This series has now concluded at St Mary's which were co organised by DOID/NHLI. As we say farewell to St Mary's and move to different locations you can still follow our DOID seminar series (DOID weekly seminar series). Everyone welcome to join these hybrid seminars which usually takes place fortnightly (or as advertised) alternating with our internal mini presentations (WIP) - look out for info.
Thank you to our co organisers; Prof Cecilia Johansson and Dr Vanessa Sancho Shimizu. Previous event listings and recordings is accessible under session archives below.
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for general enquiries (re past seminar series or our current DOID seminar series) contact: @Mallu, Yasmin
Past seminars
- Session archive: 2024
- Session archive 2024
- Session archive Oct-Dec 23
- Session archive: 2023
- Session archive: October - December 2022
- Session archive: Jan - April 2022
- Session archive: October 2021 - January 2022
- Session archive: January - June 2021
- Session archive: December 2020 - October 2019
Session archive: 2024
| Date/Time | Speaker/Institute | Title | Venue | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30th April | Dr Aran Singanayagam ICL |
Mechanisms of anti-viral immune dysregulation in chronic inflammatory disease | G65A/B/Online | link |
| 14th May | Dr Micah Luftig Duke University |
Heterogeneous Outcomes of Epstein-Barr Virus Infection | G64/Online | link |
28th May |
Prof Mariagrazia Pizza ICL |
the meningococcal vaccine and beyond | G64/Online | link |
| 11th June | Dr Kevin Maringer Pirbright Institute |
Mosquito immunity shapes flavivirus evolution and species tropism |
G65A/B/Online | |
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25th June |
Prof Elsbeth Heaman (McGill University - author of the St Mary's book), Mr Kevin Brown (Curator - Alexander Fleming Museum), Prof Charles Bangham, Prof Paul Farrell & Prof Peteter Openshaw (ICL) | Special Farewell Seminar - 'History of St Mary's and other scientific talks | Anthony Rothschild LT (in person seminar only) | none |
Session archive 2024
| Date/Time | Speaker/Institute | Title | Venue | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16th January | Dr Christian Dzuvor Harvard TH Chan School, Public Health, Boston USA |
Rationally Designed Naoparticle Vaccines and Therapeutics for Broad Coronavirus Protection | Anthony Rothschild LT, St Mary's Campus/online |
no recording |
| 30th January | Dr Laura Martin Sancho ICL |
Rethinking the landscape of host defences against emerging viruses | Roger Bannister LT, St Mary's Campus/online |
link |
13th February |
NO SEMINAR | NO SEMINAR | ||
| 27th February | Dr Nerea Irigoyen University of Cambridge |
The translational landscape of Zika viruses, more than just a polyprotein |
Anthony Rothschild LT/online | |
|
12th March |
Dr Stephanie Longet University of Saint-Etienne |
Role of mucosal immunity in protection against SARS-CoV-2 infection | Roger Bannister LT, 1st Floor, Medical School Bldng/online | |
|
26th March |
Dr Saranya Sridhar Sanofi Pasteur |
Optimizing Vaccine Design using Machine-Learning | Anthony Rothschild LT/Online |
Session archive Oct-Dec 23
| 10th October, 2023 | Dr Andreas Wack, (Francis Crick Institute) |
Endothelial, epithelial and macrophage action to protect from barrier damage in viral infection | Anthony Rothschild LT, Medical School Bldng, St Mary's Campus/online | link |
| 24th October, 2023 | Dr Rubaiyea Farrukee (University of Melbourne) |
Elucidating the role of restriction factors in respiratory virus infections | Cockburn LT, QEQM, St Mary's Campus/online |
link |
| 7th November, 2023 | Dr Jordan Minnell (New Zealand) | mRNA vaccine against malaria tailored for liver-resident memory T cells | Anthony Rothschild LT/online | no recording |
| 21st November, 2023 | Dr Paras Anand (Imperial College London) |
Exploring roles of lipid metabolism in regulating inflammasome activation |
Anthony Rothschild LT/online |
link |
|
5th December, 2023 |
Dr Andrew Mehle University of Wisconsin |
