Name: Mimie Szyk
CAMS Oxford Institute

Events this person is organising:

Thursday 2 November 2023 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

A chemist’s adventures in immunology: Probing the T-cell activation pathway at the single cell and single molecule-level with new chemical technologies
Date: 2 November 2023, 9:15 - 10:15 (Thursday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Prof.dr. S.I. van Kasteren (Universiteit Leiden)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 21 November 2023 (7th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Vaccine development for outbreak pathogens
Date: 21 November 2023, 9:30 - 10:30 (Tuesday, 7th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Dr Danny Wright (University of Oxford)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 7 December 2023 (9th Week, Michaelmas Term)

My journey exploring the T cell receptor through the lens of structure and engineering
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 7 December 2023, 11:00 - 12:00 (Thursday, 9th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Prof. K. Christopher Garcia (Stanford University)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Basement Seminar Room
Organisers: Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 8 December 2023 (9th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Leveraging TCR sequencing to understand autoimmune responses and neurologic disorders
Date: 8 December 2023, 11:00 - 12:00 (Friday, 9th week, Michaelmas 2023)
Speaker : Professor Naresha Saligrama (Washington University in St.Louis)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Venue Details: Basement Seminar Room
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 30 January 2024 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

Chromatin regulation in cancer 
Date: 30 January 2024, 9:30 - 10:30 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Professor Yang Shi (Ludwig Institute, University of Oxford)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 1 February 2024 (3rd Week, Hilary Term)

Broad-spectrum SARS-CoV-2 prophylactics designed based on viral evolution prediction
Date: 1 February 2024, 10:00 - 11:00 (Thursday, 3rd week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Dr. Yunlong Cao (BIOPIC - Peking University)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 13 February 2024 (5th Week, Hilary Term)

The combinatorial biology of IL6 family cytokines - lessons from Mendelian GP130 defects
Date: 13 February 2024, 9:30 - 10:30 (Tuesday, 5th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Prof Holm Uhlig (WIMM, HIU)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 19 February 2024 (6th Week, Hilary Term)

Unlock the adaptive immune repertoire by controlling innate immunity with biomaterials
Date: 19 February 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 (Monday, 6th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Dr. Qian Yin (University of Texas at Austin, United States)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 27 February 2024 (7th Week, Hilary Term)

Ligand requirements for immunoreceptor triggering
Date: 27 February 2024, 9:30 - 10:30 (Tuesday, 7th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Anton van der Merwe (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 12 March 2024 (9th Week, Hilary Term)

Pivotal roles for type 2 immunity in epithelial immune surveillance
Date: 12 March 2024, 9:30 - 10:30 (Tuesday, 9th week, Hilary 2024)
Speaker : Professor Jessica Strid (Imperial College London)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 9 April 2024 (-1st Week, Trinity Term)

The impact of senescent cells on tissue specific immunity
Date: 9 April 2024, 9:30 - 10:30 (Tuesday, -1st week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Professor Arne Akbar (University College London)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 7 May 2024 (3rd Week, Trinity Term)

Multi-omics approaches to understand immune cell biology in health & disease
Date: 7 May 2024, 9:30 - 10:30 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr. Rachael Bashford-Rogers (University of Oxford)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 24 May 2024 (5th Week, Trinity Term)

Novel molecular and generative design platforms for immunotargeting and beyond
Date: 24 May 2024, 14:30 - 15:30 (Friday, 5th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr Possu Huang (Stanford University)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 22 August 2024 (18th Week, Trinity Term)

First-in-class inhibitors of ERAP1 generate novel targets for MHC-I-directed therapies
Date: 22 August 2024, 9:30 - 10:30 (Thursday, 18th week, Trinity 2024)
Speaker : Dr. Wayne Paes (Grey Wolf Therapeutics)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 15 October 2024 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Multiscale and multiomic kidney profiling to define glomerular disease signatures
Date: 15 October 2024, 9:30 - 10:30 (Tuesday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Katherine Bull
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 16 October 2024 (1st Week, Michaelmas Term)

Dissecting the molecular mechanisms of Wnt/beta-catenin pathway activation
Date: 16 October 2024, 10:00 - 11:00 (Wednesday, 1st week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Michael Ranes
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A
Organisers: Christina Heroven (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 28 October 2024 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

Advancing treatments for rare childhood brain tumours: New models, new hope?
Date: 28 October 2024, 12:30 - 13:30 (Monday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr. Sigourney Bonner
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Seminar Room A
Organisers: Christina Heroven (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute), Robert Beagrie (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 29 October 2024 (3rd Week, Michaelmas Term)

How far are we from designing an antibody therapeutic on a computer?
Date: 29 October 2024, 9:30 - 10:30 (Tuesday, 3rd week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Prof. Charlotte Deane (University of Oxford)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: Room A+B
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 5 November 2024 (4th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Selection events shaping serum antibody responses to infection
Date: 5 November 2024, 9:30 - 10:30 (Tuesday, 4th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Oliver Bannard
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 19 November 2024 (6th Week, Michaelmas Term)

The development of enteric fever vaccine
Date: 19 November 2024, 9:30 - 10:30 (Tuesday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Dr Xinxue Liu
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 9 December 2024 (9th Week, Michaelmas Term)

Activation of Inhibitory Receptors on Mast cells: Is it a Winning Strategy to Fight Allergic Diseases and Mastocytosis?
Date: 9 December 2024, 12:00 - 13:00 (Monday, 9th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Speaker : Prof. Francesca Levi-Schaffer (Professor at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Institute for Drug Research, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA