Name: Anne Farmer
MRC Human Immunology Unit

Events this person is organising:

Wednesday 25 February 2015

Virus-associated cancers of the aging skin
Date: 25 February 2015, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker : Prof. Herbert Pfister (Institute of Virology, University of Cologne, Germany)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Host: Katja Simon (MRC Human Immunology Unit)

Wednesday 25 March 2015

Regulation of inflammasome activation
Date: 25 March 2015, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker : Dr Mohamed Lamkanfi (VIB Department of Medical Protein Research, University of Ghent, Belgium)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Host: Jonathan Maelfait (MRC Human Immunology Unit)

Thursday 26 March 2015

Molecular signals that regulate γδ T cells in human health and disease
Date: 26 March 2015, 14:30 - 15:30
Speaker : Dr Erin Adams (Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Host: Vincenzo Cerundolo (MRC Human Immunology Unit)

Wednesday 1 April 2015

Intracellular DNA sensing mechanisms during pathogen infection
Date: 1 April 2015, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker : Dr Andrea Ablasser (Global Health Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Host: Jonathan Maelfait (MRC Human Immunology Unit)

Wednesday 8 April 2015

Gate-keepers of the interfollicular area: ILCs as checkpoints for adaptive immune responses
Date: 8 April 2015, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker : David Withers (School of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Host: Vincenzo Cerundolo (MRC Human Immunology Unit)

Wednesday 15 April 2015

A20 in inflammatory signaling and pathology
Date: 15 April 2015, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker : Dr Geert van Loo (VIB Inflammation Research Centre, University of Ghent, Belgium)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Host: Jonathan Maelfait (MRC Human Immunology Unit)

Friday 1 May 2015

Ex vivo characterization of competition during secondary immune responses
Date: 1 May 2015, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Viveka Mayya (Dustin Group)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 8 May 2015

Fast-tracked trials for Ebola vaccines
Date: 8 May 2015, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Katie Ewer (Hill Group)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 15 May 2015

The thymus: an evolutionary accident of no great significance?"
Date: 15 May 2015, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Georg Hollander
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 22 May 2015

PA-X prevents activation of the RIG-I pathway by Influenza A
Date: 22 May 2015, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Rachel Rigby (Rehwinkel Group)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 29 May 2015

Approaches for genetic fine-mapping of susceptibility loci to immune-mediated diseases.
Date: 29 May 2015, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Adrian Cortes (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 5 June 2015

GM-CSF/ Eosinophil Axis in IL-23-Driven Chronic Intestinal Inflammation
Date: 5 June 2015, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Isabelle Arnold (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 12 June 2015

BRCA1 in Innate Immunity
Date: 12 June 2015, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Daniel Gaughan (Simmons Group)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 19 June 2015

"Evidence of T Cell Driven Selection Pressure in the HIV-1 UTR"
Date: 19 June 2015, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Katja Pfafferot (McMichael Group)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 26 June 2015

A lymphatic route for macrophage clearance
Date: 26 June 2015, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Shaumick Bhattacharjee (Jackson Group)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 3 July 2015

IFTIM3 Genetic Variation and Influenza Virus Infection
Date: 3 July 2015, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Henry Laurenson-Schafer (Dong Group) (University of Oxford), Shokouh Makvandi-Nejad (Dong Group) (University of Oxford), Lili Wang (Dong Group) (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 18 September 2015

Autophagy is Essential for Neutrophil Differentiation – Guiding an Energy-Metabolic Switch
Date: 18 September 2015, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Simon Group (University of Oxford), Tom Riffelmacher - Simon Group (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 2 October 2015

Cellular signalling in T cells is captured by a tractable modular phenotypic model
Date: 2 October 2015, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Omer Dushek (University of Oxford, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, Wolfson College)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 9 October 2015

Genetic Architecture of the Sepsis Response
Date: 9 October 2015, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Knight Group (University of Oxford), Prof Julian Knight
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 23 October 2015

A Tale of Two MGITs: Using mycobacterial growth inhibition assays in TB vaccine and human immune response studies
Date: 23 October 2015, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: McShane Group (University of Oxford), Matt O'Shea (University of Oxford), Rachel Tanner (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 30 October 2015

Title TBC
Date: 30 October 2015, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Bowness Group (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 6 November 2015

Unnatural Killer Cells
Date: 6 November 2015, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Andrew McMichael (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), McMichael Group (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 13 November 2015

Autophagy Regulates Intestinal Inflammation by Controlling CD4+ T Cell Homeostasis
Date: 13 November 2015, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Maloy Group (University of Oxford), Agnieszka Kabat (University of Oxford), Kevin Maloy (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 20 November 2015

S-FLU
Date: 20 November 2015, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Alain Townsend (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 27 November 2015

A New Way to Control (Some) Infections
Date: 27 November 2015, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Drakesmith Group (University of Oxford), João Arezes (University of Oxford), Andrew Armitage (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 4 December 2015

Insights into Immune Responses to Typhoid Using the Ultimate Animal Model
Date: 4 December 2015, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Pollard Group (University of Oxford), Dr Christoph Blohmke (University of Oxford), Dr Jennifer Hill (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 15 January 2016

Advanced Microscopy Studies of HIV-1 Dynamic Structure and Virus-Cell Interactions
Date: 15 January 2016, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Jakub Chojnacki (University of Oxford), Eggeling Group (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 22 January 2016

Regulatory T Cells in Skin Inflammation
Date: 22 January 2016, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Powrie Group (University of Oxford), Krista Adelmann (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Wing Tat Lee Room, Osler House
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 29 January 2016

Lipid-specific T cells, filaggrin and atopic dermatitis
Date: 29 January 2016, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Ogg Group (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Wing Tat Lee Room, Osler House
Organisers: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit), Anne Farmer (University of Oxford, NDM Experimental Medicine, RDM Investigative Medicine Division)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 5 February 2016

The remarkably low affinity of CD4/pMHC II interactions
Date: 5 February 2016, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Davis Group (University of Oxford), Mafalda Santos (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Wing Tat Lee Room, Osler House
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 12 February 2016

Dissecting the immune response to a human bacterial pathogen
Date: 12 February 2016, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Cerundolo Group (University of Oxford), Giorgio Napolitani (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Wing Tat Lee Room, Osler House
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 19 February 2016

MAITs, Nodes and Chips
Date: 19 February 2016, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Klenerman Group (University of Oxford), Chris Wilberg (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Wing Tat Lee Room, Osler House
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 26 February 2016

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger - how granulocytic MDSCs impact on T cell memory in severe influenza
Date: 26 February 2016, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Adel Benlarech ((Ho Group))
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 4 March 2016

Location, Location, Location: CD8+ T cells and liver-stage malaria
Date: 4 March 2016, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Hill Group (University of Oxford), Alex Spencer (University of Oxford)
Venue Details: Wing Tat Lee Room, Osler House
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 18 March 2016

Update from the Cornall group
Date: 18 March 2016, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Cornall Group (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 15 April 2016

Autophagy defects in monogenic forms of Crohn's Disease
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 15 April 2016, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Sumeet Pandey (Uhlig Group)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Host: Prof Vincenzo Cerundolo (MRC Human Immunology Unit, WIMM, University of Oxford)

Friday 22 April 2016

A role for LYVE-1 in the lymphatic dissemination of hyaluronan encapsulated Group A Streptococci
Date: 22 April 2016, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Prof David Jackson (WIMM HIU)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Host: Prof Vincenzo Cerundolo (MRC Human Immunology Unit, WIMM, University of Oxford)

Monday 25 April 2016

Restriction of HIV-1 and HIV-2 infection in myeloid and lymphoid cells
Date: 25 April 2016, 14:30 - 15:30
Speaker : Lise Chauveau (Pasteur Institute)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Host: Dr Jan Rehwinkel (MRC Human Immunology Unit, WIMM, University of Oxford )

Wednesday 27 April 2016

A role for toll-like receptors in the regulation of cellular senescence
Date: 27 April 2016, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker : Dr Juan Carlos Acosta (MRC Institute of Genetics & Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Host: Prof Jan Rehwinkel (WIMM HIU)

Friday 29 April 2016

Exploring mechanisms of NOD2 function in innate immunity
Date: 29 April 2016, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Daniele Corridoni (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Host: Prof Vincenzo Cerundolo (MRC Human Immunology Unit, WIMM, University of Oxford)

Friday 6 May 2016

A vaccine against Salmonella for Africa. Opportunities and Challenges
Date: 6 May 2016, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Prof Cal Maclennan
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Host: Prof Vincenzo Cerundolo (MRC Human Immunology Unit, WIMM, University of Oxford)

Wednesday 11 May 2016

Immunotherapy with dendritic cell nanovesicles
Date: 11 May 2016, 1:30 - 02:30
Speaker : Prof Jonathan Sprent (Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Host: Georg Hollander

Friday 13 May 2016

Virus restriction and beyond: an update on SAMHD1
Date: 13 May 2016, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Prof Jan Rehwinkel (WIMM HIU), Jonathan Maelfait, Tamara Davenne (WIMM, HIU)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Host: Prof Vincenzo Cerundolo (MRC Human Immunology Unit, WIMM, University of Oxford)

Friday 20 May 2016

Resolving TYK2 locus genotype-to-phenotype conflict reveals therapeutic optimum for autoimmunity
Date: 20 May 2016, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Calliope A Dendrou
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Host: Prof Vincenzo Cerundolo (MRC Human Immunology Unit, WIMM, University of Oxford)

Friday 27 May 2016

To bnAb or not to bnAb- Are Tregs the answer?
Date: 27 May 2016, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Isabela Pedroza-Pacheco (Borrow Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Host: Prof Vincenzo Cerundolo (MRC Human Immunology Unit, WIMM, University of Oxford)

Friday 3 June 2016

B Cell autophagy and lupus
Date: 3 June 2016, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Alexander Clarke (Kennedy Institute, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organisers: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit), Anne Farmer
Hosts: TBA

Friday 10 June 2016

MAIT cell agonists: a novel class of adjuvants?
Date: 10 June 2016, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Mariolina Salio (MRC Human Immunology Unit, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Host: Prof Vincenzo Cerundolo (MRC Human Immunology Unit, WIMM, University of Oxford)

Friday 17 June 2016

An update on investigation of IFITM3-rs12252C and its association with influenza virus infection
Date: 17 June 2016, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Henry Laurenson-Schafer (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Host: Prof Vincenzo Cerundolo (MRC Human Immunology Unit, WIMM, University of Oxford)

Friday 24 June 2016

Understanding the cellular response to atherogenic lipid
Date: 24 June 2016, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Anil Chalisey (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Host: Prof Vincenzo Cerundolo (MRC Human Immunology Unit, WIMM, University of Oxford)

Friday 23 September 2016

Bones, BMPs and bad B cells: a new approach to multiple myeloma
Date: 23 September 2016, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Sarah Gooding (Drakesmith Group)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 30 September 2016

Germinal centers: programmed for antibody affinity maturation
Date: 30 September 2016, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Oliver Bannard (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 7 October 2016

Re-examining the role of CD2 in the immunological synapse
Date: 7 October 2016, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Professor Mike Dustin (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 12 October 2016

Improving the efficacy of cancer immunotherapy
Date: 12 October 2016, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker : Prof Benoit Van den Eynde (Tumor Immunology Group, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Host: Prof Vincenzo Cerundolo (MRC Human Immunology Unit, WIMM, University of Oxford)

Friday 14 October 2016

Development of a Vaccine against Zika Virus
Date: 14 October 2016, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Cesar Lopez-Camacho (Reyes-Sandoval group)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 21 October 2016

Impact of oxygen and time on virus replication
Date: 21 October 2016, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Prof Jane McKeating (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 28 October 2016

Evolution of Seasonal Influenza
Date: 28 October 2016, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Townsend Group (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 4 November 2016

Approaches to immune target validation and prioritisation leveraging genetics
Date: 4 November 2016, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Hai Fang (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 25 November 2016

The Secret Life of HLA-E
Date: 25 November 2016, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Dr Simon Brackenridge (University of Oxford), Lucy Walters (University of Oxford), Professor Sir Andrew McMichael (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Thursday 1 December 2016

Targeting leukemia by lipid specific T cells
Date: 1 December 2016, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker : Dr Giulia Casorati (Experimental Immunology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Host: Dr Mariolina Salio (MRC Human Immunology Unit, University of Oxford)

Friday 2 December 2016

Plasma membrane lipids: a passive or active environment?
Date: 2 December 2016, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Prof Christian Eggeling (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 14 December 2016

IFITM3 Regulation of Viral Pathogenesis
Date: 14 December 2016, 13:30 - 14:30
Speaker : Prof Ian Humphreys (Systems Immunity Research Institute, Cardiff University)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Host: Dr Jan Rehwinkel (MRC Human Immunology Unit, WIMM, University of Oxford )

