Oxford Cancer Immuno-Oncology Network
Talks:

Friday 9 May 2025

Developmental programmes in cancer
Date: 9 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Professor Richard White (Ludwig Cancer Research, University of Oxford)
Venue: Sherrington Library, off Parks Road OX1 3PT
Venue Details: Sherrington Building
Organisers: Dr Mootaz Salman (DPAG, University of Oxford), Associate Professor Samira Lakhal-Littleton (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Tom Keeley (DPAG, University of Oxford)

Monday 12 May 2025

Exploring Human T cells and TCRαβ repertoire at the single-cell level
Date: 12 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00
Speaker : Dr Wanlu Liu (Zhejiang University)
Venue Details: Online only
Organiser: Hashem Koohy (University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Friday 16 May 2025

Leveraging Clonal Dynamics to Identify Tumour Specific T Cells in Human Cancer
Date: 16 May 2025, 9:15 - 10:15
Speaker s: Dr Mariana Pereira Pinho (Dong Group, University of Oxford), Dr Adam Bates (Dong Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington OX3 9DS
Venue Details: WIMM Seminar Room
Organiser: Renata Sojka (MRC Translational Immune Discovery Unit, University of Oxford)
Hosts: TBA

Metastatic dissemination from the perspective of the cancer cell, its microenvironment, and the host
Date: 16 May 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Professor Mariam Jamal-Hanjani (UCL Cancer Institute in London)
Venue: Old Road Campus Research Building, Headington OX3 7DQ
Venue Details: Ground Floor, Rooms 71a/b/c
Organiser: Yuliia Karpenko
Hosts: TBA

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)

Tuesday 3 June 2025

Oxford Immunology Network termly seminar: Immunology and Metabolism
Date: 3 June 2025, 15:00 - 17:00
Speaker s: Dr Barbara Kronsteiner-Dobramysl (University of Oxford), Prof Hal Drakesmith (WIMM HIU)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture theatre and atrium
Organiser: Sally Pelling-Deeves (Universiy of Oxford)
Host: Prof. Paul Klenerman (Peter Medawar Building, NDM, Oxford)

Thursday 5 June 2025

Long reads and organoid co-culture models: changing the way we treat cancer
Date: 5 June 2025, 11:00 - 12:00
Speaker : Prof Andrew Beggs (University of Birmingham)
Venue: NDM Building, Headington OX3 7FZ
Organiser: Marie-Laure Foisneau-Bates (University of Oxford)
Host: Dr Francesco Boccellato (University of oxford)

Tuesday 10 June 2025

A Postcard from my Journey with the T cell Receptor: Nerding out on the TCR
Status: This talk is in preparation - details may change
Date: 10 June 2025, 9:30 - 11:00
Speaker : Prof. Chris Garcia (Stanford)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre
Organisers: Dr Ricardo Fernandes (CAMS Oxford Institute), Dr Dannielle Wellington (CAMS Oxford Institute), Mimie Szyk (CAMS Oxford Institute)
Hosts: TBA

Integrative Multi-Omics Analysis Identifies ERBB2 as a Key Driver in Brain Metastases of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
Date: 10 June 2025, 14:30 - 15:30
Speaker : Dr Kadir Akdemir (MD Anderson)
Venue: Old Road Campus Research Building, Headington OX3 7DQ
Venue Details: Ludwig Seminar Room, Lower-Ground Floor
Organiser: Yuliia Karpenko
Host: Associate Professor Eileen Parkes (University of Oxford)

Thursday 12 June 2025

Industry Insights Seminar - Novartis - Targeting the WRN helicase in MSI cancers
Date: 12 June 2025, 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker : Dr Marta Cortes-Cros (Novartis)
Venue: IMS-Tetsuya Nakamura Building, Roosevelt Dr, Headington OX3 7TY
Venue Details: Ground Floor Seminar Room
Organisers: Elizabeth Covey-Crump (MSD Business Partnerships Office), Sheena Lee (MSD Business Partnerships Office), Medical Sciences Division Business Partnerships Office (University of Oxford)
Host: Elizabeth Covey-Crump (MSD Business Partnerships Office)

Insights into Scientific Publishing (Oxford Virology and Immunology Networks joint seminar)
Date: 12 June 2025, 14:00 - 16:30
Speaker s: Dr Duc Le (Med journal), Dr Zoltan Fehervari (Springer Nature)
Venue: Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Headington OX3 7BN
Venue Details: seminar rooms A+B
Organiser: Sally Pelling-Deeves (University of Oxford)
Hosts: Professor Miles Carroll (University of Oxford), Prof Fadi Issa (Department of Surgical Sciences)

Tuesday 17 June 2025

Celebrating Early Career Immunology at Oxford
Date: 17 June 2025, 15:00 - 17:00
Speaker s: Adrien Sprumont (Bannard Group, University of Oxford), Veronika Pfannenstill (Fritzsche Group, University of Oxford), Yavuz Yazicioglu (Clarke Group, University of Oxford), Sooraj Achar (Dustin Group, University of Oxford)
Venue: Richard Doll Building, Old Road Campus OX3 7LF
Venue Details: Lecture theatre
Organiser: Sally Pelling-Deeves (University of Oxford)
Host: Prof. Paul Klenerman (Peter Medawar Building, NDM, Oxford)