St Mary's Infection and Immunity Seminar Series
Please see below for details of upcoming events in the series.
If you would like to meet a particular speaker, have questions about the programme, or suggestions for future speakers, please contact; Dr Cecilia Johansson (c.johansson@imperial.ac.uk) and Dr Vanessa Sancho Shimizu (v.sancho-shimizu@imperial.ac.uk)
seminar recordings where permission is given will be added here (or available via the teams chat)
| Date/Time | Speaker/Institute | Title | Venue | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16th January | Dr Christian Dzuvor Harvard TH Chan School, Public Health, Boston USA |
Rationally Designed Naoparticle Vaccines and Therapeutics for Broad Coronavirus Protection | Anthony Rothschild LT, St Mary's Campus/online |
no recording |
| 30th January | Dr Laura Martin Sancho ICL |
Rethinking the landscape of host defences against emerging viruses | Roger Bannister LT, St Mary's Campus/online |
link |
13th February |
NO SEMINAR | NO SEMINAR | ||
| 27th February | Dr Nerea Irigoyen University of Cambridge |
The translational landscape of Zika viruses, more than just a polyprotein |
Anthony Rothschild LT/online | |
|
12th March |
Dr Stephanie Longet University of Saint-Etienne |
Role of mucosal immunity in protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection | Roger Bannister LT, 1st Floor, Medical School Bldng/online | |
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26th March |
Dr Saranya Sridhar Sanofi Pasteur |
Optimizing Vaccine Design using Machine-Learning | Anthony Rothschild LT/Online |
Past seminars
Session archive Oct-Dec 23
| 10th October, 2023 | Dr Andreas Wack, (Francis Crick Institute) |
Endothelial, epithelial and macrophage action to protect from barrier damage in viral infection | Anthony Rothschild LT, Medical School Bldng, St Mary's Campus/online | link |
| 24th October, 2023 | Dr Rubaiyea Farrukee (University of Melbourne) |
Elucidating the role of restriction factors in respiratory virus infections | Cockburn LT, QEQM, St Mary's Campus/online |
link |
| 7th November, 2023 | Dr Jordan Minnell (New Zealand) | mRNA vaccine against malaria tailored for liver-resident memory T cells | Anthony Rothschild LT/online | no recording |
| 21st November, 2023 | Dr Paras Anand (Imperial College London) |
Exploring roles of lipid metabolism in regulating inflammasome activation |
Anthony Rothschild LT/online |
link |
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5th December, 2023 |
Dr Andrew Mehle University of Wisconsin |
Discovering unexpected factors that antagonize influenza virus replication | Roger Bannister LT, 1st Floor, Medical School Bldng/online | link |
Session archive: 2023
| Date/Time | Speaker/Institute | Title | Venue | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24th January, 2023 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr Daniel Gonçalves-Carneiro (ICL) | Coding biases and the recognition of non-self RNA | G64, Ground Floor, Medical School, St Mary's/Online | Available |
| 7th February, 2023 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr Milka Sarris | CANCELLED | Roger Bannister LT 1st Floor, Medical School, St Mary's/Online |
N/A |
| 21st February, 2023 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr Peter Cook (University of Exeter) | CANCELLED | Cockburn LT, QEQM Building, St Mary's/Online | N/A |
| 7th March 2023 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr John Tregoning (ICL) | Inflammation in vaccines and infection: it’s (even) more complex than we think’’ | Roger Bannister LT 1st Floor, Medical School, St Mary's/Online |
No Recording |
| 21st March 2023 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr Milka Sarris (University of Cambridge) | Visualising neutrophil motion and signalling during inflammatory responses | Cockburn LT, QEQM, St Mary's/Online | No recording |
| 4th April | NO SEMINAR | |||
| 18th April | Dr Rachel Lai (ICL) | G64, Ground Floor, Medical School, St Mary's/Online |
No recording | |
| 2nd May |
Dr Joanne Konkel (Univesity of Manchester) |
Delineating mechanisms of immune cell tailoring at the oral barrier | Roger Bannister LT, Medical School, St Mary's/Online | Available |
| 16th May | Dr Peter Cook (University of Exeter) | Aspergillus, asthma and the airway:Why do fungi trigger inflammatory lung disease? | Roger Bannister LT, Medical School, St Mary's/Online | Available |
| 25th May (Thursday 2-3 pm) |
Dr Michael Chan (University of Hong Kong) |
Tropism of SARS-Cov-2 and variants in human respiratory tract | Cockburn LT, 2nd Floor, QEQM Building, St Mary's Campus/Online | Available |
| 30th May | NO SEMINAR | |||
| 13th June | Dr Jake Dunning (Oxford University) | to follow | Roger Bannister LT, 1st floor, Medical School Building, St Mary's Campus/Online | |
| 22nd June (Thursday) | Dr Alexandre Bolze (Helix, USA) | Genetic study of immune responses following vaccination | G64, Ground Floor, Medical School Building, St Mary's Campus/Online | |
