• Type: Seminar Series
• Series organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
• Organising department: MRC Human Immunology Unit

Friday 20 February 2015

• 09:15 - Biophysical tools for membrane research in immunology
  Erdinc Sezgin (Eggeling Group)

Friday 27 February 2015

• 09:15 - Title TBC
  TBA

Friday 6 March 2015

• 09:15 - Title TBC
  TBA

Friday 13 March 2015

• 09:15 - Title TBC
  Elina Lipina (Cerundolo Group)

Friday 20 March 2015

• 09:15 - Title TBC
  Paul Klenerman

Friday 1 May 2015

• 09:15 - Ex vivo characterization of competition during secondary immune responses
  Viveka Mayya (Dustin Group)

Friday 8 May 2015

• 09:15 - Fast-tracked trials for Ebola vaccines
  Katie Ewer (Hill Group)

Friday 15 May 2015

• 09:15 - The thymus: an evolutionary accident of no great significance?"
  Georg Hollander

Friday 22 May 2015

• 09:15 - PA-X prevents activation of the RIG-I pathway by Influenza A
  Rachel Rigby (Rehwinkel Group)

Friday 29 May 2015

• 09:15 - Approaches for genetic fine-mapping of susceptibility loci to immune-mediated diseases.
  Adrian Cortes (University of Oxford)

Friday 5 June 2015

• 09:15 - GM-CSF/ Eosinophil Axis in IL-23-Driven Chronic Intestinal Inflammation
  Dr Isabelle Arnold (University of Oxford)

Friday 12 June 2015

• 09:15 - BRCA1 in Innate Immunity
  Daniel Gaughan (Simmons Group)

Friday 19 June 2015

• 09:15 - "Evidence of T Cell Driven Selection Pressure in the HIV-1 UTR"
  Katja Pfafferot (McMichael Group)

Friday 26 June 2015

• 09:15 - A lymphatic route for macrophage clearance
  Shaumick Bhattacharjee (Jackson Group)

Friday 3 July 2015

• 09:15 - IFTIM3 Genetic Variation and Influenza Virus Infection
  Henry Laurenson-Schafer (Dong Group) (University of Oxford), Shokouh Makvandi-Nejad (Dong Group) (University of Oxford), Lili Wang (Dong Group) (University of Oxford)

Friday 18 September 2015

• 09:15 - Autophagy is Essential for Neutrophil Differentiation – Guiding an Energy-Metabolic Switch
  Simon Group (University of Oxford), Tom Riffelmacher - Simon Group (University of Oxford)

Friday 2 October 2015

• 09:15 - Cellular signalling in T cells is captured by a tractable modular phenotypic model
  Omer Dushek (University of Oxford, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, Wolfson College)

Friday 9 October 2015

• 09:15 - Genetic Architecture of the Sepsis Response
  Knight Group (University of Oxford), Prof Julian Knight

Friday 23 October 2015

• 09:15 - A Tale of Two MGITs: Using mycobacterial growth inhibition assays in TB vaccine and human immune response studies
  McShane Group (University of Oxford), Matt O'Shea (University of Oxford), Rachel Tanner (University of Oxford)

Friday 30 October 2015

• 09:15 - Title TBC
  Bowness Group (University of Oxford)

Friday 6 November 2015

• 09:15 - Unnatural Killer Cells
  Andrew McMichael (University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine), McMichael Group (University of Oxford)

Friday 13 November 2015

• 09:15 - Autophagy Regulates Intestinal Inflammation by Controlling CD4+ T Cell Homeostasis
  Maloy Group (University of Oxford), Agnieszka Kabat (University of Oxford), Kevin Maloy (University of Oxford)

Friday 20 November 2015

• 09:15 - S-FLU
  Alain Townsend (University of Oxford)

Friday 27 November 2015

• 09:15 - A New Way to Control (Some) Infections
  Drakesmith Group (University of Oxford), João Arezes (University of Oxford), Andrew Armitage (University of Oxford)

Friday 4 December 2015

• 09:15 - Insights into Immune Responses to Typhoid Using the Ultimate Animal Model
  Pollard Group (University of Oxford), Dr Christoph Blohmke (University of Oxford), Dr Jennifer Hill (University of Oxford)

Friday 15 January 2016

• 09:15 - Advanced Microscopy Studies of HIV-1 Dynamic Structure and Virus-Cell Interactions
  Jakub Chojnacki (University of Oxford), Eggeling Group (University of Oxford)

Friday 22 January 2016

• 09:15 - Regulatory T Cells in Skin Inflammation
  Powrie Group (University of Oxford), Krista Adelmann (University of Oxford)

Friday 29 January 2016

• 09:15 - Lipid-specific T cells, filaggrin and atopic dermatitis
  Ogg Group (University of Oxford)

Friday 5 February 2016

• 09:15 - The remarkably low affinity of CD4/pMHC II interactions
  Davis Group (University of Oxford), Mafalda Santos (University of Oxford)

Friday 12 February 2016

• 09:15 - Dissecting the immune response to a human bacterial pathogen
  Cerundolo Group (University of Oxford), Giorgio Napolitani (University of Oxford)

Friday 19 February 2016

• 09:15 - MAITs, Nodes and Chips
  Klenerman Group (University of Oxford), Chris Wilberg (University of Oxford)

Friday 26 February 2016

• 09:15 - What doesn't kill you makes you stronger - how granulocytic MDSCs impact on T cell memory in severe influenza
  Adel Benlarech ((Ho Group))

Friday 4 March 2016

• 09:15 - Location, Location, Location: CD8+ T cells and liver-stage malaria
  Hill Group (University of Oxford), Alex Spencer (University of Oxford)

Friday 18 March 2016

• 09:15 - Update from the Cornall group
  Cornall Group (University of Oxford)

Friday 15 April 2016

• 09:15 - Autophagy defects in monogenic forms of Crohn's Disease
  Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
  Sumeet Pandey (Uhlig Group)

Friday 22 April 2016

• 09:15 - A role for LYVE-1 in the lymphatic dissemination of hyaluronan encapsulated Group A Streptococci
  Prof David Jackson (WIMM HIU)

Friday 29 April 2016

• 09:15 - Exploring mechanisms of NOD2 function in innate immunity
  Daniele Corridoni (University of Oxford)

Friday 6 May 2016

• 09:15 - A vaccine against Salmonella for Africa. Opportunities and Challenges
  Prof Cal Maclennan

Friday 13 May 2016

• 09:15 - Virus restriction and beyond: an update on SAMHD1
  Prof Jan Rehwinkel (WIMM HIU), Jonathan Maelfait, Tamara Davenne (WIMM, HIU)

