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Department of Immunology Seminars 2008

"Wednesdays at 3.30"

Seminars begin at 3.30 pm in the Department of Immunology Seminar Room (second floor)

Date

Speaker

From

Title

2 April

Prof Michael Berndt

Monash University, Immunology

Negative regulation of platelet receptors

9 April

Dr. Sara Prickett & Prof Robyn O'Hehir

Monash University, Immunology

T-cell targeted peptide therapy for peanut allergy

23 April

Prof Els Meeusen

Monash University, Physiology

A possible role for eosinophil-specific galectins in allergic asthma and parasite rejection
7 May A/Prof Robyn Slattery

Monash University, Immunology

 The role of MHC class I in Type 1 Diabetes
21 May Prof Karlheinz Peter

Baker Heart Research Institute

Single-chain antibodies as diagnostic tools and therapeutic agents

13 Aug

A/Prof Mark Wright  &  Dr Po Ki Ho

 Monash University, Immunology

Tetraspanin CD37 controls alpha4 beta1 integrin function and is essential for the generation of plasma cells.  A study on tetraspanin microdomains in T cell signalling

27 Aug

Dr Mireille Lahoud

WEHI

Dendritic Cell Surface Molecules: Pathogen Recognition and Subset Function
10 Sept Dr François-Xavier Hubert

WEHI

 The role of Aire in thymocyte development and autoimmunity
24 Sept Dr James Chan Monash Medical Centre, Medicine Antigen-specific bone marrow transplantation permanently remits experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis
8 Oct Prof Brendan Crabb Burnet Institute Invasion, virulence and an Achilles heel in the human malaria parasite
22 Oct

Dr. Anita Gamvrellis & Dr. Gabriela Minigo

 Monash University, Immunology

1) Understanding how nano-beads induce potent immune responses- Analysis in phenotype, uptake and location, and cellular proliferation 2) Regulatory T cells in uncomplicated and severe malaria
5 Nov Cancelled
19 Nov Dr Sharon La Fontaine Cellular/Molecular Biology, Deakin University Protein interactions regulating the activity of the mammalian copper transporters  

 


Program coordinated by

Dr Robert Andrews,  Email: rob.andrews@med.monash.edu.au

Prof Magda Plebanski, Email: magdalena.plebanski@med.monash.edu.au

Distribution and mailing list enquiries to
Angela Norman (PA to Head of Department), Department of Immunology
Telephone: (03) 9903 0713 Email: angela.norman@med.monash.edu.au

 

PhD PROGRESS SEMINAR

12 March –  Craig Nicholls Deparment of Immunology, Monash University

Regulation and inhibition of telomerase in cancer cells

PhD PROGRESS SEMINAR

19 March –  Jianxiong Chan Department of Immunology, Monash University
Characterisation of a novel neural-specific ATPase in cholesterol transport