Centre for Inflammation Research - Research in Progress

Friday 7th December

Presentations by:

Rachel Thomas, Tissue Remodelling Group - The HOT Study (Heme-Oxygenase-1 in renal Transplantation

and

Silke Logermann, Phagocyte Infammation Group - Antiviral Function of LL-37 on Respiratory Syncytial Virus

Friday 30th November

Presentation by:

Jagath Kasturiarachchi, Lung Inflammation Group - Aptamer derived optical molecular probes to detect staphylococcal infection

Friday 23rd November

Presentations by:

Jorine Willems, Inflammation & Cancer Group - Apoptosis-driven activation of macrophages by starry-sky B-cell lymphoma

and

Duncan Humphries, Lung Inflammation Group - Investigating the Cerebral/Pulmonary Axis Following Traumatic Brain Injury

Friday 16th November

Presentation by:

Helen Cambrook, Autoimmunity & Chronic Inflammation Group - The role of T-bet in pathogenic and protective T cell responses to a CNS autoantigen

Friday 9th November

Presentations by:

John Pound, Inflammation & Cancer Group - Apoptosis, macrophages and lymphomagenesis

and

James Richards, Autoimmunity & Chronic Inflammation Group - Lymphocytes in ischemia reperfusion injury

Friday 2nd November

Presentations by:

Marie Claire Haddock, Renal Inflammation & Injury Group - Pharmacological preconditioning to improve outcome in free tissue transfer: role of HO-1

and

Neil MacDonald, Lung Inflammation Group - Casting a light on infection

Friday 26th October

Presentations by:

Emily Hesketh, Renal Inflammation & Injury Group - Acute Kidney Injury and Apoptotic Cells

and

Lauren Marr, Inflammation & Cancer Group - Apoptosis-Driven Microenvironmental Conditioning by Microvesicles in Cancer

Friday 19th October

Presentation by:

Helen Padaissi, Lung Inflammation Group - Alpha-v integrins and orchestration of intestinal immune responses by dendritic cells

Friday 12th October

No presentation - mid term break

Friday 5th October

Presentation by:

Dominika Nowakowska Final, Autoimmunity & Chronic Inflammation Group - Regulatory T cells in autoimmune and allergic inflammation

Friday 28th September

No presentation

Friday 21st September

Presentations by:

George Tse, Tissue Remodelling Group - Investigation into the role of B-lymphocytes and Tertiary Lymphoid Tissue in a Murine Model of Renal Chronic Allograft Damage

and

Heather Kerr, Renal Inflammation & Injury Group - Evaluation of recombinant Factor H as a therapy for atypical Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome and Dense Deposit Disease