Transposon escape points to function in somatic cells?

Professor Geoff Faulkner, Professorial Research Fellow at Mater Research and Queensland Brain Institute (QBI), University of Queensland, Australia.

Lecture Theatre, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Friday 12 April 2024, 13:00-14:00

Maximising the impact of CAR T cell therapy for acute leukaemia

Sara Ghorashian, Honorary Associate Professor, University College London.

Lecture Theatre, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Friday 22 March 2024, 13:00-14:00

Empowering T Cell Therapy through Stemness and Mitochondria

Luca Gattinoni, Division of Functional Immune Cell Modulation, Leibniz Institute for Immunotherapy (LIT), Regensburg, Germany.

Lecture Theatre, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Friday 08 March 2024, 13:00-14:00

Mechanisms controlling gene expression in hypoxia and inflammation

Professor Sonia Rocha, Executive Dean of the Institute of Systems Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool.

Lecture Theatre, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Friday 16 February 2024, 13:00-14:00

ILC2 regulation of tissue-localised immunity... and beyond

Dr. Andrew McKenzie, Head of Division & Group Leader, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.

Lecture Theatre, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Friday 19 January 2024, 13:00-14:00

Neuroimmune signalling at and across brain borders regulating neuronal fate

Dr Soyon Hong, Programme lead - UK Dementia Research Institute, University College London.

Lecture Theatre, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Friday 12 January 2024, 13:00-14:00

Regulation of natural killer cell activity in solid tumours

Andreas Lundqvist, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet Sweden.

Lecture Theatre, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Monday 11 December 2023, 14:30-15:30

Title to be confirmed

Riitta Lahesmaa .

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre.

Friday 10 November 2023, 13:00-14:00

Title to be confirmed

Mathew Coleman .

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre.

Friday 27 October 2023, 13:00-14:00

Title to be confirmed

Clemens Plaschka.

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre.

Friday 13 October 2023, 13:00-14:00

Title to be confirmed

Ivan Ahel .

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre.

Friday 06 October 2023, 13:00-14:00

Title to be confirmed

Cammie Lesser.

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre.

Friday 29 September 2023, 13:00-14:00

Title to be confirmed

Melanie Brinkmann .

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre.

Friday 22 September 2023, 13:00-14:00

CD4+ T cell memory during type 1 immune response

Professor Marc Jenkins, University of Minnesota. Hosted by Dr Antonio Pagan-Velez.

Professor Marc Jenkins, University of Minnesota. Hosted by Dr Antonio Pagan-Velez..

This talk will happen virtually via Zoom (due to speaker location).

Friday 09 December 2022, 16:00-17:00

How Salmonella reprogrammes a host kinase to drive macrophage polarisation

Dr Teresa Thurston, Imperial College London. Hosted by Professor Felix Randow

Dr Teresa Thurston, Imperial College London. Hosted by Professor Felix Randow.

Meeting in person, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre .

Friday 25 November 2022, 16:00-17:00

"BYOB – Organising Appropriate Gatherings in the Lymph Node"

Dr Ed Roberts, CRUK Beatson Institute. Hosted by: Dr Maike De La Roche.

Meeting in person, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre .

Friday 11 November 2022, 16:00-17:00

Team with Microbes: Lessons from the Zebrafish Digestive Tract

Professor Karen Guillemin, University of Oregon. Hosted by Professor Lalita Ramakrishnan.

Professor Karen Guillemin, University of Oregon. Hosted by Professor Lalita Ramakrishnan..

In person meetings, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre .

Friday 28 October 2022, 16:00-17:00

Adventures in Inflammation Research

Prof Luke O'Neill, Trinity College Dublin. Hosted by Prof Clare Bryant

Prof Luke O'Neill, Trinity College Dublin. Hosted by Prof Clare Bryant.

Hybrid meeting, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre and Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 21 October 2022, 16:00-17:00

Cell death and decision making in macrophages during inflammation

Associate Professor Jelena Bezbradica Mirkovic, Kennedy Institute, Oxford. Hosted by Professor Felix Randow

Associate Professor Jelena Bezbradica Mirkovic, Kennedy Institute, Oxford. Hosted by Professor Felix Randow.

Hybrid meeting, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre and Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 07 October 2022, 16:00-17:00

Cell death as an antimicrobial mechanism against extracellular bacterial infection

Assistant Professor Kaiwen Chen, National University of Singapore .

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre.

Wednesday 05 October 2022, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Immunology Forum - 22nd Cambridge Immunology Forum: Cancer at the interface of immunity, metabolism and microbiota

Please see speakers below.

Queens College, Cambridge.

Friday 23 September 2022, 08:30-18:00

Immunotherapy: A piece of the puzzle for treating brain cancer

Associate Professor Misty Jenkins, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne. Hosted by Prof Gillian Griffiths

Associate Professor Misty Jenkins, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne. Hosted by Prof Gillian Griffiths.

CRUK Cambridge Institute lecture theatre, Li Ka Shing Centre, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0RE.

Friday 09 September 2022, 12:30-13:30

Of novel MAMPs and DAMPs: Discovery of novel inflammatory pathways mediated by innate immunity

Prof Alex Weber, University of Tübingen, Germany. Hosted by Prof Felix Randow

Prof Alex Weber, University of Tübingen, Germany. Hosted by Prof Felix Randow.

Sanger Seminar Room, Level 3, LMB.

Monday 05 September 2022, 14:00-15:00

naRNA is a canonical neutrophil extracellular trap (NET) component and novel inflammation-amplifying composite DAMP

Prof Alex Weber, University of Tübingen, Germany. Hosted by Prof Nick Gay

Prof Alex Weber, University of Tübingen, Germany. Hosted by Prof Nick Gay.

Seminar Room, Sanger Building, 80, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1GA.

Wednesday 17 August 2022, 14:30-15:30

Location matters: the complosome and cell physiology in health and disease

Professor Claudia Kemper, NIH/NHLBI, Bethesda MD. Hosted by Professor Menna Clatworthy

Professor Claudia Kemper, NIH/NHLBI, Bethesda MD. Hosted by Professor Menna Clatworthy.

Hybrid meeting, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre and Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 29 July 2022, 16:00-17:00

Mechanisms underlying host-microbiota relationships in the vertebrate intestine

Prof John Rawls, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Hosted by Prof Lalita Ramakrishnan

Prof John Rawls, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. Hosted by Prof Lalita Ramakrishnan.

Hybrid meeting, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre and Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 15 July 2022, 16:00-17:00

Capsid and the inhibition of retroviral replication

Prof Jonathan Stoye, The Francis Crick, London. Hosted by Prof Paul Lehner

Prof Jonathan Stoye, The Francis Crick, London. Hosted by Prof Paul Lehner.

Hybrid meeting, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre and Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 08 July 2022, 16:00-17:00

Immunity to acute and persistent virus infections with aging

Prof Janko Nikolich- Žugich, University of Arizona. Hosted by Dr Mark Wills

Prof Janko Nikolich- Žugich, University of Arizona. Hosted by Dr Mark Wills.

Hybrid meeting, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre and Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 17 June 2022, 16:00-17:00

Leukocyte dynamics in lung metastasis

Dr Leo Carlin, University of Glasgow. Hosted by Dr Maike De La Roche

Dr Leo Carlin, University of Glasgow. Hosted by Dr Maike De La Roche.

Hybrid meeting, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre and Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 10 June 2022, 16:00-17:00

Into Thin Air: the Hypoxia / Inflammation axis

Prof Cormac Taylor, University College Dublin. Hosted by Prof James Nathan

Prof Cormac Taylor, University College Dublin. Hosted by Prof James Nathan.

Hybrid meeting, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre and Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 20 May 2022, 16:00-17:00

Understanding alloreactive T cell targeting of leukaemia for therapeutic application

Prof Paresh Vyas, Professor of Haematology, University of Oxford. Hosted by Prof Paul Lehner

Prof Paresh Vyas, Professor of Haematology, University of Oxford. Hosted by Prof Paul Lehner.

Hybrid meeting, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre and Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 13 May 2022, 16:00-17:00

Lung epithelia under attack: Infections, Interferon, Inflammation

Prof Andreas Wack, The Francis Crick Institute. Hosted by Prof James Nathan

Prof Andreas Wack, The Francis Crick Institute. Hosted by Prof James Nathan.

Hybrid meeting, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre and Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 06 May 2022, 16:00-17:00

Leveraging early life immunity to end pandemics

Prof Sallie Permar, Dept of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine. Hosted by Dr Sarah Caddy

Prof Sallie Permar, Dept of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine. Hosted by Dr Sarah Caddy.

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 29 April 2022, 16:00-17:00

Coordination of Transcription and Repair during the DNA damage response

Dr Ana Tufegdzic Vidakovic, MRC-LMB, Cambridge. Hosted by Prof Paul Lehner

Dr Ana Tufegdzic Vidakovic, MRC-LMB, Cambridge. Hosted by Prof Paul Lehner.

Hybrid meeting, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre and Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 11 March 2022, 16:00-17:00

Mycobacterial virulence vs. macrophage metabolism in the TB granuloma

Dr Antonio Pagán, University of Cambridge. Hosted by Prof Lalita Ramakrishnan

Dr Antonio Pagán, University of Cambridge. Hosted by Prof Lalita Ramakrishnan.

Hybrid meeting, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre and Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 25 February 2022, 16:00-17:00

Myeloid Cell Dynamics in Type 2 immunity: insights from tissue-dwelling nematodes

Prof Judi Allen, University of Manchester. Hosted by Dr Rahul Roychoudhuri

Prof Judi Allen, University of Manchester. Hosted by Dr Rahul Roychoudhuri.

Hybrid meeting, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre and Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 18 February 2022, 16:00-17:00

Neural stem cells encounters with immunity in the adult brain

Prof Isabel Fariñas, University of Valencia. Hosted by Dr Alexandra Nicaise

Prof Isabel Fariñas, University of Valencia. Hosted by Dr Alexandra Nicaise.

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 11 February 2022, 16:00-17:00

A MAIT cell journey, from Salmonella to COVID

Dr Mariolina Salio, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford. Hosted by Prof Gillian Griffiths

Dr Mariolina Salio, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford. Hosted by Prof Gillian Griffiths.

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 04 February 2022, 13:00-14:00

Necrophagia, DaNGeRous indigestion and immunity to cancer

Prof Caetano Reis e Sousa, The Francis Crick Institute, London. Hosted by Prof Yorgo Modis

Prof Caetano Reis e Sousa, The Francis Crick Institute, London. Hosted by Prof Yorgo Modis.

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 28 January 2022, 16:00-17:00

How cells defend their cytosol against bacteria: Ubiquitylation of LPS and other tricks

Prof Felix Randow, MRC-LMB, Cambridge. Hosted by Prof Paul Lehner

Prof Felix Randow, MRC-LMB, Cambridge. Hosted by Prof Paul Lehner.

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 21 January 2022, 16:00-17:00

Fast runners and lazy couch potatoes – the spectrum of migrating immune cells

Dr Tim Lämmermann, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics Freiburg, Germany. Hosted by Prof Menna Clatworthy.

Dr Tim Lämmermann, Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics Freiburg, Germany. Hosted by Prof Menna Clatworthy..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 10 December 2021, 13:00-14:00

Connecting myeloid cell metabolism and function

Dr David Sancho, The National Centre for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC), Madrid. Hosted by Dr Patrycja Kozik.

Dr David Sancho, The National Centre for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC), Madrid. Hosted by Dr Patrycja Kozik..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 03 December 2021, 13:00-14:00

Multi-omics analysis of in vivo human immune response to malaria

Assistant Professor Youssef Idaghdour, New York University Abu Dhabi. Hosted by Dr Bidesh Mahata.

Assistant Professor Youssef Idaghdour, New York University Abu Dhabi. Hosted by Dr Bidesh Mahata..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 26 November 2021, 13:00-14:00

Functional heterogeneity of tissue-resident lymphocytes

Professor Laura Mackay, The University of Melbourne. Hosted by Dr Raquel Bartolomé Casado. Due to speaker location please note different time.

Professor Laura Mackay, The University of Melbourne. Hosted by Dr Raquel Bartolomé Casado..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 19 November 2021, 09:00-10:00

PI3Kd coordinates transcriptional, epigenetic and metabolic changes to promote effector CD8+ T cells at the expense of central memory

Due to speaker location - please note different time.

Dr Jennifer Cannons, NIH/NIAID, Bethesda MD. Hosted by Professor Klaus Okkenhaug..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 12 November 2021, 14:00-15:00

Mitochondrial translation is required for sustained killing by cytotoxic T cells

Professor Gillian Griffiths, Cambridge Institute of Medical Research. Hosted by Professor Arthur Kaser.

Professor Gillian Griffiths, Cambridge Institute of Medical Research. Hosted by Professor Arthur Kaser..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 29 October 2021, 13:00-14:00

The radial intranuclear position of the provirus determines selective clonal survival of human retroviruses in vivo

Charles Bangham, Imperial College London. Hosted by Paul Lehner.

Charles Bangham, Imperial College London. Hosted by Paul Lehner..

Hybrid meeting, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre and Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 22 October 2021, 13:00-14:00

Targeting T cell ion transport to advance cancer immunotherapy

Robert Eil, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). Hosted by Rahul Roychoudhuri.

Robert Eil, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). Hosted by Rahul Roychoudhuri..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 15 October 2021, 13:00-14:00

An essential role for interferon epsilon in gonococcal infection

Doug Golenbock, University of Massachusetts. Hosted by Clare Bryant.

Doug Golenbock, University of Massachusetts. Hosted by Clare Bryant..

Hybrid meeting, Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre Lecture Theatre and Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 01 October 2021, 13:00-14:00

The smallest unit: Deciphering adaptive immune responses by fate mapping of single lymphocytes

Veit Buchholz, Technical University Munich. Hosted by Arianne Richard.

Veit Buchholz, Technical University Munich. Hosted by Arianne Richard..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 24 September 2021, 13:00-14:00

Role of astrocytes in the control of CNS inflammation

Francisco Quintana, Harvard Medical School. Hosted by Stefano Pluchino.

Francisco Quintana, Harvard Medical School. Hosted by Stefano Pluchino..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 09 July 2021, 13:00-14:00

2A or not 2A?: Structural insights into a new viral gene expression switch

Chris Hill, University of Cambridge. Hosted by Paul Lehner.

Chris Hill, University of Cambridge. Hosted by Paul Lehner..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 02 July 2021, 13:00-14:00

CTLA-4-mediated control of follicular helper T cells and autoimmunity

Lucy Walker, University College London. Hosted by Rahul Roychoudhuri.

