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IJunemmunology 2019 | ISSN 1356-5559 (print) News BSI Congress 2019: Looking to Liverpool T cell response BSI Forum: Set your alarm: in IBD: Representing you Adjusting to life A new pathway in industy www.immunology.org 2 ADVERTISEMENTS REPORTER CELL LINES Reporter Cells: PRRs (TLRs, RLRs...) Highlighted signaling pathways CDS (STING, cGAS...) Inflammasome test cells InvivoGen offers a large panel of cell lines that are stably transfected Transcription factor with innate immunity-specific pathway reporter constructs. Cytokine Our cells are compatible for High Throughput Screening. Autophagy Also available: Detection reagents Innovation within reach Selective antibiotics www.invivogen.com/reporter-cells Antimicrobial agents Immunology News | June 2019 A WORD FROM THE EDITOR 3 ©Shutterstock/Prokopenko Oleg ©Shutterstock/Prokopenko Welcome to the summer edition of members working in all sectors of Immunology News. Activities at the BSI immunology. On pages 22–23, one of continue to move on apace and we have our Editorial Board members, Mihil been busy planning new activities to both Patel, discusses his recent move from support our members and represent academia to industry, examining the immunology on a wider stage. challenges and benefits of moving between Preparation for our 2019 Congress is different sectors and giving his top tips now truly underway and we look forward to to those considering such a move. welcoming many of you to Liverpool on 2–5 As well as supporting members in different December. One of the Congress highlights sectors, we aim to work with subject areas is always our Bright Sparks session which aligned to immunology to drive research takes place on the first afternoon of the event forward – you can read about our new and showcases the work of our brilliant early partnership with the National Cancer career researchers. In this issue, we hear Research Institute to address current from a past winner of the PhD category, challenges in immunotherapy on page 7. Tomas Castro, on his work on the role of IgG-mediated inflammation in patients Best wishes, with ulcerative colitis on pages 16–17. The BSI is always keen to support Jennie Evans The Team Contents Editorial Advisory Board: FEATURES: Edd James (Southampton) 14 Louisa James (London) An introduction to Donald Palmer (London) the British Society for Mihil Patel (Cardiff) Immunology Forum Managing Editor: Antibodies pull the Jennie Evans 16 trIgGer in ulcerative Sub Editor: colitis Rebecca Ramsden Design: Qube Design Associates British Society for Immunology 34 Red Lion Square London WC1R 4SG Tel: +44(0)203 019 5901 Email: [email protected] www.immunology.org The value of asking 18 questions: our 4 Society news Enquiries and correspondence: Parliamentary Jennie Evans: Questions Programme 22 Congratulations [email protected] 23 Future focus Advertising queries: Sarah Green: 26 Journal news [email protected] Registered charity 1043255 in England Follow us: and Wales/SCD047367 in Scotland. Registered in England and Wales as britsocimm company 3009533. Set your alarm – 22 adjusting to life in britsocimm © 2019 British Society for Immunology industry The views expressed by contributors britsocimm are not necessarily those of the Society, nor can claims of advertisers britsocimm be guarenteed. The Society, Editorial Board and authors cannot accept britishsocietyforimm liability for any errors or omissions. british-society-for-immunology Immunology News | June 2019 4 SOCIETY NEWS VIEW FROM … Forum has achieved in the last few years, it really is staggering how far we’ve come. THE CHIEF And it doesn’t stop here; in fact, we’ve been turning up the temperature when EXECUTIVE it comes to engagement in Parliament, Whitehall and the devolved nations. Matthew What an action-packed few months it has Gibbard, our new Policy & Public Affairs been – time really has flown! As always, Manager, gives a great overview of some I’ve tried to get out and about as much as of the new elements of our programme to possible to meet our members and be at influence the powers that be to ensure the our events. I never cease to be amazed by best deal for UK immunology on pages 18– the quality of work that you are all doing and 20. We have lots more to come in this space your commitment and dedication to ever with plenty of opportunities for you all to get push the boundaries of knowledge through involved so do keep an eye out for more. the work that you do. And I for one am Thank you again for all of your ongoing thoroughly looking forward to BSI Congress support, I hope you enjoy reading another this year in Liverpool, our flagship event. You excellent issue of Immunology News can read more about Congress on pages and please keep up the great work! 7–8. It is guaranteed to be our best yet with the programme and speakers we have on With best wishes, offer! Plus 2018 was a non-Congress year elections (see page 5). A