Wessex Immunology Group Spring Meeting 2013 Event

Wessex Immunology Group Spring Meeting 2013
‘Translational Immunology’
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) ‘B cell directed 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.