SESSION 1: Zebrafish to study bacteria infections
Chair: Simon Johnston, University of Sheffield
10:45-11:00 Antonio Pagan (University of Cambridge)
mTor deficiency reveals a trade-off in resistance to mycobacterial infection
11:00-11:15 Phil Elks (University of Sheffield)
Fish-N-Hifs; Hypoxia Signalling in Infection
11:15-11:30 Gillian Tomlinson (University College London)
Tuning the immune response in tuberculosis
11:30-11:45 Stephen Renshaw (University of Sheffield)
Meet the Staph: Modelling bacterial infection dynamics in vivo
PRELIMINARY SCHEDULE.
10:00-10:30 Arrival and registration
Posters can be placed upon arrival
​
10:30-10:45 Opening remarks
Kerstin and Serge explain meeting and meeting aims
11:45-12:15 Coffee break in poster area
Poster Session 1
12:15-12:30 Paul Martin (University of Bristol)
Studying inflammation in tissue repair and cancer
SESSION 1: Zebrafish to study bacterial infections
Chair: Simon Johnston, University of Sheffield
SESSION 2: Inflammation and Immunity
Chair: Milka Sarris, University of Cambridge
12:30-12:45 Serge Mostowy (Imperial College London)
Cellular microbiology in vivo
12:45-13:00 Milka Sarris (University of Cambridge)
Leukocyte interstitial migration and chemoattractant sensing during infection
13:00-13:15 Yi Feng (University of Edinburgh)
Live imaging host & preneoplastic cell interactions during tumor initiation
13:15-15:00 Buffet lunch in poster area
Poster Session 2
SESSION 3: Dissecting Host-Pathogen Interactions
Chair: Elisabeth Busch-Nentwich, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
15:00-15:15 Simon Johnston (University of Sheffield)
Inflammation requirements during macrophage clearance of Cryptococcus neoformans infection
15:15-15:30 Elisabeth Busch-Nentwich (Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute)
Identification of host factors in M. marinum and S. typhimurium infection using genome-wide approaches
15:30-15:45 Kerstin Voelz (University of Birmingham)
In vivo phagocyte response to filamentous fungal pathogens
15:45-16:00 Emma Boldock (University of Sheffield)
Human commensals augment bacterial pathogenesis
16:00-16:30 Coffee break
16:30-17:00 Plenary Discussion and Summing Up of Meeting
SESSION 3: Dissecting Host-Pathogen Interactions
Chair: Elisabeth Busch-Nentwich, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
17:00-18:00 KEYNOTE SPEAKER
ANNEMARIE MEIJER (UNIVERSITY OF LEIDEN)
Autophagy and lysosome function in the intracellular battle between host and pathogen
18:00-19:00 Drinks in poster area and poster prize giving
19:00-21:00 Optional Dinner Outing