huge thank you so I’m sure that you’re all chomping at to them for joining the committees and to Doug Brown the bit to come together as the BSI family you all too for your nominations and votes Chief Executive, again (and I’m told the social elements are – this year we had the highest ever number British Society for Immunology just as good as the science…)! Please do of both of these which is fantastic – it’s Email: [email protected] sign up to attend and remember to submit so great to see such engagement from your abstract by 9 September 2019. you all. Your support for the committees Congress will also be a chance to meet enables them to continue to ensure the your BSI committee members, of which BSI remains relevant and impactful; do we have some new faces after this year’s read pages 14–15 to find out what the BSI Your favourite research tools, improved BSI London Immunology Group with recombinant antibody technology. Barrier immunology 18 September 2019 Holiday Inn Bloomsbury, London, UK Abstract deadline: 19 July AB SEQUENCING | AB ENGINEERING | AB EXPRESSION | REAGENTS CATALOGUE Find out more: www.immunology.org/events Jo Revill absoluteantibody.com Immunology News | June 2019 SOCIETY NEWS 5 SOCIETY NEWS New BSI committee members Following our recent nominations call for positions on the BSI Board of Trustees and Forum, we are pleased to announce the following appointments. The turnout for this election was almost 20%. Congratulations to all the successful candidates and thank you to everyone who stood for election. Board of Trustees ALLAN MOWAT DEBORAH DUNN-WALTERS COLIN DAYAN BSI Trustee BSI Trustee BSI Clinical Secretary and Trustee Professor of Mucosal Immunology, Professor of Immunology, Clinical Professor, Cardiff University University of Glasgow University of Surrey Colin will join the Board of Trustees Allan is re-elected onto the Board and Deborah will join the Board of Trustees from January 2020. will commence his second term of from July 2019. office in July 2019. Forum Find out more You can read the full candidate statement from each person in the members’ section of our website at www.immunology.org/new-committee- members. We welcome them all to the BSI and look forward to working with them to provide a strong voice for immunology. FAITH UWADIAE FEDERICA VILLANOVA BSI Forum Early Career Representative BSI Forum Industry Representative Postdoctoral Training Fellow, Francis Flow Cytometry Application Specialist, Crick Institute Miltenyi Biotec Limited Faith will join our Forum in June 2019. Federica will join our Forum in June 2019. Immunology News | June 2019 6 SOCIETY NEWS SOCIETY NEWS Changes at Immunology After 13 years at the helm, Danny Altmann is stepping down from his role as Editor in Chief of Immunology at the end of May. He has brought great vision and expertise to the journal, and has really made Immunology his own. It is with great sadness that we see him go. However, we’re pleased to announce that Simon Milling will be taking up the reins as our new Editor in Chief. Having served as a BSI Trustee since 2017, Simon has stepped down from the BSI Board to enable him to take up this new role with the Society. Simon’s first edition of the journal will be June 2019. Danny Altmann's Arne Akbar, President farewell message: of the British Society for Immunology, said: “Having served from 2000 to “On behalf of 2005 as an editor the BSI, I would at Clinical & like to offer our Experimental gratitude to Immunology Danny Altmann and then from for successfully 2006 to 2019 as leading our Editor in Chief official journal, at Immunology Immunology, – a mind-boggling 19-year sentence on for 13 years. the night-shift for the BSI journals – the The journal has been in very capable time has come to stand down and focus hands. All his hard work and dedication on other challenges for the research has driven the journal forward and community. This has spanned a period of contributed to its 60-year legacy, immense change in immunology research, establishing it as a highly respected funding, publishing-business models and journal within the field. We wish him all competitor journals. It’s terrific to have the very best and every success for the ‘It’s terrific to have been around for such a strong period at future. the journals, to have helped publish some “Both of our official journals, been around for such really quite important immunology and to Immunology and Clinical & have had the privilege to get to know some Experimental Immunology, are crucial a strong period at the amazing, stellar, colleagues around the to the Society. The financial support journals, and to have world as editors.” they provide to us is used to benefit our members in the form of grants, travel helped publish some awards, Regional and Affinity group really quite important Simon Milling's introduction: meetings, our popular annual Congress and other key initiatives.
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