Friday 20 January 2017

A reexamination of Fc receptor triggering
Date: 20 January 2017, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Dr James Felce (University of Oxford), Dr Erdinc Sezgin (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 27 January 2017

Understanding and targeting human Th17 cells in inflammatory diseases
Date: 27 January 2017, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Liye Chen (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 3 February 2017

A novel cytokine-stromal cell axis that promotes pathogenic intestinal inflammation
Date: 3 February 2017, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Nathaniel West (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 10 February 2017

Collective T cell decisions during immune responses
Date: 10 February 2017, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Audrey Gérard (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 17 February 2017

The positive and negative selection of B cells during ontogeny
Date: 17 February 2017, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Xijin Xu (Cornall group) (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 24 February 2017

Monocyte-derived macrophages and pulmonary fibrosis
Date: 24 February 2017, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Emily Fraser (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 3 March 2017

Control of meningitis: induction of functional antibody against Neisseria meningitidis
Date: 3 March 2017, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Christine Rollier (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 10 March 2017

Analysis of arginine metabolism in AML blasts and T lymphocytes provides insights into tumour immune escape strategies
Date: 10 March 2017, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Andreas Hadjinicolaou (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 17 March 2017

Innate activation of gut-homing T cells
Date: 17 March 2017, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Tianqi Leng (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 28 April 2017

Analysis of gonorrhoea in coastal Kenya
Date: 28 April 2017, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Ana Cehovin (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 5 May 2017

Rejuvenation of the aged adaptive immune response and the discovery of a novel autophagy pathway
Date: 5 May 2017, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Hanlin Zhang ((Simon Group) University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 12 May 2017

A novel innate immune pathway induces antigen presentation to CD8+ T cells
Date: 12 May 2017, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Daniele Corridoni (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 2 June 2017

Defence and Counter-Defence: The interplay between Zika virus and innate immunity
Date: 2 June 2017, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Jonny Hertzog (Rehwinkel Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 9 June 2017

Coincidence detection tailors macrophage responses to inflammatory signals
Date: 9 June 2017, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Jelena Bezbradica Mirkovic (KTRR SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 16 June 2017

Interactions between HIV-1 and the mucosa of the female genital tract; The structure and function of HIV-2 nef – why is it not a T-cell target?
Date: 16 June 2017, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Professor Sarah Rowland-Jones (Professor of Immunology, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford), Dr Sophie Andrews (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 23 June 2017

Iron and malaria: austerity works. Strong and stable adaptive immunity: yet more irony.
Date: 23 June 2017, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Andrew Armitage (University of Oxford), Joe Frost (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 30 June 2017

Analysis of immune checkpoint receptors on T cells indicates the design of mono-and combinatorial blockade cancer immunotherapy
Date: 30 June 2017, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Xi Li ((Dong Group) University of Oxford), Chi Zhang ((Dong Group) University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 22 September 2017

En route to deep profiling of tumour-specific MHC-associated peptidomes by mass spectrometry
Date: 22 September 2017, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Nicola Ternette (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 29 September 2017

Structural and regulatory diversity shape HLA-C protein expression levels
Date: 29 September 2017, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Gurman Kaur ((Fugger Group) University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 6 October 2017

Broadly protective influenza vaccines
Date: 6 October 2017, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Professor Alain Townsend (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 13 October 2017

Exploring peroxisomes - an advanced microscopy study
Date: 13 October 2017, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Dr Silvia Galiani (University of Oxford), Dr Katharina Reglinski (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 20 October 2017

How to PERK up your iNKT cells: A novel mechanism of iNKT cell activation via ER-stressed APCs
Date: 20 October 2017, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Melissa Bedard (Cerundolo Group) (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 27 October 2017

Activation of human innate-like T cells by adenovirus vectors
Date: 27 October 2017, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Nicholas Provine (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 10 November 2017

Gp130 defects as cause of immunodeficiency and craniosynostosis
Date: 10 November 2017, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Dominik Aschenbrenner ((Uhlig Group) University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 17 November 2017

Dendritic cell migration in the lymphatics – new insights into biology and mechanisms
Date: 17 November 2017, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Louise Johnson ((Jackson Group) University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 24 November 2017

The unfolding story of HLA-E (G.Gillespie/L.Walters) & Showing restraint: NK cell regulation of HIV-1 broadly neutralising antibody induction (I.Pedroza-Pacheco)
Date: 24 November 2017, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Dr Geraldine Gillespie (University of Oxford), Lucy Walters (University of Oxford), Dr Isabela Pedroza-Pacheco (Borrow Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 1 December 2017

Bacterial sensing through ILC2 presentation of endogenous CD1a lipid antigens
Date: 1 December 2017, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Clare Hardman ((Ogg Group) University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 19 January 2018

Close encounters of the B-T kind: Dock8 and the lack of memory
Date: 19 January 2018, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Mukta Deobagkar-Lele (Cornall Group, University Of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 26 January 2018

Targeting the immune checkpoint receptor BTLA in autoimmunity and cancer
Date: 26 January 2018, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Chris Paluch (Davis Lab, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 2 February 2018

Cytotoxic T cells send death in an envelope’
Date: 2 February 2018, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Stefan Balint (NDORMS, Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 9 February 2018

Potential for HIV Cure/Remission in Paediatric Infection
Date: 9 February 2018, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Prof. Philip Goulder (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 16 February 2018

Pathogenic immune responses in spondyloarthritis
Date: 16 February 2018, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Hussein Al-Mossawi (Bowness Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 23 February 2018

Single cell deconvolution of the intestinal mesenchyme in inflammatory bowel disease
Date: 23 February 2018, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Hannah Chen (Simmons Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 2 March 2018

Defining the involvement of monocytes in lung fibrosis
Date: 2 March 2018, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Prof Ling-Pei Ho (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 9 March 2018

Cytoskeletal control of antigen dependent T-cell activation
Date: 9 March 2018, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Huw Colin-York (Fritzsche Group, University of Oxford )
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 27 April 2018

Enhanced immunogenicity of mitochondrial localised proteins in cancer cells
Date: 27 April 2018, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Gennaro Prota (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 4 May 2018

Change and Judgement: B Cell Receptor Exchange and Screening in Germinal Centres
Date: 4 May 2018, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Isabelle Stewart (Bannard Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 11 May 2018

