Seminars - Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Below seminars are held in the Doherty Auditorium, Ground Floor.
Update 22 April 2021: Hybrid seminar delivery is now offered on certain occasions. Please check the details for mode of delivery.
Research Seminars - Held on Thursdays 12.00pm – 1.00pm.
Special Research Seminars - In addition to the usual Thursday Research Seminars, there may be occasional Special Research Seminars which could be held at different times.
PhD Completion Orations - Held on Friday afternoons from 3.00pm – 4.00pm via zoom webinar until further notice.
Doherty Institute Immunology Theme: Data Presentation Series - Fortnightly on Mondays 2.00pm - 3.00pm generally featuring speakers from across the Institute.
Below seminars are held in the larger Seminar Room GM002, Ground Floor Mezzanine
Currently on hold
Work in Progress Seminar Series - generally held every third Thursday of each month at 4pm
Currently on hold
Respiratory Research Seminars - generally held every third Monday of each month at 11am
Seminar attendees are welcome to refreshments after every each seminar.
Enquiries: micro-admin@unimelb.edu.au
DEPARTMENT RESEARCH SEMINAR SCHEDULE
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE | HOST |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 March |
Dr Kylie James Garvan Institute | Human gut cell dynamics through space and time Zoom ID: 837 8991 3638 | Dr Ashraful Haque |
| 1 April | Prof Matthew McKay The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology | Guiding rational vaccine design to direct human immune responses Zoom ID: 858 1327 1097 | Dr Amy Chung |
| 8 April | Michael Hall University of Cambridge, UK | Nucleotide-resolution bacterial pan-genomics with reference graphs Zoom ID: 894 1653 3886 | Prof Lachlan Coin |
| 22 April |
Prof Stephanie Gras La Trobe University | CD8+ T cells specific for an immunodominant SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid epitope cross-react with selective seasonal coronaviruses Zoom ID: 881 0216 6371 | Prof Laura Mackay |
| 29 April |
Prof Christian Engwerda QIMR Berghofer | Understanding inflammation in parasitic diseases and broader applications in human health Zoom ID: 854 5999 0835 | Dr Lynette Beattie |
| 6 May |
Dr Katharina Hochheiser DMI | Insights into localised immune responses against viral infection and metastatic melanoma Zoom ID: 836 4367 8848 | Dr Yannick Alexandre |
| 13 May |
Assoc Prof Darren Creek Monash University | Metabolomics and Proteomics Approaches to Enhance Drug Discovery for Malaria Zoom ID: 836 4367 8848 | Dr Nick Scott |
| 27 May |
Dr Laura Edgington-Mitchell Bio21 Institute | Chemical biology approaches to study protease function in cancer and inflammation Zoom ID: 880 1748 7303 | Dr Nick Scott |
| 3 June |
Dr Sarah Gabriel DMI | Dissecting the transcriptional and metabolic regulation of T cell exhaustion in chronic infection and cancer Zoom ID: 898 2107 3481 | Prof Axel Kallies |
| 10 June | Dr Jeremy Barr Monash University | Bacteriophages as a model system: From fundamental to clinical microbiology Zoom ID: 838 9218 2509 | Dr Nick Scott |
| 22 June | Prof Merlin Thomas Monash University | Splice-switiching oligonucleotides: another example of the distruptive potential for RNA therapeutics Zoom ID: 819 7487 6671 | Dr Julie McAuley |
| 22 July | A/Prof Chris Greening Monash University | Mycobacterial persistence depends on alternative energy sources Zoom ID: 850 0055 1986 | Dr Nick Scott |
| 29 July | Dr Thomas Ashhurst University of Sydney | High-dimensional analysis of immune response dynamics across blood and tissue in viral encephalitis and COVID-19 Zoom ID: 850 0055 1986 | Dr Oanh Nguyen |
| 5 August | Prof Dena Lyras Monash University | How does Clostridioides difficile infection cause gut chaos? Zoom ID: 850 0055 1986 | Dr Nick Scott |
| 12 August | Kelly Wyres DPhil Monash University | Klebsiella pneumoniae clones: who is important, how and why? Zoom ID: 859 8623 4994 | Dr Danielle Ingle |
| 26 August | Sophie Valkenburg PhD HKU-Pasteur, Hong Kong | Influenza vaccines for broad durable protection Zoom ID: 825 9361 1788 | Dr Amy Chung |
| 9 September | Cameron Simmons Monash University | Creating stop signs in mosquitoes; is this the end-game for Dengue? Zoom ID: 834 3499 1269 | Dr Amy Chung |
| 7 October | Debnath Ghosal, PhD Bio21 Institute | In Situ Structures of Bacterial Toxin Delivery Systems by Electron Cryotomography Zoom ID: 849 2474 7490 | A/Prof Hayley Newton |
