Patching up the crypt: Innate immune cells orchestrate intestinal regeneration
Tom Cupedo is an associate professor at the department of Hematology at the Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He did his training as a PhD student with Reina Mebius, investigating ILC3 in mouse lymph node development and as a postdoctoral fellow with Hergen Spits, leading to the identification of human fetal ILC3. In recent years his research has been focused on the biology of group 3 Innate lymphoid Cells (ILC3), especially in the context of intestinal regeneration. Recent findings include the characterization of a stromal niche for ILC3 in human and mouse lymph nodes, and the discovery of an important role for ILC3 as regulators of epithelial stem cell regeneration and tissue repair following intestinal damage.
Date: 18 September 2017, 12:00
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Speaker: Associate Professor Tom Cupedo (Department of Hematology Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Organising department: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology
Organiser: Gintare Kolesnikovaite (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Prof Mark Coles (SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW AND NEW GROUP LEADER)
Part of: Kennedy Institute Seminars
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Gintare Kolesnikovaite