| 27th June | Prof Bodo Grimbacher (University of Freiburg, Germany) | What happens to humans with germline mutations in CTLA4 or NFKB1? | Roger Bannister LT, 1st floor, Medical School Building, St Mary's Campus/Online |
Session archive: October - December 2022
| Date/Time | Speaker/Institute | Title | Venue | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18th October 2022, 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr Leo Swadling, UCL | Specificity of pre-existing and de novo T cell response to SARS-CoV-2 infection: abortive, asymptomatic and mild | Roger Bannister, LT, St Mary's Campus /Online |
Available |
| 1st November 2022, 12.30-1.30 pm | NO SEMINAR | |||
| 15th November 2022, 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr Rachel Edgar (ICL) | Biological timing, homeostasis and viral infections | Cockburn LT, QEQM, St Mary's Campus /Online |
Available |
| 29th November, 2022, 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr Christopher Chiu (ICL) | Defining the architecture of protection and susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 following human challenge | Clinical LT, Cambridge Wing, St Mary's Campus /Online |
No Recording |
| 13th December 2022, 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr Joe Grove (University of Glasgow) | The Order and Chaos of Virus Entry Machinery | Anthony Rothschild LT, Medicine Building, St Mary's Campus/Online | Available |
Session archive: Jan - April 2022
| Date and Time | Speaker | Title | Venue | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 26th 2022 - 12.30-1.30 pm | No Seminar | |||
| April 12th-19th 2022 | EASTER BREAK | |||
| April 5th 2022 - 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr Tal Arnon | Humoral Immunity in the Lung | Cockburn LT, QEQM - St Mary's Campus & Online |
not available |
| March 22nd 2022 - 12.30-1.30 pm | Prof Petter Brodin ICL |
Systems level analyses of the immune system in children |
Anthony Rothschild LT - St Mary's Campus & Online |
Available |
| March 8th 2022 - 12.30-1.30 pm | Prof Gisli Jenkins | Immune defences from RNA virus infection | Online only | Available |
| Feb 22nd 2022 - 12.30-1.30 pm | Professor Caetano Reis e Sousa Francis Crick Institute |
Immune defences from RNA virus infection | Cockburn LT, QEQM - St Mary's Campus & Online | Available |
| Feb 8th 2022 - 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr Emma Wall Francis Crick Institute |
Neutralising antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 variants - the effects of boosting and waning on protection against COVID-19 | Cockburn LT, QEQM - St Mary's Campus & Online | Available |
| Jan 25th 2022 - 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr Shamez Ladhani PHE/St George's University London |
Kidz, Kovid & sKoolz | Online only | Available |
| Jan 11th 2022 - 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr Alice Denton ICL |
Lymphoid fibroblasts contribute to impaired immunity and ageing | Online only | Available |
Session archive: October 2021 - January 2022
| Date and Time | Speaker | Title | Venue | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11th 2021, 1-2 pm | Professor Daniela Ferreira - Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine |
Pneumococcus Human Infection Challenge and the Effect of Respiratory Virus Co-Infections on Mucosal Immunity | G34, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, South Kensington Campus & Online | Available |
| Oct 19th, 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr Tineke Cantaert - Institute Pasteur Cambodia |
Assessment of B cell responses during dengue virus infection | Cockburn LT, QEQM, St Mary's Campus & Online |
Available |
| Nov 2nd, 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr Fadil Bidmos - ICL | Vaccine antigen discovery for bacterial meningitis | G64, Medicine Bldg, St Mary's Campus & Online | Available |
| Nov 16th, 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr Katie Doores - Kings College London | Neutralising antibody responses to SARS-Cov-2 | Anthony Rothschild LT, St Mary's Campus & Online | not available |
| Dec 14th, 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr Dusan Bogunovic - Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, USA |
Loss of Negative Regulation of Type I Interferons in Humans - Spectrum of Autoinflammation | Online only | Available |
| Jan 11th 2022, 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr Alice Denton - Imperial College London |
Lymphoid fibroblasts are a key contributor to the poor GC response in ageing | Online only | Available |
Session archive: January - June 2021
| Date and time | Speaker | Title | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 January 2021, 12:30-13:30 |
Dr David Bauer Francis Crick Institute |
The Role of RNA Structure in Replication of Influenza and Coronaviruses | Online - Seminar Recording |
| 26 January 2021, 12.30-13.30 |