| 14 October | Prof Roslyn Kemp University of Otago, NZ | Immune interactions with bacteria in people with Crohn’s disease Zoom ID: 891 6498 6927 | Sarah Sandford |
| 11 November | Dr Malcolm Starkey Monash University | Immune mechanisms of infection-induced chronic disease in the respiratory and urinary tracts Zoom ID: 872 6003 1135 | Dr Nick Scott |
PhD COMPLETION ORATION SCHEDULE
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE | HOST |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 February | Hannah Kelly | Nanoparticle interactions with the immune system – the quest for improved vaccines Zoom ID: 849 0521 8568 | Kent Lab |
| 19 February | Laura Ellet | Getting to the heart of obesity and cardiomyopathy as early signs of prion disease Zoom ID: 885 0532 5610 | Lawson Lab |
| 26 February | Joshua Deerain | Programmed cell death during norovirus infection Zoom ID: 836 1947 3778 | Mackenzie/Pearson Labs |
| 5 March | Nicole Lau | Modelling host-pathogen interactions with the Salmonella Typhimuriumeffector protein, SopF Zoom ID: 883 4891 0392 | Newton Lab |
| 16 March (Tuesday) | Mathilde Laureti | Superinfection exclusion of alphaviruses in Aedes mosquitoes Zoom ID:569 981 6194 | Fazakerley Lab |
| 2 April | Not available (Good Friday) | ||
| 11 June (4.30pm) | Linda Rafeld |
Role of IFN-y induced genes in cell-autonomous defence against Legionella infection Zoom ID: 864 4168 5883 | Hartland/van Driel/Kolanus Labs |
| 18 June | Sebastian Cruz-Gomez | Understanding how cells sample extracellular microbial metabolites for MR1 antigen presentation to MAIT cells Zoom ID: 874 9679 6228 | Villadangos Lab |
| 25 June | Yuting Yan | Discovery of the cells that express the antigen-presenting molecule MR1 in vivo Zoom ID: 841 4118 6926 | Villadangos Lab |
| 2 July | Hui Jing Lim | Understanding the molecular machinery regulating MR1 bacterial metabolites antigen presentation Zoom ID: 880 4594 6335 | Villadangos Lab |
| 9 July (4.30pm) | Lara Schwab | The catcher in the RIG-I: Using mouse and ferret models to investigate the potential of synthetic RIG-I agonists to limit respiratory virus infection Zoom ID: 890 2463 3191 | Reading Lab |
| 6 August (4.30pm) | Sarah Straub | Global 3'-UTR Length Changes From a Novel Layer of Regulation in the Response to Interferon-beta in Murine and Human Macrophages Zoom ID: 871 9276 4188 | Bedoui/Hertzog/Latz Labs |
| 13 August | Thorey Kolbrun Jonsdottir | Elucidating the essential role of PTEX during the asexual blood stage of Plasmodium falciparum Zoom ID: 882 6135 1643 | Crabb/Gilson Labs |
| 20 August | Joey McGregor | A universal prophylactic vaccine against hepatitis C virus Zoom ID:859 3280 5984 | Drummer Lab |
| 27 August | Jiyao Gan | Molecular insights into Salmonella-host cell interactions Zoom ID: 894 2827 1599 | Hartland Lab |
| 3 September | Zixuan Dou | Mechanisms of Inactivation of Therapeutic CD8+ T Cells against a non-Hodgkin B-cell Lymphoma Mouse Model Zoom ID: 836 0537 2887 | Villadangos Lab |
| 10 September | Matthew Pitman | HIV persistence, inflammation and the gut Zoom ID: 827 7728 6089 | Lewin Lab |
| 17 September | Felicia Schlotthauer | The Viral Glycoproteins of the Hepaciviruses. Structural and Functional Studies to Inform Vaccine Design Zoom ID: 895 9275 0040 | Drummer Lab |
| 21 September (Tuesday) | Anelely Getahun Strobel | Making sense of typhoid fever in Fiji: a comprehensive study of the epidemiology, clinical, serological and bacterial genomics Zoom ID: 833 8135 1312 | Strugnell Lab |
| 24 September | Not available | ||
| 1 October (4.30pm) | Abdalla Ali | Nanoparticle delivery of molecular agents to tackle HIV latency Zoom ID: 895 0453 4779 | Lewin Lab |
| 8 October | Mitra Ashayeripanah | Mechanisms that cause functional impairment of dendritic cells following systemic inflammatory response syndrom Zoom ID: 832 5059 8491 | Villadangos Lab |
| 15 October | Norelle Sherry | Using pathogen genomics for surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in Australia Zoom ID: 854 8967 5195 | Howden Lab |
| 22 October | Melkamu Tessema | Investigating the antiviral activity of dynamin-like GTPases ofthe Myxoma protein and guanylate-binding protein families Zoom ID: 865 6892 0374 | Reading Lab |
| 29 October | Nathan Kenney | tba | Mackenzie Lab |
| 5 November (4.00pm) | Aaron Weinman | tba | Tong Lab |
| 12 November (4.30pm) | Vibha Udupa | tba | Turner Lab |