Lucy Walker, University College London. Hosted by Rahul Roychoudhuri..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 25 June 2021, 13:00-14:00

NLRP3 inflammasome activation in neurodegenerative disease

Michael Heneka Univ. of Bonn DZNE. Hosted by Clare Bryant.

Michael Heneka Univ. of Bonn DZNE. Hosted by Clare Bryant..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 18 June 2021, 13:00-14:00

Role of the IgE-FceRI axis in cancer immune-surveillance

Jessica Strid, Imperial College London. Hosted by Rahul Roychoudhuri.

Jessica Strid, Imperial College London. Hosted by Rahul Roychoudhuri..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 11 June 2021, 13:00-14:00

Antibody Mediated Protection Against SARS-CoV-2 If we have it, will it last?

Michael Diamond, Washington University in St. Louis. Hosted by Yorgo Modis.

Michael Diamond, Washington University in St. Louis. Hosted by Yorgo Modis..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 04 June 2021, 15:00-16:00

AMR surveillance for public health

Dr Veeraraghavan Balaji, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. Hosted by Ankur Mutreja.

Dr Veeraraghavan Balaji, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. Hosted by Ankur Mutreja..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 28 May 2021, 13:00-14:00

An ancient immunoreceptor educates maternal natural killer cells to optimise reproduction

Francesco Colucci, University of Cambridge. Hosted by Andrew Sharkey.

Francesco Colucci, University of Cambridge. Hosted by Andrew Sharkey..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 21 May 2021, 13:00-14:00

Global studies of the host-pathogen interface using physical and genetic interaction mapping

David Gordon , University of California San Francisco. Hosted by Paul Lehner.

David Gordon , University of California San Francisco. Hosted by Paul Lehner..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 14 May 2021, 15:00-16:00

Visualizing Myddosome assembly and the induction of IL-1 receptor signalling

Marcus Taylor, MPIIB Berlin. Hosted by Gillian Griffiths.

Marcus Taylor, MPIIB Berlin. Hosted by Gillian Griffiths..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 07 May 2021, 13:00-14:00

Membrane-cytoskeleton mechanical crosstalk during phagocytosis

Nils Gauthier, IFOM, Milano. Hosted by Gillian Griffiths.

Nils Gauthier, IFOM, Milano. Hosted by Gillian Griffiths..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 30 April 2021, 13:00-14:00

Development and maintenance of human tissue immune responses

Donna Farber, Columbia University Medical Center. Hosted by Cecilia Dominguez Conde.

Donna Farber, Columbia University Medical Center. Hosted by Cecilia Dominguez Conde..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 23 April 2021, 13:00-14:00

Understanding the CD28-CTLA-4 pathway from a ligand perspective

David Sansom, UCL Institute of Immunity and Transplantation. Hosted by Gosia Trynka.

David Sansom, UCL Institute of Immunity and Transplantation. Hosted by Gosia Trynka..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 16 April 2021, 13:00-14:00

Non-canonical cross-presentation: what is it and when does it work?”

Julie Magarian Blander, Cornell University. Hosted by Patrycja Kozik.

Julie Magarian Blander, Cornell University. Hosted by Patrycja Kozik. .

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 26 March 2021, 14:00-15:00

Environment control of T cell function

Doreen Cantrell, University of Dundee. Hosted by Cecilia Dominguez Conde.

Doreen Cantrell, University of Dundee. Hosted by Cecilia Dominguez Conde..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 19 March 2021, 13:00-14:00

T cell metabolism in aging and age-related diseases

María Mittelbrunn, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Hosted by Meritxell Nus.

María Mittelbrunn, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Hosted by Meritxell Nus..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 12 March 2021, 13:00-14:00

Regulating the regulators: controlling transcription factor and chromatin modifier function during cell differentiation

Richard Jenner, University College London. Hosted by Rahul Roychoudhuri.

Richard Jenner, University College London. Hosted by Rahul Roychoudhuri..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 05 March 2021, 13:00-14:00

Accelerating vaccine development: from COVID-19 to the future

Alexander (Sandy) Douglas, University of Oxford. Hosted by Gavin Wright.

Alexander (Sandy) Douglas, University of Oxford. Hosted by Gavin Wright..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 26 February 2021, 13:00-14:00

Innovations to Tackle COVID19 Pandemic in South Asia

Mohammad Nowroz Haqma, University of London. Hosted by Ankur Mutreja.

Mohammad Nowroz Haqma, University of London. Hosted by Ankur Mutreja..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 19 February 2021, 13:00-14:00

The role of microbes and microbial metabolites in regulation of host responsiveness

Kathy McCoy, University of Calgary. Hosted by Katharina Ramshorn.

Kathy McCoy, University of Calgary. Hosted by Katharina Ramshorn..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 05 February 2021, 16:00-17:00

Environmental exposures shape the immune system early in life

Petter Brodin, Karolinska Institutet. Hosted by Cecilia Dominguez Conde.

Petter Brodin, Karolinska Institutet. Hosted by Cecilia Dominguez Conde..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 22 January 2021, 13:00-14:00

Post-transcriptional control of T cell differentiation

Vigo Heissmeyer, Helmholtz Zentrum München. Hosted by Martin Turner.

Vigo Heissmeyer, Helmholtz Zentrum München. Hosted by Martin Turner..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 15 January 2021, 13:00-14:00

RIG-I-like receptors: assembly, action and clearance of the signalosome.

Sun Hur, Harvard University. Hosted by Yorgo Modis

Sun Hur, Harvard University. Hosted by Yorgo Modis..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 11 December 2020, 13:00-14:00

Persistent asymptomatic malaria in the dry season: host control or parasite ploy?

In partnership with Cambridge Infectious Disease IRC

Peter Crompton, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Hosted by Georgie Bowyer..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 04 December 2020, 13:00-14:00

Tissue resident CD4 T cells: division of labor in the lung.

Carolyn King, University of Basel. Hosted by Michelle Linterman.

Carolyn King, University of Basel. Hosted by Michelle Linterman..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 27 November 2020, 13:00-14:00

Influence of vaccine on the evolution of Corynebacterium diphtheriae.

Vartul Sangal, Northumbria University. Hosted by Ankur Mutreja.

Vartul Sangal, Northumbria University. Hosted by Ankur Mutreja..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 20 November 2020, 13:00-14:00

Mitochondrial dynamics fine-tunes T cell exhaustion.

Ping-Chih Ho, University of Lausanne. Hosted by Christoph Hess

Ping-Chih Ho, University of Lausanne. Hosted by Christoph Hess.

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 06 November 2020, 13:00-14:00

Tissue-specific features of human innate lymphoid cells.

Jenny Mjosberg Karolinska Institute, Hosted by Tim Halim

Jenny Mjosberg Karolinska Institute, Hosted by Tim Halim.

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 23 October 2020, 13:00-14:00

Dynamic regulation of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α activity is essential for normal B cell development.

Natalie Burrows, University of Cambridge. Hosted by Menna Clatworthy

Natalie Burrows, University of Cambridge. Hosted by Menna Clatworthy.

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 16 October 2020, 13:00-14:00

'Resistance to Helminths: Location, Immunity and Modulation.'

Richard Grencis, University of Manchester. Hosted by Bidesh Mahata.

Richard Grencis, University of Manchester. Hosted by Bidesh Mahata..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 24 July 2020, 13:00-14:00

'Multidimensional Super-resolution Imaging.'

Steven Lee, University of Cambridge, Hosted by Andres Floto

Steven Lee, University of Cambridge, Hosted by Andres Floto.

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 10 July 2020, 13:00-14:00

'Role of PYHIN proteins in innate immune sensing and signalling'

Andrew Bowie, University of Dublin. Hosted by Clare Bryant.

Andrew Bowie, University of Dublin. Hosted by Clare Bryant..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 03 July 2020, 13:00-14:00

'Identification of a Kupffer cell subset capable of reverting the T cell dysfunction induced by hepatocellular priming.'

Matteo Iannacone, San Raffaele Scientific Institute. Hosted by Menna Clatworthy.

Matteo Iannacone, San Raffaele Scientific Institute. Hosted by Menna Clatworthy..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 26 June 2020, 13:00-14:00

'A distal enhancer at the human chromosome 11q13.5 risk locus promotes suppression of colitis by Treg cells'

Rahul Roychoudhuri, University of Cambridge. Hosted by Andrew McKenzie.

Rahul Roychoudhuri, University of Cambridge. Hosted by Andrew McKenzie..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 19 June 2020, 13:00-14:00

'Cohort-based whole genome sequencing in Primary Immune Deficiency: the end of the beginning of PID genetics?'

James Thaveniran & Ken Smith, University of Cambridge. Hosted by Menna Clatworthy.

James Thaveniran & Ken Smith, University of Cambridge. Hosted by Menna Clatworthy..

Via Zoom, for more details go to https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/.

Friday 12 June 2020, 13:00-14:00

Tumours induce immune cell-mediated steroid biosynthesis to evade immunity.

Bidesh Mahata, University of Cambridge. Hosted by CIN.

Bidesh Mahata, University of Cambridge. Hosted by CIN..

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Friday 06 March 2020, 13:00-14:00

NK cells and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.

Veronique Braud, Nice, France. Hosted by Francesco Colucci.

Veronique Braud, Nice, France. Hosted by Francesco Colucci..

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 20 February 2020, 12:00-13:00

Antagonistic inflammatory phenotypes dictate tumor fate and response to immunotherapy.

Santiago Zelenay, The University of Manchester, Hosted by Bidesh Mahata

Santiago Zelenay, The University of Manchester, Hosted by Bidesh Mahata.

LMB, Max Perutz Lecture Theatre .

Friday 14 February 2020, 13:00-14:00

The translational journey of quorum sensing inhibition approach to managing chronic bacterial infections: a case study.

Michael Graz, University of Bristol, Hosted by Ankur Mutreja

Michael Graz, University of Bristol, Hosted by Ankur Mutreja.

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Friday 07 February 2020, 13:00-14:00

Defining “at risk states”: molecular pathways and clinical phenotypes associated with rheumatoid arthritis.

Andrew Cope, King’s College London. Hosted by Ken Smith.

Andrew Cope, King’s College London. Hosted by Ken Smith..

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Friday 31 January 2020, 15:00-16:00

Transforming heathcare through AI-enabled pathways.

Mihaela van der Schaar, The Alan Turing Institute, Hosted by Andres Floto

Mihaela van der Schaar, The Alan Turing Institute, Hosted by Andres Floto.

LMB, Max Perutz Lecture Theatre .

Friday 31 January 2020, 13:00-14:00

Mechanisms of immune decline and strategies for enhancing immunity during ageing.

Arne Akbar, University College London, Hosted by Menna Clatworthy

Arne Akbar, University College London, Hosted by Menna Clatworthy.

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Friday 24 January 2020, 13:00-14:00

Within-host bacterial infection dynamics: from cells to vaccines.

Piero Mastroeni, University of Cambridge, Hosted by Menna Clatworthy

Piero Mastroeni, University of Cambridge.

LMB, Max Perutz Lecture Theatre .

Friday 17 January 2020, 13:00-14:00

Unravelling early host intestinal epithelia interactions with whipworms.

María Adelaida Duque-Correa, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hosted by Gordon Dougan

María Adelaida Duque-Correa, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hosted by Gordon Dougan.

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Thursday 16 January 2020, 13:00-14:00

Immunology of the human biliary tract: from basic mechanisms to a single gene causing disease

Niklas Bjorkstrom, Karolinska Institute. Hosted by Tim Halim.

Niklas Bjorkstrom, Karolinska Institute. Hosted by Tim Halim..

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Friday 06 December 2019, 13:00-14:00

Purinergic control of inflammation and cell death

Leanne Stokes (UEA Norwich), Hosted by Jane Goodall

Leanne Stokes (UEA Norwich), Hosted by Jane Goodall .

Clinical School Lecture Theatre 2.

Thursday 05 December 2019, 13:00-14:00

Fishing for mechanisms of genetic susceptibility to tuberculosis

Francisco J Roca, University of Cambridge. Hosted by Lalita Ramakrishnan

Francisco J Roca, University of Cambridge. Hosted by Lalita Ramakrishnan.

LMB, Max Perutz Lecture Theatre .

Friday 29 November 2019, 13:00-14:00

KRAB zinc finger proteins, transposable elements and the evolution of gene regulatory networks

Michael Imbeault, University of Cambridge. Hosted by Paul Lehner

Michael Imbeault, University of Cambridge. Hosted by Paul Lehner.

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Friday 22 November 2019, 13:00-14:00

Discovering essential extracellular receptor-ligand interactions: methods and application to pathogen and human leukocyte cellular recognition”

Gavin Wright, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Hosted by Julian Rayner.

Gavin Wright, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Hosted by Julian Rayner..

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Tuesday 19 November 2019, 11:00-12:00

Immune cell and microbiome niches of the healthy colon

Kylie James, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Hosted by Ken Smith.

Kylie James, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Hosted by Ken Smith..

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Monday 18 November 2019, 14:30-15:30

From rarity to clarity: gamma/delta T cells in cancer

Seth Coffelt, University of Glasgow. Hosted by Maike De La Roche

Seth Coffelt, University of Glasgow. Hosted by Maike De La Roche.

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Friday 08 November 2019, 13:00-14:00

Epithelial endoplasmic reticulum stress drives intestinal immune responses

Joep Grootjans, Amsterdam University. Hosted by Arthur Kaser

Joep Grootjans, Amsterdam University. Hosted by Arthur Kaser .

LMB, Max Perutz Lecture Theatre .

Friday 01 November 2019, 13:00-14:00

Identifying and responding to crisis after vaccination

Madhava Ram Balakrishnan, WHO. Hosted by Ankur Mutreja

Madhava Ram Balakrishnan, WHO. Hosted by Ankur Mutreja.

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Friday 25 October 2019, 13:00-14:00

Reconstructing the thymus microenvironment: implications for tissue engineering

Paola Bonfanti, The Francis Crick Institute. Hosted by Jongeun Park.

Paola Bonfanti, The Francis Crick Institute. Hosted by Jongeun Park..

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Friday 18 October 2019, 13:00-14:00

Feast, famine, and function: Towards imaging nutrient micro-environments and their impact on immunity.

Mark Boothby, Vanderbilt University. Hosted by James Nathan.

Mark Boothby, Vanderbilt University. Hosted by James Nathan..

LMB, Max Perutz Lecture Theatre .

Friday 04 October 2019, 13:00-14:00

Tumor-derived glucocorticoids as a novel immune escape mechanism

Thomi Brunner, University of Konstanz. Hosted by Bidesh Mahata

Thomi Brunner, University of Konstanz. Hosted by Bidesh Mahata.

Jeffrey Cheah Biomedical Centre, Cambridge Biomedical Campus.

