MRC TIDU Friday Morning Lab Meetings

Friday Morning Seminars, 9.15 to 10.15am, open to all.
Type: Seminar Series
Series organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Organising department: MRC Human Immunology Unit

Talks:

Friday 6 March 2026

E=MHC2: Targeting HLA-E for immunotherapy of HPV-driven cancers
Date: 6 March 2026, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Bas Peeters (McMichael and Gillespie Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organisers: Alina Bovtenko (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford), Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 13 March 2026

Initiators and drivers of lung fibrosis - insights from spatial biology
Date: 13 March 2026, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker : Dr Vishal Nathwani (Ho Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organisers: Alina Bovtenko (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford), Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 20 March 2026

From polygenic scores to ancient variants: identifying germline determinants of clinical outcome to immune checkpoint blockade
Date: 20 March 2026, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Shawn Sun (Fairfax Group, University of Oxford), Maksim Chan (Fairfax Group, University of Oxford), Martin Little (Fairfax Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organisers: Alina Bovtenko (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford), Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 1 May 2026

Uncovering structural determinants of peptide recognition by public and private T-cell receptors
Date: 1 May 2026, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Dr Maya Pidoux (Dong Group, University of Oxford), Dr Caner Akil (Dong Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar room
Organisers: Alina Bovtenko (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford), Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Editors: Anne Bowtell, Nicole Harris, Anne Farmer, Bryony Graham, Renata Sojka, Kerry Oldridge, Karen Brown, Yasmine Saito, Alina Bovtenko