Name: Doris Chan
Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology

Events this person is organising:

Monday 17 July 2023

"Microbiome and cell death mediated regulation of inflammatory immunity " Professor Tracy McGaha
Date: 17 July 2023, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof Tracy McGaha (University of Toronto)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology), Wilby Chaplin (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology), Jo Silva (NDORMS)
Host: Richard Williams (University of Oxford)

Monday 24 July 2023

How does CD45 signal?
Date: 24 July 2023, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Hayley Sharpe (Babraham Institute, Cambridge)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Jo Silva (NDORMS), Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology), Dr Audrey Gérard (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Audrey Gérard (University of Oxford)

Monday 4 September 2023

A collaborative approach to mapping the distribution of cell surface proteins
Date: 4 September 2023, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Dylan Owen (Universitiy of Birmingham)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology), Jo Silva (NDORMS)
Host: Michael Dustin (Kennedy Institute, University of Oxford)

Monday 11 September 2023

T cells as regulators of germinal center kinetics
Date: 11 September 2023, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof Johanne Tracey Jacobsen (University of Oslo)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Jo Silva (NDORMS), Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Tal Arnon (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Thursday 21 September 2023

Breakdown of tolerance to self drives atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
Date: 21 September 2023, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Prof Klaus Ley (Augusta University)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology), Jo Silva (NDORMS)
Host: Professor Claudia Monaco (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3)

Monday 25 September 2023

Aspergillus infection and inflammation in Cystic Fibrosis
Date: 25 September 2023, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof Adilia Warris (University of Exeter)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology), Jo Silva (NDORMS)
Host: Dr Jethro Johnson (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 2 October 2023

Population-scale metabolomic and genomic prediction of common diseases
Date: 2 October 2023, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Jeffrey Barrett (Chief Scientific Officer of Nightingale Health)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology), Jo Silva (NDORMS)
Host: Dr Yang Luo (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 16 October 2023

Vaccine modalities for more effective immunisation
Date: 16 October 2023, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Anita Milicic (Group Leader, Vaccine Formulation and Adjuvants)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Jelena Bezbradica (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 23 October 2023

Autoimmune connective tissue diseases - intracellular DNA/RNA sensing
Date: 23 October 2023, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof Bent Deleuran (Aarhus University)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Prof Lynn Dustin (NDORMS)

Monday 30 October 2023

Targeting TCR and Co-Receptor Signaling in T Cell-Mediated Immunity
Date: 30 October 2023, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Ricardo Fernandes (Nuffield Department of Medicine - University of Oxford)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Audrey Gerard (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 13 November 2023

Epi-microRNA mediated metabolic remodelling ensures affinity maturation
Date: 13 November 2023, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Dinis Calado (Senior Group Leader, The Francis Crick Institute (London, UK))
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Alexander Clarke (Kennedy Institute, University of Oxford)

Monday 20 November 2023

Metabolic regulation of T cell signalling and function
Date: 20 November 2023, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Joy Edwards-Hicks (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Alexander Clarke (Kennedy Institute, University of Oxford)

Monday 27 November 2023

Commercialising research by creating newco’s with OSE
Date: 27 November 2023, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker s: Claire Brown (Oxford Science Enterprises), Craig Fox (Oxford Science Enterprises), Sally Dewhurst (Oxford Science Enterprises), Katharina Ramshorn (Oxford Science Enterprises), Sanne de Jongh (Oxford Science Enterprises)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Professor Kim Midwood (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 4 December 2023

DNA fragility and the chemistry of normal life
Date: 4 December 2023, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof Ketan Patel (University of Oxford)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Michael Dustin (Kennedy Institute, University of Oxford)

Monday 11 December 2023

Neutrophils in chronic inflammation – from physiology to therapeutic interference
Date: 11 December 2023, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof Oliver Soehnlein (University of Münster, Germany)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Professor Irina Udalova (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 15 January 2024

Follicular Dendritic Cells Spill the Transcriptomic Tea
Date: 15 January 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Balthasar Heesters (Utrecht University - The Netherlands)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Joannah Fergusson (University of Oxford)

Monday 22 January 2024

Cancelled: Intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes - guardians of the gut
Date: 22 January 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Mahima Swamy (University of Dundee)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Audrey Gerard (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 29 January 2024

Dendritic cells and initiation of immune responses
Date: 29 January 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Patrycja Kozik (The MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology - Cambridge)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Professor Lynn Dustin (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 5 February 2024

DNA fragility and the chemistry of normal life
Date: 5 February 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof Ketan Patel (University of Oxford)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Michael Dustin (Kennedy Institute, University of Oxford)

Monday 12 February 2024

Following the fate of cancer cells using intravital microscopy
Date: 12 February 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Colinda Scheele (University of Leuven, Belgium)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Prof Marco Fritzsche (Kennedy Institute for Rheumatology, University of Oxford)

