Understanding and exploiting T cell antigen sensitivity and discrimination
In person
T cells can initiate immune responses when recognising a single foreign antigen yet tolerate high densities of self-antigens. In this talk, I will focus on the basic mechanisms that underlie this remarkable antigen sensitivity and discrimination, and how we have exploited these mechanims to enhance antigen sensitivity and discrimination for immune therapies. This work has led to a new spin-out company, MatchBio Ltd, to enhance the sensitivity of CAR-T cells. Lastly, I will highlight how the work has been underpinned by a new experimental platform that allows for simple (non-genetic) manipulation of cell surface ligands (CombiCells) to study any cell-cell recognition process.
Date: 17 March 2025, 12:00
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Omer Dushek (University of Oxford, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, Wolfson College)
Organising department: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology
Organiser: Magdalena Gross
Part of: Kennedy Institute Seminars
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Magdalena Gross