Harnessing the power of the immune system for the development of new medicines
Date/Time
Starting: 17th October 2018
9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Location
Didcot Girls' School
Harnessing the power of the immune system for the development of new medicines
Workshops:
Workshop 1 Why is it so hard to make a vaccine against HIV? This workshop will address highly mutagenic viruses and the issues they create to control them. Sara Crespillo (Protein Science Infectious Diseases, Immunocore)
Workshop 2 How do we find a specific target? Our drugs are highly targeted , this workshop will give some insight on how we achieve this and the advantages of a targeted therapy. Martine Lomax (Research Manager, Immunocore)
Workshop 3 How do we get our immune system to recognize itself? Cancer targets are essentially self-antigens. This workshop will demonstrate how we can engineer the immune system to recognize cancer antigens with high affinity. Nicola Smith (Cell Biology Autoimmune, Immunocore)
Workshop 4 What happens when the immune system goes out of control? In this workshop we will explain how T cells learn to recognise the difference between self and foreign antigens and how autoimmune diseases develop. Jyothi Kumuran (Cell Biology Autoimmune, Immunocore)