Weekly Seminar Series - 2016 archive
Centre for Inflammatory Diseases Weekly Seminar Series
The Centre for Inflammatory Diseases (CID) Weekly Seminar Series is a showcase of research activities and achievements from the CID research groups and members of the Centre. We also invite local, national and international experts to present topics relevant to the Centres research programs.
Please contact Dr Andrea Johannessen (T: +61 3 857 22861 E: andrea.johannessen@monash.edu) to subscribe to the seminar series mailing list, suggest topics and presenters and to send feedback.
2016 series details
- Day: Tuesday each week
- Time: 11:45am-1:00pm
- Lunch: 11:45am (Served in the seminar room foyer, Level 2, TRF building)
- Seminar Time: 12:00 – 1:00pm
- Venue: Seminar Room 1, Level 2, TRF Building
- Seminar venue map
- Past seminars
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Past seminars
| Date | Presenter & Topic | Documents | Recording details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Feb | Prof Richard Kitching, Director, CID Welcome and update | Flyer | |
| Dr Tony Korman Director, Monash Infectious Diseases Title: Introduction to Monash Infectious Diseases Research Program | |||
| 9 Feb | No seminar this week due to special seminar on Thursday 4 February | ||
| 16 Feb | Dr Michaela Finsterbusch, Erwin Schrōdinger Fellow, CID Title: Role of monocytes in acute glomerulonephritis and Dr Alex Hodge, SCS Early Career Practitioner Fellow, CID Title: Interesting issues in hepatology: coffee and concurrent diseases | Flyer | Please email (for access to video recording) |
| 23 Feb | Postgraduate Student Seminar: Ms Louisa Yeung Title: Role of CD53 in leukocyte trafficking and Prof Michael Hickey, NHMRC Senior Research Fellow, CID Title: Regulatory T cell interactions with the vascular endothelium | Flyer | Please email (for access to video recording) |
| 1 Mar |
Overview of the Victorian Platform Technologies Network Dr Anneliese Gillard, Network Manager, VPTN and the following presenters
| Flyer Biographies Summary of platforms and services | Please email (for access to video recording) |
| 8 Mar | Dr Tali Lang, Postdoctoral Fellow, CID Title: Linking MIF and NLRP3 in the pathogenesis of IL-1 dependent inflammatory disorders | Flyer | |
| 15 Mar | NO SEMINAR THIS WEEK | ||
| 22 Mar | Postgraduate Student Seminars
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| 29 Mar | NO SEMINAR THIS WEEK - University public holiday - Easter Tuesday | ||
| 5 Apr | MHTP Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases Theme Dr Connie Wong, Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellow, CID Title: Ischemia, immunosuppression and infection - Tackling the predicaments of post-stroke complications | ||
| 12 Apr | Dr Anne Fletcher, School of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom Title: Human lymph node stromal cells are able to fundamentally regulate adaptive and innate immunity | Flyer | |
| 19 April | No seminar this week - CID Research Retreat | ||
| 26 April | No seminar this week - CID Research Retreat | ||
| 3 May | Dr Clare Westhorpe, Postdoctoral Scientist, Centre for Inflammatory Diseases Title: How do CD4+ T cells initiate glomerulonephritis? and Dr Joshua Ooi, Postdoctoral Scientist, Centre for Inflammatory Diseases Title: MPO-specific CD8= T cells effect anti-MPO glomerulonephritis | Flyer | |
| 10 May | MHTP Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases Theme Prof Brendan Jenkins, NHMRC Senior Research Fellow Title: Overview of the Cancer and Immune Signalling Laboratory | Flyer | |
| 17 May | Dr Sarah Jones Postdoctoral Fellow Title: GILZ: a pathway to immune control | Flyer | |
| 24 May | Dr Gregory Moore Head of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Unit, Monash Health Senior Lecturer, Department of Medicine, Monash University Centre for Inflammatory Diseases Title: Inflammatory Bowel Diseasess Unit Overview | Flyer | |
| 31 May | Ms Andrea Godfrey Postgraduate Student Title: Development of novel therapies for autoimmune myeloperoxidase-ANCA associated glomerulonephritis | Flyer | |
| 7 June | CANCELLED | ||