Friday 27 September 2019, 13:00-14:00

Staying in shape: mechanisms and consequences of cell morphology in the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori

Nina Salama, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Hosted by Lalita Ramakrishnan

Nina Salama, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Hosted by Lalita Ramakrishnan.

LMB, Max Perutz Lecture Theatre .

Friday 20 September 2019, 13:00-14:00

T cell tolerance: new thoughts on an old issue

Hosted by Gillian Griffiths, Speaker Jonathan Sprent, Garvan Institute of Medical Research

Jonathan Sprent, Garvan Institute of Medical Research.

CIMR, Sackler Lecture Theatre.

Friday 30 August 2019, 13:00-14:00

Determining the role of lineage-defining transcription factors in ILC3 and Th17 cell function

Hosted by Menna Clatworthy, Speaker Dave Withers, University of Birmingham

Dave Withers, University of Birmingham.

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

Friday 12 July 2019, 13:00-14:00

Comparative transcriptomics identifies a single SNP mutation that controls virulence of African Salmonella

Hosted by Leo James, Speaker Jay Hinton, University of Liverpool

Jay Hinton, University of Liverpool.

LMB, Max Perutz Lecture Theatre .

Friday 05 July 2019, 13:00-14:00

Genetic basis for immunoglobulin repertoire diversity and plasma cell differentiation

Hosten by Ken Smith, Speaker Gunilla B. Karlsson Hedestam, Karolinska Institute

Gunilla B. Karlsson Hedestam, Karolinska Institute.

LMB, Max Perutz Lecture Theatre .

Thursday 04 July 2019, 13:30-14:30

IL-22 and inflammatory bowel disease – hunting the wolf in sheep’s clothing

Hosted by James Lee, Speaker Nicholas Powell, Kings College London

Nicholas Powell, Kings College London.

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

Friday 28 June 2019, 13:00-14:00

The pathogenesis and management of HIV-associated tuberculosis

Hosted by Paul Lehner, Speaker Robert Wilkinson, The Francis Crick Institute

Robert Wilkinson, The Francis Crick Institute.

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

Monday 24 June 2019, 13:00-14:00

Regulation of mucosal macrophage function by the microbiota,

Hosted by Arthur Kaser, Speaker Elizabeth Mann, University of Manchester

Elizabeth Mann, University of Manchester.

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

Friday 21 June 2019, 13:00-14:00

Cellular and molecular mechanisms underpinning antibiotic resistance evasion

Luiz de Carvalho, The Francis Crick Institute

Luiz de Carvalho, The Francis Crick Institute.

LMB, Max Perutz Lecture Theatre .

Friday 14 June 2019, 13:00-14:00

“How much T cell immunity is sufficient? - Lessons from primary immunodeficiencies”

Hosted by Gillian Griffiths

Stephan Ehl, Centre for Chronic Immunodeficiency, Freiburg.

CIMR, Sackler Lecture Theatre.

Friday 07 June 2019, 13:00-14:00

An atlas of human thymic development reveals single cell dynamics of TCR repertoire formation

Jong-Eun Park, The Sanger Institute.

LMB, Max Perutz Lecture Theatre .

Friday 31 May 2019, 13:00-14:00

Interrogating effector T cell signalling and function in hypoxic environments

Dr. Sarah Ross.

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

Friday 24 May 2019, 13:00-14:00

Stromal cells act as niches for lymphoid macrophages

Hosted by Menna Clatworthy, Speaker: Marc BAJENOFF

Marc BAJENOFF, Marseilles.

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

Friday 29 March 2019, 13:00-14:00

"Targeted cancer immunotherapy using oncolytic viruses"

Hosted by Leo James, Speaker: Len Seymor

Len Seymor, Oxford University.

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

Friday 22 March 2019, 13:00-14:00

“Drug Development in Obstructive Lung Disease: why it is hard and how we can make progress"

Hosted by Ankur Mutreja, Speaker: Stephen Rennard

Stephen Rennard, University of Nebraska Medical Centre / AstraZeneca.

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

Friday 15 March 2019, 13:00-14:00

Interferon Induced Guanylate Binding Proteins (GBPs) Mediate Immunity Against Intracellular Pathogens“

Hosted by Felix Randow, Speaker: Klaus Pfeffer

Klaus Pfeffer, University of Düsseldorf.

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

Friday 08 March 2019, 13:00-14:00

“Interferon-induced GBPs assemble non-canonical inflammasomes on cytosolic bacteria"

Hosted by Paul Lyons, Speaker Michal Wandel

Michal Wandel, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.

CIMR (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research), Sackler Lecture Theater on level 7.

Friday 01 March 2019, 13:00-14:00

“Mind the gut: environmental influences on intestinal inflammation and homeostasis”

Hosted by Arthur Kaser, Speaker: Brigitta Stockinger

Brigitta Stockinger, The Francis Crick Institute.

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

Friday 22 February 2019, 13:00-14:00

Innate immune training resulting from malaria

Hosted by Clare Bryant, speaker: Doug Golenbock

Doug Golenbock, University of Massachusetts Medical School.

CIMR (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research), Sackler Lecture Theater on level 7.

Friday 15 February 2019, 13:00-14:00

"From genetic associations to disease biology in autoimmunity"

Hosted by Andrew Thompson, Speaker: James Lee

James Lee, University of Cambridge.

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

Friday 08 February 2019, 13:00-14:00

"Dendritic Cells and Macrophages: From Development to Functions"

Hosted by Ken Smith, Speaker: Florent Ginhoux

Florent Ginhoux, A*STAR.

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

Friday 01 February 2019, 13:00-14:00

'Unexpected targets of intracellular antibodies - LCMV and rotavirus'

Hosted by Josefin Bartholdson-Scott, Speaker: Sarah Caddy

Sarah Caddy, LMB .

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

Friday 25 January 2019, 13:00-14:00

"Understanding cell fate decisions in early development using single cell genomics"

Hosted by Paul Lyons, Speaker John Marioni

John Marioni, EBI.

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

Friday 18 January 2019, 13:00-14:00

"Macrophage reprogramming in mycobacterial granuloma formation”

Mark Cronan, Duke University.

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

Friday 07 December 2018, 13:00-14:00

‘Dissecting the fibrotic niche of human liver cirrhosis using single cell transcriptomics’

Hosted by Menna Clatworthy, Speaker: Neil Henderson

Neil Henderson, University of Edinburgh.

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

Friday 30 November 2018, 13:00-14:00

Macrophages, type 2 immunity and tissue repair: Learning from helminths

Hosted by Lalita Ramakrishnan, speaker; Judith Allen

Judith Allen, University of Manchester.

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

Friday 23 November 2018, 13:00-14:00

“Harnessing Natural Killer cells against cancer”

Hosted by Maike De La Roche, speaker: Adelheid Cerwenka

Adelheid Cerwenka, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg.

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

Friday 16 November 2018, 13:00-14:00

"Activation of T cells is under mechanical control"

Hosted by Gillian Griffith, speaker; Marco Fritzsche

Marco Fritzsche, The Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine University of Oxford.

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

Thursday 08 November 2018, 13:00-14:00

Cancer immune cellular therapy

Hosted by Ankur Mutreja, Speaker: Peng Li

Peng Li, Tsinghua University.

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

Friday 02 November 2018, 13:00-14:00

“Primary Antibody Defects: Insights and Surprises”

Hosted by Andres Floto, Speaker: Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles

Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles, Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

Sanger Seminar Room, MRC LMB, Francis Crick Avenue, CBC.

Monday 29 October 2018, 13:00-14:00

Generating data-informed cellular consensus maps as exemplified for the human myeloid cell compartment

Hosted by Paul Lyons, Speaker Joachim Schultze

Joachim Schultze, University of Bonn.

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

Friday 26 October 2018, 13:00-14:00

“ A powerful methodology for detecting health consequences from any treatment: test cases of suspected toxins, mutations, MHC, pharmaceuticals and diet”

Hosted by Jim Kaufman, speaker; Wayne Potts

Wayne Potts, University of Utah.

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

Friday 19 October 2018, 13:00-14:00

“The human antibody response in dengue and Zika virus infection”

Hosted by Patrick Maxwell, Speaker Gavin Screaton,

Gavin Screaton, University of Oxford, .

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

Friday 12 October 2018, 14:30-15:30

"The Unfinished Saga of the Hepatitis C Epidemic: Is Virus Neutralizing Antibody the Last Piece of the Puzzle in Vaccine Development?"

Hosted by Julia Kenyon, Speaker: Mansun Law

Mansun Law, The Scripps Research Institute.

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

Friday 12 October 2018, 13:00-14:00

“Rescuing T Cell Function in Nutrient Restricted Environments”

Hosted by Andrew McKenzie, Speaker: Erika Pearce

Speaker to be confirmed.

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

Friday 05 October 2018, 13:00-14:00

Reconstructing the human maternal-fetal interface during early pregnancy using single cell transcriptomics

Hosted by Sarah Teichmann, Speaker: Roser Vento-Tormo

Roser Vento-Tormo, Sanger Institute.

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

Friday 28 September 2018, 13:00-14:00

“The role of the intestinal microbiome in allo HCT”

Hosted by Dr Hilary Browne on behalf of Dr Trevor Lawley

Marcel van den Brink, Head of the Division of Hematologic Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. .

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

Tuesday 25 September 2018, 13:00-14:00

Lncing 3D chromatin structure to trained to immunity

Hosted by Andres Floto, Speaker: Musa Mhlanga

Musa Mhlanga, University of Cape Town.

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

Friday 21 September 2018, 13:00-14:00

“Quantitative assays to measure human B lymphocyte health”

Hosted by Ken Smith, Speaker: Jessica Tempany

Jessica Tempany, PhD Student, Hodgkin Laboratory,.

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

Monday 10 September 2018, 14:30-15:30

Nitric Oxide in Host-Bacterial Interactions

Hosted by Lalita Ramakrishnan, speaker; Ferric Fang

Ferric Fang, University of Washington.

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

Monday 10 September 2018, 13:00-14:00

Tapping into developmental processes to discover new targets for cancer therapy

Hosted by Lalita Ramakrishnan, speaker; Joan Heath

Joan Heath, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne.

KLUG seminar room, MRC-LMB, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, CB2 0QH.

Wednesday 01 August 2018, 11:00-12:00

“T cell immunity during dengue virus infection”

Hosted by Ken Smith, Speaker: Laura Rivino

Laura Rivino, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore .

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

Wednesday 18 July 2018, 13:00-14:00

“Kaposi Sarcoma Herpesvirus Latent Nuclear Antigen (LANA): multiple facets of latent replication”

Hosted by Paul Lehner, speaker Thomas Schulz

Thomas Schulz, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover.

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

Friday 13 July 2018, 13:00-14:00

"Mycobacterial adaptive translation, indirectly speaking"

Babak Javid, Tsinghua University School of Medicine.

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

Friday 06 July 2018, 15:00-16:00

“Genes, Sex and SLE”

Hosted by Ken Smith, Speaker: Tim Vyse

Tim Vyse, King’s College.

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

Friday 06 July 2018, 13:00-14:00

'HIV-1 evasion of antiretroviral drugs and innate immunity'

Ravindra Gupta, UCL.

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

Thursday 05 July 2018, 13:00-14:00

'Immune Evasion Strategies of M. tuberculosis'

Jennifer Philips, Washington University School of Medicine.

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

Friday 29 June 2018, 15:00-16:00

Effects of Influenza Immune History on Responses to Influenza Vaccines

Hosted by Jim Kaufman, speaker; Tomer Hertz

Tomer Hertz, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

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

Friday 29 June 2018, 13:00-14:00

"Understanding diversity in the human immune system"

Hosted by Alice Denton, Speaker: Adrian Liston

Adrian Liston, Univ. of Leuven.

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

Friday 22 June 2018, 13:00-14:00

'Targeting proteostatic mechanisms of resistance in malaria’

Hosted by Lalita Ramakrishnan, speaker; Kasturi Haldar

Kasturi Haldar, University of Notre Dame.

KLUG seminar room, MRC-LMB, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, CB2 0QH.

Friday 22 June 2018, 10:00-11:00

‘Fetal tolerance and anti-viral immunity at the maternal-fetal interface in human pregnancy’

Hosted by Francesco Colucci, Speaker: Tamara Tilburgs

Tamara Tilburgs, Harvard University.

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

Thursday 21 June 2018, 12:00-13:00

"Understanding the dynamics of host-pathogen interaction"

Hosted by Lalita Ramakrishnan, speaker; Amit Singhal

Amit Singhal, A. Star Singapore.

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

Friday 15 June 2018, 13:00-14:00

"Iron at the interface of immunity and infection"

Hosted by Arthur Kaser, Speaker: Günter Weiss

Günter Weiss, Medical University of Innsbruck.

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

Friday 08 June 2018, 13:00-14:00

"Regulation of natural killer cell responses in the tumor microenvironment"

Hosted by Maike De La Roche, speaker: Andreas Lundqvist

Andreas Lundqvist, Karolinska Institute.

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

Friday 01 June 2018, 13:00-14:00

“Novel signalling pathways controlling T cell adhesion and migration”

Hosted by Gillian Griffiths, speaker; Victor Tybulewicz

Victor Tybulewicz, Francis Crick Institute.

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

Friday 25 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

"Local environmental cues in the specification of red pulp macrophages"

Ziad Mallat, University of Cambridge.

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

Friday 18 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

"The ZFP36-family of RNA Binding Proteins are regulators of lymphocyte activation and differentiation''

Hosted by Andrew McKenzie, Speaker: Martin Turner

Martin Turner, Babraham Institute.

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

Friday 11 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

"Gut microbiota in IBD: from description to intervention"

Hosted by Arthur Kaser, Speaker: Harry Sokol

Harry Sokol, Paris, France.

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

Friday 04 May 2018, 13:00-14:00

"Intestinal epithelial cells integrate cues from the microbiota to modulate pathogen resistance"

Hosted by Paul Lyons, Speaker Virginia Pedicord

Virginia Pedicord, Dept Medicine & Sanger Institute.

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

Friday 27 April 2018, 13:00-14:00

“How leukocytes adapt their function to changes in local inflammation”

Hosted by Menna Clatworthy, Speaker: Dietmar Zaiss

Dietmar Zaiss, University of Edinburgh.

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

Friday 23 March 2018, 13:00-14:00

"Antigen-presenting ILC3 as regulators of adaptive immune responses at mucosal barrier sites"

Hosted by Menna Clatworthy, Speaker: Matthew Hepworth

Matthew Hepworth, University of Manchester.

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

Friday 16 March 2018, 13:00-14:00

‘Oral pathobiont Porphyromonas gingivalis promotes arthritis by perturbing resolution responses and gut barrier function’

Hosted by Lalita Ramakrishnan, speaker; Magdalena Flak

Magdalena Flak, William Harvey Research Institute.