| 19 November (11am) | Jared Stern | tba | Lewin Lab |
| 26 November | Saleh Alquethamy | tba | McDevitt Lab |
| 3 December | Santiago Valle Torres | tba | Kallies Lab |
| 10 December | Tina Meischel | tba | Reading/Londrigan Labs |
DOHERTY INSTITUTE IMMUNOLOGY THEME - DATA PRESENTATION SERIES
| DATE | SPEAKERS | Zoom |
|---|---|---|
| 19 April |
Sapna Devi (Mueller lab): Neural control of immunity Wen Shi Lee (Kent lab): Decay of Fc-dependent antibody functions after mild to moderate COVID-19 Chair: Mitra Ashayeripanah (Villadangos lab) |
ID: 822 2351 9803 Passcode: 704745 |
| 3 May |
Thomas Rasmussen (Lewin lab): Immune checkpoint blockade to target HIV persistence on ART Elise Gressier (Bedoui lab): T cell help regulates how APC integrate IFN-a/b signals into effective CD8+ T cell immunity against SARS-CoV-2 Chair: Maria Nogueira de Menezes (Heath lab) |
ID: 822 2351 9803 Passcode: 704745 |
| 17 May |
Fern Koay (Godfrey lab): An in vitro system for human gamma delta T cell development Carlson Tsui (Kallies lab): Investigating the role of Myb in CD8 T cells during chronic infections Chair: Hamish McWilliam (Villadangos lab) |
ID: 822 2351 9803 Passcode: 704745 |
| 31 May |
Raissa Fonseca (Mackay lab): Runx3 drives a tissue-residency program absent in CD4+ T cells Oanh Nguyen(Kedzierska lab): SARS-CoV-2-specific CD8+ T cell responses in COVID-19 patients Chair: Isaac Barber-Axthelm (Kent lab) |
ID: 822 2351 9803 Passcode: 704745 |
| 28 June | Gordon Chua (Heath lab): Characterising CD8+ T cell responses to malaria conjugate vaccines: from activation to memory formation Emma Bawden (Gebhardt lab): Melanoma Immunosurveillance by CD4+ T cells Chair: Eleanor Eddy (McCluskey lab) | ID: 822 2351 9803 Passcode: 704745 |
| 12 July | Kevin Selva (Chung lab): Gone viral: Uncovering the antibody trends of the pandemic Michael Souter (McCluskey): Novel antigen recognition by a functionality distinct MAIT cell subset Chair: Louise Rowntree (Kedzierska lab) | ID: 822 2351 9803 Passcode: 704745 |
| 26 July 2pm | Cameron Williams (Haque lab): Studying lymphocyte responses against malaria via spatial transcriptomics Toshihiro Nakamura (Villadangos lab): Visualising CTL-cancer interaction during rapid CTL dysfunction Chair: Sarah Sandford (Mueller lab) | ID: 822 2351 9803 Passcode: 704745 |
| 9 August 2pm | Timothy Patton (McCluskey lab): “The Death of a MAIT: Coming to terms with the pathways regulating MAIT cell death” Mai Ngoc Vu (Kent lab): "Antibody functionalised nanoparticle vaccines target immunogens to germinal centers" Chair: Chris Chiu (Lewin lab) | ID: 822 2351 9803 Passcode: 704745 |
| 23 August 2pm | Isaac Barber-Axthelm (Kent lab): “Loss of CCR6 expression during phosphoantigen-driven in vivo expansion of macaque Vd2+Vg9+ T cells” Wuji Zhang (Kedzierska lab): "Immune responses in COVID-19 respiratory tract and blood reveal mechanisms of disease severity" Chair: Daniel Utzschneider (Kallies lab) | ID: 822 2351 9803 Passcode: 704745 |
| 6 September 2pm | Meghana Malavvar Shreenivas (Strugnell lab): “B cells are required for optimal CD4+ T cell memory response against Salmonella infection” Andreas Obers (Mackay lab): "Dynamics of gut-resident lymphocytes" Chair: Alex Sedgwick (Barrow lab) | ID: 822 2351 9803 Passcode: 704745 |
| 20 September 2pm | Calvin Xu (Godfrey lab): “An Unconventional T cell Niche: MAIT cells expand in the absence of NKT and γδT cells” Ke Li (McCaw lab): "Modelling the effect of MUC1 on influenza virus infection kinetics and macrophage dynamics" Chair: Emma Bawden (Gebhardt lab) | ID: 822 2351 9803 Passcode: 704745 |
| 4 October 2pm | Louise Rowntree (Kedzierska lab): “SARS-CoV-2 infection in children does not necessitate establishment of adaptive SARS-CoV-2-specific immunological memory” Nishma Gupta (Villadangos lab): "Metabolic control of dendritic cell activation: Role of O-GlcNAc glycosylation" Chair: Caroline Soliman (Godfrey lab) | ID: 822 2351 9803 Passcode: 704745 |
| 18 October 2pm | Santiago Valle Torres (Kallies lab): “Inflammation dependent differentiation of two distinct adipose tissue Treg populations shape systemic metabolism” Susan Christo (Mackay lab): "Discrete tissue microenvironments instruct diversity in resident memory T cell function and plasticity" Chair: Josh Lee (Haque) | ID: 822 2351 9803 Passcode: 704745 |
WORK IN PROGRESS SEMINAR SERIES
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RESPIRATORY RESEARCH SEMINARS
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