Discovering unexpected factors that antagonize influenza virus replication | Roger Bannister LT, 1st Floor, Medical School Bldng/online | link |
Session archive: 2023
| Date/Time | Speaker/Institute | Title | Venue | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24th January, 2023 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr Daniel Gonçalves-Carneiro (ICL) | Coding biases and the recognition of non-self RNA | G64, Ground Floor, Medical School, St Mary's/Online | Available |
| 7th February, 2023 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr Milka Sarris | CANCELLED | Roger Bannister LT 1st Floor, Medical School, St Mary's/Online |
N/A |
| 21st February, 2023 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr Peter Cook (University of Exeter) | CANCELLED | Cockburn LT, QEQM Building, St Mary's/Online | N/A |
| 7th March 2023 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr John Tregoning (ICL) | Inflammation in vaccines and infection: it’s (even) more complex than we think’’ | Roger Bannister LT 1st Floor, Medical School, St Mary's/Online |
No Recording |
| 21st March 2023 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr Milka Sarris (University of Cambridge) | Visualising neutrophil motion and signalling during inflammatory responses | Cockburn LT, QEQM, St Mary's/Online | No recording |
| 4th April | NO SEMINAR | |||
| 18th April | Dr Rachel Lai (ICL) | G64, Ground Floor, Medical School, St Mary's/Online |
No recording | |
| 2nd May |
Dr Joanne Konkel (Univesity of Manchester) |
Delineating mechanisms of immune cell tailoring at the oral barrier | Roger Bannister LT, Medical School, St Mary's/Online | Available |
| 16th May | Dr Peter Cook (University of Exeter) | Aspergillus, asthma and the airway:Why do fungi trigger inflammatory lung disease? | Roger Bannister LT, Medical School, St Mary's/Online | Available |
| 25th May (Thursday 2-3 pm) |
Dr Michael Chan (University of Hong Kong) |
Tropism of SARS-Cov-2 and variants in human respiratory tract | Cockburn LT, 2nd Floor, QEQM Building, St Mary's Campus/Online | Available |
| 30th May | NO SEMINAR | |||
| 13th June | Dr Jake Dunning (Oxford University) | to follow | Roger Bannister LT, 1st floor, Medical School Building, St Mary's Campus/Online | |
| 22nd June (Thursday) | Dr Alexandre Bolze (Helix, USA) | Genetic study of immune responses following vaccination | G64, Ground Floor, Medical School Building, St Mary's Campus/Online | |
| 27th June | Prof Bodo Grimbacher (University of Freiburg, Germany) | What happens to humans with germline mutations in CTLA4 or NFKB1? | Roger Bannister LT, 1st floor, Medical School Building, St Mary's Campus/Online |
Session archive: October - December 2022
| Date/Time | Speaker/Institute | Title | Venue | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18th October 2022, 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr Leo Swadling, UCL | Specificity of pre-existing and de novo T cell response to SARS-CoV-2 infection: abortive, asymptomatic and mild | Roger Bannister, LT, St Mary's Campus /Online |
Available |
| 1st November 2022, 12.30-1.30 pm | NO SEMINAR | |||
| 15th November 2022, 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr Rachel Edgar (ICL) | Biological timing, homeostasis and viral infections | Cockburn LT, QEQM, St Mary's Campus /Online |
Available |
| 29th November, 2022, 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr Christopher Chiu (ICL) | Defining the architecture of protection and susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 following human challenge | Clinical LT, Cambridge Wing, St Mary's Campus /Online |
No Recording |
| 13th December 2022, 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr Joe Grove (University of Glasgow) | The Order and Chaos of Virus Entry Machinery | Anthony Rothschild LT, Medicine Building, St Mary's Campus/Online | Available |
Session archive: Jan - April 2022
| Date and Time | Speaker | Title | Venue | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 26th 2022 - 12.30-1.30 pm | No Seminar | |||
| April 12th-19th 2022 | EASTER BREAK | |||