Friday 20 May 2016

• 09:15 - Resolving TYK2 locus genotype-to-phenotype conflict reveals therapeutic optimum for autoimmunity
  Dr Calliope A Dendrou

Friday 27 May 2016

• 09:15 - To bnAb or not to bnAb- Are Tregs the answer?
  Dr Isabela Pedroza-Pacheco (Borrow Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 3 June 2016

• 09:15 - B Cell autophagy and lupus
  Alexander Clarke (Kennedy Institute, University of Oxford)

Friday 10 June 2016

• 09:15 - MAIT cell agonists: a novel class of adjuvants?
  Dr Mariolina Salio (MRC Human Immunology Unit, University of Oxford)

Friday 17 June 2016

• 09:15 - An update on investigation of IFITM3-rs12252C and its association with influenza virus infection
  Henry Laurenson-Schafer (University of Oxford)

Friday 24 June 2016

• 09:15 - Understanding the cellular response to atherogenic lipid
  Dr Anil Chalisey (University of Oxford)

Friday 23 September 2016

• 09:15 - Bones, BMPs and bad B cells: a new approach to multiple myeloma
  Sarah Gooding (Drakesmith Group)

Friday 30 September 2016

• 09:15 - Germinal centers: programmed for antibody affinity maturation
  Dr Oliver Bannard (University of Oxford)

Friday 7 October 2016

• 09:15 - Re-examining the role of CD2 in the immunological synapse
  Professor Mike Dustin (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology)

Friday 14 October 2016

• 09:15 - Development of a Vaccine against Zika Virus
  Dr Cesar Lopez-Camacho (Reyes-Sandoval group)

Friday 21 October 2016

• 09:15 - Impact of oxygen and time on virus replication
  Prof Jane McKeating (University of Oxford)

Friday 28 October 2016

• 09:15 - Evolution of Seasonal Influenza
  Townsend Group (University of Oxford)

Friday 4 November 2016

• 09:15 - Approaches to immune target validation and prioritisation leveraging genetics
  Dr Hai Fang (University of Oxford)

Friday 25 November 2016

• 09:15 - The Secret Life of HLA-E
  Dr Simon Brackenridge (University of Oxford), Lucy Walters (University of Oxford), Professor Sir Andrew McMichael (University of Oxford)

Friday 2 December 2016

• 09:15 - Plasma membrane lipids: a passive or active environment?
  Prof Christian Eggeling (University of Oxford)

Friday 20 January 2017

• 09:15 - A reexamination of Fc receptor triggering
  Dr James Felce (University of Oxford), Dr Erdinc Sezgin (University of Oxford)

Friday 27 January 2017

• 09:15 - Understanding and targeting human Th17 cells in inflammatory diseases
  Dr Liye Chen (University of Oxford)

Friday 3 February 2017

• 09:15 - A novel cytokine-stromal cell axis that promotes pathogenic intestinal inflammation
  Dr Nathaniel West (University of Oxford)

Friday 10 February 2017

• 09:15 - Collective T cell decisions during immune responses
  Dr Audrey Gérard (University of Oxford)

Friday 17 February 2017

• 09:15 - The positive and negative selection of B cells during ontogeny
  Xijin Xu (Cornall group) (University of Oxford)

Friday 24 February 2017

• 09:15 - Monocyte-derived macrophages and pulmonary fibrosis
  Emily Fraser (University of Oxford)

Friday 3 March 2017

• 09:15 - Control of meningitis: induction of functional antibody against Neisseria meningitidis
  Dr Christine Rollier (University of Oxford)

Friday 10 March 2017

• 09:15 - Analysis of arginine metabolism in AML blasts and T lymphocytes provides insights into tumour immune escape strategies
  Andreas Hadjinicolaou (University of Oxford)

Friday 17 March 2017

• 09:15 - Innate activation of gut-homing T cells
  Tianqi Leng (University of Oxford)

Friday 28 April 2017

• 09:15 - Analysis of gonorrhoea in coastal Kenya
  Dr Ana Cehovin (University of Oxford)

Friday 5 May 2017

• 09:15 - Rejuvenation of the aged adaptive immune response and the discovery of a novel autophagy pathway
  Hanlin Zhang ((Simon Group) University of Oxford)

Friday 12 May 2017

• 09:15 - A novel innate immune pathway induces antigen presentation to CD8+ T cells
  Dr Daniele Corridoni (University of Oxford)

Friday 2 June 2017

• 09:15 - Defence and Counter-Defence: The interplay between Zika virus and innate immunity
  Jonny Hertzog (Rehwinkel Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 9 June 2017

• 09:15 - Coincidence detection tailors macrophage responses to inflammatory signals
  Jelena Bezbradica Mirkovic (KTRR SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW)

Friday 16 June 2017

• 09:15 - 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?
  Professor Sarah Rowland-Jones (Professor of Immunology, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford), Dr Sophie Andrews (University of Oxford)

Friday 23 June 2017

• 09:15 - Iron and malaria: austerity works. Strong and stable adaptive immunity: yet more irony.
  Andrew Armitage (University of Oxford), Joe Frost (University of Oxford)

Friday 30 June 2017

• 09:15 - Analysis of immune checkpoint receptors on T cells indicates the design of mono-and combinatorial blockade cancer immunotherapy
  Xi Li ((Dong Group) University of Oxford), Chi Zhang ((Dong Group) University of Oxford)

Friday 22 September 2017

• 09:15 - En route to deep profiling of tumour-specific MHC-associated peptidomes by mass spectrometry
  Dr Nicola Ternette (University of Oxford)

Friday 29 September 2017

• 09:15 - Structural and regulatory diversity shape HLA-C protein expression levels
  Dr Gurman Kaur ((Fugger Group) University of Oxford)

Friday 6 October 2017

• 09:15 - Broadly protective influenza vaccines
  Professor Alain Townsend (University of Oxford)

Friday 13 October 2017

• 09:15 - Exploring peroxisomes - an advanced microscopy study
  Dr Silvia Galiani (University of Oxford), Dr Katharina Reglinski (University of Oxford)

Friday 20 October 2017

• 09:15 - How to PERK up your iNKT cells: A novel mechanism of iNKT cell activation via ER-stressed APCs
  Melissa Bedard (Cerundolo Group) (University of Oxford)

Friday 27 October 2017

• 09:15 - Activation of human innate-like T cells by adenovirus vectors
  Dr Nicholas Provine (University of Oxford)

