Talks
Talks session with Zoom*
We have an amazing combination of invited and selected oral presentations this year, distributed over two days. Discover our programme below and join our session by clicking on the corresponding Zoom session below!
Infection and Immunity annual meeting 2021
Thursday 9th December
9.50am
Welcome and Introduction from Division of Infection and Immunity
Professor Donald Fraser
Director of Division of Infection and Immunity
Session 1: Inflammation
Chairs: Dr. Ruth Jones and Dr. Jason Towhig
10.00am
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Anne-Catherine Raby
Modulation of TLR activity in kidney disease-related pathologies
Short talks from selected abstracts
10.45am
Dr. Kathy Triantafilou
NLRP6 and Caspase 5 regulate non-canonical inflammasome activation triggered by the complement membrane attack complex in human osteoarthritis
11.00am
Gisela Jimenez Duran
Sublytic membrane attack complex drives glycolysis and mitochondrial dysfunction with inflammatory consequences in human monocyte-derived macrophages
11.15am
Miss Morgane Mazzarino
Investigation of the role of endogenous TLRs in the increased risk of CVD in CKD patients
11.30am
Dr. Rabaa Takala
Anti-inflammatory and Immuno-metabolic effects of Pinolenic Acid in Rheumatoid Arthritis
11.45am
Dr. Magdalena Czubala
How to get animals and tissues for free – 3Rs blackboard
11.50pm
12.15pm
Lunch break
Poster P1 to P 11 and sponsor stand viewing
Session 2: Infection
Chairs: Dr. Sandra Dimonte and Dr. Kirsten Bentley
Short talks from selected abstracts
1.15pm
Dr. Mathew Clement
T-Bet acts during chronic cytomegalovirus infection to promote the development of IL-10-secreting CD4+ T-cells that facilitate virus persistence via co-expression of arginase-1
1.30pm
Dr. Luned Badder
Delivery of suicide therapies using a precision virotherapy; novel approaches for pancreatic cancer
1.45pm
Dr. Mark Toleman
E. coli sepsis rates in the UK are directly related to very high community carriage rates of a small number of highly pathogenic strains
2.00pm
Dr. Brad Spiller
Environmental Surveillance of ESBL and Carbapenemase-Producing Gram-Negative Bacteria in a Ghanaian Tertiary Hospital
2.15pm
Keynote Speaker: Dr. James McLaren
T cell receptor-driven immune modulation by bacterial superantigens
3.00pm
End of the first day
Friday 10th December
Session 3: Immunology
Chairs: Dr. Magdalena Czubala and Dr. Bruce MacLachlan
10.00am
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Pierre Rizkallah
Molecular Level Understanding of The Immune Response to COVID19 and the CHADOX Vaccine
Short talks from selected abstracts
10.45am
Dr. Danijela Tatovic
Single cell gene expression and TCR repertoire analysis in human skin and skin draining lymph nodes following intradermal injection of GAD-alum reveals recruitment of antigen specific T cells
11.00am
Miss Eleanor Pring
A novel NK cell expressed gene, Synaptotagmin-like 3, is responsible for optimal NK cell cytotoxic control of acute MCMV infection
11.15am
Dr. Sarah Hulin-Curtis
Bespoke alteration of HA epitope in influenza virus reduces weight loss and mortality in mice after primary infection and heterotypic challenge
11.30am
Dr. Van Dien Nguyen
Characterization of Complement C3 in Fatty Liver
11.45am
12.15pm
Lunch Break
Poster P12 to P 22 and sponsor stand viewing
Session 4: COVID and respiratory viruses
Chairs: Dr. Zack Saud and Dr. Carly Bliss
Short talks from selected abstracts
1.15pm
Miss Alicia Teijeira Crespo
AZD-122/ChAdOx1 structure provides mechanistic insights into potential interactions mediating Vaccine Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopaenia (VITT)
1.30pm
Dr. Roxanne Cooksey
Lower Incidence of COVID-19 but Higher Mortality in Patients with Inflammatory Arthritis Compared to Controls in Wales, United Kingdom: A Population Epidemiological Study
1.45pm
Dr. Martha Triantafilou
STING is essential for Human rhinovirus replication by triggering biogenesis of PI4P lipid enriched replication platforms and facilitating viral transmission via autophagy
2.00pm
Dr. Mark J Ponsford
A systematic review and meta-analysis of inpatient mortality associated with nosocomial and community COVID-19 exposes the vulnerability of immunosuppressed adults
2.15pm
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Richard Stanton
The role of NK cells in natural and vaccine mediated control of SARS-CoV2
3.00pm
Prof. Ian Humphreys
Award announcement and closure of the meeting
3.15pm
End of the second day
*The contents of this meeting are of a confidential nature and your attendance will be taken as your acceptance to acknowledge that any information you hear or receive is CONFIDENTIAL and will be treated as such by you.