Seminars - Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Below seminars are held in the Doherty Auditorium, Ground Floor.
Update February 2023: Department Research Seminars will be an in-person event and PhD Orations will be delivered in a hybrid format.
Research Seminars - Held on Thursdays from 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 Wednesdays from 1:00pm – 2:00pm. Celebrations will occur on the same day in the tearoom at 4:30pm.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 February Tuesday 1pm | Prof. Paul Thomas A/Prof. Aubree Gordon (University of Michigan, USA) | 'Deconstructing the form and function of T cell responses to viral infections’ | Prof Katherine Kedzierska |
| 8 February Wednesday 12pm | Prof Mark Travis (University of Manchester, UK) | 'Regulation of mucosal immunity by integrins and TGF-beta' | Prof Laura Mackay |
| 9 February 1pm | Dr Edwin Leeansyah (Tsinghua University, China) | 'Exploring the role of MAIT cells in gastrointestinal infections using human intestinal organoid platforms' | Prof Sharon Lewin |
| 2 March 1pm | Prof Dr Diana Dudziak (University Hospital of Erlangen, Germany) | 'Distinct regulation of inflammatory response in dendritic cell subpopulations' | Prof Jose Villadangos |
| 30 March | A/Prof Paul Norman | 'Evolution Modulates Human Natural Killer Cell Functions' | Dr Oanh Nguyen |
| 4 April Tuesday 12pm | Prof Janko Nikolich (University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ) | 'Age-related changes in lymph node stroma and their impact on immunity to infections' | Prof Katherine Kedzierska |
| 6 April | Dr. Thomas Ashhurst (Sydney Cytometry Core Research Facility) | 'Integration and analysis of high-dimensional cytometry, single-cell, and spatial data for comprehensive immune profiling' | Dr Oanh Nguyen |
2022 PhD COMPLETION ORATION SCHEDULE
Zoom Webinar ID: 869 6223 1391 Password: 230162
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE | HOST |
|---|---|---|---|
31 January Tuesday 4pm | Helena Horvatic | 'Obesity impairs virus-specific memory CD8+ T cell signalling and function'
Zoom Webinar ID: 869 6223 1391 Password: 230162
| Kallies lab |
| 1 February | Lena Standke | 'Impact of inflammasome-induced extracellular vesicles on different bystander cells'
Zoom Webinar ID: 869 6223 1391 Password: 230162
| Bedoui lab |
| 8 February 4pm | Rachel Pascoe | 'Pomalidomide enhances NK cell and HIV-specific CD8+ T cell immunity to drive clearance of HIV-infected cells' Zoom Webinar ID: 869 6223 1391 Password: 230162 | Lewin lab |
| 15 February | Marcel Michla | 'Control of pulmonary immunity by physical exercise' Zoom Webinar ID: 869 6223 1391 Password: 230162 | Mackay lab |
| 22 February | Ioanna Germuend | 'Multi-layer single-cell omics applications in the context of infection' Zoom Webinar ID: 869 6223 1391 Password: 230162 | Kedzierska lab |
| 1 March 4pm | Paula Cevaal | 'Targeting the untargetable: Eliminating HIV latency using nanoparticle delivery systems' Zoom Webinar ID: 869 6223 1391 Password: 230162 | Lewin lab |
| 8 March | Jessie Chang | 'Interrogating host-pathogen interactions during SARS-CoV-2 infection using RNA-sequencing' Zoom Webinar ID: 869 6223 1391 Password: 230162 | Lachlan lab |
| 14 March Tuesday 4pm Zoom only | Freya Kretzmer | 'Development of a CRISPR/Cas9 based RiboTag strategy to identify regulators of melanoma immune interaction' Zoom Webinar ID: 869 6223 1391 Password: 230162 | Gebhardt lab |
| 15 March | Magnus G. Jespersen | 'Characterising the genome dynamics of group A Streptococcal evolution' Zoom Webinar ID: 869 6223 1391 Password: 230162 | Davies lab |
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22 March 4pm | Manja Thiem | 'Role of the chemokines CCL17 and CCL22 in bacterial infection and IL-33-induced immune responses' Zoom Webinar ID: 869 6223 1391 Password: 230162 | Strugnell/Villadangos labs |
| 23 March Thursday 10am | Florian Gohr | 'Antiviral and antimicrobial inflammasome activation in intestinal epithelial organoids' Zoom Webinar ID: 869 6223 1391 Password: 230162 | Mackenzie lab |
| 29 March Zoom only | Fatemeh Khatami | Role of ACKR3 in Cell Physiology and Pathology | F Mackay lab |
| 19 April | Dominik Schienstock | tba | Mueller lab |
| 26 April | Navnett Kaur | tba | McDevitt lab |
| 3 May 4pm | Haoming Liu | tba | Lewin lab |
| 10 May | Laura McCoullough | tba | Revill lab |
| 17 May | Charlie Higgs | tba | Howden lab |
| 14 June | Adham Mohamed | tba | Brooks lab |
| 21 June | So Young Chang | tba | Kedzierska lab |
| 30 August | Adrianna Turner | tba | Howden lab |
| 27 September | Not available - 2023 Annual Symposium | ||
| 11 October | Wuji Zhang | tba | Kedzierska lab |
| 18 October at 12pm | Jennifer Habel | tba | Kedzierska lab |
| 25 October | Isabelle Foo | tba | Kedzierska lab |
29 November | Not available - ACH2 Conference | ||
| 13 December | Not available – DMI EOY Function |