NZASI Newsletter JULY 2016 - Australasian Society for Immunology

NZ ASI Newsletter
July 2016
Introduction
If you would like to include anything in
this newsletter, please contact me:
Ros Kemp - [email protected]
Visiting Speaker
Programme
Research Profile – Ed Taylor
I am a PhD student in the Kemp laboratory and I have recently passed the oral exam
for my PhD. My project was on analysing the T cell infiltrate in human colorectal
cancer (CRC) tumours. Quantification of the T cell infiltrate in CRC has been shown
to be more accurate at predicting patient outcome than standard methods such as
disease staging. I used multi-colour flow cytometry to perform in-depth analysis of
the T cell infiltrate in CRC patients both functionally and phenotypically. My study
revealed the unique immune environment of CRC tumours and showed that classic
immunology dogma does not always hold true. My favourite part about my PhD was
all the awesome and crazy people I got to meet and become friends with.
Upcoming Speakers
Ben Seddon, UCL, UK
Dunedin: August 4-5
Contact Ros Kemp for details:
[email protected]
Hiroshi Kiyono, University of Tokyo,
Japan
Hamilton: November
Contact Julie Cakebread for details:
[email protected]
NZASI funds are available for ALL
members to travel to meet with speakers
and attend seminars
PhD Position - AKL
A Ph.D. project supported by The Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund is available in 2016 under the supervision of Associate Professor Nigel Birch and Professor Rod Dunbar to investigate the role of proteases in human T cell migration and activation. Upcoming Conferences
International Congress of Immunology
Melbourne
21-26 August
www.ici2016.org
Queenstown Research Week
Nelson
28 Aug – 2 September
http://www.queenstownresearchweek.org
New Zealand Society of Oncology
Palmerston North
26-27 October
http://www.nzsoncology.org.nz/conference
Australasian Cytometry Society
Contact Rod for details: [email protected]
Sydney
30 October- 2 November
www.acs2016.org.au
Peter Gluckman – Conversations on Science and Society
Dunedin (University of Otago) 8 July Waikato University 11 July Palmerston North (Massey) 12 July Wellington (Victoria University) 13 July