Event
“Antigen dependent and independent shaping of maternal immunity: multiple consequences for infection control in offspring”
CSI/TIG Seminar Speaker by Prof WIlliam Horsnell , Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Mycology at the University of Exeter
Wednesday 4 December 2024
University of Dundee
Old Hawkhill
Dundee
DD1 4HN
Host: Dr Henry McSorley
Venue : Sir Kenneth & Lady Noreen Murray Seminar Room, CTIR 2.84
Bio
Bill Horsnell joined the CMM in Exeter after 20 successful years of research in immunology at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. His research interests centre on 1: how our exposure to one type of disease alters our ability to control a different disease and 2: how mothers’ immunity can shape offspring immunity. This work addresses immunity to a range of mucosal infectious (including helminths, bacteria, viruses and fungi) and non-infectious (e.g. allergy) diseases.
This seminar will address how fundamental changes to mothers’ immunity as a result of pregnancy influence offspring immunity ability to control infection.