| 14 June | Overview of CRISPR and access to CRISPR at Monash UniversityDr Jun Liu, MIME and Ms Jeanette Rientjes and Dr Heather St John | Flyer | |
| 21 June | Department of Medicine 3 Minute Thesis Competition | ||
| 28 June | MHTP Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases Theme Prof Eric Morand Title SLE & glucocorticoids - clinical and lab perspectives | ||
| 5 July | A/Prof Menno van ZelmDepartment of Immunology and Pathology, Monash University Title Dissecting human B-cell function: from primary immunodeficiencies to chronic inflammatory disease | Flyer | |
| 12 July | Dr Paul King Centre for Inflammatory DiseasesTitle Inflammatory Lung Disease | ||
| 19 July | Postgraduate Student Seminar Ms Kim Sullivan Title TBA | ||
| 26 July | Dr Tin Kyaw Centre for Inflammatory DiseasesTitle IgG promotes atherosclerosis | ||
| 2 August | Dr Gregory TeschCentre for Inflammatory Diseases Title Therapeutic targeting of inflammation in diabetic nephropathy | Flyer | |
| 9 August | MHTP Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases Theme Special SeminarProf Branch Moody Brigham and Women's Hospital Harvard Club of Australia Fellow Title CD-1-reactive T cells mediate human response to tuberculosis infection | Flyer | |
| 16 August | Monash University FMNHS Research Week presentations Dr Monique Kilkenny: Readmissions after stroke: Linked data from the Australian Stroke Clinical Registry and hospital databases Dr Janette Tong: Idenitfication and functional characterisation of a novel dopamine beta hydroxylase gene variant associated with attention deficit disorder | Flyer | |
| 23 August | NO SEMINAR THIS WEEK - ICI 2016 | ||
| 30 August | Dr James RushNovartis Title Targeting CD40-CD154 interactions in transplantation and autoimmune diseases | ||
| 6 September | Postgraduate Student Seminars Dr Martin MacDonald Title Clinical Phenotyping of COPD exacerbations | ||
| 13 September | Dr Fabien Vincent Research Fellow, Centre for Inflammatory Diseases Title Combining measurement of the BAFF/APRIL, Fas/FasL and Type II IFN systems is associated with phenotypic manifestations in systemic lupus erythematosus | ||
| 20 September | SEMINAR CANCELLED | ||
| 27 September | Prof David Nikolic PatersonResearch Group Head, Centre for Inflammatory Diseases Title Strategies for Treating Fibrotic Kidney Disease | ||
| 4 October | Dr Hua Peng FanCentre for Inflammatory Diseases Title Targeted Mutations Identify The Active Site of Glucocorticoid-Induced Leucine Zipper (GILZ) and Dr Maliha Alikhan Centre for Inflammatory Diseases Title The IL-7Rα on CD8+ cell: a potential therapeutic target in ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis | ||
| 11 October | A/Prof Scott MuellerDoherty Institute/University of Melbourne Title Dissecting the evolution of immune responses to infection in lymphoid organs | Flyer | |
| 18 October | Postgraduate Student Seminars Mr Majid Alhomrani Title Defining the interactions between amnion epithelial cells, stellate cells, macrophages and liver progenitor cells during liver injury Dr Claire Dendle Title Can immunological biomarkers predict infection in kidney transplant recipients? | Flyer | |
| 25 October | MHTP Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases Theme Title Clinton vs Trump: the presidential election mirrors the immune response to pathogenic Influenza A virus | Flyer | |
| 1 November | NO SEMINAR THIS WEEK - due to Melbourne Cup Public Holiday (not University Public Holiday) | ||
| 8 November | SEMINAR CANCELLED | ||
| 15 November | Postgraduate Student Seminars Ms Megan Huynh Title Targeting HLA to Treat Anti-GBM Disease | Flyer | |
| 22 November | MHTP Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases Theme Monash University Biomedicine Discovery Institute | Flyer | |
| 29 November | Dr Alberta HoiCentre for Inflammatory Diseases Title Lupus Research at Monash SCS | Flyer | |
| 6 December | Prof Steven Gerondakis Monash University Department of Biochemistry Title Unravelling how NF-kB signalling controls Treg development and function | Flyer | |
| 13 December | Postgraduate Student Seminars Dr Jonathan Dick Title TBA Mr Nathan Kuk Title TBA | ||
| 20 December | NO SEMINAR THIS WEEK - CID Weekly Seminar Series will continue in 2017 |