College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine

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 May - July 2011

Friday 6th May

Presentations by:

Amjah Schinwald, Edinburgh Lung & Environment Group - High aspect ratio nanomaterials (HARN) and the asbestos pathogenicity paradigm

Rhoanne McPherson, Anderton Group - Peptide therapeutics in CNS autoimmune disease

Friday 13th May

Presentations by:

Jackie Maybin, Centres for Reproductive Biology/Inflammation Research Collaboration - The regulation of endometrial repair and its impact on heavy menstrual bleeding

Laura Barr, Lung Inflammation Group - Monocyte Depletion in Experimental Lung Inflammation

Friday 20th May

Presentations by:

Jennifer Raftis, Edinburgh Lung & Environment Group - Nanoparticles and atherosclerosis: resolving the paradox

Gareth Thomlinson, Phagocyte Inflammation Group - Human neutrophil derived α-defensins modulate pro-inflammatory macrophages

Friday 27th May

Presentation by:

Karen MacKenzie, Immunity & Chronic Inflammation Group - Pitting Peptides Against Allergic Airways Disease

Friday 3rd June

Presentations by:

Zoe Venables, Interdisciplinary Research Group - The role of filaggrin mutations on epidermal barrier and antigen presenting cell immunophenotypes in atopic dermatitis patients.

John Marwick, Lung Inflammation Group - The influence of oxidative stress and hypoxia on inflammatory resolution

Friday 10th June - Postponed

Presentation by:

Lihui Zhuang, Inflammation & Cancer Group - Tumour microenvironment conditioning by stressed Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma cells

Friday 17th June

Presentation by:

James Thomas, Tissue Fibrosis & Remodelling Group - Cell Therapy for Chronic Liver Disease

Friday 24th June

No RIP

Friday 1st July

Presentation by:

Lihui Zhuang, Inflammation & Cancer Group - Tumour microenvironment conditioning by stressed Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma cells

All welcome.