Friday 10 November 2017

• 09:15 - Gp130 defects as cause of immunodeficiency and craniosynostosis
  Dr Dominik Aschenbrenner ((Uhlig Group) University of Oxford)

Friday 17 November 2017

• 09:15 - Dendritic cell migration in the lymphatics – new insights into biology and mechanisms
  Dr Louise Johnson ((Jackson Group) University of Oxford)

Friday 24 November 2017

• 09:15 - 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)
  Dr Geraldine Gillespie (University of Oxford), Lucy Walters (University of Oxford), Dr Isabela Pedroza-Pacheco (Borrow Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 1 December 2017

• 09:15 - Bacterial sensing through ILC2 presentation of endogenous CD1a lipid antigens
  Dr Clare Hardman ((Ogg Group) University of Oxford)

Friday 19 January 2018

• 09:15 - Close encounters of the B-T kind: Dock8 and the lack of memory
  Dr Mukta Deobagkar-Lele (Cornall Group, University Of Oxford)

Friday 26 January 2018

• 09:15 - Targeting the immune checkpoint receptor BTLA in autoimmunity and cancer
  Chris Paluch (Davis Lab, University of Oxford)

Friday 2 February 2018

• 09:15 - Cytotoxic T cells send death in an envelope’
  Dr Stefan Balint (NDORMS, Oxford)

Friday 9 February 2018

• 09:15 - Potential for HIV Cure/Remission in Paediatric Infection
  Prof. Philip Goulder (University of Oxford)

Friday 16 February 2018

• 09:15 - Pathogenic immune responses in spondyloarthritis
  Dr Hussein Al-Mossawi (Bowness Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 23 February 2018

• 09:15 - Single cell deconvolution of the intestinal mesenchyme in inflammatory bowel disease
  Dr Hannah Chen (Simmons Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 2 March 2018

• 09:15 - Defining the involvement of monocytes in lung fibrosis
  Prof Ling-Pei Ho (University of Oxford)

Friday 9 March 2018

• 09:15 - Cytoskeletal control of antigen dependent T-cell activation
  Dr Huw Colin-York (Fritzsche Group, University of Oxford )

Friday 27 April 2018

• 09:15 - Enhanced immunogenicity of mitochondrial localised proteins in cancer cells
  Dr Gennaro Prota (University of Oxford)

Friday 4 May 2018

• 09:15 - Change and Judgement: B Cell Receptor Exchange and Screening in Germinal Centres
  Isabelle Stewart (Bannard Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 11 May 2018

• 09:15 - Characterising inter-individual variation in transcriptional response to checkpoint inhibitors across a patient cohort
  Dr Ben Fairfax (University of Oxford)

Friday 25 May 2018

• 09:15 - Exploring DNA sensing with genome-wide CRISPR screens
  Jan Rehwinkel (University of Oxford, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine)

Friday 8 June 2018

• 09:15 - IL-23 responsive, commensal-reactive T cells promote barrier immunity; Uncovering microbial drivers of inflammatory disease
  Dr Emily Thornton (Powrie Group, University of Oxford), Dr Lilian Lam (Powrie Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 15 June 2018

• 09:15 - Iron, infants and adaptive immunity
  Dr Andrew Armitage (Drakesmith Group, University Of Oxford), Joe Frost (Drakesmith Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 22 June 2018

• 09:15 - Genetic association analysis across tree-structured routine healthcare data
  Dr Adrian Cortes (Fugger Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 29 June 2018

• 09:15 - Genomic approaches to understanding the dysregulated host response in sepsis
  Prof Julian Knight

Friday 6 July 2018

• 09:15 - Statins – the good and the bad: What microscopy tells us
  Dr Dilip Shrestha (Eggeling Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 21 September 2018

• 09:15 - Regulation of natural killer T cell responses in bacterial infection and rheumatoid arthritis
  Professor Mitch Kronenberg (La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology)

Friday 28 September 2018

• 09:15 - The lymphatics: a gateway to immune responses and cancer metastasis
  Dr Louise Johnson ((Jackson Group) University of Oxford)

Friday 5 October 2018

• 09:15 - In depth analysis of poorly enhancing but potently neutralizing antibody against dengue virus
  Wanwisa Dejnirattisai (Screaton Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 12 October 2018

• 09:15 - “The weakness of the enemy makes our strength”: exploiting SAMHD1 mutations to kill cancer cells
  Tamara Davenne (Rehwinkel Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 19 October 2018

• 09:15 - Genome organisation and chromatin analysis identify transcriptional downregulation of insulin-like growth factor signalling as a hallmark of aging in the developing B cells
  Dr Hashem Koohy (University of Oxford)

Friday 26 October 2018

• 09:15 - Exploring the immunology in autoantibody mediated diseases of the central nervous system
  Associate Professor Sarosh Irani (University of Oxford)

Friday 2 November 2018

• 09:15 - MAITs at work: tales from down under
  Prof. Paul Klenerman (Peter Medawar Building, NDM, Oxford), Dr Timothy Hinks (Oxford Respiratory Unit, NDM), Dr Sarah Sasson (University of Oxford)

Friday 9 November 2018

• 09:15 - When hitting one affects many - The expanding spectrum of GP130-associated Mendelian diseases
  Dr Hebe Chen (University of Oxord)

Friday 16 November 2018

• 09:15 - Follicular connections: bloody Tfh cells in sight
  Elena Brenna (McMichael Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 23 November 2018

• 09:15 - Spontaneous and targeted disruption of thymus development and function: Lessons learnt
  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)

Friday 30 November 2018

• 09:15 - Translational impact of single cell studies of the skin
  Dr Yi-Ling Chen (MRC Human Immunology Unit, University of Oxford)

Friday 7 December 2018

• 09:15 - DeCRYPTing epithelial barrier breakdown in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  David Fawkner-Corbett (Simmons group, University of Oxford)

Friday 18 January 2019

• 09:15 - An essential role for the Zn2+ transporter ZIP7 in B cell development
  Professor Richard Cornall (University of Oxford)

Friday 1 February 2019

• 09:15 - 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
  Pablo Cespedes (Dustin Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 8 February 2019

• 09:15 - A re-examination of B-cell receptor triggering
  Martin Wilcock (Davis/Cornall Groups, University of Oxford)

Friday 15 February 2019

• 09:15 - Identifying HLA-E and CD94/NKG2a as an inhibitory receptor-ligand in cancer'
  Megat Bin Abd Hamid (Dong Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 22 February 2019

• 09:15 - Autophagy, hematopoietic stem cells, and amino acids
  Dr Sandrine Obba (Simon Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 1 March 2019

