2016 JOINT MEETING OF IRISH SOCIETY FOR IMMUNOLOGY (ISI)
& MICROBIOLOGY SOCIETY (MicroSoc)
1st & 2nd September 2016,
Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork
| Thursday, 1st September 2016 | |
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| SESSION 1 HOST COLONISATION |
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| Dowve Van Sinderen School of Microbiology, University College Cork, Ireland. Bifidobacteria and host colonisation |
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| Eric Martens Dept. Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, MI, USA. Bacteroides and the diet-metabolism-mucosal defence interface |
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| Lunch, Posters and Trade Exhibitions | |
| SESSION 2 INFECTION AND IMMUNITY |
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| Jose Bengoechea School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland. Klebsiella pneumoniae: living to block innate immunity |
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| Kingston Mills School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, TCD, Dublin. Understanding the mechanisms of T cell immunity and memory of Bordetella pertussis to assist design of an improved vaccine |
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| Vincent Young Dept. Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, MI, USA. Host, pathogen and microbiome interactions in Clostridium difficile infection |
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| Posters and Wine Reception | |
| Friday, 2nd September 2016 | |
| SESSION 3 IMMUNE REGULATION |
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| Lydia Lynch Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Obese NK cells lack energy to kill |
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| Ed Lavelle School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, TCD, Dublin. Type 1 interferons and inflammasomes in adjuvant induced cellular immunity |
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| John O’ Shea Molecular Immunology and Inflammation Branch, NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, USA. TBC |
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| Lunch, Posters and Trade Exhibitions | |
| SESSION 4 HOST-MICROBIOME INTERACTIONS |
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| Yasmine Belkaid Mucosal Immunology Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, USA. TBC |
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| Rachel McLoughlin School of Biochemistry and Immunology, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, TCD, Dublin. Targeting cellular immunity for effective anti-Staphylococcus aureus vaccines |
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| Fergus Shanahan Alimentary Pharmabotic Centre (Apc), BioSciences Building, University College Cork, Cork. TBC |
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