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

Friday 09 March 2018, 13:00-14:00

"Genomic control mechanisms that establish T-cell identity”

Hosted by Gillian Griffiths, speaker; Ellen Rothenberg

Ellen Rothenberg, CalTech.

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

Thursday 08 March 2018, 16:00-17:00

Structure and function of retroviral integrase

Hosted by Leo James, Speaker: Peter Cherepanov

Peter Cherepanov, The Francis Crick Institute.

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

Friday 02 March 2018, 13:00-14:00

“Autoimmunity versus anti-tumour Immunity: the flip sides of CD8 T cell responses”

Hosted by Bidesh Mahata, speaker: Rose Zamoyska

Rose Zamoyska, THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.

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

Friday 23 February 2018, 13:00-14:00

“A cellular response pathway to viroporin induced aberrant neutrality”

Hosted by David Thomas, Speaker: Rupert Beale

Rupert Beale, University of Cambridge.

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

Friday 16 February 2018, 13:00-14:00

Human type I interferonopathies

Hosted by Sarah Teichmann, Speaker: Yanick Crow

Yanick Crow, Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Neuroinflammation, France.

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

Friday 09 February 2018, 13:00-14:00

HypOxyResp Network Research Meeting

Dr Neda Farahi, Baraa Kwieder.

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

Monday 05 February 2018, 16:00-17:00

“Pursuing precision in PBC”

Hosted by Arthur Kaser, Speaker: George Mells

George Mells, Consultant Hepatologist, NIHR Postdoctoral Fellow.

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

Monday 05 February 2018, 13:00-14:00

Regulation of neutrophil function by the interplay between oxygen and metabolite sensing pathways

Hosted by James Nathan, Speaker: Sarah Walmsley

Sarah Walmsley, THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.

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

Friday 02 February 2018, 13:00-14:00

'Gene regulation in the innate and adaptive immune systems'

Hosted by Tim Halim, Speaker: Rahul Roychoudhuri

Rahul Roychoudhuri, Babraham Institute.

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

Friday 26 January 2018, 13:00-14:00

"A tale of two autoantigens"

Hosted by Paul Lyons, Speaker Richard Kitching

Richard Kitching, Monash University.

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

Tuesday 23 January 2018, 13:00-14:00

T cell mediated immunity in the tuberculous granuloma

Hosted by Lalita Ramakrishnan, speaker; Kevin Urdahl

Kevin Urdahl, Center for Infectious Disease Research/ Seattle.

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

Friday 19 January 2018, 13:00-14:00

"Whole genome sequencing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Elucidating evolutionary patterns and identification of novel drug resistance markers”

Hosted by Lalita Ramakrishnan, speaker; Keira Cohen

Keira Cohen, John Hopkins Center for TB.

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

Monday 11 December 2017, 13:00-14:00

“TB pathogenesis: subversion by small molecules”

Hosted by Lalita Ramakrishnan, speaker; William Bishai

William Bishai, John Hopkins Center for TB.

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

Friday 08 December 2017, 13:00-14:00

'Linear ubiquitin chains go anti-viral'

Hosted by Andrew McKenzie, Speaker: Brian Ferguson

Brian Ferguson, University of Cambridge.

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

Friday 01 December 2017, 13:00-14:00

"Interplay between age, immunity, cancer and CMV"

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

"Immune-mediated nerve damage in leprosy: insights from a zebrafish model"

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

“Manipulating T cell signalling to improve anti-tumour immunity”

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

'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

"Developing new immune therapies to treat Type 1 diabetes"

Frank Waldron-Lynch, University of Cambridge.

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

Friday 27 October 2017, 13:00-14:00

Host-Microbiota Interactions Shaping Health and Disease

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

“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, 13:30-14:30

"Immunometabolism taught by patients"

Hosted by Ken Smith, Speaker: Christoph Hess

Christoph Hess, University of Basel.

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

Tuesday 10 October 2017, 13:00-14:00

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

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

"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

“The impact and outcomes of fluoroquinolone usage”

Hosted by Arthur Kaser, Speaker: Stephen Baker

Stephen Baker, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Vietnam / University of Cambridge (Dept of Medicine).

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

Friday 15 September 2017, 13:00-14:00

Skin-resident memory T cells in melanoma surveillance

Hosted by Alice Denton, Speaker: Thomas Gebhardt

Thomas Gebhardt, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection & Immunity.

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

Friday 08 September 2017, 13:00-14:00

“BACH 2 basics : from transcription factor to T cell biology”

Hosted by Ken Smith, Speaker: Ben Afzali

Ben Afzali, (NIH/NIAMS).

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

Tuesday 05 September 2017, 13:00-14:00

"Leukocytes in action - watching them at work in zebrafish fungal infection models"

Hosted by Lalita Ramakrishnan, speaker; Graham Lieschke

Graham Lieschke, Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute.

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

Friday 14 July 2017, 16:00-17:00

“New mechanisms of inflammasome activation and autoinflammatory disease”

Hosted by Ken Smith, Speaker: Seth Masters

Seth Masters, WEHI.

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

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

'IgG4 disease and Erdheim-Chester'

Hosted by David Jayne; speaker: Augusto Vaglio

Augusto Vaglio, Parma Italy.

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

Monday 10 July 2017, 14:00-15:00

HypOxyResp Network Research in Progress Meeting

Jenna Stephen, Charaka Hadinnapola, Arlette Vassallo.

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

Monday 03 July 2017, 16:00-17:30

"Lung epithelia under attack: influenza, interferons and pollutants”

Hosted by Leo James, Speaker: Andreas Wack

Andreas Wack, Crick Institute.

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

Friday 30 June 2017, 13:00-14:00

How the tubercle bacillus reprograms host immunity to cause tuberculosis

Hosted by Lalita Ramakrishnan, speaker; David Tobin

David Tobin, Duke University.

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

Monday 26 June 2017, 11:30-12:30

Using single-cell transcriptomics to examine T helper cell fate decisions in vivo

Hosted by Sarah Teichmann, speaker; Ashraful Haque

Ashraful Haque, QIMR, Brisbane.

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

Friday 23 June 2017, 13:00-14:00

Accelerating vaccine and immunotherapy development for cancer, infectious diseases and type 1 diabetes

CRUK CI seminar

Prof Mark Poznansky, MD, PhD (Mass General Hospital and Harvard Medical School).

Martin Cohen Lecture Theatre, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute.

Thursday 22 June 2017, 13:00-14:00

Nucleation, Heritability and Dynamics of Specialized Chromatin Domains

Hosted by Paul Lehner, speaker Robin Allshire

Robin Allshire, University of Edinburgh.

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

Friday 16 June 2017, 13:00-14:00

Human fetal immunology: New insights on fetal mononuclear phagocytes and their contribution to prenatal immune suppression

Hosted by Ashley Moffett, Speaker: Naomi McGovern

Naomi McGovern, University of Cambridge.

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

Friday 09 June 2017, 13:00-14:00

“Inflammation control by Inflammasomes”

LMB seminar hosted by Leo James

Kate Schroder, University of Queensland, Australia.

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

Tuesday 06 June 2017, 15:00-16:00

Cell stress at the edge of inflammation and tumorigenesis – the microbial twist

Hosted by Arthur Kaser, Speaker: Dirk Haller

Dirk Haller, ZIEL – Institute for Food & Health.

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

Friday 02 June 2017, 13:00-14:00

Approaches to our two greatest challenges in AIDS research - Making effective vaccines and understanding then eliminating HIV reservoirs

Hosted by Lalita Ramakrishnan, speaker; Jim Mullins

Jim Mullins, University of Washington.

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

Tuesday 23 May 2017, 11:00-12:00

Molecular epidemiology studies of a major TB outbreak

Hosted by Lalita Ramakrishnan, speaker; Marcel Behr

Marcel Behr, McGill University.

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

Friday 19 May 2017, 13:00-14:00

Early Career Immunology Journal Club

Michael Harris, MRC-LMB.

Brenner Seminar Room, MRC-LMB, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, CB2 0QH.

Tuesday 16 May 2017, 19:00-20:30

Atypical heterochromatin controls telomere maintenance

Hosted by Paul Lehner, speaker Jerome Dejardin

Jerome Dejardin, Montpellier, France.

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

Friday 12 May 2017, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge HypOxyResp Network Meeting

Cambridge HypOxyResp Network Meeting

Jo Pocock and Stefan Graf; University of Cambridge.

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

Monday 08 May 2017, 16:00-17:30

‘Allorecognition – only relevant for transplantation?’

Hosted by Paul Lyons, speaker; Gavin Pettigrew

Gavin Pettigrew, University of Cambridge.

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

Friday 05 May 2017, 13:00-14:00

“Inflammasomes at the crossroads of innate and cell-autonomous immunity”

Hosted by Clare Bryant, speaker: Petr Broz

Petr Broz, University of Basel.

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

Friday 28 April 2017, 13:00-14:00

To the Edge of Necroptosis and Back

Hosted by Ken Smith and Richard Gilbertson, speaker Doug Green

Douglas Green, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Martin Cohen Lecture Theatre, Li Ka Shing Centre, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute.

Thursday 13 April 2017, 16:00-17:00

Pancreatic Cancer: Cachexia, Systemic Metabolism, Immunity and Occult Metastases

Hosted by Paul Lehner, speaker Douglas Fearon

Douglas Fearon, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

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

Thursday 13 April 2017, 12:00-13:00

Cambridge HypOxyResp Network Research in Progress Meetings

Zhen Tong, Alex Wood, David Thomas.

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

Monday 03 April 2017, 16:00-17:30

TBC

Hosted by Lalita Ramakrishnan, speaker; Meindert Lamers

Meindert Lamers, LMB.

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

Tuesday 21 March 2017, 13:00-14:00

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY: ANTIBODIES, MICROBES AND IMMUNITY

Prof Clare Bryant, Dr Eoin McKinney, Dr Maike De La Roche, Dr Sam Forster.

Mill Lane Lecture Rooms, Mill Lane, CB2 1RW.

Thursday 16 March 2017, 18:00-19:30

'Mucosal immunology of asthma'

Hosted by Tim Halim, Speaker: Bart Lambrecht

Bart Lambrecht, Ghent University.

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

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

"Group 2 innate lymphoid cells and allergic lung inflammation"

Hosted by Tim Halim, Speaker: Fumio Takei

Fumio Takei, University of British Columbia.

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

Thursday 09 March 2017, 13:30-14:30

HypOxyResp Network Research in Progress Meeting

Dr Katharine Lodge, Dr Elaine Soon, Dr Mike Newman, University of Cambridge.

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

Monday 06 March 2017, 16:00-17:30

"Calcineurin and the microbiota in intestinal tumor development"

Hosted by Arthur Kaser, Speaker: Sebastian Zeissig

Sebastian Zeissig, Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden.

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

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

Spatio-temporal dynamics of collective CD8 T cell responses

Hosted by James Thaventhiran, speaker: Audrey Gerard

Audrey Gerard, University of Oxford.

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

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

"Food poisoning, Salmonella and their molecular contribution to gallbladder and colon cancer"

Hosted by Paul Lehner, speaker Jacques Neefjes

Jacques Neefjes, Netherlands Cancer Institute.

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

Tuesday 21 February 2017, 11:00-12:00

“Infection, Inflammasomes and Autophagy”

Hosted by Clare Bryant, speaker: Tom Evans

Tom Evans, University of Glasgow.

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

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

“Next generation association studies for complex traits"

Hosted by Ken Smith, Speaker: Ele Zeggini

Ele Zeggini, Sanger Institue.

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

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

Genome-Wide Association Studies on Infection and the Non-Coding Human Genome

Hosted by Sergey Nejentsev, speaker; Rolf Horstmann

Rolf Horstmann, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg.

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

Monday 06 February 2017, 13:30-14:30

"New insights into the mechanisms controlling MHC class I peptide selection"

Hosted by Patrycja Kozik, Speaker: Louise Boyle

Louise Boyle, University of Cambridge.

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

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

"Amino acid degrading enzymes and their role in tumour immune escape mechanisms"

Hosted by Maike de la Roche, Speaker: Vincenzo Cerundolo

Vincenzo Cerundolo, University of Oxford.

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

Friday 27 January 2017, 13:00-14:00

Early developmental program shapes colony morphology in bacteria

Hosted by Lalita Ramakrishnan, speaker; Gideon Mamou,

Gideon Mamou, Hebrew University of Jerusalem .

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

Tuesday 24 January 2017, 12:15-13:15

Early developmental program shapes colony morphology in bacteria

Hosted by Lalita Ramakrishnan, speaker; Gideon Mamou,

Gideon Mamou, Hebrew University of Jerusalem .

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

Tuesday 24 January 2017, 12:15-13:15

From Cellular Microbiology to Cell Physics investigating host cell response to infection

Hosted by Felix Randow, Speaker: Frank Lafont

Frank Lafont, Institut Pasteur.

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

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

Complement therapeutics on the crossroads between inflammatory and infectious disease

Department of Veterinary Medicine Departmental Seminars Lent Term 2017

Professor Wilhelm Schwaeble, Professor of Immunology, University of Leicester.

Department of Veterinary Medicine , Lecture Theatre 2, Refreshments in SCR from 3.45.

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

Mitochondria-associated ER membranes are immunometabolic hubs that orchestrate the rapid recall response of CD8 T cells

Hosted by Ken Smith, Speaker: Christoph Hess

Christoph Hess.

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

Monday 12 December 2016, 13:00-14:00

"T Cell Memory and Exhaustion: Implications for Cancer Immunotherapy"

Hosted by Lalita Ramakrishnan, speaker; Rafi Ahmed

Rafi Ahmed, Emory Vaccine Center.

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

Tuesday 06 December 2016, 16:00-17:00

Disease models & droplet-microfluidics to understand IgG antibody biology

Hosted by Leo James, Speaker: Pierre Bruhns

Pierre Bruhns, Institut Pasteur.

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

Friday 02 December 2016, 13:00-14:00

“Ten rules for the presentation and interpretation of data in publications”

Hosted by Ken Smith, Speaker: David Vaux

David Vaux, WEHI.

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

Thursday 01 December 2016, 13:30-14:30

“How oncogenes reprogramme inflammation”

Hosted by Maike de la Roche, Speaker: Gerard Evan

Gerard Evan, University of Cambridge.

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

Friday 25 November 2016, 13:00-14:00

"TREM-1 links dyslipidemia to inflammation and lipid deposition in atherosclerosis"

Hosted by Arthur Kaser, Speaker:Christoph Mueller

Christoph Mueller, University of Bern.