• 09:15 - Examining pulmonary interstitial macrophage heterogeneity and self-renewal potential
  Dr Laura Denney (Ho Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 8 March 2019

• 09:15 - Hydrothermal vents, T cells and immunometabolism
  Professor Hal Drakesmith (MRC Human Immunology Unit), Joe Frost (Drakesmith Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 15 March 2019

• 09:15 - Up-close-and-personal characterisation of antigen-specific T cell responses to immunotherapy treatment in melanoma patients
  Victoria Woodcock (Cerundolo Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 22 March 2019

• 09:15 - SIMON, an automated machine learning system reveals immune signatures of influenza vaccine responses
  Dr Adriana Tomic (Institute for Immunity, Stanford University)

Friday 17 May 2019

• 09:15 - Stratifying Genetic Risk in Multiple Sclerosis
  Dr Kathrine Attfield (Fugger Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 24 May 2019

• 09:15 - Proteasomal cut-and-pasting: a small splice of the class I peptide pie?
  Dr Wayne Paes (Borrow Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 31 May 2019

• 09:15 - Novel Roles for Hyaluronan and its Receptors in Lymphatic Trafficking
  Jackson Group (University of Oxford)

Friday 7 June 2019

• 09:15 - Host-microbial cross-talk in the intestine in health and disease
  Dr Nicholas Ilott (Powrie Group, University of Oxford), Yisu Gu (Powrie Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 14 June 2019

• 09:15 - Dynamics of resident memory B cell responses in the lung
  Andrew Maclean (Arnon Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 21 June 2019

• 09:15 - Systematic co-stimulation of human CD8+ T cells through CD27, 4-1BB, GITR and OX40 differentially regulates cytokine production
  John Nguyen, Dushek Group, University of Oxford

Friday 28 June 2019

• 09:15 - Leveraging GWAS for immune drug target discovery
  Prof Julian Knight

Friday 5 July 2019

• 09:15 - Identification of CD8+ Peripheral T-cell Clonal Subsets that Predict Clinical Benefit from Immunotherapy for Melanoma
  Dr Benjamin Fairfax (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford)

Friday 13 September 2019

• 09:15 - Applying reverse immunology to vaccine design: A ZIKV vaccine engineered to abrogate antibody-dependent enhancement of dengue infection
  Dr Jose Slon-Campos (Screaton Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 20 September 2019

• 09:15 - Ebola
  Dr Julie Xiao (Townsend Group, University of Oxford), Professor Alain Townsend (University of Oxford)

Friday 27 September 2019

• 09:15 - MAITs: Vaccines and Variation.
  Lucy Garner (Klenerman Group, University of Oxford), Dr Nicholas Provine (University of Oxford)

Friday 4 October 2019

• 09:15 - Using the immune system’s Trojan horse for vaccination
  Dr Lise Chauveau (Rehwinkel Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 11 October 2019

• 09:15 - Colonic CD8+ remodelling in IBD
  Dr Daniele Corridoni (University of Oxford)

Friday 18 October 2019

• 09:15 - Malaria Vaccines – Every Antibody Counts!
  Prof Simon Draper (Jenner Institute, University of Oxford), Dr David Pulido-Gomez (Jenner Institute, University of Oxford)

Friday 25 October 2019

• 09:15 - Interactions between hypoxia and immunity – a chance discovery leading to opportunities for collaboration’
  Professor Chris Pugh (University of Oxford)

Friday 1 November 2019

• 09:15 - Systems-level analysis of monocyte cytokine responses in inflammatory bowel disease
  Dr Dominik Aschenbrenner ((Uhlig Group) University of Oxford)

Friday 8 November 2019

• 09:15 - Circadian regulation of viruses
  Dr Alan Zhuang (McKeating Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 15 November 2019

• 09:15 - From the lung to the gut and back: Mucosal T cells impact health and disease
  Dr Emily Thornton (University of Oxford)

Friday 22 November 2019

• 09:15 - Epigenetic regulation governs the differential response of cancer and T-cells to arginine starvation
  Dr Nicholas Crump (Milne Lab, University of Oxford)

Friday 29 November 2019

• 09:15 - Strange E Things
  Lucy Walters (University of Oxford), Dr Simon Brackenridge (University of Oxford), Dr Hongbing Yang (University of Oxford)

Friday 6 December 2019

• 09:15 - Dissecting autoimmune b-cell receptor responses in autoimmune encephalitis
  Bo Sun (Irani Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 17 January 2020

• 09:15 - Empowering Proteins with Spy Superglues for Plug-and-display Immunology
  Professor Mark Howarth (Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford)

Friday 31 January 2020

• 09:15 - Monocytes as immune drivers of chronic lung fibrosis and aberrant regeneration
  Prof Ling-Pei Ho (University of Oxford)

Friday 14 February 2020

• 09:15 - 124 years of challenges in vaccine control of enteric fever
  Professor Andrew Pollard (University of Oxford)

Friday 21 February 2020

• 09:15 - The role of Dock8 in humoral immunity
  Dr Mukta Deobagkar-Lele (Cornall Group, University Of Oxford)

Friday 28 February 2020

• 09:15 - Autophagy & Immunity - Thinking outside the cell
  Felix Richter (Simon Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 6 March 2020

• 09:15 - Ligand discrimination by the T-cell receptor studied on ‘2nd generation’ lipid-bilayers
  Edward Jenkins (Davis Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 13 March 2020

• 09:15 - Establishing biophysical methods for quantitative research in immunology
  Status: This talk has been cancelled
  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)

Friday 20 March 2020

• 09:15 - Human Cancer specific cytotoxic T cells- updates from Tao Dong’s group
  Status: This talk has been cancelled
  Dr Yanchun Peng (Dong Group, University of Oxford), Dr Xuan Yao (Dong Group, University of Oxford), Dr Charlotte Rich (University of Oxford)

Friday 24 April 2020

• 09:15 - MAIT cells, CMV, & Checkpoint immunotherapy - Insights from studying large datasets
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Dr Ben Fairfax (University of Oxford)

Friday 22 May 2020

• 09:15 - Regulatory T-cells dominate the microenvironment of pancreatic cancer, putting the brakes on CD8 T-cells
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Dr Enas Abu Shah (Dustin Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 5 June 2020

• 09:15 - Hypoferraemia and immune impairment: relevance to influenza virus and SARS-CoV-2
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Professor Hal Drakesmith (MRC Human Immunology Unit)

Friday 12 June 2020

• 09:15 - Molecular characterisation of cGAS antagonism by Varicella-Zoster Virus ORF9
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Dr Jonny Hertzog (Rehwinkel Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 3 July 2020

