2017 CIDR Symposium

Event program

9:00 - 9:05      Welcome: Matt Sweet (IMB, UQ)

9:05 - 9:45      Keynote address (Chair: Matt Sweet)

Judi Allen  (The University of Manchester) 
Title: Learning from Helminths:  Tissue-specific protection against infection and injury

9:45 - 10:40    Imaging inflammation (Chair: Jenny Stow)

Michael Hickey (Monash): 9:45 – 10:10 (25 min)
Title: Using in vivo imaging to uncover novel actions of leukocytes in inflammation

Mercedes Monteleone (IMB, UQ): 10:10 – 10:25 (15 min)
Title: Mechanisms of unconventional secretion of IL-1beta

Claudia Stocks (IMB, UQ): 10:25 – 10:40 (15 min)
Title: Visualization of zinc-mediated antimicrobial responses reveals bacterial subversion of innate immunity

10:40 - 11:10  MORNING TEA

11:10 - 12:30  Cellular and molecular mechanisms of inflammation (Chair: Kate Schroder)

Andreas Suhrbier (QIMRB): 11:10 – 11:35 (25 min)
Title: Granzyme A inflames rather than kills

Kinga Duszyc (IMB, UQ): 11:35 – 11:50 (15 min)
Title: Extrusion of apoptotic epithelial cells as a way to prevent inflammation

Abishek Iyer (IMB, UQ): 11:50 – 12:05 (15 min)
Title: Targeting immunometabolism in human epithelial cells

Bostjan Kobe  (SCMB, UQ): 12:05 – 12:30 (25 min)
Title: Signalling by cooperative assembly formation (SCAF) by TIR domains in innate immunity and cell death pathways

12:30 - 1:30    LUNCH

1:30 - 3:10      Living on the edge: Inflammation at mucosal surfaces (Chairs: Lin Luo)

Liz Hartland (Hudson Institute of Medical Research): 1:30 – 1:55 (25 min)
Title: Legionella intracellular replication

Jake Begun (MRI-UQ): 1:55 – 2:20 (25 min)
Title: Role of Autophagy  in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Kate Irvine (MRI-UQ): 2:20 – 2:45 (25 min)
Title: Immunity and susceptibility to infection in cirrhosis

Claire Wainwright (Royal Children’s Hospital & UQ): 2:45 – 3:10 (25 min)
Title: Airway inflammation, a blessing and a scourge

3:10 - 3:40      AFTERNOON TEA

3:40 - 4:45      Inflammation and Therapeutics (Chair: David Fairlie)

Irina Caminschi (Monash): 3:40 – 4:05 (25 min)
Title: Hijacking dendritic cell receptors to design better vaccines

Rhiannon Werder (QIMRB): 4:05 – 4:20 (15 min)
Title: PGD2-mediated DP1 and DP2 receptor activation regulate the severity of viral bronchiolitis

Ian Wicks (WEHI): 4:20 – 4:45 (25 min)
Title: Targeting GM-CSF in inflammatory diseases

4:45 - 4:50      Close: Kate Schroder (IMB, UQ)

4:50 - 6:00      Mixer

This symposium will be held on the Friday before the Australasian Society for Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting (27 Nov - 1 Dec), which is also being held in Brisbane.

Download the event poster (PDF, 103KB)

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

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

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