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| Date | Speaker | Title | Venue | Sponsor |
| 2016 | ||||
| 1.00pm Wed Sept 7 |
Dr Achyuta Nori | Host-microbial interactions at the cervico-vaginal mucosal surface | J0.7 | Sadiq |
| 1.00pm Wed Sept 14 |
Prof Tom Harrison | Treatment and prevention of meningitis in Africa | Lecture Theatre A |
Harrison |
| 1.00pm Wed Sept 21 |
- Gina Webster |
- Development of a platform for vaccine design: tuberculosis as a case study - - Gemcitabine can alter the immune-phenotype of tumour cells in vitro |
Lecture Theatre A |
PhD students |
| 1.00pm Wed Sept 28 |
Prof Sanjeev Krishna | Artemisinins: mechanisms of action and meanings of resistance | J0.8 | Krishna/Staines |
| 1.00pm Wed Oct 5 |
Prof Tom Platts-Mills University of Virginia |
Epidemics of immediate and delayed allergic reactions to food | J0.8 | External |
| 1.00pm Wed Oct 12 |
H2.7 | Baines | ||
| 1.00pm Wed Oct 19 |
Martin Ashby Manoja Rasamanikkam |
- The optimisation of short antimicrobial peptides targeting methicilin resistant Staphylococcus aureus -Evasion of host innate immunity by Newcastle Disease virus (NDV) and its pathogenic consequences |
J0.7 | PhD students |
| 1.00pm Wed Oct 26 |
Prof Debbie Baines
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Glucose in the lung - new molecular insights and therapeutic possibilities | H2.6 | External |
| Wed Nov 2 13.00-18.00 |
- Prof Roger Hewson, PHE Porton - Prof Philip Cooper - Dr Tariq Sadiq - Prof Martin Hibberd, LSHTM - Prof Clive Robinson - Dr Marie-Paule Kieny, WHO Geneva |
JENNER DAY - Zika virus: backyard curiousity to public health emergency of international concern - The feasibility of helminth elimination - lessons from the onchorcerciasis elimination programme of the Americas - Enabling rapid personalized medicine and real-time antibiotic resistance surveillance for global and advanced health systems - Revealing the molecular signatures of host-pathogen interactions - Targeting interactions between allergens and infections in asthma - the discovery of allergen delivery inhibitors - Research and development in the midst of an ebola epidemic: what have we learnt? |
Michael Heron Lecture Theatre | |
| 1.00pm Wed Nov 9 |
Prof Julian Ma | Rabies - new technologies for an old problem | J0.7 | Ma |
| 1.00pm Wed Nov 16 |
Dalgleish | |||
| 1.00pm Wed Nov 23 |
Rachel Cant Laura Hudson Dagan Lonsdale |
- Modulation of Toll-like receptor function by naltrexone hydrochloride - Comparison of leukocyte immunoglobulin-like recentor (LILR) expression and function in lymphocyte and monocyte cell subsets - Development of a population-pharmacokinetic model of co-amoxiclav in adult intensive care patients and pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic target attainment |
H2.6 | PhD students |
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Wed Nov 30
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SGUL Research Day
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| 1.00pm Wed Dec 7 |
J0.7 | External | ||
| 1.00pm Wed Dec 14 | J0.7 | Loyse | ||
| 1.00pm Wed Dec 21 | Prof Emma Baker | Busy bees and couch potatoes - a seasonal cautionary tale | J0.7 | Baker |
| 2017 | ||||
| 1.00pm Wed Jan 11 | Dr Nidhi Sofat and Ana Kuttapitiya | Bone marrow lesions and osteoarthritic pain | H2.6 | Sofat |
| 1.00pm Wed Jan 18 | Dr Yanmin Hu | Detection of undetectable Mycobacterium tuberculosis | H2.7 | Y Hu |
| 1.00pm Wed Jan 25 |
Dr Christopher Boutell, University of Glasgow |
Temporal and spatial regulation of host immunity to HSV-1 infection | H2.7 | External |
| 1.00pm Wed Feb 1 | Sam Hardy | Evasion of the innate apoptotic response by the Npro protein of classical swine fever virus | J0.7 | PhD students |
| 1.00pm Wed Feb 8 | Peter Smith | Antigenicity of the gp120-C5 region | H2.6 | |