• 09:15 - Revisiting T cell antigen discrimination using ultra-low affinity pMHC ligands
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Omer Dushek (University of Oxford, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, Wolfson College)

Friday 10 July 2020

• 09:15 - Immune response in hospitalised COVID-19 patients and immune therapeutics- current state of play in UK
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Prof Ling-Pei Ho (University of Oxford)

Friday 18 September 2020

• 09:15 - 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.
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Wanwisa Dejnirattisai (Screaton Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 25 September 2020

• 09:15 - Coronavirus vaccines update: preclinical and clinical
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Dr Teresa Lambe (Gilbert Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 2 October 2020

• 09:15 - Understanding the SARS-CoV-2 specific T cell response during COVID-19 convalescence
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Dr Yanchun Peng (Dong Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 9 October 2020

• 09:15 - Lumping and splitting T cell populations in the gut
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Dr Michael Fitzpatrick

Friday 16 October 2020

• 09:15 - Comprehensive epigenomic profiling reveals disease-specific enhancer states in ankylosing spondylitis
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Dr Carla Cohen (Knight Group, University of Oxford), Dr Andrew Brown (Knight Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 23 October 2020

• 09:15 - Cytometry insights from COMBATing COVID-19
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link
  Dr Mariolina Salio (MRC Human Immunology Unit, University of Oxford), Dr Giorgio Napolitani (MRC Human Immunology Unit, University of Oxford)

Friday 30 October 2020

• 09:15 - Our Work on Covid-19
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Tiong (Jack) Tan (Townsend Lab, University of Oxford)

Friday 6 November 2020

• 09:15 - 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
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Mathilde Pohin (NDORMS, University of Oxford)

Friday 13 November 2020

• 09:15 - HLA-E, Natural Antibodies and Natural Killer cells
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Lucy Walters (University of Oxford), Dr Simon Brackenridge (University of Oxford)

Friday 20 November 2020

• 09:15 - Neutralizing Coronavirus: improving on nature
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Prof William James (Sir William Dunn School of Pathology)

Friday 27 November 2020

• 09:15 - Establishing biophysical methods for quantitative research in immunology
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  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)

Friday 4 December 2020

• 09:15 - Novel roles of hyaluronan receptors LYVE-1 and CD44 in lymphatic trafficking
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Dr Louise Johnson ((Jackson Group) University of Oxford)

Friday 15 January 2021

• 09:15 - The development of a COVID-19 Vaccine
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Professor Andrew Pollard (University of Oxford)

Friday 22 January 2021

• 09:15 - Dissecting signalling through inhibitory immune checkpoints using genome-wide knockout screening approaches
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Dr Sumana Sharma (Davis Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 29 January 2021

• 09:15 - Identifying causal cell states that predispose to multiple sclerosis
  Status: This talk has been cancelled
  Dr Kathrine Attfield (Fugger Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 5 February 2021

• 09:15 - Immunoregulation of HIV-1 broadly neutralising antibody production
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Dr Isabela Pedroza-Pacheco (Borrow Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 12 February 2021

• 09:15 - Spatiotemporal analysis of human intestinal development at single cell resolution
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  David Fawkner-Corbett (Simmons group, University of Oxford)

Friday 19 February 2021

• 09:15 - Monogenic IBD - multiple genes and multiple mechanisms; Pathogenic macrophage lipid metabolism drives inflammation in Hermansky Pudlak Syndrome
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Professor Holm Uhlig (University of Oxford), Athena Cavounidis (Uhlig Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 12 March 2021

• 09:15 - Evaluating the nature of clonal selection in germinal centres
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Ziqi Long (Bannard group, University of Oxford)

Friday 19 March 2021

• 09:15 - The rise and fall of the thymus: A molecular perspective
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Prof Georg Holländer (Department of Paediatrics,University of Oxford), Dr Adam Handel (Holländer Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 23 April 2021

• 09:15 - Studying the interplay between hypoxia and SARS-CoV-2
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Dr Peter Wing (McKeating Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 30 April 2021

• 09:15 - 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
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  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)

Friday 14 May 2021

• 09:15 - HBV genomics: informing an elimination roadmap
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Dr Philippa Matthews (Experimental Medicine Division)

Friday 21 May 2021

• 09:15 - Clonality, cytotoxicity, age and rejuvenation - understanding the determinants of response to checkpoint immunotherapy in CD8 T cells
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Dr Ben Fairfax (University of Oxford)

Friday 28 May 2021

• 09:15 - ESCRT-Ing CD40L to helper T cell extracellular vesicles couples CD40L effector function to antigen recognition
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Dr Ewaldus Compeer (Dustin Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 4 June 2021

• 09:15 - Omics approaches to understand the adaptive immune response
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Dr Rachael Bashford-Rogers (Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics)

Friday 11 June 2021

• 09:15 - Identifying CNS-colonizing T cells as potential therapeutic targets for progressive multiple sclerosis
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Dr Hayley Evans (Fugger Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 18 June 2021

• 09:15 - Co-morbidities in adolescent survivors of perinatal HIV infection in Africa: a tale of two viruses
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Professor Sarah Rowland-Jones (University of Oxford), Dan Hameiri-Bowen (Rowland-Jones Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 25 June 2021

• 09:15 - Looking behind the iron curtain of malaria
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Dr Caitlin Naylor (Drakesmith Group, University of Oxford), Sarah Wideman (Drakesmith Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 2 July 2021

• 09:15 - 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
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Professor Susanna Dunachie (University of Oxford), Professor Miles Carroll (Public Health England)

Friday 17 September 2021

• 09:15 - Development and evaluation of regulatory T cell therapy in clinical transplantation
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Dr Fadi Issa (University of Oxford)

Friday 1 October 2021

• 09:15 - Recognition of Z-RNA by ADAR1 limits interferon responses
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Prof Jan Rehwinkel ((Radcliffe Department of Medicine) University of Oxford)

Friday 8 October 2021

• 09:15 - A context-specific macrophage enhancer landscape associated with innate immune activation and tolerance
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Dr Ping Zhang (University of Oxford)

Friday 15 October 2021

• 09:15 - Immune cell-stem cell interactome in chronic lung fibrosis – interim findings
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Harry Tian Hu (Ho Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 22 October 2021

• 09:15 - Observations and reflections on COVID and Influenza
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Professor Alain Townsend (University of Oxford)

Friday 29 October 2021

• 09:15 - DOCK8 deficiency restricts B cell intrinsic receipt of T cell help
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Dr Mukta Deobagkar-Lele (Cornall Group, University Of Oxford)