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

Friday 18 November 2016, 13:00-14:00

“Functional heterogeneity of human mononuclear phagocytes in health and disease”

Hosted by Paul Lehner, Speaker: Muzlifah Haniffa

Muzlifah Haniffa, Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow in Clinical Science, Professor of Dermatology and Immunology, Newcastle University.

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

Friday 11 November 2016, 15:00-16:00

“Nucleic acid sensing by innate immune receptors”

Hosted by Felix Randow, Speaker: Jan Rehwinkel

Jan Rehwinkel, Associate Professor of Innate Immunology, MRC Human Immunology Unit, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford.

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

Friday 11 November 2016, 13:00-14:00

“Sensing the enemy within: Innate immune detection of intracellular pathogens”

Dr Petr Broz Assistant Professor, Focal Area Infection Biology, Biozentrum, University of Basel.

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

Monday 07 November 2016, 14:00-15:00

"Human Type I interferonopathies"

Prof Yanick Crow.

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

Monday 07 November 2016, 11:00-12:00

Epigenetics and genome plasticity in the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans

Hosted by Paul Lehner, Speaker: Alessia Buscaino

Alessia Buscaino, University of Kent.

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

Friday 04 November 2016, 13:00-14:00

“NOD2 function and the molecular architecture of intestinal inflammation”

Hosted by Frank Waldren-Lynch, Speaker: Alison Simmons

Prof. Alison Simmons, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine.

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

Friday 28 October 2016, 13:00-14:00

“B cell selection in germinal centres”

Hosted by Menna Clatworthy, Speaker: Kai Toellner

Kai Toellner, Birmingham University.

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

Friday 21 October 2016, 13:00-14:00

Control of T cell receptor signaling strength during activation and development

Hosted by Andrew Lever, Speaker: Nick Gascoigne

Nick Gascoigne, National University of Singapore.

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

Thursday 20 October 2016, 12:30-13:30

"Systemic inflammation negatively affects neurodegenerative disease: Priming of microglia and astrocytes at the interface of dementia and delirium"

Hosted by Lorinda Turner, Speaker: Colm Cunningham

Dr Colm Cunningham, Trinity College Dublin.

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

Friday 14 October 2016, 13:00-14:00

"IL-33 and Alzheimer’s disease"

Hosted by Gordon Dougan, Speaker: Foo (Eddy) Liew

Foo (Eddy) Liew, University of Glasgow.

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

Friday 07 October 2016, 13:00-14:00

"Microbe Hunting: From Autism to Zika”

Hosted by Eoin McKinney; Speaker: Ian Lipkin

Ian Lipkin, Columbia, NYC.

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

Tuesday 04 October 2016, 14:00-15:00

"Systems analysis of interferon signalling: new insights into regulating the innate immune response to inflammation, infection and cancer"

Hosted by Gordon Dougan, Speaker: Paul Hertzog

Paul Hertzog, Monash University.

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

Friday 30 September 2016, 13:00-14:00

Protective and harmful immunity to respiratory challenge

Hosted by Edwin Chilvers, Speaker: Peter Openshaw

Peter Openshaw, Imperial College London.

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

Tuesday 20 September 2016, 15:30-16:30

A new GM-CSF dependent pathway in inflammation

Hosted by Ken Smith, Speaker: John Hamilton

John Hamilton The University of Melbourne.

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

Tuesday 06 September 2016, 13:00-14:00

PublicHealth@Cambridge

Environmental Enteropathy in Tanzania & Pakistan: Biomarker Field Investigations and Intestinal Tissue Analysis in Infants with Growth Faltering

Sana Syed.

Large Seminar Room, Institute of Public Health, Forvie Site, Robinson Way, Cambridge CB2 0SR.

Tuesday 09 August 2016, 13:00-14:00

“A Force from within: Unexpected roles for innate immunity in intrinsic Th1 regulation"

Hosted by Ken Smith, Speaker: Claudia Kemper

Claudia Kemper, King’s College London.

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

Friday 29 July 2016, 13:00-14:00

“Targeting Protease Signaling in Atherothrombosis and NASH with Cell-Penetrating Pepducins”

Hosted by: Nicole C Kaneider & Arthur Kaser

Athan Kuliopulos, Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry Tufts Medical Center.

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

Monday 04 July 2016, 10:30-11:30

Defining the requirements of robust type 2 immunity

Hosted by Alice Denton, Speaker: Jonathan Coquet

Jonathan Coquet, Karolinska Institute, Sweden.

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

Friday 24 June 2016, 13:00-14:00

“Multiple levels of control for E4bp4/Nfil3 in NK cell development”

Hosted by Francesco Colucci, Speaker:Hugh Brady

Hugh Brady, Imperial.

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

Friday 17 June 2016, 13:00-14:00

"Tuberculosis phenotypic resistance, indirectly speaking"

Hosted by Paul Lehner, speaker: Babak Javid

Babak Javid Professor, Tsinghua University.

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

Friday 10 June 2016, 13:00-14:00

Restriction of zoonotic viruses by bat Interferon-Induced Transmembrane Proteins

Hosted by Geoffrey Smith, Speaker: Camilla Benfield

Camilla Benfield, RVC, London.

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

Friday 03 June 2016, 13:00-14:00

“Oh, to be seventeen again: IL-17 receptor signaling in fungal immunity and autoimmunity”

Hosted by Andrew McKenzie, Speaker: Sarah Gaffen

Sarah Gaffen, University of Pittsburgh.

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

Friday 27 May 2016, 13:00-14:00

"MicroRNA-mediated regulation of T follicular helper and Th17 cells"

Hosted by Michelle Linterman, Speaker:Dirk Baumjohann

Dirk Baumjohann, Biomedical Centre, Munich.

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

Friday 20 May 2016, 13:00-14:00

Functional and structural studies of the Interferon-inducible protein, Viperin

Hosted by Paul Lehner and Louise Boyle, Speaker Pete Cresswell

Pete Cresswell.

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

Thursday 19 May 2016, 13:30-14:30

"HCMV: Rebuilding and characterising a clinical virus"

Hosted by Michael Weekes, Speaker: Rich Stanton

Dr. Rich Stanton, Cardiff University.

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

Friday 13 May 2016, 13:00-14:00

T-cell differentiation in chronic infection – functional adaptation or exhaustion?

Hosted by Klaus Okkenhaug, Speaker: Dietmar Zehn

Dietmar Zehn CHUV, Switzerland.

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

Friday 06 May 2016, 13:00-14:00

Genome embedded ribonucleotides activate cGAS/STING-dependent inflammation

Hosted by Christina Rada, Speaker: Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson, University of Edinburgh.

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

Friday 29 April 2016, 13:00-14:00

TGF-beta signaling in ILC3 prevents spontaneous microbiota-induced colorectal cancer

Hosted by Marc Veldhoen, Speaker: Julien Marie

Julien Marie, CRCL, Lyon.

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

Friday 22 April 2016, 13:00-14:00

The Case Of The Missing Ribosomes: A Translational Mystery

Hosted by Paul Lehner, speaker Jon Yewdell

Jon Yewdell, from NIH.

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

Monday 18 April 2016, 13:00-14:00

Regulating the immune response to alloantigens

Hosted by: Menna Clatworthy, Speaker: Kathryn Wood

Kathryn Wood, University of Oxford.

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

Friday 15 April 2016, 13:00-14:00

“ Structure and composition of hepatitis C virus: novel insights into virus-host interactions required for propagation of infection”.

Speaker:Maria Catanese. Host: Yorgo Modis

Maria Catanese, Kings College, London.

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

Friday 18 March 2016, 13:00-14:00

"Tracking down antigen specific T and B cells to dissect autoimmunity"

Speaker: Ludvig Sollid, Hosted by: Sarah Teichmann

Ludvig Sollid,, University of Oslo..

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

Friday 11 March 2016, 13:00-14:00

“Immunity to exogenous and endogenous retroviruses”

Speaker: George Kassiotis, Hosted by Leo James

George Kassiotis, NIMR/Crick Institute.

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

Friday 04 March 2016, 13:00-14:00

"Mechanisms and Pathways of microbe-host crosstalk in the GI tract"

Speaker: Simon Carding. Hosted by Marc Veldhoen

Simon Carding, IFR Norwich.

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

Friday 26 February 2016, 13:00-14:00

"Microbiota in lung homeostasis and disease"

Speaker Ben Marsland, Hosted by: Andrew McKenzie

Ben Marsland, CHUV, Switzerland.

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

Friday 19 February 2016, 13:00-14:00

"The impact of immunogenetic variation on human disease”

Speaker: Mary Carrington, Hosted by: John Trowsdale

Mary Carrington, NIH, US.

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

Friday 12 February 2016, 13:00-14:00

“Function and plasticity of human Innate Lymphoid Cells”

Speaker: Hergen Spits, Hosted by: Tim Halim for the Postdoc's

Hergen Spits, University of Amsterdam..

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

Friday 05 February 2016, 13:00-14:00

"The human immune system is maintained in multiple stable equilibriums shaped by age and cohabitation"

Speaker: Michelle Linterman, Hosted by; Klaus Okkenhaug

Michelle Linterman.

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

Friday 29 January 2016, 13:00-14:00

"Immune responses in fat associated lymphoid tissues"

Speaker: Jorge Caamano, Hosted by: Martin Turner

Jorge Caamano, University of Birmingam.

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

Friday 22 January 2016, 13:00-14:00

"Disturbed PI3K signalling as cause for primary immune deficiency disease"

Speaker: Sven Kracker, Hosted by: Sergey Nejentsev

Sven Kracker.

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

Friday 15 January 2016, 13:00-14:00

“Mobile elements, polydactyl proteins and the species-specificity of human biology”

Speaker: Didier Trono, Hosted by Yorgo Modis. Last talk of term

Didier Trono, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland.

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

Friday 04 December 2015, 13:00-14:00

"Defective Innate Immunity and the development of Inflammatory Bowel Disease"

Speaker:Andrew Smith, Hosted by Arthur Kaser

Andrew Smith, UCL.

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

Friday 27 November 2015, 13:00-14:00

"A close up view on T cell mechanisms in autoimmunity : dissecting childhood arthritis"

Speaker: Lucy Wedderburn, Hosted By John Todd

Lucy Wedderburn, UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust .

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

Thursday 19 November 2015, 11:00-12:00

"Sensing and Restricting: Innate immune control of HIV"

Speaker: Jan Wehwinkel, Hosted by Leo James

Jan Wehwinkel, Oxford.

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

Friday 13 November 2015, 13:00-14:00

"Pathways that target PD-1 and the nuclear pore complex (NPC) in cancer immunotherapy"

Speaker: Christopher Rudd, Host: Martin Turner

Christopher Rudd, Cambridge.

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

Friday 06 November 2015, 13:00-14:00

"Transcription factors in regulation of immune function"

Speaker: Rahul Roychoudhuri, hosted by Klaus Okkenhaug

Rahul Roychoudhuri, the Babraham Institute.

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

Friday 30 October 2015, 13:00-14:00

"Programming Humoural Immune Responses"

Speaker: Ed Clark, Hosted by Lalita Ramakrishnan

Ed Clark, University of Washington.

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

Friday 23 October 2015, 13:00-14:00

‘A tale of cities; the differing challenges of antimicrobial resistance in Ho Chi Minh City and Kathmandu’

Speaker: Stephen Baker, Hosted by Ken Smith

Stephen Baker.

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

Wednesday 14 October 2015, 15:00-16:00

"Investigating the pathogenesis and developing new therapies for Respiratory Disease"

Speaker: Phil Hansbro, Hosted by Andrew McKenzie

Phil Hansbro, The University of Newcastle, Australia.

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

Friday 09 October 2015, 13:00-14:00

"Spontaneous development of autoreactive naive B cells; a road to autoimmune disease?"

Speaker: Lill Mårtensson-Bopp, Hosted by Alessandra de Riva for the Postdocs

Speaker Lill Mårtensson-Bopp, University of Gothenburg.

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

Friday 02 October 2015, 13:00-14:00

“In Situ Signatures of Apoptotic Cell Recognition”

Speaker: Julie Blander, Hosted By Clare Bryant

Julie Blander, Icahn School of Medicine, NewYork.

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

Friday 25 September 2015, 13:00-14:00

“The Biology of IL-6 and Strategies of Blockade”

Speaker: Stefan Rose-John, Hosted By John Todd

Stefan Rose-John Christian-Albrechts- Universität zu Kiel.

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

Friday 18 September 2015, 13:00-14:00

Taming the enemy within-host-epithelial interactions in the intestinal tract

Speaker: Philip Rosenstiel, Hosted by Arthur Kaser

Philip Rosenstiel, University of Kiel.

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

Monday 14 September 2015, 14:00-15:00

"Dendritic cells in the initiation of immunity to infection and cancer"

Speaker: Caetano Reis e Sousa, Hosted By Yorgo Modis

Caetano Reis e Sousa, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute.

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

Friday 11 September 2015, 13:00-14:00

"Innate signals, T cell help andcross-presentation in antiviral CTL priming"

Speaker: Sammy Bedoui, Hosted By Alice Denton for the Postdoc's.

Sammy Bedoui, Peter Doherty Institute of Infection and Immunity, The University of Melbourne.

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

Friday 28 August 2015, 15:00-16:00

"Immune modulation in critical illness: genome- driven target discovery."

Hosted by Rupert Beale

Kenneth Ballie, Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh.

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

Tuesday 04 August 2015, 13:00-14:00

The role of cystine-knot proteins in vertebrate immunity to Staphylococcus aureus

Dr Andres Floto (University of Cambridge).

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

Friday 03 July 2015, 13:00-14:00

Targeting immune checkpoints and the tumour microenvironment to fight cancer

Sergio Quezada, hosted by Klaus Okkenhaug

Sergio Quezada, UCL Cancer Institute.

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

Friday 26 June 2015, 13:00-14:00

Human and mouse mononuclear phagocyte networks: a tale of two species?

Muzlifah Haniffa, hosted by Menna Clatworthy

Muzlifah Haniffa Newcastle.

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

Friday 19 June 2015, 13:00-14:00

Title to be confirmed

Stuart Neil, hosted by Andrew Lever

Stuart Neil, Kings College London.

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

Friday 12 June 2015, 13:00-14:00

Title to be confirmed

Kay Grunewald, hosted by Yorgo Modis

Kay Grunewald, Oxford.

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

Friday 05 June 2015, 13:00-14:00

Title to be confirmed

Gérard Eberl, hosted by Ziad Mallat

Gérard Eberl Institut Pasteur.

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

Friday 29 May 2015, 13:00-14:00

Activation and differentiation of human ILC3

Chiara Romagnani, hosted by Francesco Colucci

Chiara Romagnani, Berlin.

