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IDRM's Immunology theme presents research at institute-wide showcase event
The Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine, University of Oxford, hosted an Immunology research showcase event on the 26th of April at the IMS-Tetsuya Nakamura Building.
The showcase was dedicated to IDRM's Immunology theme and had presentations from Immunology researchers from five research groups in the field. As the second edition of IDRM's research afternoons, the event gathered over 100 staff members from all three themes in the Institute, cardiology, neurology, and immunology.
Professor Georg Holländer, Head of the Immunology theme in IDRM, opened the afternoon talks with a brief overview of the work taking place across the five groups. He then introduced the research of the Holländer Group and research group members Andreas Tarcevski and Kirolous Hanna, who gave brief talks on spatial image analysis of thymus tissue and spatial proteomic analysis of the human thymus.
The second session of the afternoon was opened by Transplantation Research Immunology Group (TRIG) leaders Dr Fadi Issa and Dr Joanna Hester. Three of TRIG's group members, Hisashi Hashimoto, Dr Amy Cross, and Anette Magnussen, gave separate presentations showcasing TRIG's focus on exploring the mechanisms and features of immunological tolerance.
The third session of the afternoon began with group leader Dr Rebecca Berrens providing an overview of the research in the Berrens Group. This was followed by a presentation on the topic of transposable elements in thymic epithelial cells from research assistant Sophie Marlow.
The fourth group in the showcase was the Ferreira Group, which is part of the Oxford Vaccine Group (OVG) and is led by Professor Daniela Ferreira. Two more OVG members, Dr Elena Mitsi and Andre Goncalves, also presented their research.
The last group presenting during the event is also part of the larger Oxford Vaccine Group and is led by Professor Teresa Lambe. Prof Lambe’s group are particularly interested in delineating the protective immune response post-infection and using these findings to rationally design vaccination strategies to prevent disease. Dr Federica Cappuccini and Dr Nicholas Provine, also part of OVG, gave the final research talks of the showcase.
The afternoon ended with a presentation on the aims of the IDRM Sustainability Working Group given by Dr Ioulia Vorobieva.
The research showcase event provided a platform for IDRM researchers to share their research and exchange ideas, highlighting IDRM's commitment to fostering collaboration and innovation