Friday 5 November 2021

• 09:15 - HLA-Dependent variation in SARS-CoV2 CD8+ T cell cross-reactivity with human coronaviruses
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Dr Paul Buckley (Koohy Group, University of Oxford), Dr Hashem Koohy (MRC Human Immunology Unit, University of Oxford)

Friday 12 November 2021

• 09:15 - Understanding the impact of regulatory T cell subtypes on response to anti-TNF therapy in inflammatory bowel disease
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Dr Raphael Sanches Peres (Powrie Group, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford)

Friday 19 November 2021

• 09:15 - Elucidating the mechanism of action of ultra-low dose IL-2 immunotherapy at the single-cell level
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Dr Ricardo Ferreira (Todd-Wicker Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 26 November 2021

• 09:15 - Structural Virology, Emerging Methods
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Prof David Stuart (University of Oxford), Dr Pranav Shah (Stuart Group, University of Oxford), Dr Helen Ginn (Stuart Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 3 December 2021

• 09:15 - Inefficient exploitation of accessory receptors reduces the sensitivity of chimeric antigen receptors
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Jake Burton (Dushek Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 14 January 2022

• 09:15 - SARS-CoV-2 Omicron leads to widespread escape from neutralizing antibody responses
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Wanwisa Dejnirattisai (Screaton Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 21 January 2022

• 09:15 - Asthma: Mechanisms, Microbes, and MORSE
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Dr Timothy Hinks (Oxford Respiratory Unit, NDM), Wojciech Lason (Hinks Group, University of Oxford), Maisha Jabeen (Hinks Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 28 January 2022

• 09:15 - Development of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Dr Pedro Folegatti (Gilbert Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 4 February 2022

• 09:15 - Divergent spatial microdomains drive inflammation and repair in Ulcerative and Immune Checkpoint Therapy Colitis
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Dr Agne Antanaviciute (Simmons Group, Koohy Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 11 February 2022

• 09:15 - Understanding alloreactive T cell targeting of leukaemia for therapeutic application
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Gerda Mickute (Vyas Group, Borrow Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 18 February 2022

• 09:15 - Deletion of the deISGylating enzyme USP18 enhances tumour cell antigenicity and radiosensitivity
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Dr Adán Pinto-Fernández (Kessler Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 25 February 2022

• 09:15 - A therapeutic cell atlas to study Immune Mediated Inflammatory Diseases.
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Professor Christopher Buckley (Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford)

Friday 4 March 2022

• 09:15 - 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 has been cancelled
  Guihai Liu (Dong Group, University of Oxford), Dr Dannielle Wellington (Dong Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 18 March 2022

• 09:15 - Autophagy in maintenance, differentiation, and metabolism of immune cells
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Professor Katja Simon ((Kennedy Institute) University of Oxford)

Friday 25 March 2022

• 09:15 - Helicobacter hepaticus and the search for a tolerogenic niche in the gut
  This seminar will be held as a webinar. Please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk for the link to the event.
  Dr Emily Thornton (MRC Human Immunology Unit, University of Oxford)

Friday 6 May 2022

• 09:15 - Imaging earliest phases of arthritis: Macrophages in the synovial lining niche initiate neutrophil recruitment and articular inflammation
  This seminar will be held as a hybrid event with in-person admittance open to WIMM-based researchers only (until further notice). If you would like to join the seminar on Teams, please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk.
  Dr Kristina Zec (Udalova Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 13 May 2022

• 09:15 - The remarkable impact of cell shape on self/non-self discrimination by T cells
  This seminar will be held as a hybrid event, if you would like to join the seminar on Teams, please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk.
  Dr Edward Jenkins (Davis Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 20 May 2022

• 09:15 - Inhibition of checkpoint receptor signalling by phosphatase recruitment
  This seminar will be held as a hybrid event, if you would like to join the seminar on Teams, please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk.
  Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute, University of Oxford)

Friday 27 May 2022

• 09:15 - Mitochondrial dynamics in GC B cells
  This seminar will be held as a hybrid event, if you would like to join the seminar on Teams, please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk.
  Alexander Clarke (Kennedy Institute, University of Oxford)

Friday 10 June 2022

• 09:15 - T cells go a-Rye: An Atlas of Celiac Disease
  This seminar will be held as a hybrid event, if you would like to join the seminar on Teams, please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk.
  Dr Michael Fitzpatrick

Friday 17 June 2022

• 09:15 - Beyond prediction: A strategy to define the physiological interactome of TCR-like therapeutics
  This seminar will be held as a hybrid event, if you would like to join the seminar on Teams, please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk.
  Dr Nicola Ternette (University of Oxford)

Friday 24 June 2022

• 09:15 - Iron deficiency, immune development, vaccine responses and intestinal biology in Bangladeshi infants
  This seminar will be held as a hybrid event, if you would like to join the seminar on Teams, please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk.
  Dr Andrew Armitage, Drakesmith Group, University of Oxford

Friday 1 July 2022

• 09:15 - Novel insights into B cell function derived from genetic analyses of checkpoint immunotherapy associated toxicities
  This seminar will be held as a hybrid event, if you would like to join the seminar on Teams, please email hiu.admin@imm.ox.ac.uk.
  Dr Ben Fairfax (University of Oxford)

Friday 23 September 2022

• 09:15 - Novel methods to study T cell communication. From trans-synaptic particles to lymphoid cluster
  Dr Pablo Cespedes (Dustin Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 30 September 2022

• 09:15 - Fetal growth restriction through parental and fetal immune gene variation and intercellular communications cascade
  Dr Gurman Kaur ((Fugger Group) University of Oxford)

Friday 7 October 2022

• 09:15 - Single cell analysis of signalling and transcriptomic responses to type I interferons
  Dr Rachel Rigby (MRC Human Immunology Unit, MRC WIMM)

Friday 14 October 2022

• 09:15 - Integrating computational modelling and experimental biology to improve tumour antigen discovery
  Status: This talk has been cancelled
  Professor Tim Elliott (University of Oxford)

Friday 21 October 2022

• 09:15 - HLA-E Stuck in Traffic
  Wanlin He (McMichael Group, University of Oxford), Professor Sir Andrew McMichael (University of Oxford)

Friday 28 October 2022

• 09:15 - Genetic determinants of COVID-19 vaccine responses and subsequent risk of breakthrough infection
  Dr Alexander Mentzer (University of Oxford), Dr Daniel O'Connor (Oxford Vaccine Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 11 November 2022

• 09:15 - Understanding the interplay between the circadian-signalling and virus replication: the clock is ticking for HIV
  Helene Borrmann (McKeating Group)