Monday 19 February 2024

Mast cells help organize the Peyer’s patch niche for induction of IgA responses
Date: 19 February 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr. Marco De Giovanni (Vita-Salute San Raffaele University (Milan, Italy))
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Tal Arnon (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 26 February 2024

Computational Biology in Drug Discovery
Date: 26 February 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Philippe Sanseau (GlaxoSmithKline (GSK))
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Prof Mark Coles (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology )

Monday 4 March 2024

Tissue T cells: Life in Lockdown in Liver and Lung
Date: 4 March 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof Mala Maini (UCL Institute of Immunity and Transplantation)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Jelena Bezbradica (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 11 March 2024

Understanding the causes and consequences of immune variability
Date: 11 March 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Darragh Duffy (Institut Pasteur, Paris)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Prof Mark Coles (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology )

Monday 18 March 2024

Cross-regulation between the immune system and the extracellular matrix during lung pathology
Date: 18 March 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Tara Sutherland (University of Aberdeen)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Professor Kim Midwood (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 25 March 2024

Lymphocyte mechano-regulation for immunotherapies
Date: 25 March 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Enrico Klotzsch (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Professor Marco Fritszche (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 8 April 2024

Spermatogenesis: a paradigm of stem cell regulation
Date: 8 April 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof Benjamin Simons (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Adrien Hallou (University of Oxford)

Monday 15 April 2024

From GWAS to function: interrogating biology at scale to move genetic variant associations to therapies
Date: 15 April 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Gosia Trynka (Wellcome Sanger Institute - Cambridge)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Yang Luo (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Wednesday 17 April 2024

The control of inflammatory pain and disease- a new pathway?
Date: 17 April 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof John Hamilton (University of Melbourne)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Prof Christopher Buckley (University of Oxford)

Friday 19 April 2024

Inside Nature
Date: 19 April 2024, 10:00 - 11:00
Speaker : Dr Michelle Trenkmann (Editor in Chief, Nature’s magazine)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Yang Luo (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 22 April 2024

Lessons into lupus pathogenesis from inborn errors of immunity
Date: 22 April 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof Carola Vinuesa (The Francis Crick Institute)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Professor Lynn Dustin (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Thursday 25 April 2024

Cell Shape Sensing by Immune Cells
Date: 25 April 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Ana-Maria Lennon-Duménil (Institut Curie, Paris)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Professor Irina Udalova (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 29 April 2024

Regulation and immunotherapy responses of NK cells (and T cells) against tumors
Date: 29 April 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor David Raulet (UC Berkeley)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Prof Mark Coles (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology )

Monday 13 May 2024

Epstein Barr Virus - searching for a metabolic Achilles' heel
Date: 13 May 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof Christoph Hess (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Alex Clarke (Univeristy of Oxford - The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 20 May 2024

Immune cell migration in complex environments
Date: 20 May 2024, 10:00 - 11:00
Speaker : Prof Michael Sixt (The Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA))
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Prof Marco Fritzsche (Kennedy Institute for Rheumatology, University of Oxford)

CAR T-cell immunotherapy of solid tumours: moving through the generations
Date: 20 May 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr John Maher (King's College London)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Ewoud Compeer (University of Oxford - The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 3 June 2024

Bacterial induced IFN-y primes the lung for innate control of SARS-CoV-2 infection
Date: 3 June 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Alan Sher (NIH Distinguished Investigator)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Prof Mark Coles (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology )

Wednesday 5 June 2024

"Systems analysis of inflammation" AND "Oxford - Berlin Partnership: joined forces for excellent research in and beyond rheumatology"
Date: 5 June 2024, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker s: Prof Eicke Latz (German Rheumatology Research Center (DRFZ)), Ms Uta Bielfeldt (German Rheumatology Research Center (DRFZ))
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Jelena Bezbradica (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Thursday 6 June 2024

Polysaccharide Metabolism in the Infant Gut: Pathways to Immune Homeostasis
Date: 6 June 2024, 10:00 - 11:00
Speaker : Dr Marcin Pekalski (University of Oxford)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Jethro Johnson (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Friday 7 June 2024

Multiscale approaches for understanding single cell spatial omics data
Date: 7 June 2024, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Dr Shila Ghazanfar (University of Sydney)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Adrien Hallou (University of Oxford)

Monday 10 June 2024

A disease-associated gene desert directs macrophage inflammation via ETS2
Date: 10 June 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr James Lee (The Francis Crick Institute)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Franze Progatzky (University of Oxford - Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 17 June 2024

Myeloid derived suppressor cells and macrophages in regulation of immune response in cancer and tumor progression
Date: 17 June 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof Dmitry Gabrilovich (Chief Scientist, Cancer Immunology, AstraZeneca)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Professor Irina Udalova (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 24 June 2024

