Centre for Inflammation Research research in progress presentations are held every Friday in the The Wellcome Auditorium, QMRI, Little France at 4pm-5pm. Programme for Sept - Dec 2011 Friday 23rd September Presentation by: Professor Chris Gregory, Inflammation & Cancer Group - Apoptosis and the microenvironment of normal tissues and tumours Friday 30th September Presentation by: James Chalmers, Lung Inflammation Group - Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the FCN2 gene impair complement mediated clearance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in bronchiectasis Friday 7th October Presentation by: Sana Sarvi, Inflammation & Cancer Group - Small Cell Lung Cancer and Cancer Stem cell Friday 14th October Presentation by: Fiona Murphy, Edinburgh Lung and the Environment Group Initiative - The length-dependent pathogenicity of Carbon Nanotubes in the pleural space Friday 21st October Mid-term break - No RIP Friday 28th October Presentations by: Ayub Qureshi, Phagocyte Inflammation Group - Novel role of human beta defensin-2 as a protease inhibitor in protecting keratinocytes against Staph.aureus secreted proteases Dominika Nowakouska, Autoimmunity & Chronic Inflammation Group - Regulatory T-Cells and Allergic Lung Inflammation Friday 4th November Presentations by: Marie Claire Haddock, Renal Inflammation & Injury Group - Pharmacological preconditioning to improve outcome in free tissue transfer. Investigating the role of HO-1 Jorine Willems, Inflammation & Cancer Group - Phagocyte migratory responses to apoptotic cells. Friday 11th November Presentation by: Ben Reynolds, Autoimmunity & Chronic Inflammation Group - Explaining the bystander suppressive effect of regulatory T cells James Richards, Autoimmunity & Chronic Inflammation Group - The role of lymphocytes in hepatic IRI Friday 18th November QMRI Open Day - No RIP Friday 25th November Presentations by: Siobhain Ni Choillean, Autoimmunity & Chronic Inflammation Group - Regulation of CD-46 in T-Cell Activation Helen Cambrook, Autoimmunity & Chronic Inflammation Group - The role of T-bet in pathogenic and protective T cell responses to a CNS autoantigen Friday 2nd December Presentation by: Eleni Kouverianou, Autoimmunity & Chronic Inflammation Group - Galectin-3 Regulation of Lung Tumour Growth and Metastasis All welcome. Publication date 18 Jun, 2015