Friday 18 November 2022

• 09:15 - Spatiotemporal analysis of immune response in lung tissue using imaging mass cytometry. Findings from COVID lungs
  Prof Ling-Pei Ho (University of Oxford)

Friday 25 November 2022

• 09:15 - The B cell immunology underlying Central Nervous System autoantibody-mediated diseases
  Professor Sarosh Irani (University of Oxford)

Friday 2 December 2022

• 09:15 - Title TBC
  Status: This talk has been cancelled
  Fritzsche Group (University of Oxford)

Friday 20 January 2023

• 09:15 - A machine learning framework to advance precision medicine in sepsis.
  Dr Eddie Cano Gamez (Knight Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 27 January 2023

• 09:15 - Deciphering the role of PAD4 in colon cancer
  Alina Janney (Powrie Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 3 February 2023

• 09:15 - Decoding the principles of antigen-specific T cell immunity in time and space
  Hashem Koohy (University of Oxford)

Friday 10 February 2023

• 09:15 - Production and testing of potent cross-reactive antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 variants
  Aiste Dijokaite-Guraliuc (Screaton Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 17 February 2023

• 09:15 - Title TBC
  Status: This talk has been cancelled
  TBA

Friday 24 February 2023

• 09:15 - A snapshot of germinal center plasma cell differentiation during influenza infection
  Adrien Sprumont (Bannard Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 3 March 2023

• 09:15 - A long-lived anti-inflammatory signature induced by low-dose IL-2 immunotherapy is reverted in COVID-19 patients
  Dr Ricardo Ferreira (Todd-Wicker Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 10 March 2023

• 09:15 - Understanding the T-cell mediated Immune Response across Time-, Length- and Force scales using Ultra-Thin Super-Extended Light Sheet Microscopy
  Veronika Pfannenstill (Fritzsche Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 17 March 2023

• 09:15 - Integrating computational modelling and experimental biology to improve tumour antigen discovery
  Professor Tim Elliott (University of Oxford)

Friday 24 March 2023

• 09:15 - Immunity to Neuraminidase as the basis of protection against pandemic and seasonal influenza
  Pramila Rijal (Townsend Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 31 March 2023

• 09:15 - Airway mucosal immunology: Metagenomics, MAVS and MAITS
  Dr Timothy Hinks (Oxford Respiratory Unit, NDM), Xiawei Zhang (Hinks Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 28 April 2023

• 09:15 - 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
  Beth Charlton (Rowland-Jones Group, University of Oxford), Aljawharah Alrubbayi (Rowland-Jones Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 5 May 2023

• 09:15 - Renal Immune Crosstalk in Lupus Nephritis
  Aneesha Bhandari (Bull Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 12 May 2023

• 09:15 - Iron deficiency deregulates T cell metabolic programming and function
  Megan Teh (Drakesmith Group University of Oxford)

Friday 19 May 2023

• 09:15 - After the pandemic, more outbreak pathogen vaccines
  Professor Sarah Gilbert (Said Professor of Vaccinology, University of Oxford), Professor Teresa Lambe (University of Oxford)

Friday 26 May 2023

• 09:15 - The Impact of Diabetes on the Human Response to Burkholderia pseudomallei (melioidosis)
  Professor Susie Dunachie (University of Oxford), Dr Barbara Kronsteiner-Dobramysl (University of Oxford)

Friday 2 June 2023

• 09:15 - The molecular reach of RBD antibodies predicts their SARs-CoV-2 neutralisation potency
  Anna Huhn (Dushek Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 9 June 2023

• 09:15 - Innate responses underlying the potent humoral immunogenicity of mRNA - lipid nanoparticle vaccines
  Maria Aggelakopoulou (Borrow Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 16 June 2023

• 09:15 - Characterising an unconventional integrin (CD61/CD103) on human cancer T cell immunity
  Tao Dong (University of Oxford)

Friday 23 June 2023

• 09:15 - COVID-19 antigen processing & T-cell response profiled by (single cell) proteomics
  Professor Benedikt Kessler (University of Oxford)

Friday 7 July 2023

• 09:15 - Modelling and comparing the binding sites of immune receptor proteins to enable design
  Status: This talk has been cancelled
  Prof. Charlotte Deane (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 26 September 2023

• 15:30 - Development of nanobodies to interrogate and harness MAIT cells
  In Person only
  Dr Nicholas Gherardin (Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity)

Friday 29 September 2023

• 09:15 - Interstitial synovial macrophages: location, function & mechanical forces
  In Person Only
  Barbora Schonfeldova ((Udalova Group), University of Oxford)

Friday 13 October 2023

• 09:15 - HLA and response to checkpoint immunotherapy - déjà vu all over again
  In Person Only
  Dr Ben Fairfax (University of Oxford)

Friday 20 October 2023

• 09:15 - Structural Correlates of T Cell Receptor Specificity and Cross-Reactivity
  In Person Only
  Julia McCarthy (Fernandes Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 27 October 2023

• 09:15 - MAIT cells - Killing with Kindness
  In Person Only
  Prof. Paul Klenerman (Peter Medawar Building, NDM, Oxford), Dr Katia Sayaf (University of Oxford), Dr Ali Amini (University of Oxford)

Friday 3 November 2023

• 09:15 - Modelling and comparing the binding sites of immune receptor proteins to enable design
  In Person Only
  Prof. Charlotte Deane (University of Oxford)

Friday 10 November 2023

• 09:15 - Decrypting tissue niches behind barrier pathology in checkpoint-blockade colitis
  In Person Only
  Dr Agne Antanaviciute (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit)

Friday 17 November 2023

• 09:15 - An indirect way of detecting viruses: MDA5 guards against infection by surveying cellular RNA homeostasis
  In Person Only
  Professor Jan Rehwinkel (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit)

Friday 24 November 2023

• 09:15 - An initial foray into the strange world of the γδ T-cell receptor
  In Person Only
  Mafalda Santos (University of Oxford), Dr Sumana Sharma (Davis Group, University of Oxford), João Ferreira Fernandes (Davis Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 1 December 2023

• 09:15 - O brave new world: Discovering T cell antigens using mass spectrometry
  In Person Only
  Dr Nicola Ternette (University of Oxford)

Friday 26 January 2024

• 09:15 - Metabolic regulation of B cell homeostasis
  In person only
  Yavuz Yazicioglu (Clarke Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 2 February 2024

• 09:15 - Decoding the intricate dynamics of adaptive antigen-specific T cell immunity
  In person only
  Dr Hashem Koohy (University of Oxford)

