Symposium Programme 2012
The 10th annual DIIID & DTIMB Postgraduate Symposium
Date: 30th May 2012
Time: 10:00am - 6:00pm
Venue: Governor's Hall, St Thomas' Hospital Governor's Hall
Schedule
10:00 -10:30 Registration
10:30 -10:45 Opening Address by Prof Adrian Hayday and Prof Steven Sacks
10:45 -11:30 Keynote lecture by Prof Luke O'Neill, Trinity College Dublin
11:30 -11:50 Refreshments
11:50 -12:35 Oral Presentations I (Chairs: Prof S. Sacks & Prof F Geismann)
11:50 - 12:05 Simon Freely (MRC Centre for Transplantation) Granulocytecolony stimulating factor exacerbates ANCA vasculitis
12:05 - 12:20 Daniel Abeles (Institute of Liver Studies) Expanded CD14hi/CD16+ monocytes in acute liver injury: Angels or Demons?
12:20 - 12:35 Ayesha Irtiza-Ali (Department of Renal Medicine) Role of Ras-GTPase isoforms in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
12:35 -13:30 Lunch
13:30 -14:30 Poster Session I & Coffee
14:30 -15:15 Oral Presentations II (Chairs: Prof A. Hayday & Prof M. Malim)
14:30 -14:45 Katrina Soderquest (Department of Experimental Immunobiology) The role of disease-linked geneticvariation in the regulation of gene expression
14:45 -15:00 Deborah Kronenberg(Peter Gorer Department of Immunobiology)Circulating, preproinsulin signal peptide-specific CD8 T-cells restricted by the susceptibility molecule HLA-A24 are expanded at onset of Type 1 diabetes and kill β -cells
15:00 -15:15 Tonya Kueck (Department of Infectious Diseases) A cytoplasmic tail determinant in HIV-1 Vpu mediates targeting of tetherin for endosomal degradation and counteracts interferon-induced restriction
15:15 -16:15 Posters Session II & Coffee
16.15 -16:45 Oral presentations III (Chairs: Prof R. Noelle & Prof G. Lord)
16:15 -16:30 Jennifer Tyler (Peter Gorer Department of Immunobiology) Defective Regulatory T Cell Function in Type 1 Diabetes: a Trait under Genetic Control?
16:30-16:45 Claire Pean (Centre for Molecular and Cellular Biology of Inflammation) JAK/STAT pathway in autophagic control of intracellular mycobacteria
16:45 -17:15 Award ceremony and closing remarks
17:15 -18:00 Evening reception