Dr Vanessa Sancho-Shimizu Imperial College London |
Human Genetics of Life-Threatening Infections | Online - Seminar Recording |
| 9 February 2021, 12.30-13.30 |
Prof Daniela Ferriera Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine |
Pneumococcus Human Infection Challenge Models and the Effect of SARS-CoV2 infection on immune responses to pneumococcus | Online - Seminar Postponed |
| 23 February 2021, 12.30-1.30 |
Prof Olivier Schwartz Institute Pasteur (France) |
Replication of SARS-CoV-2 variants and host immune responses |
Online - Seminar Recording |
| 9 March 2021, 12.30-13.30 |
Prof Andrew Pollard Oxford University | The Oxford Vaccine | Online - Seminar Recording |
| 23 March 2021, 12.30-13.30 |
Prof Sylvia Knapp Medical University of Vienna |
Protective Type 2 Responses in Pulmonary Immune-Homeostatis | Online - Seminar Recording |
| 6 April 2021, | Easter Break | No Seminar | N/A |
| 20 April 2021, 12.30-13.30 |
Prof Paul Lehner University of Cambridge |
How cells protect their genome from retroelement invasion | Online - No recording |
| 8th June 2021, 12.30-1.30 pm |
Professor Marc Lecuit - Institute Pasteur | Making sense of Listeria Monocytogenes virulence | Online - No recording |
Session archive: December 2020 - October 2019
| Date | Title | Location | Speaker | Recording link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 December 2020 | Transcriptomics in Infectious Diseases: Studies in TB, HIV & SARS-CoV-2 | Online | Professor Mahdad Noursadeghi, UCL | Seminar recording |
| 17 November 2020 | Uncertainties around SARS-CoV-2 infection | Online | Dr George Kassiotis, Francis Crick Institute | Seminar recording |
| 3 November 2020 | Roles of STAT2 revealed by extreme phenotypes | Online | Professor Sophie Hambleton, Newcastle University | Seminar recording |
| 20 October 2020 | Leveraging population differences to investigate the host genetic basis of infectious disease | Online | Dr Samira Asgari, Broad Institute (USA) | Seminar recording |
| 6 October 2020 | Emerging Roles for Neutrophils in Malaria | Online | Dr Aubrey Cunnington, Imperial College London | Seminar recording |
| 23 June 2020 | Current progress: Imperial's COVID-19 saRNA vaccine | Online | Professor Robin Shattock, Imperial College London | |
| 24 March 2020 | Roles of STAT2 revealed by extreme phenotypes | Anthony de Rothschild Lecture Theatre, Faculty of Medicine Building, St Mary's Campus | Professor Sophie Hambleton, University of Newcastle | |
| 10 March 2020 | Cross-differentiation of NK cells and ILC1 in the liver | Anthony de Rothschild Lecture Theatre, Faculty of Medicine Building, St Mary's Campu | Dr Viki Male, Imperial College London | |
| 25 February 2020 | Structural and mechanistic analysis of RNA/RNA interactions essential for Chikungunya Virus Genome Replication | Anthony de Rothschild Lecture Theatre, Faculty of Medicine Building, St Mary's Campus | Dr Andrew Tuplin, University of Leeds | |
| 11 February 2020 | Rejuvenating the Germinal Centre Response | Anthony de Rothschild Lecture Theatre, Faculty of Medicine Building, St Mary's Campus | Dr Michelle Linterman, The Babraham Institute Cambridge | |
| 28 January 2020 | Mixed messages: cryptic gene products in segmented negative-strand viruses | Anthony de Rothschild Lecture Theatre, St Mary's Campus | Dr Edward Hutchinson, University of Glasgow, Centre for Virus Research | |
| 14 January 2020 | RNA-sensing TLR signalling in human monocytes during RNA virus infection | Anthony de Rothschild Lecture Theatre | Dr Margarita Dominguez-Villar, Imperial College London | |
| 10 December 2019 | 'The structure and lifecycle of HIV-1 - new insights from cryo- electron tomography' | Cockburn Lecture Theatre | Dr John Briggs, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology | |
| 26 November 2019 | 'Immune development in the human neonate and the role of the CXCL8-producing T cell' | Sir Roger Bannister Lecture Theatre | Dr Deena Gibbons, Kings College London | |
| 19 November 2019 | 'Innate immune sensing of RNA viruses requires linear ubiquitin chains' | Cockburn Lecture Theatre | Dr Brian Ferguson, University of Cambridge | |
| 14 November 2019 | 'Connecting Infectious disease, Inflammation and Cancer: The Cytosolic DNA-mediated, STING Controlled Innate Immune Pathway' | Sir Roger Bannister Lecture Theatre | Dr Glen Barber, University of Miami | |
| 12 November 2019 | 'Updates from The London Patient' | Anthony de Rothschild Lecture Theatre | Professor Ravi Gupta, University of Cambridge | |
| 29 October 2019 | 'Enteric nervous system: Development and roles in gut (patho) physiology' | Cockburn Lecture Theatre | Dr Vassilis Pachnis | |
| 15 October 2019 | 'HIV restriction by SAMHD1' | Sir Roger Bannister Lecture Theatre |
Dr Kate Bishop, The Francis Crick Institute |
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| 1 October 2019 | 'Regulation of inflammation by the TPL-2 kinase complex' | Cockburn Lecture Theatre | Professor Steven Ley, Imperial College London |