Seminars - Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Below seminars are held in the Doherty Auditorium, Ground Floor.
Update March 2022: Department seminars will be delivered in a hybrid format.
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 Fridays from 3.00pm – 4.00pm.
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
2022 DEPARTMENT RESEARCH SEMINAR SCHEDULE
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE | HOST | |
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| 24 March |
Dr Belinda Hall University of Surrey, UK | How the exotoxin mycolactonedrives Buruli ulcer pathology Zoom ID: 861 5591 0502 | Prof Tim Stinear | |
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Wednesday 30 March, 12pm |
Dr Jason Kelly Fiona Elsey Cancer Center, Ballarat | The functional potential of MAIT cells in human colorectal cancer. In-person only, L5 Seminar Room | Dr Hamish McWilliam | |
| 31 March |
A/Prof Kaylene Simpson Peter Mac | Using multi-OMIC approaches to drive target discovery Zoom ID: 857 7231 4373 Passcode: 371571 | Dr Nick Scott | |
| 28 April |
Dr Michelle Wille University of Sydney | Towards an understanding of the ecology of viruses in wild birds Zoom ID: 857 7231 4373 Passcode: 371571 | Dr Danielle Ingle | |
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Monday 9 May, 3:30pm | Genoveffa Franchini, M.D. | HIV vaccine candidate efficacy augmented by the zinc finger inhibitor SAMT-247 via NK cytotoxicity, monocytes efferocytosis and decreased T-cell activation Zoom ID: 863 8329 9492 | Prof Damian Purcell | |
| 12 May |
Dr Karl Hassan University of Newcastle | A decade of research into Acinetobacter efflux pumps Zoom ID: 857 7231 4373 Passcode: 371571 | Dr Nick Scott | |
| 19 May | Justin S. A. Perry, Ph.D. M.A. (Weill Cornell Medical Center (USA) | Novel adaptations supports homeostatic apoptotic cell clearance by macrophages in limited-oxygen environments Zoom ID: 857 7231 4373 Passcode: 371571 | Presented by POSSIIM | |
| 26 May |
Dr Cyril Seillet WEHI | Neural control of non-canonical function of innate immune cells Zoom ID: 857 7231 4373 Passcode: 371571 | Prof Scott Mueller | |
| 2 June |
Susan Johnson, PhD Vaxart, Inc. (USA) | Drop the needle: Oral tablet vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 Zoom ID: 857 7231 4373 Passcode: 371571 | Prof Stephen Kent | |
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9 June 5pm |
Prof Christopher Jewell University of Maryland (USA) |
Miegunyah Fellowship Lecture Biomaterials as tools to study and control immune function Zoom ID: 857 7231 4373 Passcode: 371571 | Prof Andrew Brooks | |
| 30 June | Professor Helene Andrews-Polymenis College of Medicine Faculty Texas A&M University (USA) | Identification of genetic factors underlying the host response to bacterial infection. Zoom ID: 857 7231 4373 Passcode: 371571 | A/Prof Hayley Newton | |
| 7 July | Dr Tamar Kleinberger - Institute of Technololgy, Haifa, Israel | Virus – host cell interactions and cancer cell death: The adenovirus E4orf4 story Zoom ID: 857 7231 4373 Passcode: 371571 | Prof Damian Purcell | |
| 14 July | Dr Ryan Thwaites, National Heart and Lung Institute Imperial College London | Mucosal inflammatory and antibody responses associated with protection and disease after human SARS-CoV-2 challenge Zoom ID: 857 7231 4373 Passcode: 371571 | Dr Brendan Chua | |
| 18 July | Dr Max Evrard, McKenzie Post-Doctoral Fellow, Peter Doherty Institute | Resolving circulating and tissue-resident memory T cells using high-dimensional protein screens Zoom ID: 857 7231 4373 Passcode: 371571 | Dr Yannick Alesandre | |
| 11 August | Dr Adele Lehane, Senior Lecturer at the Research School of Biology, Australian National University (ANU) | Membrane transport proteins in the malaria parasite - new drug targets and resistance determinants Zoom ID: 857 7231 4373 Passcode: 371571 | Dr Ash Haque | |
