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.
Spring 2012
Friday 20th January
Presentation by:
Dr Pierre Bagnaninchi, Centre for Biomedical Engineering & Centre for Regenerative Medicine - Technological developments in monitoring growth, development and behaviour of cells
Friday 27th January
Presentation by:
Rhoanne McPherson, Immunity& Chronic Inflammation Group - Peptide Therapeutics in CNS autoimmune disease
Friday 3rd February
Presentation by:
Hui Zhang, Multiple Sclerosis Group - Nervous System Remyelination in Culture
Friday 10th February
Presentations by:
Jagath Kasturiarachchi, Lung Inflammation Group - Aptamer derived molecular probes to detect Staphylococcal infection
and
Richard Mellanby, Immunity and Chronic Inflammation Group - Vitamin D modulation of dendritic cell function
Friday 17th February
No meeting today.
Friday 24th February
Presentations by:
Amy Miele, Lung Inflammation Group - Clinical, histopathological and molecular characterisation of asinine pulmonary fibrosis
and
Leticia Alessandri, Lung Inflammation Group - Augmenting human eosinophil apoptosis; role of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors
Friday 2nd March
Presentation by:
Dr Jonathan Fallowfield, Liver Inflammation Group - Targeting the dynamic component of portal hypertension
Friday 9th March
Presentation by:
Jennifer Raftis, Edinburgh Lung and the Environment Group - Initiative Nanoparticles and Atherosclerosis resolving the paradox
Friday 16th March
Presentations by:
Andreas Alber, Lung Inflammation Group - PHD inhibition induces alternatively activated macrophages and has differential affects on lung fibrosis
and
Neil McDonald, Lung Inflammation Group - Molecular Diagnostics for Lung Inflammation and Infection
Friday 23rd March
Presentation by:
Anne Ilchmann, Immunity and Chronic Inflammation Group - Using a mouse model to elucidate the mechanisms which link RSV infection to a subsequently increased risk for childhood asthma
Friday 30th March
Presentations by:
Amanda McFarlane, Immunity and Chronic Inflammation Group - Immune mechanisms of interactions between nematode and respiratory syncytial virus infections
and
Mel Leech, Immunity and Chronic Inflammation Group - T cells in CNS autoimmune disease