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

Friday 15 May 2015, 13:00-14:00

Tissue-resident memory T cells and role of antibodies in the LCMV model

Hanspeter Pircher, Institute of Immunology, Freiburg.

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

Friday 08 May 2015, 13:00-14:00

Gut Microbiota Confers Protection Against Malaria

Miguel Soares, hosted by Lalita Ramakrishnan

Miguel Soares, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal.

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

Friday 01 May 2015, 13:00-14:00

Immune evasion by the meningococcus: the competition hots up

Chris Tang, hosted by Felix Randow

Chris Tang, Oxford.

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

Friday 24 April 2015, 13:00-14:00

Title to be confirmed

Derek Smith, department of Zoology.

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

Friday 17 April 2015, 13:00-14:00

Innate Lymphoid Cells: New Players in Immune Defense and Tissue Homeostasis

James Di Santo, hosted by Martin Turner

James Di Santo, Institut Pasteur.

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

Friday 10 April 2015, 13:00-14:00

Do good bacteria get enough respect?

Trevor Lawley, hosted by Arthur Kaser

Trevor Lawley, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

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

Friday 27 March 2015, 13:00-14:00

Mechanical forces in B cell activation

Pavel Tolar, hosted by John James

Pavel Tolar, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill.

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

Friday 20 March 2015, 13:00-14:00

Innate Immune mechanisms of DNA detection

Andrew Bowie, hosted by Cristina Rada

Andrew Bowie, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Trinity College, Dublin..

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

Friday 13 March 2015, 13:00-14:00

Environmental sensing by blood cells

hosted by Marc Veldhoen

Henrique Veiga-Fernandes, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisbon..

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

Friday 06 March 2015, 13:00-14:00

Fibroblastic reticular cells as anti-inflammatory agents: pre-clinical proof-of-principle

Anne Fletcher, hosted by Alice Denton for the postdocs

Anne Fletcher, Univeristy of Birmingham.

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

Friday 27 February 2015, 13:00-14:00

Improved mismatched cell transplants for cancer immunotherapy

Dr Francesco Colucci (University of Cambridge).

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

Friday 20 February 2015, 13:00-14:00

Nuclear architecture dictates HIV-1 integration into a subset of active genes at the nuclear periphery

Marina Lusic, hosted by Paul Lehner

Marina Lusic, University Clinic Heidelberg.

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

Friday 13 February 2015, 13:00-14:00

Novel functions for IgG in modulating immune highways and DC trafficking

Menna Clatworthy, hosted by Clare Bryant

Dr Menna Clatworthy (University of Cambridge).

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

Friday 06 February 2015, 13:00-14:00

Circadian regulation of Inflammation

David Ray, hosted by Edwin Chilvers

David Ray, University of Manchester.

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

Friday 30 January 2015, 13:00-14:00

Generating Immunity to an Immunosupressive Virus: The HIV Vaccine Conundrum

Jonathan Heeney, hosted by Gillian Griffiths

Prof. Jonathan Heeney (University of Cambridge).

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

Friday 23 January 2015, 13:00-14:00

Insights from the extremes of Type 1 Diabetes

Andrew Hattersley, hosted by Frank Waldron-Lynch

Andrew Hattersley, University of Exeter Medical School.

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

Friday 16 January 2015, 13:00-14:00

The Abnormalities in Plasma Cells in an Autoimmmune Disease Provide both a Window and a Key

David Tarlinton, hosted by Ken Smith

David Tarlinton, WEHI, Melbourne .

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

Friday 09 January 2015, 13:00-14:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Hedgehog signalling in Cytotoxic T cell function

Maike de la Roche, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research.

Lecture Theatre 2, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 07 January 2015, 16:15-17:15

Mechanisms of immune-metabolic interaction in infection

Marc Dionne King's College London, Dptm of Immunobiology, hosted by Felix Randow

Marc Dionne, King's College London.

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

Friday 12 December 2014, 13:00-14:00

Updating The Two Signal theory of T cell Activation with a Cellular Calculus

Phil Hodgkin, hosted by Ken Smith

Phil Hodgkin, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne .

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

Friday 05 December 2014, 13:00-14:00

Lymphocyte population dynamics and genetic susceptibility to autoimmune disease

Rose Zamoyska,hosted by Maike de la Roche for the postdocs

Rose Zamoyska, University of Edinburgh.

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

Friday 28 November 2014, 13:00-14:00

T cell regulation in autoimmune diabetes

Lucy Walker, hosted by Linda Wicker

Prof Lucy Walker, University College, London.

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

Friday 21 November 2014, 13:00-14:00

Designing vaccines: genetics of T follicular helper cells (Tfh)

Shane Crotty, hosted by Michelle Linterman

Shane Crotty, La Jolla Institute.

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

Friday 14 November 2014, 13:00-14:00

Macrophage regulation of tumor responses to anticancer therapies

Michele de Palma, hosted by Jacqueline Shields

Michele de Palma, Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research.

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

Friday 07 November 2014, 13:00-14:00

Leukocyte migration and gradient sensing in vivo: lessons from zebrafish

Milka Sarris, hosted by Alex Betz

Milka Sarris, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience.

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

Friday 31 October 2014, 13:00-14:00

The human leukaemia virus HTLV-1: clonality, latency and immune response.

Charles Bangham, hosted by John Todd

Prof. Charles Bangham ( Imperial College London).

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

Friday 24 October 2014, 13:00-14:00

Multiscale imaging of cell entry and innate immune recognition of enveloped RNA viruses

Yorgo Modis, chaired by Andrew McKenzie

Yorgo Modis, Department of Medicine.

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

Friday 17 October 2014, 13:00-14:00

Neutrophil transmigration in vivo: Mechanisms, dynamics and pathogenesis

Sussan Nourshargh, hosted by Gillian Griffiths

Sussan Nourshargh, William Harvey Research Institute Barts & The London School of Medicine and Dentistry Queen Mary, University of London.

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

Friday 10 October 2014, 13:00-14:00

Understanding & Exploiting the NKT cell:CD1d System in Cancer and Other Diseases

Mark Exley, hosted by Arthur Kaser

Mark Exley, Manchester Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research (MCCIR).

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

Friday 03 October 2014, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Immunology

Cambridge Immunology Forum 2014

Erika Pearce, Ajay Chawla, Karine Clément, Luke O’Neill, Doreen Cantrell, Mala Maini, Ziad Mallat, Toni Vidal-Puig.

Peterhouse Theatre, Peterhouse College.

Tuesday 30 September 2014, 08:30-18:30

How do capsid binding retrovirus restriction factors recognise their targets?

Jonathan Stoye, hosted by Leo James

Jonathan Stoye, NIMR, Mill Hill.

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

Friday 26 September 2014, 13:00-14:00

Illuminating the microanatomical positioning and function of dendritic cells in vivo

Michael Gerner, hosted by Menna Clatworthy

Michael Gerner, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, Bethesda.

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

Thursday 11 September 2014, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Immunology

HIV Control & Cure

Professor Philip Goulder, University of Oxford. Hosted by Professor Patrick Maxwell

Professor Philip Goulder, Professor of Immunology, University of Oxford.

Seminar Room 2, Clinical School, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge..

Thursday 24 July 2014, 13:00-14:00

CANCELED: Natural Killer cells, Innate Lymphoid cells and Innate Immunity

CANCELED

Eric Vivier, Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy.

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

Tuesday 08 July 2014, 15:00-16:00

The role of adipose tissue innate lymphocytes in regulation of metabolism and weight

Lydia Lynch, hosted by Francesco Colucci

Lydia Lynch Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital.

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

Friday 04 July 2014, 13:00-14:00

PI3K in Immunity, Infection and Cancer

Klaus Okkenhaug

Klaus Okkenhaug, Babraham Institute.

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

Friday 27 June 2014, 13:00-14:00

Fate mapping reveals Origin and Dynamics of lymph node Follicular Dendritic Cells

Marc Bajenoff, hosted by the postdocs

Marc Bajenoff, Marseille.

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

Friday 20 June 2014, 13:00-14:00

Diversity of mouse B cell memory subsets

Claude-Agnès Reynaud, hosted by Cristina Rada

Claude-Agnès Reynaud, INSERM.

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

Friday 13 June 2014, 13:00-14:00

T cell exclusion: pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma escapes immune surveillance

Doug Fearon, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute.

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

Friday 06 June 2014, 13:00-14:00

HIV-1 Infection, Type-1 Interferon and Viral Restriction

Michael Malim, King's College London, hosted by Andrew Lever

Michael Malim, King's College London.

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

Friday 30 May 2014, 13:00-14:00

Models of the germinal centre reaction

Michael Meyer-Hermann, hosted by Michelle Linterman. Note change of venue!

Michael Meyer-Hermann, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research.

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

Friday 23 May 2014, 13:00-14:00

IL-22 and NRROS in host defense and inflammation

Wenjun Ouyang, hosted by Arthur Kaser

Wenjun Ouyang, Genentech.

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

Friday 23 May 2014, 10:30-11:30

Targeting host endomembrane integrity during cellular invasion by bacterial pathogens and its impact on the immune response

Jost Enninga, hosted by Felix Randow

Jost Enninga, Institut Pasteur.

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

Friday 16 May 2014, 13:00-14:00

Title to be confirmed

Wenjun Ouyang, hosted by Arthur Kaser

Wenjun Ouyang.

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

Wednesday 14 May 2014, 10:30-11:30

The virus host and virus genetics of severe influenza infection

Paul Kellam, hosted by Stephen Bentley

Paul Kellam, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

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

Friday 09 May 2014, 13:00-14:00

Stromal cell regulation of lymph node structure and function

Alice Denton, CRUK.

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

Friday 02 May 2014, 13:00-14:00

Class switch recombination defects

Anne Durandy, Paris, hosted by Sergey Nejentsev

Anne Durandy,Hospital Necker, paris.

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

Friday 25 April 2014, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Haematopoiesis Seminars

Engaging mechanisms of negative B cell selection to overcome drug-resistance in leukaemia

Prof. Markus Müschen, UCSF.

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

Tuesday 22 April 2014, 15:00-16:00

MRC LMB Seminar Series

What can NMR tell us about how a virus enters its host cell?

Ad Bax, NIH.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, Medical Research Council (MRC) (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biol.

Thursday 10 April 2014, 11:00-12:00

BRC Seminar Series

"Metabolic Regulation of Inflammation"

Prof Luke O'Neil, School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity College Dublin .

Brain Repair Centre, Forvie Site, Robinson Way.

Wednesday 02 April 2014, 12:00-13:00

CANCELED Regulatory T cell immunological synapse and inflammatory disease

Canceled

Michael Dustin, University of Oxford.

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

Friday 21 March 2014, 13:00-14:00

HPV vaccines where to next?

Margaret Stanley

Professor Margaret Stanley, Department of Pathology.

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

Friday 14 March 2014, 13:00-14:00

Host-pathogen interactions: a biochemist's perspective

Hidde Ploegh, hosted by Gordon Dougan

Hidde Ploegh, Whitehead Institute.

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

Thursday 13 March 2014, 14:30-15:30

Clonally transmissible cancers in dogs and Tasmanian devils

Elizabeth Murchison, hosted by Paul Lyons

Elizabeth Murchison, Department of Veterinary Sciences.

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

Friday 07 March 2014, 13:00-14:00

Prevention of immune pathology by specialized regulatory cell subsets

Luis Graca, hosted by Alex Betz

Luis Graca, Universidade de Lisboa.

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

Friday 28 February 2014, 13:00-14:00

MicroRNA silencing and the interplay between inflammation and angiogenesis

Dimitris Lagos, hosted by Elena Vigorito

Dimitris Lagos, University of York.

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

Friday 21 February 2014, 13:00-14:00

Departmental Seminar Programme, Department of Veterinary Medicine

In place of the usual scientific seminar Clare Bryant will be giving her Inaugural Lecture: 'From infection to allergy: a tail of specks, spots, hooves and whiskers'

Prof Clare Bryant.

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Veterinary Medicine.

Wednesday 19 February 2014, 16:15-17:15

Enhancing the CD8 T cell response by RAE-1 gamma expressed in a herpesvirus vector – not only NKG2D

Stipan Jonjic Rijeka, Croatia, hosted by Lars Dolken

Stipan Jonjic, Rijeka, Croatia.

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

Friday 14 February 2014, 13:00-14:00

Immunology in Pathology

Trafficking of MHC class I molecules is influenced by so many things - lessons from a new peptide-independent mutant

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

Professor Sebastian Springer, Jacobs University Bremen.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Thursday 13 February 2014, 12:30-13:30

Alemtuzumab: “fixing” multiple sclerosis and causing autoimmunity

Joanne Jones, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, hosted by Linda Wicker

Joanne Jones, Department of Clinical Neurosciences .

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

Friday 07 February 2014, 13:00-14:00

T cell migration in tumors: a role for matrix architecture

Emmanuel Donnadieu, hosted by Doug Fearon

Emmanuel Donnadieu, INSERM, PAris.

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

Friday 31 January 2014, 13:00-14:00

Immunology in medicine

Regulation of calcium homeostasis in myeloid cells: new therapeutic targets in inflammation

Pierre Launay, hosted by Andres Floto

Pierre Launay, Bichat Medical School, Paris.

New LMB Lecture Theatre.

Friday 24 January 2014, 13:00-14:00

SerenDRiPity: Translating DRiPs for T Cell Immunosurveillance of Tumors and Viruses

Jon Yewdell, hosted by Paul Lehner

Jon Yewdell.

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

Friday 17 January 2014, 13:00-14:00

Wound healing and autoimmune pathologies; central roles for innate lymphoid cells and stroma

Mark Coles, University of York, hosted by Klaus Okkenhaug

Mark Coles, University of York.

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

Friday 10 January 2014, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Immunology

Regulatory B cells: Novel faces and mechanisms

Simon Fillatreau, Berlin, hosted by the postdocs

Simon Fillatreau, Deutsches Rheuma-ForschungsZentrum, Berlin.

CIMR (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research), Sackler Lecture Theater on level 7.

Friday 06 December 2013, 13:00-14:00

Macrophage migration and death pathways in TB pathogenesis

Francisco J. Roca, hosted by Ken Smith

Francisco J. Roca, University of Washington.

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

Thursday 05 December 2013, 14:00-15:00

Macrophage migration and death pathways in TB pathogenesis

Fransisco J. Roca, hosted by Ken Smith

Fransisco J. Roca.

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

Friday 29 November 2013, 14:00-15:00

Cambridge Immunology

de novo generation of peripheral regulatory T cells: another job for the thymus.

Jocelyne Demengeot, hosted by John Todd

Jocelyne Demengeot, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência PT-2781-901 Oeiras, PORTUGAL.