Characterising inter-individual variation in transcriptional response to checkpoint inhibitors across a patient cohort
Date: 11 May 2018, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Ben Fairfax (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 25 May 2018

Exploring DNA sensing with genome-wide CRISPR screens
Date: 25 May 2018, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Jan Rehwinkel (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 8 June 2018

IL-23 responsive, commensal-reactive T cells promote barrier immunity; Uncovering microbial drivers of inflammatory disease
Date: 8 June 2018, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Dr Emily Thornton (Powrie Group, University of Oxford), Dr Lilian Lam (Powrie Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 15 June 2018

Iron, infants and adaptive immunity
Date: 15 June 2018, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Dr Andrew Armitage (Drakesmith Group, University Of Oxford), Joe Frost (Drakesmith Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 22 June 2018

Genetic association analysis across tree-structured routine healthcare data
Date: 22 June 2018, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Adrian Cortes (Fugger Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 29 June 2018

Genomic approaches to understanding the dysregulated host response in sepsis
Date: 29 June 2018, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Prof Julian Knight
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 6 July 2018

Statins – the good and the bad: What microscopy tells us
Date: 6 July 2018, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Dilip Shrestha (Eggeling Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 21 September 2018

Regulation of natural killer T cell responses in bacterial infection and rheumatoid arthritis
Date: 21 September 2018, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Professor Mitch Kronenberg (La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 28 September 2018

The lymphatics: a gateway to immune responses and cancer metastasis
Date: 28 September 2018, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Louise Johnson ((Jackson Group) University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 5 October 2018

In depth analysis of poorly enhancing but potently neutralizing antibody against dengue virus
Date: 5 October 2018, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Wanwisa Dejnirattisai (Screaton Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 12 October 2018

“The weakness of the enemy makes our strength”: exploiting SAMHD1 mutations to kill cancer cells
Date: 12 October 2018, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Tamara Davenne (Rehwinkel Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 19 October 2018

Genome organisation and chromatin analysis identify transcriptional downregulation of insulin-like growth factor signalling as a hallmark of aging in the developing B cells
Date: 19 October 2018, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Hashem Koohy (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 26 October 2018

Exploring the immunology in autoantibody mediated diseases of the central nervous system
Date: 26 October 2018, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Associate Professor Sarosh Irani (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 2 November 2018

MAITs at work: tales from down under
Date: 2 November 2018, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Prof. Paul Klenerman (Peter Medawar Building, NDM, Oxford), Dr Timothy Hinks (Oxford Respiratory Unit, NDM), Dr Sarah Sasson (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 9 November 2018

When hitting one affects many - The expanding spectrum of GP130-associated Mendelian diseases
Date: 9 November 2018, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Hebe Chen (University of Oxord)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 16 November 2018

Follicular connections: bloody Tfh cells in sight
Date: 16 November 2018, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Elena Brenna (McMichael Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 23 November 2018

Spontaneous and targeted disruption of thymus development and function: Lessons learnt
Date: 23 November 2018, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Wei Wu (Holländer Group, University of Oxford), Ioanna Rota (Holländer Group, University of Oxford), Prof Georg Holländer (Department of Paediatrics,University of Oxford), Stanley Cheuk (Holländer Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 30 November 2018

Translational impact of single cell studies of the skin
Date: 30 November 2018, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Yi-Ling Chen (MRC Human Immunology Unit, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 7 December 2018

DeCRYPTing epithelial barrier breakdown in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Date: 7 December 2018, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : David Fawkner-Corbett (Simmons group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 1 February 2019

Developing a Bead Supported Lipid Bilayer System to Study the dynamics of receptor-ligand pair interactions at the immune synapse and their resulting inclusion in synaptic ectosomes
Date: 1 February 2019, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Pablo Cespedes (Dustin Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 8 February 2019

A re-examination of B-cell receptor triggering
Date: 8 February 2019, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Martin Wilcock (Davis/Cornall Groups, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 15 February 2019

Identifying HLA-E and CD94/NKG2a as an inhibitory receptor-ligand in cancer'
Date: 15 February 2019, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Megat Bin Abd Hamid (Dong Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organisers: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit), Anne Farmer
Hosts: TBA

Friday 22 February 2019

Autophagy, hematopoietic stem cells, and amino acids
Date: 22 February 2019, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Sandrine Obba (Simon Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 1 March 2019

Examining pulmonary interstitial macrophage heterogeneity and self-renewal potential
Date: 1 March 2019, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Laura Denney (Ho Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 8 March 2019

Hydrothermal vents, T cells and immunometabolism
Date: 8 March 2019, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Professor Hal Drakesmith (MRC Human Immunology Unit), Joe Frost (Drakesmith Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 15 March 2019

Up-close-and-personal characterisation of antigen-specific T cell responses to immunotherapy treatment in melanoma patients
Date: 15 March 2019, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Victoria Woodcock (Cerundolo Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 22 March 2019

SIMON, an automated machine learning system reveals immune signatures of influenza vaccine responses
Date: 22 March 2019, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Adriana Tomic (Institute for Immunity, Stanford University)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 17 May 2019

Stratifying Genetic Risk in Multiple Sclerosis
Date: 17 May 2019, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Kathrine Attfield (Fugger Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organisers: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit), Anne Farmer
Hosts: TBA

Friday 24 May 2019

Proteasomal cut-and-pasting: a small splice of the class I peptide pie?
Date: 24 May 2019, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Wayne Paes (Borrow Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 31 May 2019

Novel Roles for Hyaluronan and its Receptors in Lymphatic Trafficking
Date: 31 May 2019, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Jackson Group (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 7 June 2019

Host-microbial cross-talk in the intestine in health and disease
Date: 7 June 2019, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Dr Nicholas Ilott (Powrie Group, University of Oxford), Yisu Gu (Powrie Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 14 June 2019

Dynamics of resident memory B cell responses in the lung
Date: 14 June 2019, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Andrew Maclean (Arnon Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 21 June 2019

Systematic co-stimulation of human CD8+ T cells through CD27, 4-1BB, GITR and OX40 differentially regulates cytokine production
Date: 21 June 2019, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : John Nguyen, Dushek Group, University of Oxford
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 28 June 2019

Leveraging GWAS for immune drug target discovery
Date: 28 June 2019, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Prof Julian Knight
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 5 July 2019

Identification of CD8+ Peripheral T-cell Clonal Subsets that Predict Clinical Benefit from Immunotherapy for Melanoma
Date: 5 July 2019, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Benjamin Fairfax (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 13 September 2019

