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Researchers, past and present colleagues of Professor Sir Andrew McMichael, gathered on the 21st September 2012 for a Symposium reflecting on the evolution of Immunology in Oxford.
| # | Episode Title | Description | People | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Creative Commons | Welcome and Introduction | Professor Vincenzo Cerundolo opens the Symposium with a few words about Professor Sir Andrew McMichael's achievements, past, present and future. | Vincenzo Cerundolo | 28 Oct 2013 |
| 9 | Creative Commons | What do we measure and what do we want to learn | Professor Zinkernagel speaks about some historical and more recent aspects of immunology. Although we do know a lot, only about half of what we think we know is usually true - we just don't know which half! | Rolf Zinkernagel | 28 Oct 2013 |
| 8 | Creative Commons | Active and passive immunity to Influenza | Professor Townsend tells us about lessons to be drawn from the history of immunology in Oxford, from 1979 onwards, until his current research on active and passive immunity to influenza. | Alain Townsend | 18 Dec 2013 |
| 7 | Creative Commons | A structural biologist's perspective | Professor Yvonne Jones tells us how structural biology was brought into the field of immunology in Oxford, at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics. | Yvonne Jones | 28 Oct 2013 |
| 6 | New immunoregulatory mechanisms | Professor Mike Lenardo speaks about early links between the NIH (National Institute of Health, USA) and the University of Oxford, and their success in setting up the NIH-Oxford-Cambridge DPhil programme. | Michael J Lenardo | 28 Oct 2013 | |
| 5 | Creative Commons | African adventures | Professor Sarah Rowland-Jones talks about her research on HIV, first in Oxford then in Africa, in Kenya and in The Gambia. | Sarah Rowland-Jones | 28 Oct 2013 |
| 4 | Creative Commons | Time to escape | Dr Nilu Goonetilleke talks about her research within the CHAVI project (NIH Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology). | Nilu Goonetilleke | 28 Oct 2013 |
| 3 | Creative Commons | Correlates of protection, the China Connection | Professor Xiao-Ning Xu talks about his research on emerging infectious diseases in China, from the SARS outbreak in 2003/4 to flu pandemic and HIV infection. | Xiao-Ning Xu | 28 Oct 2013 |
| 2 | Creative Commons | The Human Immunology Unit | The increasing globalisation of infectious disease is a major challenge to human health. The MRC Human Immunology Unit is a key player in international efforts to combat this threat, and in research into other diseases involving the immune system. | Vincenzo Cerundolo | 28 Oct 2013 |
| 1 | Some final words | Professor Sir Andrew McMichael speaks about his early days in Oxford, working in immunology. | Sir Andrew McMichael | 28 Oct 2013 |