| April 5th 2022 - 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr Tal Arnon | Humoral Immunity in the Lung | Cockburn LT, QEQM - St Mary's Campus & Online |
not available |
| March 22nd 2022 - 12.30-1.30 pm | Prof Petter Brodin ICL |
Systems level analyses of the immune system in children |
Anthony Rothschild LT - St Mary's Campus & Online |
Available |
| March 8th 2022 - 12.30-1.30 pm | Prof Gisli Jenkins | Immune defences from RNA virus infection | Online only | Available |
| Feb 22nd 2022 - 12.30-1.30 pm | Professor Caetano Reis e Sousa Francis Crick Institute |
Immune defences from RNA virus infection | Cockburn LT, QEQM - St Mary's Campus & Online | Available |
| Feb 8th 2022 - 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr Emma Wall Francis Crick Institute |
Neutralising antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 variants - the effects of boosting and waning on protection against COVID-19 | Cockburn LT, QEQM - St Mary's Campus & Online | Available |
| Jan 25th 2022 - 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr Shamez Ladhani PHE/St George's University London |
Kidz, Kovid & sKoolz | Online only | Available |
| Jan 11th 2022 - 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr Alice Denton ICL |
Lymphoid fibroblasts contribute to impaired immunity and ageing | Online only | Available |
Session archive: October 2021 - January 2022
| Date and Time | Speaker | Title | Venue | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11th 2021, 1-2 pm | Professor Daniela Ferreira - Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine |
Pneumococcus Human Infection Challenge and the Effect of Respiratory Virus Co-Infections on Mucosal Immunity | G34, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, South Kensington Campus & Online | Available |
| Oct 19th, 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr Tineke Cantaert - Institute Pasteur Cambodia |
Assessment of B cell responses during dengue virus infection | Cockburn LT, QEQM, St Mary's Campus & Online |
Available |
| Nov 2nd, 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr Fadil Bidmos - ICL | Vaccine antigen discovery for bacterial meningitis | G64, Medicine Bldg, St Mary's Campus & Online | Available |
| Nov 16th, 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr Katie Doores - Kings College London | Neutralising antibody responses to SARS-Cov-2 | Anthony Rothschild LT, St Mary's Campus & Online | not available |
| Dec 14th, 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr Dusan Bogunovic - Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, USA |
Loss of Negative Regulation of Type I Interferons in Humans - Spectrum of Autoinflammation | Online only | Available |
| Jan 11th 2022, 12.30-1.30 pm | Dr Alice Denton - Imperial College London |
Lymphoid fibroblasts are a key contributor to the poor GC response in ageing | Online only | Available |
Session archive: January - June 2021
| Date and time | Speaker | Title | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 January 2021, 12:30-13:30 |
Dr David Bauer Francis Crick Institute |
The Role of RNA Structure in Replication of Influenza and Coronaviruses | Online - Seminar Recording |
| 26 January 2021, 12.30-13.30 |
Dr Vanessa Sancho-Shimizu Imperial College London |
Human Genetics of Life-Threatening Infections | Online - Seminar Recording |
| 9 February 2021, 12.30-13.30 |
Prof Daniela Ferriera Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine |
Pneumococcus Human Infection Challenge Models and the Effect of SARS-CoV2 infection on immune responses to pneumococcus | Online - Seminar Postponed |
| 23 February 2021, 12.30-1.30 |
Prof Olivier Schwartz Institute Pasteur (France) |
Replication of SARS-CoV-2 variants and host immune responses |
Online - Seminar Recording |
| 9 March 2021, 12.30-13.30 |
Prof Andrew Pollard Oxford University | The Oxford Vaccine | Online - Seminar Recording |
| 23 March 2021, 12.30-13.30 |
Prof Sylvia Knapp Medical University of Vienna |
Protective Type 2 Responses in Pulmonary Immune-Homeostatis | Online - Seminar Recording |
| 6 April 2021, | Easter Break | No Seminar | N/A |