Applying reverse immunology to vaccine design: A ZIKV vaccine engineered to abrogate antibody-dependent enhancement of dengue infection
Date: 13 September 2019, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Jose Slon-Campos (Screaton Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 20 September 2019

Ebola
Date: 20 September 2019, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Dr Julie Xiao (Townsend Group, University of Oxford), Professor Alain Townsend (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 27 September 2019

MAITs: Vaccines and Variation.
Date: 27 September 2019, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Lucy Garner (Klenerman Group, University of Oxford), Dr Nicholas Provine (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 4 October 2019

Using the immune system’s Trojan horse for vaccination
Date: 4 October 2019, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Lise Chauveau (Rehwinkel Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 11 October 2019

Colonic CD8+ remodelling in IBD
Date: 11 October 2019, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Daniele Corridoni (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 18 October 2019

Malaria Vaccines – Every Antibody Counts!
Date: 18 October 2019, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Prof Simon Draper (Jenner Institute, University of Oxford), Dr David Pulido-Gomez (Jenner Institute, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 25 October 2019

Interactions between hypoxia and immunity – a chance discovery leading to opportunities for collaboration’
Date: 25 October 2019, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Professor Chris Pugh (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 1 November 2019

Systems-level analysis of monocyte cytokine responses in inflammatory bowel disease
Date: 1 November 2019, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Dominik Aschenbrenner ((Uhlig Group) University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 8 November 2019

Circadian regulation of viruses
Date: 8 November 2019, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Alan Zhuang (McKeating Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 15 November 2019

From the lung to the gut and back: Mucosal T cells impact health and disease
Date: 15 November 2019, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Emily Thornton (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 22 November 2019

Epigenetic regulation governs the differential response of cancer and T-cells to arginine starvation
Date: 22 November 2019, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Nicholas Crump (Milne Lab, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 29 November 2019

Strange E Things
Date: 29 November 2019, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Lucy Walters (University of Oxford), Dr Simon Brackenridge (University of Oxford), Dr Hongbing Yang (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 6 December 2019

Dissecting autoimmune b-cell receptor responses in autoimmune encephalitis
Date: 6 December 2019, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Bo Sun (Irani Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 17 January 2020

Empowering Proteins with Spy Superglues for Plug-and-display Immunology
Date: 17 January 2020, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Professor Mark Howarth (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 31 January 2020

Monocytes as immune drivers of chronic lung fibrosis and aberrant regeneration
Date: 31 January 2020, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Prof Ling-Pei Ho (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 14 February 2020

124 years of challenges in vaccine control of enteric fever
Date: 14 February 2020, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Professor Andrew Pollard (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 21 February 2020

The role of Dock8 in humoral immunity
Date: 21 February 2020, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Mukta Deobagkar-Lele (Cornall Group, University Of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 28 February 2020

Autophagy & Immunity - Thinking outside the cell
Date: 28 February 2020, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Felix Richter (Simon Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 6 March 2020

Ligand discrimination by the T-cell receptor studied on ‘2nd generation’ lipid-bilayers
Date: 6 March 2020, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Edward Jenkins (Davis Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 13 March 2020

Establishing biophysical methods for quantitative research in immunology
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 13 March 2020, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Dr Falk Schneider (Fritzsche Group, University of Oxford), Dr Huw Colin-York (Fritzsche Group, University of Oxford ), Veronika Pfannenstill (Fritzsche Group, University of Oxford), Liliana Barbieri (Fritzsche Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 20 March 2020

Human Cancer specific cytotoxic T cells- updates from Tao Dong’s group
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 20 March 2020, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Dr Yanchun Peng (Dong Group, University of Oxford), Dr Xuan Yao (Dong Group, University of Oxford), Dr Charlotte Rich (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 24 April 2020

MAIT cells, CMV, & Checkpoint immunotherapy - Insights from studying large datasets
Date: 24 April 2020, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Ben Fairfax (University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 22 May 2020

Regulatory T-cells dominate the microenvironment of pancreatic cancer, putting the brakes on CD8 T-cells
Date: 22 May 2020, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Enas Abu Shah (Dustin Group, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 5 June 2020

Hypoferraemia and immune impairment: relevance to influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2
Date: 5 June 2020, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Professor Hal Drakesmith (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 12 June 2020

Molecular characterisation of cGAS antagonism by Varicella-Zoster Virus ORF9
Date: 12 June 2020, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Jonny Hertzog (Rehwinkel Group, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Wednesday 24 June 2020

The Surprising Target Recognition Properties of CD1a Autoreactive T cells in Human Skin
Date: 24 June 2020, 13:35 - 14:35
Speaker : Professor Branch Moody (Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Host: Dr Mariolina Salio (MRC Human Immunology Unit, University of Oxford)

Friday 3 July 2020

Revisiting T cell antigen discrimination using ultra-low affinity pMHC ligands
Date: 3 July 2020, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Omer Dushek (University of Oxford, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, Wolfson College)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 10 July 2020

Immune response in hospitalised COVID-19 patients and immune therapeutics- current state of play in UK
Date: 10 July 2020, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Prof Ling-Pei Ho (University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 18 September 2020

Isolation of Highly Potent SARS-CoV-2-Neutralizing Antibodies from COVID-19 patients; Candidates for Antibody-Mediated Prevention and Therapeutic of SARS-CoV-2 Infection.
Date: 18 September 2020, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Wanwisa Dejnirattisai (Screaton Group, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 25 September 2020

Coronavirus vaccines update: preclinical and clinical
Date: 25 September 2020, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Teresa Lambe (Gilbert Group, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 2 October 2020

Understanding the SARS-CoV-2 specific T cell response during COVID-19 convalescence
Date: 2 October 2020, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Yanchun Peng (Dong Group, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 9 October 2020

Lumping and splitting T cell populations in the gut
Date: 9 October 2020, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 16 October 2020

Comprehensive epigenomic profiling reveals disease-specific enhancer states in ankylosing spondylitis
Date: 16 October 2020, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Dr Carla Cohen (Knight Group, University of Oxford), Dr Andrew Brown (Knight Group, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 23 October 2020

Cytometry insights from COMBATing COVID-19
Date: 23 October 2020, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Dr Mariolina Salio (MRC Human Immunology Unit, University of Oxford), Dr Giorgio Napolitani (MRC Human Immunology Unit, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 30 October 2020

Our Work on Covid-19
Date: 30 October 2020, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Tiong (Jack) Tan (Townsend Lab, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 6 November 2020