Molecular Organisation of Cell Junctions in Epithelial Tissue
Date: 24 June 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Karina Pombo-Garcia (Rosalind Franklin Institute)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Adrien Hallou (University of Oxford)

Monday 1 July 2024

Feeding the inflammasome to damage the liver
Date: 1 July 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Sabrina Sofia Burgener (University of Queensland)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Jelena Bezbradica (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Friday 5 July 2024

Immune organoids and combinations to advance our understanding of autoimmunity, vaccination and infection.
Date: 5 July 2024, 10:30 - 11:30
Speaker : Prof Mark Davis (Stanford University)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Michael Dustin (Kennedy Institute, University of Oxford)

Monday 8 July 2024

Sympathetic neuroimmune interactions regulating outcomes of viral infection and cancer
Date: 8 July 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof Scott Mueller (University of Melbourne)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Hosts: Professor Christopher Buckley (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford), Prof Mark Coles (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology )

Monday 15 July 2024

Advantages of Academic and Industry Research: Are They So Different, and Do They Lead to Expected Results? Can Things Go Wrong?
Date: 15 July 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof Beat Imhof (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Prof Christopher Buckley (University of Oxford)

Monday 22 July 2024

Lessons from the human prenatal immune system
Date: 22 July 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof Muzlifah Haniffa (Newcastle University)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Prof Mark Coles (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology )

Monday 29 July 2024

'Host-Plasmodium interactions' AND 'Science and design of nucleic acid-based vaccines/adjuvants'
Date: 29 July 2024, 12:00 - 13:30
Speaker s: Prof Cevayir Coban, Prof Ken Ishii (University of Tokyo)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Jelena Bezbradica (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 16 September 2024

Effector and regulatory T cells balance in inflamed human livers
Date: 16 September 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof Ye Htun Oo (University of Birmingham)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Prof Mark Coles (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology )

Monday 23 September 2024

An introduction to Octopus.ac – a new way to publish your research
Date: 23 September 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Alexandra Freeman (Winton Centre - University of Cambridge)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Jonas Mackerodt (University of Oxford)

Monday 30 September 2024

Using high-throughout genetic and genomic screens to understand the biological basis of inflammatory bowel disease and deliver precision medicine
Date: 30 September 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Carl Anderson (Wellcome Sanger Institute)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Bernard Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Yang Luo (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Friday 4 October 2024

From immune regulation to anti-tumor effects: A tale of cytotoxic regulatory T cells
Date: 4 October 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof Bruce Blazar (University of Minnesota)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Michael Dustin (Kennedy Institute, University of Oxford)

Monday 7 October 2024

Tissue Immunity at CNS borders
Date: 7 October 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof Menna Clatworthy (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Franze Progatzky (University of Oxford - Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 14 October 2024

Fibroblasts: master regulators of inflammation
Date: 14 October 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof Christopher Buckley (University of Oxford - The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 21 October 2024

Towards synchrotron functionality in the X-ray lab
Date: 21 October 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Martin Peter Pichotka (University Medical Center Freiburg)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Professor Marco Fritszche (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 28 October 2024

From Nuclear Swelling to Chemoattractant Production During Tissue Damage
Date: 28 October 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Balázs Enyedi (Semmelweis University, Hungary)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Professor Irina Udalova (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 4 November 2024

Axes of T cell diversification
Date: 4 November 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Carmen Gerlach (the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Audrey Gerard (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Wednesday 6 November 2024

Machine learning and inference methods for the study of spatially structured cell heterogeneity within tissues
Date: 6 November 2024, 15:00 - 16:00
Speaker : Dr Paul Villoutreix (INSERM/ Aix-Marseille University (Marseille, France))
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Adrien Hallou (University of Oxford)

Monday 11 November 2024

Turning morphology into numbers and streamlining bioimage analysis at scale
Date: 11 November 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Virginie Uhlmann (BioVisionCenter, University of Zurich)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Adrien Hallou (University of Oxford)

Monday 18 November 2024

The multiple roles of intraepithelial T lymphocytes in maintaining intestinal homeostasis
Date: 18 November 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Mahima Swamy (University of Dundee)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Dr Audrey Gerard (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Friday 29 November 2024

'A History of Herd Immunity: Between Observation and Cultivation' AND 'The Long-term Context of Medical Debates: A History of Herd Immunity'
Date: 29 November 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker s: Dr David Robertson (University of Oxford), Prof Erica Charters (University of Oxford)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Prof Mark Coles (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology )

Monday 2 December 2024

Molecular and spatial control of tumor-associated macrophages
Date: 2 December 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof Renato Ostuni (San Raffaele Telethon Institute, Milan)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Professor Irina Udalova (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 9 December 2024

Live cell imaging unveils novel innate immune biology
Date: 9 December 2024, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Paul Kubes (Queen’s University, Canada)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Doris Chan (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Host: Professor Mike Dustin (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)