Seminars - Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Below seminars are held in the Doherty Auditorium, Ground Floor.
Update 8 May 2020: All seminars are currently held via zoom webinar until further notice.
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
Work in Progress Seminar Series - generally held every third Thursday of each month at 4pm
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 January (Wednesday) | Prof Giovanna Lombardi King's College London, UK | OptimisingTregtherapy to establish transplantation tolerance | Dr Alex Corbett |
| 13 February | Dr Caleb Dawson WEHI | Uncovering resident macrophages of the mammary gland by 3D and intravital imaging | Dr Yannick Alexandre |
| 5 March | Dr Sonja Best NIH, USA | Flavivirus manipulation of mitochondrial dynamics: How and why? | Prof Tim Stinear |
| 12 March | Dr Ash Haque DMI | Single-Cell Transcriptomics of CD4+ T cells During Malaria Maps Progressive Transition from Effector to Memory | Dr Lynette Beattie |
| 30 April | Prof Scott Mueller DMI | Stromal and neuroimmune axes in the regulation of immunity in lymphoid tissues. | Dr Yannick Alexandre |
| 14 May 11.00am | Dr Pamela Rosato University of Minnesota, USA | Harnessing virus-specific memory T cells for tumor immunotherapy https://unimelb.zoom.us/s/94269447671 | Dr Susan Christo |
| 21 May | Dr Adam Uldrich DMI | The unusual world of gamma-delta T cells Zoom ID: 965 9091 3013 | Dr Hamish McWilliam |
| 4 June | Prof José A Villadangos | Beneficial and Deleterious Interactions Between the Innate and Adaptive Arms of the Immune Systems Zoom ID: 988 8088 0210 | Prof Bill Heath |
| 11 June | Dr Ajithkumar Vasanthakumar | Adipose tissue adaptation mechanisms of regulatory T cells Zoom ID: 990 0511 0388 | Dr Susan Christo |
PhD COMPLETION ORATION SCHEDULE
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE | HOST |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 February | Zuwena Richardson | Using multiparameter imaging to understand HIV persistence in tissue in people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy | Lewin/Cameron Labs |
| 14 February | Raissa Wibawa | Legionella pneumophila: From amoeba to macrophage metabolism | Hartland Lab |
| 28 February | Not available | ||
| 10 April | Good Friday - Not available | ||
| 17 April | VICNISS C. auris Seminar - Not available | ||
| 5 June | Maria Auladell Bernat | Seasonal influenza vaccines: recalling the past to prevent the future Zoom ID: 986 1391 7024 | Kedzierska Lab |
| 12 June | Zhe Zhao | Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells and their function in infection Zoom ID: 976 7693 1510 | McCluskey Lab |
| 19 June | Bingjie Wang (Masters) | Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells and Aspergillus fumigatus infectionZoom ID: 988 80057466 | McCluskey Lab |
| 26 June | Julius Wong | "Advancing the ferret as an immunological model to study B-cell responses” Zoom ID: 930 7023 0277 | Kent Lab |
| 24 July | Katie Dale | "Latent tuberculosis infection and reactivation in Victoria and Australia: defining the risk and planning the response" Zoom ID: 992 1613 2600 | Denholm Lab |
| 31 July | Leila Jebeli | tbc | Strugnell Lab |
| 7 August | Xiaoxiao Jia | tbc | Kedzierska Lab |
| 14 August | Timon Damelang | tbc | Chung/Kent Labs |
| 21 August | Luca Hensen | tbc | Kedzierska Lab |
| 28 August (4pm) | Marvin Holz | tbc | |
| 4 September | Malancha Karmakar | tbc | Denholm Lab |
| 9 October | Laura Ellett | tbc | Lawson Lab |
| 16 October | William Horman | tbc | Kedzierska Lab |
| 23 October | Nicole Lau | tbc | Newton Lab |
| 30 October | Aaron Weinman | tbc | Tong Lab |
| 13 November | Not available |
DOHERTY INSTITUTE IMMUNOLOGY THEME - DATA PRESENTATION SERIES
| DATE | CHAIR | SPEAKERS |
|---|---|---|
WORK IN PROGRESS SEMINAR SERIES
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE |
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RESPIRATORY RESEARCH SEMINARS
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE |
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