Greater Manchester Immunology Group Seminar Series 2019-2020
All seminars at 12-1pm in Michael Smith Lecture Theatre unless otherwise stated Contact: matthew.hepworth@manchester.ac.uk, john.soffe@manchester.ac.uk Date Speaker Notes 20/09/19 Kathy McCoy (University of Calgary) Friday @ 11am (Michael Smith)...
Pregnancy and Immune Tolerance
Professor Mark Travis, Immune Tolerance Lead and various members of the Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation met with the Maternal and Fetal Health Research Centre from St Mary’s Hospital on Monday 10th June at Chancellor’s Hotel Manchester to...
How the whipworm interferes with allergic type responses
Richard Grencis discusses work from his recent publication in Nature Communications on the structure and function of the dominant protein secreted from the whipworm Trichuris muris highlighting its interaction with extracellular matrix and the cytokine interleukin 13...
Pint of Science
Pint of Science (pintofscience.co.uk) is a yearly, worldwide public engagement event in which researchers discuss the science that makes them tick over a drink in pubs across the country. This year Matt Hepworth spoke at the Old Abbey Taphouse in Manchester about the...
Lydia Becker Institute and the Manchester Immuno-Oncology network
Professor Dan Davis, Drs John Grainger, Matt Hepworth and Adam Hurlstone from the Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation presented at the Immuno-oncology Network meeting on the 21st of May.The Manchester Cancer Research Centre hosts the Immuno-oncology...
Sugar could be a sweet solution to respiratory disease
'Inflammation is always a delicate balancing act - too much can damage us, too little leaves us open to infections, but the ability of lung macrophages to take up or use glucose is another area that might be exploitable for future development of therapies to fine tune...
Links between gum inflammation and Alzheimer’s
With recent discussion in the press on the links between inflammation and Alzheimer’s Dr Joanne Konkel from the Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation discusses the links between Gum Inflammation and Alzheimers. Periodontitis is the most common chronic...
Immunology Seminar Series
The British Society for Immunology and the Greater Manchester Immunology Group are proud to present the Immunology Seminar Series.Michael Smith Lecture Theatre, 12:00 - 13:00March 2019 Thursday 7thChiara Romagnani, DRFZ BerlinThursday 14thClare Lloyd, Imperial College...
Immuno-Oncology One Manchester conference
The Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation attended the Immuno-Oncology One Manchester conference on the 12th of February 2019 at the Alderley Park Conference Centre. Institute Director, Professor Tracy Hussell introduced the Lydia Becker Institute and...
The tumour microenvironment
Over 100 attendees, including many members of the Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation, packed out the CTF on 8th January to discuss The Tumour Microenvironment. It was the first in a series of “Cells in Complex Environments” forums hosted by the...