IL-1-mediated stromal-neutrophil interaction in deep ulcers represents a subset of patients that do not respond to multiple therapies in inflammatory bowel disease
Date: 6 November 2020, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Mathilde Pohin (NDORMS, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 13 November 2020

HLA-E, Natural Antibodies and Natural Killer cells
Date: 13 November 2020, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Lucy Walters (University of Oxford), Dr Simon Brackenridge (University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 20 November 2020

Neutralizing Coronavirus: improving on nature
Date: 20 November 2020, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Prof William James (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 27 November 2020

Establishing biophysical methods for quantitative research in immunology
Date: 27 November 2020, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Dr Huw Colin-York (Fritzsche Group, University of Oxford ), Dr Falk Schneider (Fritzsche Group, University of Oxford), Liliana Barbieri (Fritzsche Group, University of Oxford), Veronika Pfannenstill (Fritzsche Group, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 4 December 2020

Novel roles of hyaluronan receptors LYVE-1 and CD44 in lymphatic trafficking
Date: 4 December 2020, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Louise Johnson ((Jackson Group) University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 15 January 2021

The development of a COVID-19 Vaccine
Date: 15 January 2021, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Professor Andrew Pollard (University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 18 January 2021

Postponed
Date: 18 January 2021, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr James Davies
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Host: Prof Tom Milne (University of Oxford)

Friday 22 January 2021

Dissecting signalling through inhibitory immune checkpoints using genome-wide knockout screening approaches
Date: 22 January 2021, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Sumana Sharma (Davis Group, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 29 January 2021

Identifying causal cell states that predispose to multiple sclerosis
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 29 January 2021, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Kathrine Attfield (Fugger Group, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 1 February 2021

Human type I interferonopathies
Date: 1 February 2021, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Prof Yanick Crow (University of Edinburgh)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Host: Dr Rachel Rigby (MRC Human Immunology Unit, MRC WIMM)

Friday 5 February 2021

Immunoregulation of HIV-1 broadly neutralising antibody production
Date: 5 February 2021, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Isabela Pedroza-Pacheco (Borrow Group, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 8 February 2021

Alterations to genome structure and function in human developmental disorders
Date: 8 February 2021, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Michael Talkowski (Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and Harvard Medical School)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Host: Andrew Wilkie (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Friday 12 February 2021

Spatiotemporal analysis of human intestinal development at single cell resolution
Date: 12 February 2021, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : David Fawkner-Corbett (Simmons group, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 19 February 2021

Monogenic IBD - multiple genes and multiple mechanisms; Pathogenic macrophage lipid metabolism drives inflammation in Hermansky Pudlak Syndrome
Date: 19 February 2021, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Professor Holm Uhlig (University of Oxford), Athena Cavounidis (Uhlig Group, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 12 March 2021

Evaluating the nature of clonal selection in germinal centres
Date: 12 March 2021, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Ziqi Long (Bannard group, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 19 March 2021

The rise and fall of the thymus: A molecular perspective
Date: 19 March 2021, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Prof Georg Holländer (Department of Paediatrics,University of Oxford), Dr Adam Handel (Holländer Group, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 23 April 2021

Studying the interplay between hypoxia and SARS-CoV-2
Date: 23 April 2021, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Peter Wing (McKeating Group, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 30 April 2021

SARS-CoV-2 immune responses-some key questions in April 2021: Durability of immune responses after SARS CoV-2 infection and immunity against VOC, and introducing a study of vaccine responses in disease cohorts
Date: 30 April 2021, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Professor Eleanor Barnes (Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford), Dr Adriana Tomic (Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford), Dr Christina Dold (Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 14 May 2021

HBV genomics: informing an elimination roadmap
Date: 14 May 2021, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Philippa Matthews (Experimental Medicine Division)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 21 May 2021

Clonality, cytotoxicity, age and rejuvenation - understanding the determinants of response to checkpoint immunotherapy in CD8 T cells
Date: 21 May 2021, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Ben Fairfax (University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 28 May 2021

ESCRT-Ing CD40L to helper T cell extracellular vesicles couples CD40L effector function to antigen recognition
Date: 28 May 2021, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Ewaldus Compeer (Dustin Group, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 4 June 2021

Omics approaches to understand the adaptive immune response
Date: 4 June 2021, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Rachael Bashford-Rogers (Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 11 June 2021

Identifying CNS-colonizing T cells as potential therapeutic targets for progressive multiple sclerosis
Date: 11 June 2021, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Hayley Evans (Fugger Group, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 18 June 2021

Co-morbidities in adolescent survivors of perinatal HIV infection in Africa: a tale of two viruses
Date: 18 June 2021, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Professor Sarah Rowland-Jones (University of Oxford), Dan Hameiri-Bowen (Rowland-Jones Group, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 25 June 2021

Looking behind the iron curtain of malaria
Date: 25 June 2021, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Dr Caitlin Naylor (Drakesmith Group, University of Oxford), Sarah Wideman (Drakesmith Group, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 2 July 2021

T cell and antibody responses to BNT162b2 vaccine in UK healthcare workers delivered with a short or long dosing interval: a multicentre, prospective, observational cohort study
Date: 2 July 2021, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Professor Susanna Dunachie (University of Oxford), Professor Miles Carroll (Public Health England)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 17 September 2021

Development and evaluation of regulatory T cell therapy in clinical transplantation
Date: 17 September 2021, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Fadi Issa (University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 1 October 2021

Recognition of Z-RNA by ADAR1 limits interferon responses
Date: 1 October 2021, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Prof Jan Rehwinkel ((Radcliffe Department of Medicine) University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 8 October 2021

A context-specific macrophage enhancer landscape associated with innate immune activation and tolerance
Date: 8 October 2021, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Ping Zhang (University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 15 October 2021

Immune cell-stem cell interactome in chronic lung fibrosis – interim findings
Date: 15 October 2021, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Harry Tian Hu (Ho Group, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 22 October 2021

Observations and reflections on COVID and Influenza
Date: 22 October 2021, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Professor Alain Townsend (University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 29 October 2021

DOCK8 deficiency restricts B cell intrinsic receipt of T cell help
Date: 29 October 2021, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Mukta Deobagkar-Lele (Cornall Group, University Of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 5 November 2021

HLA-Dependent variation in SARS-CoV2 CD8+ T cell cross-reactivity with human coronaviruses
Date: 5 November 2021, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Dr Paul Buckley (Koohy Group, University of Oxford), Dr Hashem Koohy (MRC Human Immunology Unit, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 12 November 2021

