Seminar by Prof Shane Crotty "Adaptive Immunity and Immune Memory to SARS-CoV-2 after COVID-19"

This seminar will be held virtually via Zoom at 3pm and is open to Oxford university members only, registration is at: https://medsci.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwlde2rrTsoHN1B1isukPP7pB2XFMafe_WV

Understanding immune memory to SARS-CoV-2 is critical for improving diagnostics and vaccines, and for assessing the likely future course of the COVID-19 pandemic. We analyzed multiple compartments of circulating immune memory to SARS-CoV-2 from 188 COVID-19 cases, including 43 samples at > 6 months post-infection. By studying antibody, memory B cell, CD4+ T cell, and CD8+ T cell memory to SARS-CoV-2 in an integrated manner, we observed that each component of SARS-CoV-2 immune memory exhibited distinct kinetics (Dan et al., Science 2021). I will also present a working model of the relationship between adaptive immune responses and COVID-19 disease.

Date: 14 March 2022, 15:00 (Monday, 9th week, Hilary 2022)
Venue: This seminar will be held virtually via Zoom at 3pm and is open to Oxford university members only, registration is at: https://medsci.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwlde2rrTsoHN1B1isukPP7pB2XFMafe_WV
Speaker: Prof Shane Crotty (La Jolla Institute for Immunology, San Diego)
Organising department: Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS)
Organisers: Ellen Mobbs (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology), Dr Jelena Bezbradica (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology), Professor Irina Udalova (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Organiser contact email address: ellen.mobbs@kennedy.ox.ac.uk
Host: Dr Tal Arnon (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Part of: Kennedy Institute Seminars
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://medsci.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwlde2rrTsoHN1B1isukPP7pB2XFMafe_WV
Audience: Members of the University only
Editors: Elizabeth Thompson, Ellen Mobbs