Wessex Immunology Group Spring Meeting 2015 – ‘Barrier Immunology’ Event

Time:: 09:00 - 17:30
Date:: 24 March 2015
Venue:: Location - LT2 SAB Southampton General Hospital

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Event details

We hope that you will agree that we have managed to put together an exciting programme of immunology for our second annual themed meeting. These now annual meetings aim to continue to foster links between our wide immunology research base across the region and to build external links with other immunologists outside of our area.

Programme –

9:00-9:25 Registration and coffee & pastries.

9:25-9:30 Welcome Address.

9:30-10:10 Dr Francesco Colucci (Cambridge University):

“Uterine NK cells: Active regulators at the maternal-foetal interface”.

10:10-10:50 Prof Stuart Allan (University of Manchester):

“The role of inflammation and the blood-brain barrier in stroke”.

10:50-11:20 Coffee/tea and Posters.

11:20-11:40 Dr Susan Fowler (MedImmune): Title to be announced.

11:40-12:00 Speaker selected from abstracts 1.

12:00-12:20 Speaker selected from abstracts 2.

12:20-13:00 Dr Kevin Maloy (Oxford University):

“Innate immune circuits in protection and pathology in the gut”.

13:00-14:00 Lunch and Posters.

14:00-14:40 Prof Jean-Michel Sallenave (Université Paris Diderot, France):

“Innate Immunity and anti-infective pulmonary defences”.

14:40-15:00 Speaker selected from abstracts 3.

15:00-15:20 Speaker selected from abstracts 4.

15:20-15:40 Coffee/tea and Posters.

15:40-16:10 Speaker selected from abstracts 5.

16:10-16:50 Prof Aldeheid Elbe-Burger (Medical University of Vienna, Austria):

"Development of the human skin immune system".

16:50-17:00 Closing remarks and poster prize.

17:00- Wine and cheese reception.

This is a free meeting with all welcome but we do need everyone who wishes toattend to register. The registration is now open via the British Society for Immunology (BSI) website:

https://www.immunology.org/events--meetings/regional--affinity-group-meetings/regional-events-/wig/--bsi-reg--affinity---wessex-immunology-upcomming-events-landing-

NB: Non-BSI members will have to register with the BSI website (free of charge) in order to register for the meeting.