Understanding the impact of regulatory T cell subtypes on response to anti-TNF therapy in inflammatory bowel disease
Date: 12 November 2021, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Raphael Sanches Peres (Powrie Group, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 19 November 2021

Elucidating the mechanism of action of ultra-low dose IL-2 immunotherapy at the single-cell level
Date: 19 November 2021, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Ricardo Ferreira (Todd-Wicker Group, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 26 November 2021

Structural Virology, Emerging Methods
Date: 26 November 2021, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Prof David Stuart (University of Oxford), Dr Pranav Shah (Stuart Group, University of Oxford), Dr Helen Ginn (Stuart Group, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 3 December 2021

Inefficient exploitation of accessory receptors reduces the sensitivity of chimeric antigen receptors
Date: 3 December 2021, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Jake Burton (Dushek Group, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 14 January 2022

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron leads to widespread escape from neutralizing antibody responses
Date: 14 January 2022, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Wanwisa Dejnirattisai (Screaton Group, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 21 January 2022

Asthma: Mechanisms, Microbes, and MORSE
Date: 21 January 2022, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Dr Timothy Hinks (Oxford Respiratory Unit, NDM), Wojciech Lason (Hinks Group, University of Oxford), Maisha Jabeen (Hinks Group, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 28 January 2022

Development of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine
Date: 28 January 2022, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Pedro Folegatti (Gilbert Group, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 4 February 2022

Divergent spatial microdomains drive inflammation and repair in Ulcerative and Immune Checkpoint Therapy Colitis
Date: 4 February 2022, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Agne Antanaviciute (Simmons Group, Koohy Group, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 11 February 2022

Understanding alloreactive T cell targeting of leukaemia for therapeutic application
Date: 11 February 2022, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Gerda Mickute (Vyas Group, Borrow Group, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 18 February 2022

Deletion of the deISGylating enzyme USP18 enhances tumour cell antigenicity and radiosensitivity
Date: 18 February 2022, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Adán Pinto-Fernández (Kessler Group, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 25 February 2022

A therapeutic cell atlas to study Immune Mediated Inflammatory Diseases.
Date: 25 February 2022, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Professor Christopher Buckley (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 4 March 2022

Memory cytotoxic SARS-CoV-2 spike protein-specific CD4+ T cells associate with viral control; Mutations in SARS-CoV-2 NP epitope flanking regions affect proteasomal processing and CD8+ T cell responses
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 4 March 2022, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Guihai Liu (Dong Group, University of Oxford), Dr Dannielle Wellington (Dong Group, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 18 March 2022

Autophagy in maintenance, differentiation, and metabolism of immune cells
Date: 18 March 2022, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Professor Katja Simon ((Kennedy Institute) University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 25 March 2022

Helicobacter hepaticus and the search for a tolerogenic niche in the gut
Date: 25 March 2022, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Emily Thornton (MRC Human Immunology Unit, University of Oxford)
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 6 May 2022

Imaging earliest phases of arthritis: Macrophages in the synovial lining niche initiate neutrophil recruitment and articular inflammation
Date: 6 May 2022, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Kristina Zec (Udalova Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM seminar room and Teams
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 13 May 2022

The remarkable impact of cell shape on self/non-self discrimination by T cells
Date: 13 May 2022, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Edward Jenkins (Davis Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM seminar room and Teams
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 20 May 2022

Inhibition of checkpoint receptor signalling by phosphatase recruitment
Date: 20 May 2022, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM seminar room and Teams
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 27 May 2022

Mitochondrial dynamics in GC B cells
Date: 27 May 2022, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Alexander Clarke (Kennedy Institute, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM seminar room and Teams
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 10 June 2022

T cells go a-Rye: An Atlas of Celiac Disease
Date: 10 June 2022, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Michael Fitzpatrick
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM seminar room and Teams
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 17 June 2022

Beyond prediction: A strategy to define the physiological interactome of TCR-like therapeutics
Date: 17 June 2022, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Nicola Ternette (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM seminar room and Teams
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 24 June 2022

Iron deficiency, immune development, vaccine responses and intestinal biology in Bangladeshi infants
Date: 24 June 2022, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Andrew Armitage, Drakesmith Group, University of Oxford
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM seminar room and Teams
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 1 July 2022

Novel insights into B cell function derived from genetic analyses of checkpoint immunotherapy associated toxicities
Date: 1 July 2022, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Ben Fairfax (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM seminar room and Teams
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 23 September 2022

Novel methods to study T cell communication. From trans-synaptic particles to lymphoid cluster
Date: 23 September 2022, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Pablo Cespedes (Dustin Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 30 September 2022

Fetal growth restriction through parental and fetal immune gene variation and intercellular communications cascade
Date: 30 September 2022, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Gurman Kaur ((Fugger Group) University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 7 October 2022

Single cell analysis of signalling and transcriptomic responses to type I interferons
Date: 7 October 2022, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Rachel Rigby (MRC Human Immunology Unit, MRC WIMM)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 14 October 2022

Integrating computational modelling and experimental biology to improve tumour antigen discovery
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 14 October 2022, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Professor Tim Elliott (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 21 October 2022

HLA-E Stuck in Traffic
Date: 21 October 2022, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Wanlin He (McMichael Group, University of Oxford), Professor Sir Andrew McMichael (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 28 October 2022

Genetic determinants of COVID-19 vaccine responses and subsequent risk of breakthrough infection
Date: 28 October 2022, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Dr Alexander Mentzer (University of Oxford), Dr Daniel O'Connor (Oxford Vaccine Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 11 November 2022

Understanding the interplay between the circadian-signalling and virus replication: the clock is ticking for HIV
Date: 11 November 2022, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Helene Borrmann (McKeating Group)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 18 November 2022

Spatiotemporal analysis of immune response in lung tissue using imaging mass cytometry. Findings from COVID lungs
Date: 18 November 2022, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Prof Ling-Pei Ho (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 25 November 2022

The B cell immunology underlying Central Nervous System autoantibody-mediated diseases
Date: 25 November 2022, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Professor Sarosh Irani (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 2 December 2022

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 2 December 2022, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Fritzsche Group (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM seminar room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 20 January 2023

A machine learning framework to advance precision medicine in sepsis.
Date: 20 January 2023, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Eddie Cano Gamez (Knight Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 27 January 2023

Deciphering the role of PAD4 in colon cancer
Date: 27 January 2023, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Alina Janney (Powrie Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 3 February 2023

