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 |
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 | tba | Drummer Lab |
| 27 August | Jiyao Gan | tba | Hartland Lab |
| 3 September | Zixuan Dou | tba | Villadangos Lab |
| 10 September | Matthew Pitman | tba | Lewin Lab |
| 17 September | Felicia Schlotthauer | tba | Drummer Lab |
| 24 September | Anelely Getahun | tba | Strugnell Lab |
| 1 October | Abdalla Ali | tba | Lewin/Cameron Labs |
| 8 October | Mitra Ashayeripanah | Mechanisms that cause functional impairment of dendritic cells following systemic inflammatory response syndrom | Villadangos Lab |
| 15 October | Norelle Sherry | Using pathogen genomics for surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in Australia | Howden Lab |
| 22 October | Melkamu Tessema | tba | Reading Lab |
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 |
WORK IN PROGRESS SEMINAR SERIES
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RESPIRATORY RESEARCH SEMINARS
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