed

Host: Dr Brian Ferguson (bf234@cam.ac.uk)

Dr Monsef Benkirane, Institute of Human Genetics, Montpellier, France.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 24 January 2018, 12:30-13:30

Parasitology Seminars

Diversity of the human response to malaria

Phil Spence, University of Edinburgh.

Dixon Room, Department of Pathology.

Wednesday 31 January 2018, 12:30-13:30

Immunology in Pathology

Phenotypic models of T cell activation

Host: Dr Nick Holmes (nh106@cam.ac.uk)

Dr Omer Dushek, University of Oxford.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 31 January 2018, 12:30-13:30

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Title to be confirmed

Dr. Sophie Helaine, Salmonella persisters Group, MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College Department of Medicine.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 31 January 2018, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Peter Stockley, University of Leeds.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 01 February 2018, 12:00-13:00

Immunology in Pathology

Title to be confirmed

Host: Professor Jim Kaufman (jfk31@cam.ac.uk)

Professor Andrew Sewell, Cardiff University.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 07 February 2018, 12:30-13:30

Parasitology Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Host: Ross Waller

Bryony Williams, University of Exeter.

Seminar Room, Department of Pathology.

Wednesday 14 February 2018, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Luis Enjuanes, Spanish National Centre for Biotechnology, Madrid, Spain.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 01 March 2018, 12:00-13:00

Parasitology Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Host: Peter Bull

Arnab Pain, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.

Seminar Room, Department of Pathology.

Wednesday 07 March 2018, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Stephen Polyak, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 15 March 2018, 12:00-13:00

Parasitology Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Host: Ross Waller

Sue Vaughan, Oxford Brookes University.

Seminar Room, Department of Pathology.

Wednesday 21 March 2018, 16:00-17:00

Parasitology Seminars

Development of a Broadly-Neutralising Vaccine against Blood-Stage P. falciparum Malaria

Host: Peter Bull

Simon Draper, University of Oxford.

Seminar Room, Department of Pathology.

Wednesday 11 April 2018, 16:00-17:00

Parasitology Seminars

Title to be confirmed

Host: Ross Waller

Fiona Tomley, The Royal Veterinary College.

Seminar Room, Department of Pathology.

Wednesday 25 April 2018, 16:00-17:00

Parasitology Seminars

Chemical genetic approaches to accelerate antimalarial target discovery

Host: Ross Waller

Marcus Lee, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

Seminar Room, Department of Pathology.

Wednesday 16 May 2018, 16:00-17:00