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

DATESPEAKERTITLEHOST
7 February Tuesday 1pm

Prof. Paul Thomas
(St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, USA)

A/Prof. Aubree Gordon (University of Michigan, USA)

'Deconstructing the form and function of T cell responses to viral infections’



'Influenza and SARS-CoV-2 infection and reinfection in a paediatric cohort'

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 MarchA/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 AprilDr. 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

DATESPEAKERTITLEHOST
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
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 AprilDominik SchienstocktbaMueller lab
26 April Navnett Kaur tba McDevitt  lab
3 May
4pm 
Haoming LiutbaLewin lab
10 May Laura McCoullough tba Revill lab
17 May Charlie Higgs tba Howden lab
14 JuneAdham MohamedtbaBrooks lab
21 JuneSo Young ChangtbaKedzierska lab
30 August Adrianna Turner tba Howden lab
27 September 

Not available - 2023 Annual Symposium

 
11 OctoberWuji ZhangtbaKedzierska lab
18 October at 12pmJennifer HabeltbaKedzierska lab
25 October Isabelle FootbaKedzierska lab
29 November
 

Not available - ACH2 Conference

 
13 December 

Not available – DMI EOY Function