Decoding the principles of antigen-specific T cell immunity in time and space
Date: 3 February 2023, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Hashem Koohy (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 10 February 2023

Production and testing of potent cross-reactive antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 variants
Date: 10 February 2023, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Aiste Dijokaite-Guraliuc (Screaton Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Wimm seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 17 February 2023

Title TBC
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 17 February 2023, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 24 February 2023

A snapshot of germinal center plasma cell differentiation during influenza infection
Date: 24 February 2023, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Adrien Sprumont (Bannard Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 3 March 2023

A long-lived anti-inflammatory signature induced by low-dose IL-2 immunotherapy is reverted in COVID-19 patients
Date: 3 March 2023, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Ricardo Ferreira (Todd-Wicker Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 10 March 2023

Understanding the T-cell mediated Immune Response across Time-, Length- and Force scales using Ultra-Thin Super-Extended Light Sheet Microscopy
Date: 10 March 2023, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Veronika Pfannenstill (Fritzsche Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 17 March 2023

Integrating computational modelling and experimental biology to improve tumour antigen discovery
Date: 17 March 2023, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Professor Tim Elliott (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 24 March 2023

Immunity to Neuraminidase as the basis of protection against pandemic and seasonal influenza
Date: 24 March 2023, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Pramila Rijal (Townsend Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 31 March 2023

Airway mucosal immunology: Metagenomics, MAVS and MAITS
Date: 31 March 2023, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Dr Timothy Hinks (Oxford Respiratory Unit, NDM), Xiawei Zhang (Hinks Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 28 April 2023

The role of tapasin and HLA-I tapasin-dependency in HIV-1 disease; Characterisation of SARS-CoV-2-specific responses in people living with HIV-1
Date: 28 April 2023, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Beth Charlton (Rowland-Jones Group, University of Oxford), Aljawharah Alrubbayi (Rowland-Jones Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 5 May 2023

Renal Immune Crosstalk in Lupus Nephritis
Date: 5 May 2023, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Aneesha Bhandari (Bull Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 12 May 2023

Iron deficiency deregulates T cell metabolic programming and function
Date: 12 May 2023, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Megan Teh (Drakesmith Group University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 19 May 2023

After the pandemic, more outbreak pathogen vaccines
Date: 19 May 2023, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Professor Sarah Gilbert (Said Professor of Vaccinology, University of Oxford), Professor Teresa Lambe (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 26 May 2023

The Impact of Diabetes on the Human Response to Burkholderia pseudomallei (melioidosis)
Date: 26 May 2023, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Professor Susie Dunachie (University of Oxford), Dr Barbara Kronsteiner-Dobramysl (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 2 June 2023

The molecular reach of RBD antibodies predicts their SARs-CoV-2 neutralisation potency
Date: 2 June 2023, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Anna Huhn (Dushek Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 9 June 2023

Innate responses underlying the potent humoral immunogenicity of mRNA - lipid nanoparticle vaccines
Date: 9 June 2023, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Maria Aggelakopoulou (Borrow Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 16 June 2023

Characterising an unconventional integrin (CD61/CD103) on human cancer T cell immunity
Date: 16 June 2023, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Tao Dong (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 23 June 2023

COVID-19 antigen processing & T-cell response profiled by (single cell) proteomics
Date: 23 June 2023, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Professor Benedikt Kessler (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 7 July 2023

Modelling and comparing the binding sites of immune receptor proteins to enable design
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Status: This talk has been cancelled
Date: 7 July 2023, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Prof. Charlotte Deane (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 26 September 2023

Development of nanobodies to interrogate and harness MAIT cells
Date: 26 September 2023, 15:30 - 16:30
Speaker : Dr Nicholas Gherardin (Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Host: Professor Graham Ogg (University of Oxford)

Friday 29 September 2023

Interstitial synovial macrophages: location, function & mechanical forces
Date: 29 September 2023, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Barbora Schonfeldova ((Udalova Group), University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 13 October 2023

HLA and response to checkpoint immunotherapy - déjà vu all over again
Date: 13 October 2023, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Ben Fairfax (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 20 October 2023

Structural Correlates of T Cell Receptor Specificity and Cross-Reactivity
Date: 20 October 2023, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Julia McCarthy (Fernandes Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 3 November 2023

Modelling and comparing the binding sites of immune receptor proteins to enable design
Date: 3 November 2023, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Prof. Charlotte Deane (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 10 November 2023

Decrypting tissue niches behind barrier pathology in checkpoint-blockade colitis
Date: 10 November 2023, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Agne Antanaviciute (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 17 November 2023

An indirect way of detecting viruses: MDA5 guards against infection by surveying cellular RNA homeostasis
Date: 17 November 2023, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Professor Jan Rehwinkel (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 24 November 2023

An initial foray into the strange world of the γδ T-cell receptor
Date: 24 November 2023, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Mafalda Santos (University of Oxford), Dr Sumana Sharma (Davis Group, University of Oxford), João Ferreira Fernandes (Davis Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 1 December 2023

O brave new world: Discovering T cell antigens using mass spectrometry
Date: 1 December 2023, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Nicola Ternette (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 2 February 2024

Decoding the intricate dynamics of adaptive antigen-specific T cell immunity
Date: 2 February 2024, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Hashem Koohy (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 9 February 2024

A Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD) Genome-Wide association study gives new insights to a neuroinflammatory disease that can further distinguish it from multiple sclerosis (MS)
Date: 9 February 2024, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Kathrine Attfield (Fugger Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 16 February 2024

Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 from recombinant XBB variant era to BA.2.86 lineage under heavy immune pressure
Date: 16 February 2024, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Aiste Dijokaite-Guraliuc (Screaton Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 23 February 2024

Insights on immunity against bacterial infection using the ultimate animal model
Date: 23 February 2024, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Professor Andrew Pollard (University of Oxford), Professor Daniela Ferreira (University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 1 March 2024

Delineating the causal role of the gut microbiota in experimental colitis
Date: 1 March 2024, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Rebecca Jeffery (Powrie Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 8 March 2024

Understanding the mechanisms of interaction between gut immunity and intestinal bacteria
Date: 8 March 2024, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Professor Emma Slack (University of Oxford), Dr Sarah Woodward (Slack Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 15 March 2024

Spatiotemporal analysis of regenerating alveolar niche in chronic lung fibrosis
Date: 15 March 2024, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Prof Ling-Pei Ho (University of Oxford), Harry (Tian) Hu (Ho Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Anne Farmer (MRC Human Immunology Unit)
Hosts: TBA