Name: Katie Roberts
University of Oxford
https://www.kennedy.ox.ac.uk/team/katie-roberts

Events this person is organising:

Monday 13 January 2025

How cells defend their cytosol against bacteria: LPS ubiquitylation and other tricks
Date: 13 January 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Felix Randow (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Katie Roberts (University of Oxford), Jo Silva (NDORMS)
Host: Jelena Bezbradica Mirkovic (KTRR SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW)

Monday 20 January 2025

Harnessing mucosal immunity: lessons from the pig model
Date: 20 January 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Elma Tchilian (NDM Experimental Medicine)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Katie Roberts (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Lynn Dustin (NDORMS)

Monday 27 January 2025

Listen to Heme! You are exhausted
Date: 27 January 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Ping-Chih Ho (Department of Fundamental Oncology, University of Lausanne; Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Switzerland)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Katie Roberts (University of Oxford)
Host: Alexander Clarke (Kennedy Institute, University of Oxford)

Monday 3 February 2025

Tridimensional analysis of human embryogenesis
Date: 3 February 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof Alain Chedotal (FSER, France)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Katie Roberts (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Adrien Hallou (University of Oxford)

Monday 10 February 2025

The tale of HIV-1 capsid: from assembly to nuclear entry
Date: 10 February 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Peijun Zhang (Nuffield Department of Medicine)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Katie Roberts (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Lynn Dustin (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 17 February 2025

Inflammatory bowel disease – autoimmunity as a disease causing mechanism
Date: 17 February 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof Holm Uhlig (Nuffield Department of Medicine)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Katie Roberts (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Fiona Powrie (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Thursday 27 February 2025

Guidance cue code for B cell immunity
Date: 27 February 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Jason Cyster (University of California)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Katie Roberts (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Mark Coles (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology )

Monday 19 May 2025

Newton-Abraham Lecture 2025. Immunophysiology: Studying the Integration of Immune Cells into Organ Physiology
Date: 19 May 2025, 16:30 - 17:30
Speaker : Professor Paul Kubes (Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary)
Venue: University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road OX1 3PW
Venue Details: Oxford University Museum of Natural History Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Tim Lever (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology), Magdalena Gross, Katie Roberts (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Professor Irina Udalova (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology), Professor Mike Dustin (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Friday 10 October 2025

Discovery of the telomere transfer biology and its link to the first HIV cure
Date: 10 October 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof Alessio Lanna (UCL)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Katie Roberts (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Mike Dustin (PROFESSOR OF IMMUNOLOGY AND WELLCOME PRINCIPAL RESEARCH FELLOW, DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH OF THE KENNEDY INSTITUTE)

Monday 13 October 2025

B cell immunity to mucosal antigens
Date: 13 October 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Mauro Gaya (Luminy Center for Immunology)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Katie Roberts (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Tal Arnon (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 20 October 2025

The promise of proteomics: insights into autoimmune disease pathogenesis and translational potential
Date: 20 October 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr James Peters (Imperial College London)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Katie Roberts (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Alex Clarke (Univeristy of Oxford - The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 3 November 2025

Genetic prediction and multi-omics: Towards disease prevention
Date: 3 November 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof Michael Inouye
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Katie Roberts (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Monday 17 November 2025

Critical roles for ion and water flux in T cell migration and activation
Date: 17 November 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Prof Victor Tybulewicz (The Francis Crick Institute, London)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organiser: Katie Roberts (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 30 January 2026

MAIT cells in host-microbiota interactions
Date: 30 January 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Francois Legoux (Institut Curie)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Tess Lawless (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology), Katie Roberts (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Jethro Johnson (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 9 February 2026

Integrating Cohorts and Multi-Omics to Capture the Earliest Determinants of Disease and Aging
Date: 9 February 2026, 12:30 - 13:30
Speaker : Professor Philip Awadalla (University of Oxford)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Tess Lawless (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology), Katie Roberts (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Yang Luo (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 16 February 2026

Encoding mechanical information in the ATP-fuelled membrane of a living cell
Date: 16 February 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Satyajit Mayor (University of Warwick)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Tess Lawless (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology), Katie Roberts (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Marco Fritszche (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Thursday 19 February 2026

Genetics, Viruses, and B cells: the Cause of Multiple Sclerosis
Date: 19 February 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor David Hafler (Yale School of Medicine)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Tess Lawless (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology), Katie Roberts (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof Dame Fiona Powrie (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 23 February 2026

From Energy Balance to Immune Balance: A Systems-Level View of Metabolic-Sensing Circuits and Immune Crosstalk
Date: 23 February 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Giuseppe D’Agostino (University of Manchester)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Tess Lawless (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology), Katie Roberts (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Franze Progatzky (University of Oxford - Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 2 March 2026

Different faces of immune memory
Date: 2 March 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Megan MacLeod (University of Glasgow)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Tess Lawless (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology), Katie Roberts (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Audrey Gerard (The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Monday 23 March 2026

Mechanisms of (phago)lysosomal resolution and homeostasis
Date: 23 March 2026, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Roni Levin Konigsberg (University of Cambridge)
Venue: Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Headington OX3 7FY
Venue Details: Kennedy Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Tess Lawless (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology), Katie Roberts (University of Oxford)
Host: Professor Lynn Dustin (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)