Popular science piece on immunity and COVID-19 by Julie Hagedorn Thomsen and Kristoffer H. Johansen
Master’s student, Julie Hagedorn Thomsen and PhD student Kristoffer Haurum Johansen, wrote a popular science article on immunity and how the immune system combats infections like SARS-CoV-2. Danish version: https://videnskab.dk/krop-sundhed/saadan-tager-dit-immunforsvar-kampen-op-mod-infektioner-som-covid-19 Translated to English here:https://sciencenordic.com/epidemic-health-immune-system/how-your-immune-system-combats-infections-like-covid-19/1739725
Anita Chandra speaks to the Naked Scientist
Anita Chandra discusses antibody testing for Covid-19 on the Naked Scientist podcast,
New publication
Wood, AJ, Vassallo, AM, Ruchaud-Sparagano, MH, Scott, J, Zinnato, C, Gonzalez-Tejedo, C, Kishore, K, D’Santos, CS, Simpson, AJ, Menon, DK, Summers, C, Chilvers, ER, Okkenhaug, K, Conway Morris, A. (2020). C5a impairs phagosomal maturation in the neutrophil through phosphoproteomic remodelling. JCI Insight. :. PMID:32634128. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.137029.
Christina Courreges successful PhD Defence!
Congratulations to Christina Courreges who passed her PhD viva with minor corrections. Her examiners were Roger Williams and Paul Coffer and the examination was done by Zoom. Christina continues in the lab as a BBSRC-funded Postdoc. Her aim is to understand the role of the PI3K VPS34 in T cells.
New publication:
Loss of Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Activity in Regulatory T Cells Leads to Neuronal Inflammation Anne-Katrien Stark, Elizabeth C. M. Davenport, Daniel T. Patton, Cheryl L. Scudamore, Bart Vanhaesebroeck, Marc Veldhoen, Oliver A. Garden and Klaus OkkenhaugJ Immunol May 15, 2020, ji2000043; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.2000043
Opinion piece – Gene Therapy: A decade of Cut and Replace
Kristoffer H. Johansen is a PhD student in the Pamela Schwartzberg lab at NIAID, NIH and in the Okkenhaug Lab. He uses CRISPR/Cas9 in his research to investigate the role of phosphatidylinositol-binding proteins in T cell adhesion. Recently he authored an opinion-piece on the potential uses of CRISPR/Cas9 as a gene therapy for the science…
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Chariots of Fire run
The Okkenvikings are still running! This year we set up a relay running team for the Chariots of Fire event in Cambridge. 6 runners, 2.7 km per person (16.2 km total). Klaus Okkenhaug was the last runner, and we managed to finish as the 6th overall team in the mixed gender category, 27th overall out…
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20th Cambridge Immunology Forum: Primary Immunodeficiencies
See photos from the event here: https://www.alexanderdavenport.com/cambridge-immunology-forum
The yearly Roychoudhuri/Okkenhaug/Edgar lab punt
The last 3 years the Okkenviking and the Rahul Roychoudhuri lab have attempted to punt from Cambridge to Grantchester, some years more successful than others. This year was no exception, and the trip was this year expanded with the James Edgar lab joining, and the trip was followed with BBQ at Darwin College. One of…
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PI3K meeting in Buxton!
The whole Okkenhaug lab will join the coming PI3K meeting in Buxton in mid July. Come say hi!
The PI3K/PTEN pathway: from basic science to clinical translation.
Location: The Palace Hotel, Buxton, UK