Research in progress Sept-Dec 2020
Latest talks by staff and students in the CIR
These talks take place virtually at 12pm and are not open to the general public.
| Date | Speaker | Group | Title |
| 04 September 2020 | Susan Fernandes | Kev Dhaliwal | "Fluorescence lifetime signatures of human lung cancer" |
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Abigail Elliot |
Yi Feng | "Using single cell transcriptomics to decipher the role of macrophages during early tumour initiation" | |
| 11 September 2020 | Jane Louise Parry | Alan Serrels | "Novel regulators of inflammation in pancreatic cancer" |
| Clare Pridans | Clare Pridans | "The role of Csf1r in macrophage development and disease" | |
| 18 September 2020 | Philip Emanuel - FINAL | Kev Dhaliwal | "Modulating type II alveolar epithelial senescence in acute lung injury and fibrosis" |
| 25 September 2020 | Mike Rimmer | Chris Gregory | "Extracellular vesicles and the impact of chemotherapy of the prepubescent testes" |
| Rebecca Gentek | Rebecca Gentek | "Development, functions and programming of the “layered” immune system" | |
| 02 October 2020 | Melina Michael | Sonja Vermeren | "The functions of SHIP2 in neutrophils" |
| Emily Thompson | Marc Vendrell | "Granzymes as novel biomarkers for IBD" | |
| 09 October 2020 | Jordan Portman - FINAL | Neil Henderson | "Investigating Liver Regeneration Using Single Cell RNA Sequencing" |
| 16 October 2020 | Thomas Fenton | Gwo-Tzer Ho |
"Single-Cell Characterisation of Mononuclear Phagocytes in the Human Gut" |
| Laura McCulloch | Laura McCulloch | "Brain injury, bugs and B cells" | |
| 23 October 2020 | No RIP | ||
| 30 October 2020 | Justyna Binkowska | Debby Bogaert | "Early-life drivers, host-microbiome interactions and respiratory outcomes of premature birth" |
| Layla Mathieson | Ahsan Akram | "Optical Imaging of Fibroblast Activation Protein in Humans" | |
| 06 November 2020 | Jonathan Gillan - FINAL | Robert Gray | "Novel Insights into Macrophage Dysfunction in Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease" |
| 13 November 2020 | Omar Salem | Carsten Hansen | "The Hippo pathway in Prostate Cancer" |
| Laura Kitto | Neil Henderson | "Investigating hepatic stellate cell heterogeneity and function during the regenerative response" | |
| 20 November 2020 | Abigail Reese | Marc Vendrell | "MINITAGS: New tools for imaging small proteins with molecular resolution" |
| Utsa Karmakar | Sonja Vermeren | "Pro-resolution properties of insoluble immune complexes in neutrophils" | |
| 27 November 2020 | Simone Arienti | Sarah Walmsley | "Investigating the metabolic plasticity of inflammatory neutrophils" |
| Eleni Papachristoforou | Prakash Ramachandran | "Defining therapeutic targets for human liver fibrosis using single-cell transcriptomics" | |
| 04 December 2020 | Jiwon Park | Carsten Hansen | "Investigating cellular response to hydrostatic pressure and the Hippo Pathway" |
| Chikondi Peno | Debby Bogaert | "Development of the respiratory microbiota, effects of immunization and consequences for respiratory health in Gambian Children" | |
| 11 December 2020 | Pieter Louwe - FINAL | Steve Jenkins | "The fate and plasticity of inflammatory macrophages during peritonitis" |