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

Friday 29 November 2013, 13:00-14:00

Immunology in medicine

A systems view of recognition by the T cell receptor provides multiple opportunities for rational therapeutic interventions in cancer, infection and autoimmunity

Andrew Sewell, hosted by John Trowsdale

Andrew Sewell, University of Cardiff.

Sackler Lecture Theater on level 7 of the CIMR (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research).

Friday 22 November 2013, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Immunology

Roles of Lin28b and microRNAs in (re)programming lineage-specific gene expression in immunity

Stefan A. Muljo, NIAID, Bethesda, hosted by Ken Smith

Stefan A. Muljo, NIAID, Bethesda.

CIMR (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research), Sackler Lecture Theater on level 7.

Monday 18 November 2013, 14:00-15:00

Immunology in medicine

Macrophage migration and death pathways in TB pathogenesis

Francisco Jose Roca Soler, university of Washington.

New LMB Lecture Theatre.

Monday 18 November 2013, 14:00-15:00

Cambridge Immunology

Functions of Monocytes and Macrophages

Frederic Geissmann, hosted by Cristina Rada

Frederic Geissmann, King's College London.

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

Friday 15 November 2013, 13:00-14:00

Immunology in medicine

Cancelled- Dendritic cell subsets in Th2 immunity

Cancelled Bart Lambrecht, University of Ghent, hosted by Andrew McKenzie

Bart Lambrecht, University of Ghent.

Sackler Lecture Theater on level 7 of the CIMR (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research).

Friday 08 November 2013, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Immunology

'How grafted neural stem cells speak with the host immune system'

Stefano Pluchino (University of Cambridge), hosted by Marc Veldhoen

Stefano Pluchino John van Geest Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair and Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council Stem Cell Institute, Department of Clinical Neurosciences.

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

Friday 01 November 2013, 13:00-14:00

Immunology in medicine

Transplantation and Regulatory T-cell Homeostasis: Impact of Interleukin-2

John Koreth, DFCI, Harvard hosted by Frank Waldron-Lynch

John Koreth, DFCI, Harvard.

Sackler Lecture Theater on level 7 of the CIMR (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research).

Friday 25 October 2013, 12:00-13:00

Cambridge Virology Seminars

The avian innate immune system and its modulation by viruses

Dr Michael Skinner, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, UK.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Level 7, CIMR, Addenbrooke’s Hospital.

Thursday 24 October 2013, 12:00-13:00

Immunology in medicine

Autophagic labeling of single-membrane vesicles through direct engagement of Atg16L1

Felipe X. Pimentel Muinos, University of Salamanca, Spain, hosted by Felix Randow

Felipe X. Pimentel Muinos, University of Salamanca, Spain,.

Sackler Lecture Theater on level 7 of the CIMR (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research).

Friday 11 October 2013, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Immunology

Characterisation and re-programming of neutrophil dysfunction in critically ill patients

John Simpson, Newcastle University, hosted by Edwin Chilvers

John Simpson, Newcastle University.

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

Friday 04 October 2013, 13:00-14:00

Immunology in medicine

Pathogen Defence in the Lymph Node - From Innate to Adaptive Immunity

Wolfgang Kastenmuller, Bonn University, hosted by Menna Clatworthy

Wolfgang Kastenmuller, Bonn University.

Sackler Lecture Theater on level 7 of the CIMR (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research).

Friday 27 September 2013, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Immunology

(Epi-)genomics in IBD-from predisposition to manifestation

Philip Rosenstiel, Kiel University, hosted by Arthur Kaser

Philip Rosenstiel, Kiel University.

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

Friday 20 September 2013, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Immunology

Cambridge Immunology Forum 2013: The Microbiota meets the Immune System

Speaker to be confirmed.

CIMR (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research), Sackler Lecture Theater on level 7.

Thursday 19 September 2013, 09:00-18:00

Immunology in medicine

Tuberculosis as an inflammatory disease: insights from the zebrafish

Lalita Ramakrishnan, hosted by Ken Smith

Lalita Ramakrishnan ( University of Washington).

Sackler Lecture Theater on level 7 of the CIMR (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research).

Friday 13 September 2013, 13:00-14:00

hv219's list

How do T cells read antigen affinity? Implications for tolerance and autoimmunity

Ed Palmer, University of Basel, hosted by Gillian Griffiths

Ed Palmer, University of Basel.

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

Friday 06 September 2013, 13:00-14:00

Cell Biology in Medicine Seminar Series

Autophagy roles in Immunity

Professor Vojo Deretic, University of New Mexico.

Sackler Lecture Theatre, Wellcome Trust/MRC Building, Addenbrooke's .

Tuesday 03 September 2013, 13:00-14:00

hv219's list

BEACH domain containing proteins

Andrew Cullinane

Andrew Cullinane, Medical Genetics Branch (NHGRI), NIH, Bethesda, USA.

CIMR (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research), Sackler Lecture Theater on level 7.

Thursday 08 August 2013, 16:00-17:00

Cambridge Immunology

Leukocyte guidance and gradient sensing in vivo: lessons from zebrafish

Milka Sarris

Dr Milka Sarris, Pasteur Institut, Paris, France.

CIMR (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research), Sackler Lecture Theater on level 7.

Monday 05 August 2013, 13:00-14:00

Immunology in medicine

Using Advanced Imaging Methods to Probe the Organization and Operation of the Immune System

Ron Germain,National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, USA, hosted by Menna Catworthy

Ron Germain National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, USA.

Sackler Lecture Theater on level 7 of the CIMR (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research).

Friday 02 August 2013, 13:00-14:00

Seminars at the Department of Biochemistry

"Learning about proteins - their structure, function and evolution"

Janet Thornton, European Bioinformatics Institute, Hinxton.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology.

Wednesday 31 July 2013, 17:00-18:00

Immunology in medicine

Innate Sensing, Inflammasomes and NLRs: New Insights Revealed by Imaging and Systems Approaches

Naeha Subramanian, hosted by Menna Clatworthy

Naeha Subramanian (LSB, NIAID, NIH) .

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

Thursday 25 July 2013, 13:00-14:00

Immunology in medicine

New roles for RIG-I family proteins in innate immunity

Eric Miska, Gurdon Institute.

Sackler Lecture Theater on level 7 of the CIMR (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research).

Friday 19 July 2013, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Immunology

From Screens to Genes: Unraveling the Mystery of Poxvirus Genome Uncoating

Jason Mercer, hosted by Leo James

Jason Mercer, Institute of Biochemistry, ETH Zürich, Switzerland.

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

Thursday 18 July 2013, 14:00-15:00

Cambridge Immunology

Regulating T lymphocyte metabolism

Doreen Cantrell, University of Dundee hosted by the postdocs

Doreen Cantrell, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee.

CIMR (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research), Sackler Lecture Theater on level 7.

Monday 15 July 2013, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Immunology

TLR2 signaling and NLRP3 inflammasome activation: Location makes the difference

Dr Karim Brandt, hosted by Nick Gay

Karim Brandt, University of Geneva.

Biochemistry Lecture Theatre, Sanger Building, Tennis Court Road.

Friday 12 July 2013, 10:30-11:30

BRC Seminar Series

Toll-like receptor-mediated neuronal injury.

Dr Seija Lehnardt, Dept of Neurology, Charité-University Medicine Berline, Germany.

Brain Repair Centre, Forvie Site, Robinson Way.

Wednesday 10 July 2013, 12:00-13:00

Immunology in medicine

CANCELED TCR requirements for gamma/delta T cell development

Canceled

Daniel Pennington Blizard Institute, Barts and The London Medical School.

Sackler Lecture Theater on level 7 of the CIMR (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research).

Friday 05 July 2013, 13:00-14:00

Immunology in medicine

Metabolomics Analysis for Medical and Drug Discovery Research

Professor Masura Yoshida Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan.

E7 seminar room, Addenbrooke’s Hospital.

Thursday 04 July 2013, 12:00-13:00

hv219's list

Drosophila as a model to study innate immunity

note change of time and date

Petros Ligoxygakis, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford .

CIMR (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research), Sackler Lecture Theater on level 7.

Wednesday 03 July 2013, 17:00-18:00

Immunology in Pathology

Influence of HLA-C expression level on HIV control

Host: Ashley Moffett (am485@cam.ac.uk)

Dr Richard Apps, National Cancer Institute, NIH Fredericks, USA.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Wednesday 03 July 2013, 12:30-13:30

Immunology in medicine

Consequences of melanoma heterogeneity and plasticity for T-cell directed immunotherapy: Lessons from mouse models

Thomas Tüting, University of Bonn, hosted by Francesco Colucci

Thomas Tüting, University of Bonn.

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

Friday 28 June 2013, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Immunology

Fc Receptors: Critical regulators of antibody biology and therapy

Mark Cragg , Southampton, hosted by Leo James

Prof. Mark Cragg - Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton.

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

Thursday 27 June 2013, 13:30-14:30

Cambridge Immunology

Innate lymphoid cells in immunity and disease

Jillian Barlow, hosted by Andrew McKenzie.

Jillian Barlow, MRC-LMB.

CIMR (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research), Sackler Lecture Theater on level 7.

Friday 21 June 2013, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Immunology

Adipocyte progenitor cells support the formation of lymphoid tissues during development and inflammation

Jorge Caamano, University of Birmingham, hosted by Elena Vigorito

Jorge Caamano, University of Birmingham .

CIMR (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research), Sackler Lecture Theater on level 7.

Friday 14 June 2013, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Immunology

Seminar by the recipients of the Lister Institute Research Prize 2012

The presentations will be followed by a reception.

Dr David Komander, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Dr Akhilesh Reddy, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke’s Treatment Centre. .

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

Friday 07 June 2013, 14:30-15:30

Cambridge Immunology

The neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) – not just for kids!

Jan Terje Andersen, hosted by Leo James

Jan Terje Andersen University of Oslo Centre for Immune Regulation.

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

Thursday 06 June 2013, 16:30-17:30

"Innate immune signals in splenic and intestinal homeostasis"

Andrea Cerutti. ICREA, Bacelona. Hosted by Michael Neuberger.

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

Friday 07 December 2012, 13:00-14:00

"Targeting T cells for immune staging and intervention in type 1 diabetes"

Dr Roberto Mallone, Hôtel Dieu Hospital. Hosted by John Todd.

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

Friday 30 November 2012, 13:00-14:00

"Global Progress in TB Vaccine Development"

Professor Helen McShane, University of Oxford. Hosted by Andres Floto.

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

Friday 23 November 2012, 13:00-14:00

"Preclinical and Clinical Studies of Immunotherapy in Type 1 Diabetes"

Dr Frank Wadron-Lynch, JDRF/WT Diabetes & Inflammation Lab, CIMR. Hosted by Linda Wicker.

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

Friday 16 November 2012, 13:00-14:00

"ADARs and innate immunity"

Mary O'Connell, MRC, Human Genetics Unit, Edinburgh. Hosted by Felix Randow.

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

Friday 09 November 2012, 13:00-14:00

"The FAP+ Stromal Cell and a Hierarchy of Tumour Immune Suppression."

Doug Fearon, CRUK. Hosted by John Trowsdale.

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

Friday 02 November 2012, 13:00-14:00

“Manipulating the dynamics of ubiquitin and histones in cells to create new antigens for MHC class I antigen presentation”

Jacques Neefjes, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam. Hosted by Paul Lehner.

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

Friday 26 October 2012, 13:00-14:00

"Principles of dynamic gene regulation in mammals"

D. Ido Amit, Weizman Institute, Israel. Hosted by Sarah Teichman.

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

Friday 19 October 2012, 14:30-13:30

“LAT signalling pathology: a T-cell dependent, B cell autoimmune condition without T-cell self-reactivity"

Professor Bernard Malissen, Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy. Hosted by Chris Rudd.

Lecture Theatre, Department of Pathology, Tennis Court Road.

Friday 19 October 2012, 12:30-13:30

"High resolution gene expression profiling of TNA synthesis, processing and decay"

Lars Dolken, Dept of Medicine. Hosted by Paul Lyons.

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

Friday 12 October 2012, 13:00-14:00

Adventures in Viral Immunology: Translating DRiPs

Professor Jon Yewdell, NIAID. Hosted by Paul Lehner.

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

Monday 08 October 2012, 13:00-14:00

New insights into bone marrow biology

Professor Sara Rankin, Imperial College London. Hosted by Edwin Chilvers.

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

Friday 05 October 2012, 13:00-14:00

" Not all Foxp3+ Regulatory T cells cells are made equal- miRNA-mediated regulation of specialisation"

Dr Mark Wilson, NIMR. Hosted by Michelle Linterman.

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

Friday 28 September 2012, 13:00-14:00

IFN-inducible GTPases and the art of self defense

John MacMicking, Yale University School of Medicine. Hosted by Felix Randow.

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

Friday 21 September 2012, 13:00-14:00

Microbial versus metabolic inflammation: fine-tuning inflammasomes via a GTPase

Dr Avinash Shenoy, Yale School of Medicine. Hosted by Ken Smith.

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

Friday 14 September 2012, 13:00-14:00

Cambridge Immunology

Randomly made yet ordered: T cell receptor and cell receptor and functional repertoires

Dr. Nir Friedman from the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel .

Max Perutz lecture theater, MRC-LMB, Addenbrooke's site, Hills Road.

Monday 03 September 2012, 14:30-15:30

"Microbial versus Metabolic Inflammation: Fine-tuning Inflammasomes via a GTPase"

Dr Avinash Shenoy, Yale School of Medicine. Host tbc.

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

Monday 30 July 2012, 13:00-14:00

CD45 and TIM-1: unique targets for induction of regulatory T and B cells in transplant tolerance"

Professor David Rothstein, University of Pittsburgh. Hosted by Chris Rudd.

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

Friday 13 July 2012, 13:00-14:00

"Regulating T cells in autoimmune and allergic disease"

Professor Stephen M Anderton, MRC Centre for Inflammation Research, University of Edinburgh. Hosted by Andrew McKenzie.

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

Friday 06 July 2012, 13:00-14:00

Fueling the fires within: TNF-family receptors in autoimmunity and autoinflammation

Dr Richard Siegel, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases, NIH. Hosted by Menna Clatworthy.

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

Friday 29 June 2012, 13:00-14:00

“Cell Entry and Innate Immune Recognition of enveloped RNA Viruses”

Dr Yorgo Modis, Yale University. Hosted by Ken Smith.

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

Friday 22 June 2012, 13:00-14:00

“Accelerated vaccine and immunotherapy discovery and development: case studies in infectious diseases and cancer"

Dr Mark Poznansky, Massachusetts General Hospital. Hosted by Andrew Lever.

