Oxford Immunology Group
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Oxford Immunology Group, Regional Affinity Group of the BSI, (twinned with the Antibody Club, London) |
The Oxford Immunology Group (OIG) is supported by the British Society for Immunology (BSI) and aims to provide an information service and discussion forum for those working in or visiting Oxford with an interest in Immunology. The Oxford Immunology Group organises it's own meetings, with the particular aim of trying to attract visiting speakers with the widest appeal, but to also advertise the best in local immunological research.
Immunology Research in Oxford - Click here
Oxford University hosts many immunology groups integrated in various departments as summarised here . There are opportunities for new researchers at all levels in immunology from PhD positions, post docs and career development positions with several senior positions becoming vacant in the next few years. The pages of the individual groups give information about the group heads and specific projects and links to departments that give details about possible positions etc. Informal queries about positions to the relevant group lead or heads of departments are welcome. For related research in infection and immunity see separate projects in virology, microbiology and parasitology in the departments below
OIG Day 2011 - Wednesday 20th April 2011
From 9am to 5.40pm. The venue will be at the MSTC, South Parks Road, Oxford. OX1 3PL
Registration is free but we are asking people to register on the BSI website:
http://www.immunology.org/Page.aspx?pid=1130&cid=16&ceid=485&cerid=0&cdt=20%2f04%2f2011
If people are not already signed up to the BSI website (also free), they will have to do that before they can register for the meeting via:
https://www.immunology.org/SSLPage.aspx?pid=1009&tab=1
Program as follows:
Registration from 8.30am
Session 1: 9.00 - 10.40
9.00-9.25 Jan Rehwinkel; Weatherall Institute for Molecular Medicine: Finding the enemy within: how cytoplasmic receptors detect flu
9.25-9.50 Hal Drakesmith; WIMM: Being integrative: how iron regulation and immunity interact
9.50-10.15 Andrea Stacey; WIMM/Jenner Institute: The dynamics of innate immune responses during acute HIV infection
10.15-10.40 Hongbing Yang; WIMM: The antiviral suppressive capacity of CD8+ T cells: a potential immune correlate of HIV-1 control
10-40-11.10 Tea & Coffee
Session 2: 11.10 - 12.25
11.10-11.35 Stefanie Kirchberger; Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine: Innate lymphoid cells and the IL-23 axis in inflammation driven colon cancer
11.35-12.00 Fadi Issa; Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences: Immunoregulation of skin rejection in a humanised mouse model
12.00-12.25 Simon Kollnberger; WIMM: The KIRs of HLA-B27. The role of Killer cell Immunoglobulin-like Receptor HLA-B27 interactions in arthritis
12.25 - 1.25 Lunch
Session 3: 1.25 - 3.05
1.25-1.50 Leo Swadling; Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research: Development of new Hepatitis C virus vaccine candidates AdCh3NSmut and Ad6NSmut
1.50-2.15 Sandy Douglas; Jenner Institute: New blood-stage malaria vaccines
2.15-2.40 Kate Gartlan; Sir William Dunn School of Pathology: Carbopol: a polyanionic carbomer with potent adjuvant activity and Th1 polarising properties
2.40-3.05 Helen Fletcher; Jenner Institute: Biomarkers for TB vaccines
3.05 – 3.35 Tea & Coffee
Session 4: 3.35-5.40
3.35-4.00 Sara Morgan; WIMM: Progress in understanding antibody signalling in T cells
4.00-4.25 Clive Metcalfe; Dunn School: IL-2 signaling pathways in T cells and regulation through redox modification of CD132
4.25-4.50 Hao Zhang; Dunn School: The role of positively charged residues on the TCRζ cytoplasmic domain in T-cell signalling
4.50-5.40 Georg Hollander; Department of Paediatrics: Thymus development and function: Cellular and molecular aspects
Drinks Reception to follow
OIG Contacts
Links to some of the departmental seminar series in and around Oxford:
The Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine
Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine
Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine
Sir William Dunn School of Pathology (also has links to Biochemistry, Zoology, Physiology and Anatomy and Genetics
seminars)
