Australian Inflammation Symposium
November 11 @ 11:00 am - November 12 @ 4:00 pm
The inaugural joint Australian Inflammation Symposium highlights the spectrum of research, over two days and four institutions.
Featuring the latest Inflammation research at Centenary, IMB/UQ, Monash Uni/Hudson MRI and WEHI.
Program
| Session | Date | Brisbane Time | Sydney & Melbourne Time | Host | Venue |
| 1 | Thursday 11 November | 10am – 12pm | 11am – 1pm | WEHI | TBC |
| 2 | Thursday 11 November | 1pm – 3pm | 2pm – 4pm | Centenary | Centenary lecture theatre &/or virtual |
| 3 | Friday 12 November | 10am – 12pm | 11am – 1pm | Monash | TBC |
| 4 | Friday 12 November | 1pm – 3pm | 2pm – 4pm | IMB | IMB large & small seminar rooms |
Session 2: Thursday 11 November
Centenary speakers and titles listed below:
| Time | Speaker | Group | Title |
| 15 mins | Prof Phil Hansbro | Centre for Inflammation | Overview and Centre For Inflammation |
| 10 mins | Prof Phil Hogg | Cancer Research Centre | Inflammation & Cancer Research Centre |
| 10 mins | Prof Jenny Gamble | Vascular biology program | Inflammation & cardiovascular research |
| Chair | Dr Elinor Hortle | Centre for Inflammation | |
| 8 mins | Dr Annalicia Vaughan | Centre for Inflammation | Microbiomes in COPD |
| 8 mins | Ms Ridhima Wadhwa | Centre for Inflammation | Inflammation in severe asthma |
| 8 mins | Dr Gang Liu | Centre for Inflammation | Inflammation in IPF |
| 8 mins | Dr Matt Johansen | Centre for Inflammation | Cellular and animal models for SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 |
| 8 mins | Dr Jaesung Choi | Centre for Inflammation | The role of microbiome and its’ induced immune response in stroke caused by cerebral cavernous malformation |
| 8 mins | Ms Aster Pijning | Cancer research Centre | αIIbβ3 integrin functions as multiple covalent forms on human platelets |
| 8 mins | Dr Joyce Chiu | Cancer research Centre | Mechano-redox control of Mac-1 de-adhesion from endothelial ICAM-1 by protein disulfide isomerase |
| 8 mins | Dr Kathryn Wright | Tuberculosis program | Mycobacterium infection-induced miR-126 protects the host by suppressing permissive macrophages |
| 8 mins | Dr Diana Quan | Tuberculosis program | How does silicosis make TB worse |
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8 mins
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Dr Andrew Quattrocchi
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Vascular biology program
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Role of perivascular macrophages in blood-brain barrier dysfunction
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| 8 mins | Dr Matt Graus | Cardiovascular development | Single molecule based assay as an emerging approach in the field of genome biology |