Kafatos:Innate Immunity Afternoon

INNATE IMMUNITY: FROM FLIES TO MAN (16th May 2006, Imperial College London)
An afternoon of science to celebrate the arrival at Imperial College of Professor Fotis Kafatos, ForMemRS and his group.

Schedule

 * 2.00	pm	Welcome,
 * Sir Lesek Borysiewicz, Deputy Rector, Imperial College London

Session 1 	Chair: Dan Davis

 * 2.10 pm	Fotis Kafatos
 * Malaria & the Mosquito: Immunogenomics of Plasmodium/Anopheles interactions


 * 2.50 pm	George Christophides
 * Immune recognition & signalling in the mosquito Anopheles gambiae


 * 3.10 pm	Short presentations by Postdoctoral and PhD students of the Infection and Immunity Section, Imperial College
 * Dina Vlachou: Anopheles tissue responses to malaria infection
 * Kristin Michel: SRPNs in Anopheles: negative regulators of innate immunity
 * Charlie Ellis: Innate immunity in the zebrafish
 * Geoffrey Williams: Mechanisms & control of the intercellular transfer between NK cells and target cells


 * 3.50 pm	Emmanuelle Caron
 * Phagocytosis signalling: diversity, constriction points & subversion by microbial pathogens.


 * 4.10 pm	Tea

Session 2	Chair: Maggie Dallman

 * 4.35 pm	Kate Brown 
 * Structural studies of non-natively folded proteins from Leishmania major


 * 4.55 pm	Dan Davis
 * Molecular recognition by NK cells


 * 5.15 pm	Alan Ezekowitz, Harvard University Medical School
 * Phagocytosis: from flies to man


 * 6.00 pm	Drinks reception

note: Prof Maggie Dallman has organised a meeting to celebrate the arrival at Imperial College of Professor Fotis Kafatos, FRS and his group.

The programme includes speakers from Imperial College – Fotis Kafatos, George Christophides, Emmanuelle Caron, Kate Brown, Dan Davis and short presentations from students and postdocs, as well as a presentation from Alan Ezekowitz, Harvard University Medical School. (Please see programme above).

Where?     lecture theatre G34, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, South Kensington Campus, Imperial College London '''When ? Tuesday 16th May, 2pm - 6pm.'''

There is no cost for attending this meeting but YOU MUST REGISTER TO ATTEND. Please e-mail Wendy McGovern (w.mcgovern[at]imperial.ac.uk) if you would like to come. This meeting is expected to attract a huge audience, so please register as soon as possible to ensure your place!