| 18 August, 1.00pm |
Dr Bart A. Eijkelkamp Molecular Sciences and Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA | "The battle for nutrients at the host-pathogen interface: They are what you eat” Zoom ID: 857 7231 4373 Passcode: 371571 | Dr Stephanie Neville | |
| 25 August, 1.00pm | A/Prof Maria Kaparakis-Liaskos is Head of the Host-Pathogen Interactions laboratory in the Department of Microbiology at La Trobe University, and Deputy Director of the La Trobe Research Centre for Extracellular Vesicles | "Immune modulation by Helicobacter pylori and the biological functions of bacterial membrane vesicles" Zoom ID: 857 7231 4373 Passcode: 371571 | Dr Aimee Tan | |
| 15 September | Dr Danny Wilson, Laboratory Head – Malaria Biology Research Centre for Infectious Diseases, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide | "The essential cytosolically exposed rhoptry leaflet interacting proteins of malaria merozoites and their role in RBC entry" Zoom ID: 857 7231 4373 Passcode: 371571 | Dr Lynette Beattie | |
| 29 September | Dr Sebastian Duchene Australian Research Council fellow at the Department of Microbiology and Immunology University of Melbourne | "Moleculat clocks and quantifying statistical evidence in evolutionary analyses" Zoom ID: 857 7231 4373 Passcode: 371571 | Dr Danielle Ingle | |
| 6 October | Professor Sammy Bedoui, MD Director of Research, School of Biomedical Sciences Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences | "DC-T cell interactions: microbiota, metabolism and memory" Zoom ID: 857 7231 4373 Passcode: 371571 | ||
| 13 October | Dr Carolien van de Sandt ARC-DECRA Senior Research Fellow | "Virus-specific CD8+ T cells across the human lifespan: a suboptimal reset for the elderly" Zoom ID: 857 7231 4373 Passcode: 371571 | Prof Katherine Kedzierska | |
| 19 October (Wednesday) | Dr Sandrine Henri Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy | "Myeloid Cell Heterogeneity in Murine Tissue in Health and Disease” Zoom ID: 870 4042 1074 Passcode: 327117 | Prof Jose Villadangos | |
| 27 October | A/Prof Kim Good-Jacobson Monash University | "Are there epigenomic determinants of effective antibody and B cell memory formation in acute vs chronic viral infection?” Zoom ID: 857 7231 4373 Passcode: 371571 | Dr Amy Chung | |
| 3 November | Dr Harry Horsnell | "The Force Awakens: Lymph node homeostasis and adaptation to immune challenge resolved by fibroblast network mechanics” Zoom ID: 857 7231 4373 Passcode: 371571 | Prof Scott Mueller | |
| 28 November (Monday 4pm) | Prof Daniel Kaplan | "TGFb controls leukocyte retention in the epidermis” Zoom ID: 885 7218 7033 Passcode: 327117 | Prof Scott Mueller | |
| 1 December | Prof Florian I. Schmidt | "Interrogating Infection and Immunity with Camelid Nanobodies” Zoom ID: 857 7231 4373 Passcode: 371571 | Prof Jason Mackenzie |
2022 PhD COMPLETION ORATION SCHEDULE
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE | HOST |
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| 11 February | Damien Phan | RNA Stability in alphavirus infected cells Zoom ID 828 0122 4201 | Fazakerley Lab |
| 25 February | Not available | ||
| 4 March | Stefano Giulieri |
Exploiting bacterial adaptation analyses to improve clinical management of Staphylococcus aureus infections In person attendance: Doherty Auditorium or Zoom ID: 872 0892 6615. Password: 165742 | Howden/Stinear Labs |
| 11 March | Tina Meischel | Understanding the early events in influenza A virus infection of human airway macrophages compared to epithelial cells Zoom ID: 97 1674 8507 Password: 899504 | Londrigan/Reading Labs |
| 18 March | Sarah Sandford | Formation and maintenance of immune memory after viral infection in the intestines Zoom ID: 810 5080 1027 Password: 361519 | Mueller Lab |
| 1 April | Not available | ||
