Centre for Inflammation Research - Research in Progress

Centre for Inflammation Research research in progress presentations are held every Friday in the The Wellcome Auditorium, QMRI, Little France at 4pm-5pm.

Autumn 2013

Friday 6th December

Presentation by:

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

Friday 29th November

Presentation by:

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

Friday 22nd November

Presentation by:

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

Friday 15th November

Presentation by:

Chara Charsou, Autoimmunity & Chronic Inflammation Group - HPV infection and autophagy

Friday 8th November

Presentations by:

Stephanie Zandee, Autoimmunity & Chronic Inflammation Group - In situ studies on FoxP3+ regulatory T cells in CNS autoimmune disease

and

Laura Hoodless, Lung Inflammation Group - Use of the Zebrafish Tailfin Transection Model to Investigate Resolution of Inflammation

Friday 1st November

Presentation by:

Joanne Simpson, Phagocyte Inflammation Group - The regulatory role of TLR9 in health and autoimmune diseases

Friday 25th October

Presentation by:

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

Friday 18th October

Mid Term Break - No Research in Progess

Friday 11th October

Presentations by:

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

2nd Speaker tbc

Friday 4th October

Presentation by:

Donald Davidson, Principal Investigator (CIR) - Host Defence peptides