September 2018

The 6th LIN meeting was held on the 21st of September 2018 at QMUL’s Charterhouse Square Campus. We had some fascinating key note presentations from Gareth Jones (Cardiff University) and  Sergio Quesada (UCL), alongside four shorter presentations  selected from  abstracts  submitted by young researchers (Rachael Barry -Imperial College, Andrew Foers - WEHI, Amit Patel - UCL and Jose Munoz-Felix - QMUL). The oral prize presentation was awarded to  Jose Munoz-Felix on his talk entitled “Promoting immunopermissive tumour microenvironment and enhancing the efficacy of immunotherapy NSCLC using a new integrin-target agent”.

December 2017

On the 8th of December, the final LIN meeting of 2017 took place. Researchers from Institutes across London and the home counties attended the meeting at QMUL's Charterhouse square campus. Key note speakers included Jacques Behmoaras (Imperial College London), who gave a presentation on the systems genetics perspective for macrophage and activation in inflammatory disease, and Doug Green (St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital) who spoke about his pioneering research on LC3-associated phagocytosis, inflammation, and anti-cancer immunity. Presentations were also given by Ping-Chih Ho (Ludwig Center for Cancer Research), Dijue (Sunny) Sun (QMUL) and Angela Lee (University of Oxford). The meeting concluded with a festive drinks reception and plenty of networking and scientific discussion.

 

March 2017

On March 13th we hosted once again the London Inflammation Network, the 4th meeting of this series.

Considering the success of the previous meetings, this time we had a bigger venue and hosted about 140 attendees from many of the Institutes in London and beyond. We were delighted that Jeff Rathmell (Vanderbilt University, US) and Ilaria Malanchi (The Francis Crick Institute, UK) accepted our invite to speak about their latest findings. Four young investigators selected from the submitted abstracts (Stefania Martin, Queen Mary University of London – awarded best oral; Steve Wagner, The Institute of Cancer Research; Annika Warnatsch, The Francis Crick Institute; Maria Gonzalez Nunez, Queen Mary University of London) also gave fantastic talks.

In the evening, the drinks reception was warmly filled with chats and scientific discussion around posters and the great day of science we just had.

The London Inflammation Network will return in the fall of 2017 (TBA). Please register as soon as possible, upon the launch of the next meeting if you are interested in attending (deadline for abstract submission TBA on the website). Once more the best short talk and poster will receive a price thanks to the generosity of our sponsors.

 

October 2016

On the 7th of October the third meeting of the London Inflammation Network took place.

We hosted talks from Manuel Mayr (King’s College London), Pascal Meier (Institute of Cancer Research), Henning Walczak (University College London) and two young investigators selected from the submitted abstracts (Sara Trabulo, Queen Mary University of London – awarded best oral; Satdip Kaur, St. George’s University of London).

Once again at the end of the meeting the drinks reception was warmly filled with chats and scientific discussions around the poster presented.

The London Inflammation Network will resume in 2017 on the 13th of March with confirmed guest speakers Jeff Rathmell (Vanderbilt University) and Ilaria Malanchi (Crick Institute). Registration will open in January and space will be available for up to 200 attendees. If you are interested in attending, please register as soon as possible (deadline for abstract submission TBA on the website). Once more the best short talk will receive a price thanks to the generosity of our sponsors Dharmacon, Inc., BioLegend and Seahorse.

 

May 2016

On the 20th of May the second event of the London Inflammation Network took place.

We hosted talks from Derek Mann (University of Newcastle), Erika Pearce (Max Planck Institute), three talented young investigators selected from the submitted abstracts (Jane Falconer, University of Birmingham; Lily Keane, QMUL; Laura Pallett, UCL – awarded best oral) and Mark Hodson (Dharmacon).

At the end of the meeting the drinks reception was warmly filled with chats and scientific discussions around the poster presented.

The 3rd meeting will be held on October 7th with confirmed guest speakers being Henning Walczak (UCL) and Manuel Mayr (KCL). Registration will open on August 20th and spaces will be limited to 120 places. If you are interested in attending, please register as soon as possible (deadline for abstract submission September 20th). Once more the best short talk will receive a price thanks to the generosity of our sponsors (Dharmacon, Inc., BioLegend and Seahorse).

 

Jan 2016

On the 8th of January the first event of the London Inflammation Network (LIN) took place.

We had an exciting schedule that attracted more than 120 attendees from everywhere in England and Scotland, with talks from Mauro Perretti (QMUL) and Luke O’Neill (Trinity College Dublin) and four outstanding short talks selected form abstracts.

At the end of the meeting our seminar room was buzzing with people discussing science around the 20 posters presented and with the speakers of the day.

We now look forward to see you all at the 2nd meeting that will be held on May 20th. Registration will open on March 1st and spaces will be limited, so if you are interested please register as soon as possible (deadline for abstract submission April 15th). We are also very excited to announce that the best short talk will receive a price thanks to the generosity of our sponsors (Dharmacon, Inc., BioLegend and Seahorse).