Friday 9 February 2024

• 09:15 - 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)
  In person only
  Dr Kathrine Attfield (Fugger Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 16 February 2024

• 09:15 - Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 from recombinant XBB variant era to BA.2.86 lineage under heavy immune pressure
  In person only
  Aiste Dijokaite-Guraliuc (Screaton Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 23 February 2024

• 09:15 - Insights on immunity against bacterial infection using the ultimate animal model
  In person only
  Professor Andrew Pollard (University of Oxford), Professor Daniela Ferreira (University of Oxford)

Friday 1 March 2024

• 09:15 - Delineating the causal role of the gut microbiota in experimental colitis
  In person only
  Dr Rebecca Jeffery (Powrie Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 8 March 2024

• 09:15 - Understanding the mechanisms of interaction between gut immunity and intestinal bacteria
  In person only
  Professor Emma Slack (University of Oxford), Dr Sarah Woodward (Slack Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 15 March 2024

• 09:15 - Spatiotemporal analysis of regenerating alveolar niche in chronic lung fibrosis
  In person only
  Prof Ling-Pei Ho (University of Oxford), Harry (Tian) Hu (Ho Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 22 March 2024

• 09:15 - Back to the Future: Revisiting the arthritogenic peptide hypothesis in HLA-B27+ Spondyloarthropathies
  In person only
  Status: This talk has been cancelled
  Dr. Lee Ian Garner (Gillespie Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 3 May 2024

• 09:15 - Transcriptomic studies in the human airways
  In-person only
  Dr Timothy Hinks (Oxford Respiratory Unit, NDM)

Friday 10 May 2024

• 09:15 - Genomics of vaccine response: Learning from COVID-19
  In-Person only
  Prof Julian Knight (Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics)

Friday 17 May 2024

• 09:15 - SARS-CoV-2 specific memory T cell response - 4 years after initial infection
  In-person only
  Prof Tao Dong (CAMS Oxford Institute, University of Oxford), Dr Yanchun Peng (Dong Group, University of Oxford), Dr Elie Antoun (Dong Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 24 May 2024

• 09:15 - The effects of iron deficiency and repletion on adaptive immunity and vaccine response
  In-person only
  Dr Nicole Stoffel (University of Oxford)

Friday 31 May 2024

• 09:15 - The role of Grb2 in B cell selection
  In-person only
  Dr Jianwei Cui (Cornall Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 7 June 2024

• 09:15 - Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals the presence of immature neutrophils in inflamed murine joints
  In-person only
  Dr Erinke van Grinsven (Udalova Lab, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford)

Friday 14 June 2024

• 09:15 - Characterization of human lymphoid tissue CD8+ T cell subsets with potential roles in modulation of germinal center responses
  In-person only
  Quang Nguyen (Borrow Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 21 June 2024

• 09:15 - Antimicrobial immunity and intestinal inflammation
  In-person only
  Prof Holm Uhlig (WIMM, HIU)

Friday 28 June 2024

• 09:15 - Engineering T cells with reduced cross-reactivity
  In-person only
  Jose Cabezas Caballero (Dushek Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 27 September 2024

• 09:15 - Peptide Specific Immune Receptors
  In person only
  Dr Malcolm Sim (Centre for Immuno-Oncology, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford)

Friday 4 October 2024

• 09:15 - Mechanobiology of early T-cell activation across scales from tissues down to cells and molecules
  in-person only
  Prof Marco Fritzsche (Kennedy Institute for Rheumatology, University of Oxford)

Friday 11 October 2024

• 09:15 - Endemics and pandemics: The development and testing of vaccines against outbreak pathogens
  in-person only
  Dr Katrina Pollock (Oxford Vaccine Group, University of Oxford), Daniel Wright (Oxford Vaccine Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 18 October 2024

• 09:15 - Engineering Proximity-Induced Signaling: Novel Approaches to Modulate Immune Checkpoints and Receptor Tyrosine Kinases
  in-person only
  Dr Victoria Junghans (Fernandes Group, University of Oxford), Dr Christina Heroven (Fernandes Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 25 October 2024

• 09:15 - Mitochondrial RNA is a danger signal and triggers innate immunity via ZBP1
  in-person only
  Anna Rozina (Rehwinkel Lab, University of Oxford)

Friday 1 November 2024

• 09:15 - Targeting HLA-E for translation
  This talk is for members of Oxford University only.
  Dr Hongbing Yang (University of Oxford), Max Quastel (Gillespie / McMichael Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 8 November 2024

• 09:15 - Engineering TCR-controlled Fuzzy Logic into CAR T Cells Enhances Therapeutic Specificity
  in-person only
  Sooraj Achar (Dustin Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 15 November 2024

• 09:15 - Longitudinal bone and immune aging morbidities among adolescents living with perinatal HIV/CMV coinfection in Zimbabwe and Zambia
  in-person only
  Dr Anthony Hsieh (Rowland-Jones Group, University of Oxford), Dr Lisha Jeena (Rowland-Jones Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 22 November 2024

• 09:15 - Can infection confer protection? Identifying determinants of response and toxicity to checkpoint immunotherapy
  in-person only
  Professor Benjamin Fairfax (University of Oxford)

Friday 29 November 2024

• 09:15 - A therapeutic atlas of inflammatory bowel disease
  in-person only
  Professor Calliope Dendrou (University of Oxford)

Friday 6 December 2024

• 09:15 - Decoding Immune Checkpoint Signalling Pathways Through CRISPR-Based Screening Approaches
  in-person only
  Dr Sumana Sharma (Davis Group, University of Oxford), Dr Joseph Clarke (T-cell Biology Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 31 January 2025

• 09:15 - Title TBC
  In person only
  Dr Mariana Borsa (Simon Group, University of Oxford)

Friday 7 February 2025

• 09:15 - Title TBC
  in person only
  Barnes Group (University of Oxford)

Friday 14 February 2025

• 09:15 - Title TBC
  In person only
  Fugger Group (University of Oxford)

Friday 21 February 2025

• 09:15 - Title TBC
  in person only
  Bashford-Rogers Group (University of Oxford)

Friday 28 February 2025

• 09:15 - Title TBC
  In person only
  Screaton Group (University of Oxford)

Friday 7 March 2025

• 09:15 - Title TBC
  In person only
  Ho Group (University of Oxford)

Friday 14 March 2025

• 09:15 - Title TBC
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  Withers Group (University of Oxford)

Friday 21 March 2025

• 09:15 - Title TBC
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  Pollard Group (University of Oxford)

Friday 28 March 2025

• 09:15 - Title TBC
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  TBA