Wessex Immunology Group Spring Meeting ‘Translational Immunology’ Event
- Time:
- 12:00 - 18:00
- Date:
- 19 March 2013
- Venue:
- LT2, South Academic Block, Southampton General Hospital
For more information regarding this event, please email Jessica Teeling at jt8@soton.ac.uk .
Event details
Please don’t forget to register by Friday 1st March for the Wessex Immunology Group Spring Meeting ‘Translational Immunology’ on the 19th March 2013. We now only have one month to go until our spring meeting and we are emailing to remind everyone interested to register for this exciting afternoon of world class immunology. Although this is a free event with all welcome we do need everyone intending to attend to register for catering purposes. Please do take the time to complete a registration form (attached) and return, it as detailed, as soon as possible.
Wessex Immunology Group
Spring Meeting 2013
‘Translational Immunology'
19th March 2013 (12:00-18:00)
LT2, South Academic Block, Southampton General Hospital
This is a free meeting, but pre-registration is required. Closing date for registration - 1 st March 2013 (registration form attached).
Programme
12.00 - Registration and Lunch
13.00 - Welcome Address
13.05 - Tony Williams (University of Southampton) ‘Immune cartography with a molecular compass - what a patient's journey can teach us about host defence to infections'
13.45 - Robbie Henderson (GlaxoSmithKline) ‘Anti-BLyS therapy'
14.25 - David Adams (University of Birmingham) ‘Liver inflammation is regulated by VAP-1 an enzyme with therapeutic potential in liver disease'
15.05 - Afternoon Tea/Coffee
15.30 - John Isaacs (University of Newcastle) ‘AuToDeCRA: Autologous Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells for Rheumatoid Arthritis'
16.10 - Ratko Djukanovic (University of Southampton) ‘IFN-beta for the treatment of virus induced asthma exacerbations: from the lab to drug development'
16.50 - Closing Remarks
17.00 - Drinks reception
We hope that you will agree that we have managed to put together another great programme of immunology for this our third themed meeting. These biannual meetings aim to foster links between our wide immunology research base across the region and to build external links with other immunologists outside of our area.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Wessex Immunology Group Committee
Stephen Beers, Jens Madsen, Ali Roghanian, Jessica Teeling