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 |
|---|---|---|---|
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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 |
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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 |
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Friday 17 July, 11am | Dr Nick Collins | The impact of dietary restriction on memory T cell homeostasis and function Zoom ID: 936 6855 9344 | Dr Simone Park |
| 6 August |
Prof Nicola Harris Monash University | Microbiota-regulation of eosinophils is required for the maintenance of small intestinal homeostasis in response to colonization Zoom ID: 963 6926 7529 | Prof Scott Mueller |
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3 September 4.00pm |
Prof Antoine Roquilly University of Medicine of Nantes (France) | Trained mononuclear phagocytes induce a local proliferation of resident memory T cells: a potential mechanism for the reduction of the risk of cancer after inflammation Zoom ID: 944 2626 4394 | Prof Jose Villadangos |
| 5 November | Dr Joanna Groom WEHI | Effector and stem-like memory cell fates are imprinted in distinct lymph node niches directed by CXCR3 ligands. Zoom ID: 863 9232 9979 | Prof Scott Mueller |
| 19 November | Prof Si Ming Man ANU | Innate immune killer proteins and inflammasome signalling Zoom ID: 819 8129 9309 | Dr Nick Scott |
PhD COMPLETION ORATION SCHEDULE
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE | HOST |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 February | Hannah Kelly | tba | Kent Lab |
| 19 February | Laura Ellet | tba | Newton Lab |
| 26 February | Joshua Deerain | tba | Mackenzie/Pearson Labs |
| 5 March | Nicole Lau | tba | Newton Lab |
| 19 March (5pm) | Linda Rafeld | tba | Hartland/Van Driel/Kolanus Labs |
| 2 April | Not available (Good Friday) |
DOHERTY INSTITUTE IMMUNOLOGY THEME - DATA PRESENTATION SERIES
| DATE | SPEAKERS |
|---|---|
| 28 September Zoom ID: 984 6590 1685 | Daniel Utzschneider (Kallies lab) "Early precursor T cells establish and propagate T cell exhaustion in chronic infection" Simone Park (L. Mackay lab) "Differential regulation and targeting of heterogeneous CD8+ tissue-resident memory T cells in skin" Tom Fulford (Godfrey lab) "A point of care device for detecting neutralising COVID-19 antibodies" |
| 12 October Zoom ID: 984 6590 1685 | Yannick Alexandre (Mueller lab) "Mesenchymal stromal cells coordinate protective adaptive immune responses during viral infections in the spleen" Turgut Aktepe (Mackenzie lab) "Norovirus Immunity and the Integrated Stress Response: Lost in translation" Daniel Fernandez Ruiz (Heath lab) "Understanding liver Trm-mediated immunity against malaria" |
| 26 October Zoom ID: 984 6590 1685 | Philippa Saunders (Brooks lab) "Coevolution of Killer cell Immunoglobulin-like Receptors (KIR) and HLA in isolated populations" Huimeng Wang (McCluskey lab) "Cytokine signals required for expansion and function of MAIT1 cells during bacterial infection" Lauren Holz (Heath lab) "Development of a glycolipid-peptide conjugate vaccine for malaria" |
| 9 November Zoom ID: 984 6590 1685 | Ariane Lee (Bedoui lab) "The role of the short chain fatty acid butyrate in CD4+ T cell immunity Mitra Ashayeripanah (Villdangos lab) "Dendritic cells dysfunction after systematic inflammation" Lianne Lansink (Haque lab) "Malaria parasites rapidly sense host inflammatory environments in vivo" |
| 23 November Zoom ID: 984 6590 1685 | Mitchell Zheng (Wakim lab) "Antigen dose and inflammation influences the size, composition, and quality of the vaccine-induced pulmonary CD8+ T cell response" Louise Rowntree (Kedzierska lab) "Generating Immunity to Severe Influenza Disease in Indigenous Australians" Emily Eriksson (WEHI) "Serological Analysis of COVID-19 recovered individuals and close contacts" |
WORK IN PROGRESS SEMINAR SERIES
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RESPIRATORY RESEARCH SEMINARS
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