Centre for Inflammation Research - Research in Progress
Centre for Inflammation Research research in progress presentations are held every Friday in the The Wellcome Auditorium, QMRI, Little France at 4pm-5pm.
Programme for January - March 2011
Friday 25th March
Presentation by:
Michael Williams, Tissue Remodelling and Regeneration Group - Defining the functional role of the liver progenitor cell-laminin interaction
Hui Zhang, Multiple Sclerosis Group - Central Nervous System Remyelination in Culture
Friday 18th March
Presentation by:
Yu Zhou, Renal Autoimmunity Group - Podocyte injury and recovery in kidney disease
Friday 11th March
Presentation by:
Damian Mole, Surgery/Tissue Injury & Regeneration/Immunity & Chronic Inflammation Groups - Therapeutic blockade of kynurenine monoxygenase in acute pancreatitis-associated organ failure
Friday 4th March
Presentations by:
Andreas Alber, Lung Inflammation Group - Provisional Title to be confirmed
Siao Pei Tan, Phagocyte Inflammation Group - Improving the Skin Barrier Function in Patients with Atopic Dermatitis.
Friday 25th February
Presentations by:
Paula Beaumont, Lung Inflammation Group - The Role of Cathelicidin in Innate Host Defence against Bacterial Lung Infection
Sana Sarvi, Lung Inflammation Group - Small cell lung cancer and cancer stem cells
Friday 18th February
No RIP due to half term break.
Friday 11th February
Presentations by:
Coaxin Huang, Stem Cell Group - Notch signal pathway in the Aorta-Gonad-Mesonephros microenvironment to enhance haematopoietic differentiation of Mouse Embryonic Stem cells
Cristina Nunes-Fonseca, Multiple Sclerosis Group - The role of integrins in axo-glial interactions in CNS myelination
Friday 4th February
Presentations by:
Abhijeet Choudhary, Phagocyte Inflammation Group - Amelioration of hyperglycemia and islet inflammation independent of heme oxygenase activity in a model of type 2 diabetes
Anna Daniel, Leukocyte & Lung Cell Biology Group - Requirements for platelet-leukocyte binding (and signalling)
Friday 28th January
Presentation by:
Dr Nik Hirani, Lung Inflammation Group - Defining the roles of hypoxia and HIF in lung fibrosis.
Start time for today only is 4.30pm
Friday 21st January
Presentation by:
Andrew Robson, Tissue Remodelling and Regeneration Group - Inflammatory stroma in Cholangiocarcinoma
Friday 14th January
Presentations by:
Prakash Ramachandran (John Iredale), Tissue Injury & Regeneration Group - Identifying the Restorative Hepatic Macrophage
Eleni Kouverianou (Sarah Howie), Lung Inflammation Group - Galectin-3 Regulation of Lung Tumour Growth
All welcome.