Centre for Inflammation Research research in progress presentations are held every Friday in the The Wellcome Auditorium, QMRI, Little France at 4pm-5pm. Spring 2012 Friday 20th January Presentation by: Dr Pierre Bagnaninchi, Centre for Biomedical Engineering & Centre for Regenerative Medicine - Technological developments in monitoring growth, development and behaviour of cells Friday 27th January Presentation by: Rhoanne McPherson, Immunity& Chronic Inflammation Group - Peptide Therapeutics in CNS autoimmune disease Friday 3rd February Presentation by: Hui Zhang, Multiple Sclerosis Group - Nervous System Remyelination in Culture Friday 10th February Presentations by: Jagath Kasturiarachchi, Lung Inflammation Group - Aptamer derived molecular probes to detect Staphylococcal infection and Richard Mellanby, Immunity and Chronic Inflammation Group - Vitamin D modulation of dendritic cell function Friday 17th February No meeting today. Friday 24th February Presentations by: Amy Miele, Lung Inflammation Group - Clinical, histopathological and molecular characterisation of asinine pulmonary fibrosis and Leticia Alessandri, Lung Inflammation Group - Augmenting human eosinophil apoptosis; role of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors Friday 2nd March Presentation by: Dr Jonathan Fallowfield, Liver Inflammation Group - Targeting the dynamic component of portal hypertension Friday 9th March Presentation by: Jennifer Raftis, Edinburgh Lung and the Environment Group - Initiative Nanoparticles and Atherosclerosis resolving the paradox Friday 16th March Presentations by: Andreas Alber, Lung Inflammation Group - PHD inhibition induces alternatively activated macrophages and has differential affects on lung fibrosis and Neil McDonald, Lung Inflammation Group - Molecular Diagnostics for Lung Inflammation and Infection Friday 23rd March Presentation by: Anne Ilchmann, Immunity and Chronic Inflammation Group - Using a mouse model to elucidate the mechanisms which link RSV infection to a subsequently increased risk for childhood asthma Friday 30th March Presentations by: Amanda McFarlane, Immunity and Chronic Inflammation Group - Immune mechanisms of interactions between nematode and respiratory syncytial virus infections and Mel Leech, Immunity and Chronic Inflammation Group - T cells in CNS autoimmune disease Publication date 18 Jun, 2015