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

Monday 18 June 2012, 16:00-17:00

"Epithelial regulation of intestinal inflammation"

Professor Manolis Pasparakis, CECAD, Cologne. Hosted by Arthur Kaser.

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

Friday 15 June 2012, 13:00-14:00

"Taking Advantage: Exploring Darwinian Selection in the Germinal Center"

Dr Mark Shlomchik, Yale School of Medicine. Hosted by Ken Smith.

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

Tuesday 12 June 2012, 15:00-16:00

"Bad blood between the ribosomal subunits"

Professor Alan Warren, University Department of Haematology and MRC-LMB. Hosted by Michael Neuberger.

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

Friday 08 June 2012, 13:00-14:00

"The cancer macroenvironment modulates adaptive immunity against cancer"

Dr Vincenzo Bronte, Instituto Oncologico Veneto, Padua, Italy. Hosted by Doug Fearon.

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

Friday 01 June 2012, 13:00-14:00

"Mesenchymal and haemopoietic stroma: a crucial liaison"

Professor Francesco Dazzi, Chair in Stem Cell Biology and Head of Stem Cell Biology, Dept of Medicine, Imperial College London. Hosted by John Todd.

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

Friday 25 May 2012, 13:00-14:00

Enhancing immune responses by targeting vaccine antigens to Clec9A on dendritic cells"

Professor Ken Shortman, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia. Host tbc.

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

Monday 21 May 2012, 16:00-17:00

"Spatio-temporal regulation of antigen presentation and cell migration"

Dr Ana-Maria Lennon-Duménil, Institute Curie, Paris. Hosted by Marion Espeli.

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

Friday 18 May 2012, 13:00-14:00

"The BLIMP-1 regulatory network and models of plasma cell differentiation"

Dr Gina Doody, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine. Hosted by Martin Turner.

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

Friday 11 May 2012, 13:00-14:00

Transcriptional profiling host responses in Infectious diseases: From HIV infection of macrophages to the tuberculin skin test

Dr Mahdad Noursadeghi, UCL. Hosted by Andres Floto.

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

Friday 04 May 2012, 13:00-14:00

"Germinal center selection and the development of memory B and plasma cells"

Dr Mark Shlomchik, Yale School of Medicine. Hosted by Michael Neuberger.

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

Wednesday 25 April 2012, 16:30-17:30

"Control of intercellular signalling by rhomboids and their relatives"

Dr Matthew Freeman, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology. Hosted by Paul Lehner.

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

Friday 20 April 2012, 13:00-14:00

"Into thin air: regulation of inflammatory gene expression by hypoxia"

Professor Cormac Taylor, UCD Conway Institute. Hosted by Edwin Chilvers.

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

Friday 13 April 2012, 13:00-14:00

“CD45 and TIM-1: unique targets for induction of regulatory T and B cells in transplant tolerance"

Professor David Rothstein, University of Pittsburgh. Hosted by Chris Rudd.

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

Friday 13 April 2012, 13:00-14:00

Malaria and Salmonella: tolerance versus resistance

Professor Eleanor Riley London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Hosted by John Trowsdale..

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

Friday 30 March 2012, 13:00-14:00

"The earliest events in T cell receptor activation"

Professor Kai Wucherpfennig, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard. Hosted by Ken Smith.

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

Monday 26 March 2012, 15:00-16:00

Basophils in immune responses against helminths and allergens

Professor David Voehringer Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen‐Nurnberg, Germany. Hosted by Andrew McKenzie..

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

Friday 23 March 2012, 13:00-14:00

"The impact of protease-regulated antigen processing and presentation"

RSVP to Dr Robert Busch via email (rb468@medschl.cam.ac.uk), because seating capacity in the Rheumatology Seminar Room is limited. Also please inform Dr Busch if you wish to meet Dr Burster on the day

Dr Timo Burster, University of Ulm. Hosted by Dr Robert Busch.

Rheumatology Seminar Room, Dept of Medicine, Level 5,.

Tuesday 20 March 2012, 13:00-14:00

Novel connections between anti-viral innate immunity and metabolism: A Systems Biology Approach

Dr Hwjin Kim, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School. Hosted by Paul Lehner.

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

Tuesday 20 March 2012, 12:00-13:00

Structural determinants underlying ubiquitin chain linkage specificity in NF-kB signalling

Dr Yogesh Kaluthu MRC LMB, Cambridge, hosted by Paul Lehner..

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

Friday 16 March 2012, 13:00-14:00

Mechanisms of innate and adaptive T cell help to B cells during infection and immunity

Dr Irah King, Trudeau Institute. Hosted by Paul Lehner.

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

Thursday 15 March 2012, 14:30-15:30

Monocytes, macrophages & DCs development pathways that specify functions

Professor Frederic Geissmann King’s College London. Hosted by Hill Gaston..

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

Friday 09 March 2012, 13:00-14:00

The thymus: 500 million years in the making

Professor Thomas Boehm Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiberg, Germany. Hosted by Ken Smith..

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

Tuesday 06 March 2012, 16:15-17:15

Differentiation of plasma cells, and selection in the germinal centre.

Dr Kai Michael Toellner University of Birmingham, hosted by Elena Vigorito..

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

Friday 02 March 2012, 13:00-14:00

Development of Foxp3+ regulatory T cell: epigenetics and more…

Professor Jochen Huehn Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Germany. Hosted by Alex Betz..

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

Friday 24 February 2012, 13:00-14:00

Vitamin D and tuberculosis

Dr Adrian Martineau Queen Mary University of London, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry. Hosted by John Todd..

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

Friday 17 February 2012, 13:00-14:00

Immunity to Streptococcus pneumoniae

Dr Jerry Brown University College London. Hosted by Andres Floto..

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

Friday 10 February 2012, 13:00-14:00

Molecular mechanisms of human T helper cell differentiation to functionally distinct subsets

Professor Riitta Lahesmaa Turku Centre for Biotechnology, Finland. Hosted by Sarah Teichmann..

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

Wednesday 08 February 2012, 11:00-12:00

Targeting B cells in Cardiovascular Diseases

Professor Ziad Mallat, Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge.

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

Friday 03 February 2012, 13:00-14:00

The αβTCR uses an antibody‐like strategy to engage MHC‐peptide

Professor Julian Dyson Dept of Medicine, Imperial College, London. Hosted by Linda Wicker..

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

Friday 27 January 2012, 13:00-14:00

Transcriptional and chromatin regulation of T helper cell differentiation

First talk of Lent Term

Dr Richard Jenner, University College London, hosted by Sarah Teichmann.

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

Friday 20 January 2012, 13:00-14:00

Title to be confirmed

Last talk of term. Note change of speaker

Dr Richard Blumberg, Harvard School of Medicine, hosted by Students and Postdocs, Smith lab.

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

Friday 09 December 2011, 13:00-14:00

Compartments and continua of the immune responses to commensal intestinal microbes

Professor Andrew MacPherson, University of Bern, Switzerland, hosted by Arthur Kaser.

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

Friday 02 December 2011, 13:00-14:00

MHC-determined resistance to a herpes virus: some new pictures of peptide motifs for class I and TAP molecules

Professor Jim Kaufman, Dept of Pathology, University of Cambridge, hosted by Paul Lehner.

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

Friday 25 November 2011, 13:00-14:00

Pattern Recognition Receptors: therapeutic targets for allergic as well as infectious disease?

Dr Clare Bryant, Dept of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, hosted by Edwin Chilvers.

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

Friday 18 November 2011, 13:00-14:00

Retinoic acid: An immune morphogen?

Dr Randy Noelle, Dartmouth University and King's College, London, hosted by Chris Rudd.

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

Friday 11 November 2011, 13:00-14:00

Chaperoning antibody diversification

Dr Javier di Noia, Insitut de Recherches Cliniques de Montreal, hosted by Michael Neuberger.

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

Friday 04 November 2011, 13:00-14:00

HIV-related mortality past and present

Professor Sebastian Lucas, King's College London School of Medicine, hosted by Leo James.

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

Friday 21 October 2011, 13:00-14:00

Hedgehog signalling in T-cell differentiation

Dr Tessa Crompton, Institute for Child Health, University College London, hosted by Gillian Griffiths.

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

Friday 14 October 2011, 13:00-14:00

Control of inflammation by natural and synthetic histone mimics

Note unusual time

Professor Sasha Tarakhovsky, The Rockefeller University, New York, hosted by Ken Smith.

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

Thursday 13 October 2011, 15:00-16:00

Bridging the Gap: Computational Biology and Trafficking of MHC Class I

Professor Sebastian Springer, Jacobs University, Bremen, hosted by John Trowsdale.

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

Friday 07 October 2011, 13:00-14:00

Journey to the Centre of Translation: In Situ Visualisation and Characterisation of Compartmentalised Protein Synthesis in Cells and Tissues

Alexandre David, Laboratory of Viral Diseases, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, USA, hosted by Paul Lehner/Ken Smith.

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

Friday 30 September 2011, 13:00-14:00

Multiplexed assays for studying immunologic diseases

Professor PJ Utz, Stanford School of Medicine, California, hosted by Paul Lyons.

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

Friday 23 September 2011, 13:00-14:00

Innate Lymphoid Cells: An Emerging Family of Immune Effectors

Professor Jim di Santo, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, hosted by Francesco Colucci.

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

Friday 16 September 2011, 13:00-14:00

Approaches to and biomarkers of transplantation tolerance

Note unusual time

Professor Robert Lechler, King's College, London, hosted by Ken Smith.

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

Wednesday 14 September 2011, 16:00-17:00

Salmonella diarrhea - from molecular analysis to the real infection

Professor Wolf-Dietrich Hardt, Institute of Microbiology, Zurich, hosted by Felix Randow.

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

Friday 09 September 2011, 13:00-14:00

Molecular Mechanisms in cytotoxicity by SLAM family receptors

Dr Marion Brown, Dunn School of Pathology, Oxford, hosted by Gillian Griffiths.

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

Friday 02 September 2011, 13:00-14:00

Regulation of immune responses to pancreas-expressed antigens: role of CTLA-4

Dr Lucy Walker, University of Birmingham, hosted by John Todd.

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

Friday 22 July 2011, 13:00-14:00

NOD2-dependent autophagy and Crohn's disease

Dr Alison Simmons, Nuffield Dept of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, hosted by Arthur Kaser.

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

Friday 15 July 2011, 13:00-14:00

Retinoic acid: An immune morphogen?

Randy Noelle, Dartmouth University and King's College London hosted by Chris Rudd.

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

Friday 08 July 2011, 13:00-14:00

Control of immune homeostasis by regulatory T cells

Special Seminar: Note unusual time

Dr Sasha Rudensky, The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York, hosted by Paul Lehner.

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

Thursday 07 July 2011, 12:30-13:30

Imaging neutrophilic inflammation in vivo: what we can learn from studies in zebrafish

Stephen Renshaw, University of Sheffield, hosted by Edwin Chilvers.

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

Friday 01 July 2011, 13:00-14:00

Between tolerance and vigilance - host-microbial homeostasis at the intestinal epithelium

Professor Mathias Hornef, Hannover Medical School hosted by Felix Randow.

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

Friday 24 June 2011, 13:00-14:00

Immunglobulin enhancers and AID targeting during class switch recombination

Dr Amine Khamlichi, University of Toulouse, France hosted by Michael Neuberger.

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

Friday 17 June 2011, 13:00-14:00

Making and br(e)aking CD effector/memory responses

Professor Peter Lane, University of Birmingham, hosted by Students/Post docs.

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

Friday 10 June 2011, 13:00-14:00

Autophagy in the hematopoitic system

Special Seminar: Note unusual time

Professor Katia Simon, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford University, hosted by Andres Floto.

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

Tuesday 07 June 2011, 16:00-17:00

War and peace at the mucosal interface in the gut

Claudio Nicoletti, Institute of Food Research, Norwich hosted by Hill Gaston/Jane Goodall.

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

Friday 03 June 2011, 13:00-14:00

Genes, cells and pathways - Post GWAS

Special Seminar: Note unusual time

Ramnik Xavier, Harvard Medical School Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, hosted by John Todd.

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

Wednesday 01 June 2011, 10:00-11:00

Mapping the functional interaction network of mammalian ER-associated degradation

John Christianson, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Oxford hosted by Paul Lehner.

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

Friday 27 May 2011, 13:00-14:00

Gut, germs and genes: the role of the microflora in intestinal oncogenesis

Special Seminar: Note unusual time

Eyal Raz, University of California San Diego, hosted by Arthur Kaser.

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

Wednesday 25 May 2011, 11:30-12:30

Essential role of lymph node stroma in orchestrating efficient immune responses

Dr Mark Coles, University of York, hosted by Andrew McKenzie.

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

Friday 20 May 2011, 13:00-14:00

Immune modulation via C-type lectins

Dr Veronique Braud, Institut de Pharmacologie Moleculaire et Cellulaire, Valbonne, France, hosted by Francesco Colucci.

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

Friday 13 May 2011, 13:00-14:00

Harnessing cytomegaloviral immune evasion for vaccine development

Klaus Frueh, Oregon Health & Science University hosted by Paul Lehner.

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

Friday 15 April 2011, 13:00-14:00

Local development of Follicular Helper T cells

Nicolas Fazilleau, Purpan Hospital, Toulouse hosted by Students/Post docs.

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

Friday 08 April 2011, 13:00-14:00

Environment specific control of immune reactivity: lessons from studying mucosal immune responses in man

Professor Stefan Meuer, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg hosted by Chris Rudd.

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

Friday 01 April 2011, 13:00-14:00

How we achieve tolerance for our mothers: Evidence for a layered Immune System in Humans

Dr Jeff Mold, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden hosted by Alex Betz.

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

Friday 25 March 2011, 13:00-14:00

Pathways of inflammation and tissue remodelling in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: lessons from human arthritis

Dr Dominique Baeten, University of Amsterdam hosted by Hill Gaston.

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

Friday 18 March 2011, 13:00-14:00

Title to be confirmed

Speaker to be confirmed.

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

Monday 14 March 2011, 13:00-14:00

Investigations to determine causal molecules in Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis

Anthony Segal, Director, Centre for Molecular Medicine, UCL hosted by John Todd.

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

Friday 11 March 2011, 13:00-14:00

The generation of antibody-based diagnostics and therapeutics for emerging infectious diseases

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SEMINAR IS TAKING PLACE ON TUESDAY

Dr Paul MacAry, National University of Singapore hosted by Ken Smith.

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

Tuesday 08 March 2011, 13:00-14:00

Establishing the molecular basis of the persistence of immunological memory

David Tarlinton, WEHI, Melbourne hosted by Ken Smith.

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

Friday 04 March 2011, 13:00-14:00