Jon van Rood Prize Lecture
John Trowsdale
Professor of Immunology at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, UK.
Immune Defence and Polymorphism.
Invited Speakers
Louise Boyle
Professor of Molecular Immunology at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, UK.
Peptides Controlling the Orchestration of Immune Responses.
Natasja de Groot
Department of Comparative Genetics and Refinement at BPRC, the Netherlands.
MHC Diversity in Great Ape Species: Evolution and Host-Pathogen Interactions.
John Hammond
Director of Research at the Pirbright Institute in Woking, UK.
Combining Genomics and Single Cell Sequencing to Understand the Evolution of MHC and NK Cell Receptors in Non-Model Species.
Ed Hollox
Professor of Genetics at the University of Leicester in Leicester, UK.
Copy Number Variation of Immunity Genes in the Age of Biobanks.
Jacek Radwan
Evolutionary Biology Lab at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland.
MHC Genes in the Red Queen Race.
Josephine Pemberton FRS
Chair of Natural History at the University of Edinburgh, UK.
Maintenance of MHC Class II Variation in a Wild Sheep.
Alexander Mentzer
Clinical Principal Investigator at the University of Oxford in Oxford, UK.
HLA, Hepatitis B and Viral Evasion: Unravelling Vaccine Immunity in Bangladeshi Infants.
Anna Savage
Associate Professor at the University of Central Florida, US.
MHC Polymorphism and Disease Susceptibility in Wild Amphibian and Reptile Populations.
The Royal Art of DNA
Using art to show the beauty of our knowledge contributes to sharing science. A good example of this are the artworks of the Dutch artist Jacob van der Beugel. One of his master pieces is the DNA room in Huis ten Bosch in The Hague. Here he symbolizes diversity within human race, as well as in comparison to other species. Of course, HLA is also represented in this artwork. Together with a renowned Dutch immunologist, an expert in HLA genetics, we have contributed important MHC knowledge to this work. The journey to the establishment of the final piece of art will be presented.
Erik Rozemuller
Bioinformatician and founder of the TxMiller Foundation, Zeist, the Netherlands.
We’re delighted to announce that we are adding on an encore to the program, for those with an insatiable appetite for more. Dr. Erik Rozemuller serves up a “Royal Dessert” in the form of an extra presentation after dinner!
Jacob van der Beugel
Jacob van der Beugel is a UK based artist that has created several large art installations that combine contemporary data usage with wider broader notions of identity: most notably genomic data at Chatsworth House UK and Palace Huis ten Bosch The Netherlands. He has worked with The Wellcome Sanger Institute, The Hubrecht Institute and The Ellison Institute of Technology amongst others. His work is housed in numerous museums and private institutes.
Alain de Botton has said of his work “A beautiful poetic work which is exemplary in the way it manages to turn information (of which we have so much, and which usually leaves us so cold) into art (which touches our hearts)”.
Jacob’s art tackles contemporary understanding of complex science, such as the datafication of the individual, society and the world. He uses intuitively and culturally familiar materials such as clay and concrete in a uniquely recombinant way to explore the various forces that shape the human condition.
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