| 20 April 2021, 12.30-13.30 |
Prof Paul Lehner University of Cambridge |
How cells protect their genome from retroelement invasion | Online - No recording |
| 8th June 2021, 12.30-1.30 pm |
Professor Marc Lecuit - Institute Pasteur | Making sense of Listeria Monocytogenes virulence | Online - No recording |
Session archive: December 2020 - October 2019
| Date | Title | Location | Speaker | Recording link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 December 2020 | Transcriptomics in Infectious Diseases: Studies in TB, HIV & SARS-CoV-2 | Online | Professor Mahdad Noursadeghi, UCL | Seminar recording |
| 17 November 2020 | Uncertainties around SARS-CoV-2 infection | Online | Dr George Kassiotis, Francis Crick Institute | Seminar recording |
| 3 November 2020 | Roles of STAT2 revealed by extreme phenotypes | Online | Professor Sophie Hambleton, Newcastle University | Seminar recording |
| 20 October 2020 | Leveraging population differences to investigate the host genetic basis of infectious disease | Online | Dr Samira Asgari, Broad Institute (USA) | Seminar recording |
| 6 October 2020 | Emerging Roles for Neutrophils in Malaria | Online | Dr Aubrey Cunnington, Imperial College London | Seminar recording |
| 23 June 2020 | Current progress: Imperial's COVID-19 saRNA vaccine | Online | Professor Robin Shattock, Imperial College London | |
| 24 March 2020 | Roles of STAT2 revealed by extreme phenotypes | Anthony de Rothschild Lecture Theatre, Faculty of Medicine Building, St Mary's Campus | Professor Sophie Hambleton, University of Newcastle | |
| 10 March 2020 | Cross-differentiation of NK cells and ILC1 in the liver | Anthony de Rothschild Lecture Theatre, Faculty of Medicine Building, St Mary's Campu | Dr Viki Male, Imperial College London | |
| 25 February 2020 | Structural and mechanistic analysis of RNA/RNA interactions essential for Chikungunya Virus Genome Replication | Anthony de Rothschild Lecture Theatre, Faculty of Medicine Building, St Mary's Campus | Dr Andrew Tuplin, University of Leeds | |
| 11 February 2020 | Rejuvenating the Germinal Centre Response | Anthony de Rothschild Lecture Theatre, Faculty of Medicine Building, St Mary's Campus | Dr Michelle Linterman, The Babraham Institute Cambridge | |
| 28 January 2020 | Mixed messages: cryptic gene products in segmented negative-strand viruses | Anthony de Rothschild Lecture Theatre, St Mary's Campus | Dr Edward Hutchinson, University of Glasgow, Centre for Virus Research | |
| 14 January 2020 | RNA-sensing TLR signalling in human monocytes during RNA virus infection | Anthony de Rothschild Lecture Theatre | Dr Margarita Dominguez-Villar, Imperial College London | |
| 10 December 2019 | 'The structure and lifecycle of HIV-1 - new insights from cryo- electron tomography' | Cockburn Lecture Theatre | Dr John Briggs, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology | |
| 26 November 2019 | 'Immune development in the human neonate and the role of the CXCL8-producing T cell' | Sir Roger Bannister Lecture Theatre | Dr Deena Gibbons, Kings College London | |
| 19 November 2019 | 'Innate immune sensing of RNA viruses requires linear ubiquitin chains' | Cockburn Lecture Theatre | Dr Brian Ferguson, University of Cambridge | |
| 14 November 2019 | 'Connecting Infectious disease, Inflammation and Cancer: The Cytosolic DNA-mediated, STING Controlled Innate Immune Pathway' | Sir Roger Bannister Lecture Theatre | Dr Glen Barber, University of Miami | |
| 12 November 2019 | 'Updates from The London Patient' | Anthony de Rothschild Lecture Theatre | Professor Ravi Gupta, University of Cambridge | |
| 29 October 2019 | 'Enteric nervous system: Development and roles in gut (patho) physiology' | Cockburn Lecture Theatre | Dr Vassilis Pachnis | |
| 15 October 2019 | 'HIV restriction by SAMHD1' | Sir Roger Bannister Lecture Theatre |
Dr Kate Bishop, The Francis Crick Institute |
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| 1 October 2019 | 'Regulation of inflammation by the TPL-2 kinase complex' | Cockburn Lecture Theatre | Professor Steven Ley, Imperial College London |