| 15 April | Not available (Good Friday) | ||
| 29 April | Christina Scheffler |
Characterization and prevention of stunning, a cytotoxic T lymphocyte inactivating program that impairs adoptive T cell therapy against cancer Zoom ID: 840 1296 9788 Password: 989968 | Villadangos Lab |
| 6 May | Yianni Droungas | Evaluating chimeric HBeAg-epitope HBV virus-like particles for their ability to generate therapeutic anti-HBV responses Zoom ID: 846 2137 8685 Password: 234731 | Revill/Netter Labs |
| 13 May | Katherine Gourley |
Interleukin-1 is Unique In Its Ability to Modulate PD-L1 and PD-L2 Expression By CD1a+ Mo-DCs Zoom ID: 846 1977 9851 Password: 615595 | Godfrey Lab |
| 20 May | Marina Zupan | The molecular basis for zinc import in Streptococcus pneumoniae via the solute-binding protein AdcAII Zoom ID: 813 7882 6985 Password: 281755 | McDevitt Lab |
| 27 May | Not available | ||
| 3 June | Not available | ||
| 10 June | Alice Trenerry | Lipid metabolism and immune regulation during flavivirus infection Zoom ID:860 6837 0427 Password: 899127 | Mackenzie Lab |
| 17 June | Courtney Lane | Implementation of Genomic Epidemiological Methods to Inform Routine Public Health Practice in Australia | Howden Lab |
| 1 July | Not available | ||
| 22 July | Not available (IgV seminar) | ||
| 29 July | Sam Davis | Antibody Fc effector functions & plasma IgA in viral pandemics (COVID edition) Zoom ID: 858 6695 9190 Password: 381008 | Chung Lab |
| 5 August | Not available | ||
| 19 August | Ebene Haycroft | Into the variant-verse: Functional antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 Zoom ID: 858 6695 9190 Password: 381008 | Chung/Kent Labs |
| 26 August | Ashley Hirons | Chronic immune activation and T-cell dysfunction mediated from the HTLV-1c provirus graveyard Zoom ID: 858 6695 9190 Password: 381008 | Purcell Lab |
| 2 September | Thiago Maass Steiner | Requirements for efficient humoral immunity to DC-targeted Ag Zoom ID: 858 6695 9190 Password: 381008 | Heath Lab |
| 9 September | Yu Cheng Chua | Generating CD8+ liver-resident memory T cell immunity against malaria Zoom ID: 858 6695 9190 Password: 381008 | Heath Lab |
| 23 September | Not available (GF Holiday) | ||
| 7 October | Calvin Xu | The Development and Homeostasis of Unconventional T cells Zoom ID: 858 6695 9190 Password: 381008 | Godfrey Lab |
| 14 October | Not available (MRFF COVID Immunity meeting) | ||
| 21 October (4pm) | Cheryll Sia | The central dogma: From genomics to translational public health surveillance of nontyphoidal Salmonella Zoom ID: 858 6695 9190 Password: 381008 | Williamson Lab |
| 28 October (4pm) | Sven Engel | The Flexibility of Programmed Cell Death during Intracellular Infection Zoom ID: 858 6695 9190 Password: 381008 | Bedoui Lab |
| 11 November | M. Z. Mitchell Zheng | Generating an effective T cell-based influenza vaccine Zoom ID: 858 6695 9190 Password: 381008 | Wakim Lab |
| 18 November | Not available (Symposium with Peter Mac) | ||
| 25 November | Ariane Renita Lee | The role of the short-chain fatty acid butyrate in T cell differentiation Zoom ID: 858 6695 9190 Password: 381008 | Bedoui Lab |
| 2 December | Not available (ASI) | ||
| 7 December (Wednesday) | Yi Nong | Dissecting the role of topical antibiotics in the emergence of multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Zoom ID: 858 6695 9190 Password: 381008 | Williamson Lab |
| 9 December | Isaac Barber-Axthelm | Monkeys and Tattoos: gd T-cell immunotherapies and lymph node immune responses to vaccines Zoom ID: 858 6695 9190 Password: 381008 | Kent Lab |
| 14 December (Wednesday - zoom only) | Freya Maria Kretzmer | tba | Gebhardt Lab |
| 16 December | Not available |
WORK IN PROGRESS SEMINAR SERIES
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RESPIRATORY RESEARCH SEMINARS
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