| 1.00pm Wed Feb 15 |
Dr Alicia Demirjian | The use of novel molecular diagnostics in the management of paediatric Group A Streptococcus tonsillitis | H2.6 | Sharland |
| 1.00pm Wed Feb 22 |
Prof Neil Fairweather, Imperial College London | Clostridium difficile: a problematic pathogen with a complex cell wall | H2.7 | External |
| 1.00pm Wed March 1 |
Charlotte Barker Hannah Wenham |
- Simultaneous modelling of antimicrobial pharmacokinetic data from birth to adolescence: using different penicillins to inform a common maturation function |
H2.7 | PhD students |
| 1.00pm Wed March 8 |
Dr Kai Hilpert | Peptides: killing the bug and growing the bug (an update) | J0.7 | Hilpert |
| 1.00pm Wed March 15 |
Prof Derek Macallan and Arafa Salam | Determinants of in vivo human leukocyte kinetics | J0.7 | Macallan |
| 1.00pm Wed March 22 |
Dr Audrey Teh | Improving the efficacy of plant-produced anti-HIV antibodies | J0.7 | Drake |
| 1.00pm Wed March 29 |
Prof Paul O'Toole University College Cork |
Gut microbes in IBS and colorectal cancer: from observation to translation | H2.6 | External |
| 1.00pm Wed April 5 |
Jade Bearnham Laura Folgori |
The future is bright: the use of glucose FRET sensors in airway epithelia Use of surveillance and observational data to improve care of neonates affected by MDR Gram-negative infections |
J0.7 | PhD students |
| 1.00pm Wed April 19 |
Dr Blair Strang | Using high throughput screening to identify novel compounds and targets for anti-human cytomegalovirus therapy | J0.7 | Strang |
| 1.00pm Wed April 26 |
Prof Celia Garcia, University of Sao Paulo |
Decoding Plasmodium signalling pathways as a tool to block malaria transmission | J0.7 | External |
| 1.00pm Wed May 3 |
Jurnorain Gani Sachelle Ruickbie |
Identifying and optimising antimicrobial peptides against multi-drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa towards clinical studies Novel vascular manifestations of COPD |
Lecture Theatre A |
PhD students |
| 1.00pm Wed May 10 |
Prof Clive Robinson | ADAM 10 and prothrombin as downstream effectors of epithelial cell responses to allergen and TLR3-mediated stimuli | J0.7 | Robinson |
| 1.00pm Wed May 17 |
Prof Paul Heath | Vaccine research in pregnant women | J0.7 | Heath |
| 1.00pm Wed May 24 |
Dr Claudia Eder | Mechanisms of microglial differentiation and activation | J0.7 | Bull |
| 1.00pm Wed May 31 |
Dr Rachel Simmonds, University of Surrey |
Mycolactone's ability to inhibit translocation underpins the cellular response and cell death | H2.6 | External |
| 1.00pm Wed June 7 |
Emma Sparrow Matthew Pickin Arafa Salam |
The effect of activation on the intracellular production, and subsequent release, of the cytotoxic effector molecule granulysin, by Vdelta2 and gamma delta T cells IFN induction and viral fitness in paramyxoviruses with dysregulated RNA synthesis Killer cell-immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) genotype and T cell differentiation |
H2.7 | PhD students |
| 1.00pm Wed June 14 |
Dr Tim Bull | Awakening mycobacteria with peptides | J0.7 | Eder |
| 1.00pm Wed June 21 |
Dr Rachel Allen | Graduate school update - PhDs, Masters and short courses | H2.7 | Allen |
| 1.00pm Wed June 28 |
Dr Clare Jolly, UCL |
New insights into HIV replication and spread in T cells | J0.8 | External |
| 1.00pm Wed July 5 |
Jack Hankinson |
In vitro analysis of interferon sensitivity of paramyxoviruses Characterising responses of Vgamma9Vdelta2 cell subsets to mycobacteria and tumour |
H2.8 | PhD students |
| 1.00pm Wed July 12 |
Dr Rajko Reljic | Update on mucosal TB vaccine studies | J0.7 | Reljic |
| 1.00pm Wed July 19 |
Prof Steve Goodbourn | The Interferon - 60 years on! | H2.6 | Goodbourn |
| 1.00pm Wed July 26 |
Dr Anthony Underwood, Public Health England | H2.6 | External | |
