Thursday, June 12

Annual IIT Symposium with Pears Lecture - F2F attendance

The annual symposium hosted by the UCL Institute of Immunity and Transplantation (IIT), showcasing research on immunotherapy and immunology.

By UCL Institute of Immunity and Transplantation

Date and time

Thursday, June 12 · 9am - 6:30pm GMT+1

Location

UCL, Institute of Immunity and Transplantation, The Pears Building. Research

UCL, Institute of Immunity and Transplantation, The Pears Building. Research London NW3 2PP United Kingdom

Agenda

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Registration and Welcome Refreshments

9:30 AM - 9:35 AM

Welcome and Introduction

Professor Hans Stauss, Director

UCL Institute of Immunity and Transplantation

9:35 AM - 10:50 AM

SESSION 1 – B cell immunity (Chair: Claudia Mauri)

Gut-associated lymphoid tissue - working on a hostile frontier in space

Jo Spencer | King’s College London

Different Modes of B Cell Hyper-reactivity

Marc Schmidt-Supprian | Technical University of Munich

Full Title; Different Modes of B Cell Hyper-reactivity in Differentiation, Autoimmunity and Lymhomagenesis

Selection events shaping serum antibody responses to infection

Oliver Bannard | University of Oxford

10:50 AM - 11:20 AM

Networking Break - Poster Viewing

11:20 AM - 12:10 PM

SESSION 2 – IIT past and present (Chair: TBC)

Scaling up AI protein structure prediction for virology

Joe Grove | Glasgow University

Title TBC

Maxine Tran | IIT

12:10 PM - 1:50 PM

Networking lunch - Poster and Sponsor Stand Viewing

1:50 PM - 2:50 PM

SESSION 3 – Early Career Presentations (Chair: TBC)

2:50 PM - 3:30 PM

Networking break - Poster and Sponsor Stand Viewing

3:30 PM - 4:20 PM

SESSION 4 – Molecular Regulation of Immunity (Chair: TBC)

RNA binding proteins limiting T cell responses

Martin Turner | Babraham Institute

Human B cell development and class switching

Deborah Dunn-Walters | Surrey University

Full Title: Human B cell development and class switching: Insights from single cell analysis

4:20 PM - 5:10 PM

Pears Lecture

Fiona Powrie

Director, Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Oxford

Title TBC

5:10 PM - 5:15 PM

Best Oral Presentation and Best Poster Prize Awards

5:15 PM - 5:20 PM

Closing Remarks - Professor Hans Stauss, Director

5:20 PM - 6:30 PM

Networking Drinks Reception

About this event

Event lasts 9 hours 30 minutes

Annual IIT Symposium with Pears Lecture

Thursday 12th June 2025, Pears Building Main Lecture Theatre

Abstract submission deadline: Sunday 11 May 2025

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