2018 CIDR Symposium

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PROGRAM

9:00 - 9:10      Welcome: Matt Sweet (IMB, UQ)

9:10 - 10:50    METABOLISM AND INFLAMMATION (Chair: Matt Sweet)

Meredith O’Keeffe (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Monash University): 9:10 – 9:35 (25 min)

Title: Interferon-lambda, DC & metabolism

Phil Hansbro  (HMRI/University of Newcastle and Centenary Institute/UTS): 9:35 – 10:00 (25 min)

Title: Mitochondrial oxidative stress and immunometabolism in COPD

Kirsty Short (SCMB, University of Queensland): 10:00 – 10:25 (25 min)

Title: Influenza virus and chronic medical conditions: a killer combination

Katharina Ronacher (Mater Research-UQ): 10:25 – 10:50 (25 min)

Title: Immune-Metabolic Alterations Beyond Hyperglycemia and Infectious Disease Risk in Diabetes: Insights from Studies Across Different Ethnicities

10:50 - 11:20  MORNING TEA

11:20 - 12:25  IMAGING INFLAMMATION(Chair: Jenny Stow)

Alpha Yap (IMB, University of Queensland): 11:20  – 11:45 (25 min)

Title: Epithelia: their first line of defence against the challenge of apoptosis

Adam Wall (IMB, University of Queensland): 11:45 – 12:00 (15 min)

Title: Rab Regulation of Ruffling and Macropinocytosis during TLR activation in macrophages

David Hume (Mater Research-UQ): 12:00 – 12:25 (25 min)

Title: Imaging macrophages and regulation of Csf1r gene expression

12:25 - 1:30    LUNCH

1:30 - 3:00      FIBROSIS AND WOUND HEALING(Chair: Abishek Iyer)

Allison Cowin (University of South Australia): 1:30 – 1:55 (25 min)

Title: Cytoskeletal regulation of wound healing and inflammation

Divya Ramnath (IMB, University of Queensland): 1:55 – 2:10 (15 min)

Title: Mapping steatosis-independent and steatosis-driven gene signatures associated with chronic liver disease

Kelli MacDonald (QIMRB): 2:10 – 2:35 (25 min)

Title: Targeted Rock2 inhibition suppresses and reverses liver fibrosis

Glenda Gobe (SBMS, University of Queensland): 2:35 – 3:00 (25 min)

Title: Role of cGMP and its signaling pathways in kidney fibrosis

3:00 - 3:30      AFTERNOON TEA

3:30 - 5:00      CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF INFLAMMATION (Chair: Kate Schroder)

Ranjeny Thomas (UQ-DI, University of Queensland): 3:30 – 3:55 (25 min)

Title: Role of bacteria, macrophages and IL-23 in the pathogenesis of spondyloarthritis in SKG mice

Ken Loh (IMB, University of Queensland): 3:55 – 4:10 (15 min)

Title: Controlling activation of a GPCR in allergic asthma

Amy Chan (IMB, University of Queensland): 4:10 – 4:25 (15 min)

Title: Mechanisms of Caspase-4 Activation

James Vince (WEHI): 4:25 – 4:50 (25 min)

Title: Post-translational control of inflammasome signalling

4:50 - 5:00      Close: Kate Schroder (IMB, UQ)

5:00 - 6:00      Mixer

Thanks to our sponsors UQ IMB, the Centre for Advanced Molecular Imaging and CSL Limited.

Event contact: Professor Matt Sweet, inflammation@imb.uq.edu.au