The role of non-coding RNAs in viral infection and the immunometabolic response

Please arrive 5 minutes early for building access

This lecture will cover noncoding RNAs, specifically microRNAs (miRNAs) discovered to be oppositely regulated by the hepatitis C virus and the immunometabolic response to viral infection. Efforts to develop new therapeutic strategies based on these discoveries will also be discussed.

Date: 26 September 2017, 12:00
Venue:
Medawar Building
off South Parks Road OX1 3SY
See location on maps.ox

Details: Level 30 Seminar Room
Speaker: John Pezacki (University of Ottawa)
Organising department: Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine
Organisers: Prof Lynn Dustin (NDORMS), Chris Willberg (NDM Experimental Medicine), Peter Simmonds (Nuffield Department of Medicine)
Organiser contact email address: peter.simmonds@ndm.ox.ac.uk
Part of: Peter Medawar Building Seminars
Topics:
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only
Editors: Anne Bowtell, Lynn Dustin, Rebecca Allen