Seminars 2014-15 25th September 12 pm, AV Hill 1.006 Michael Lewis (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) “Chronic parasite persistence in the GI tract as a new paradigm in American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease)” 2nd October 12 pm, AV Hill 1.006 Francesco Colucci (King’s College, Cambridge) “The Double Life of Killer Cells: NK in Reproduction and Cancer” 9th October 12pm, Michael Smith Lecture Theatre Muzlifah Haniffa (Newcastle University) “Human tissue mononuclear phagocyte system revisited” 23rdOctober 12pm, Michael Smith Lecture Theatre Simon Davis (University of Oxford) “Unconventional receptor triggering in T cells: the kineticsegregation model” 30th October 12pm, Michael Smith Lecture Theatre Thomas Wunderlich (University of Cologne) “Obesity induced IL-6 aggravates colorectal cancer development via macrophage polarization and γδ T cell attraction ” 5th February 12pm, Michael Smith Lecture Theatre Lindsay Hall (University of East Anglia) “Exploring Microbiota-Host Mutualism: The Role of Bifidobacteria” 12th February 12pm, Michael Smith Lecture Theatre Facundo Batista (Cancer Research UK) “Dynamic imaging of lymphocyte activation - from single molecule to living tissue” 19th February 12pm, Michael Smith Lecture Theatre Ashley Moffett (University of Cambridge) Title TBA 12th March 12pm, Michael Smith Lecture Theatre Markus Meissner (University of Glasgow) Title TBA 19th March 12pm, Michael Smith Lecture Theatre Tom Monie (University of Cambridge) Title TBA 20th November 12pm, Michael Smith Lecture Theatre Clare Bennett (University College London) “Turning off skin immunopathology: Are LC the master switch?” 16th April 12pm, Michael Smith Lecture Theatre Gérard Eberl (Institut Pasteur) “The regulation of intestinal lymphoid cells by microbiota” 27th November 12pm, Michael Smith Lecture Theatre Gerry Graham (University of Glasgow) Title TBA 23rd April 12pm, Michael Smith Lecture Theatre Frank Nestle (King’s College London) Title TBA 8th January 12pm, AV Hill 1.006 Martin Turner (Babraham Institute) “Regulation of lymphocyte development by RNA binding proteins” 30th April 12pm, Michael Smith Lecture Theatre Alister Craig (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine) “The host/pathogen interface in cerebral malaria” 15th January 12pm, Michael Smith Lecture Theatre Ian Humphreys (Cardiff University) Title TBA 7th May 12pm, Michael Smith Lecture Theatre Paul Kaye (York) “Kupffer cells: ontogeny and function in infection and inflammation” 22th January 12pm, Michael Smith Lecture Theatre Allan Mowat (University of Glasgow) “Breaking the rules? Macrophage development and differentiation in the intestine” 29th January 12pm, AV Hill 1.006 Leonie Taams (King’s College London) Title TBA 14th May 12pm, Michael Smith Lecture Theatre Anton van Merwe (University of Oxford) “Signal transduction by the TCR and related leukocyte receptors” 21st May 12pm, Michael Smith Lecture Theatre Paul Moss (University of Birmingham) Title TBA