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CONTACT:amy.thompson@imperial.ac.uk
ORGANIZER:Imperial College London
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DESCRIPTION:*_Abstract:_* We have given names to nearly all the different p
 roteins molecules that mediate communication between human cells. Now\, the
  audacious goal of contemporary cell biology is to understand how the billi
 on proteins in an average cell allow them to move\, multiply\, create a bra
 in or defend us against viruses and bacteria. Thus\, imaging where and when
  proteins interact with each other has a major role to play at this frontie
 r. In this lecture\, I will discuss how recent images of just a few types o
 f proteins has already led to important new concepts in how immune cells co
 mmunicate with each other and how they recognize signs of disease.
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 iography:_* Daniel Davis obtained a BSc. in Physics from the University of 
 Manchester in 1992 and a PhD. in Physics in 1995 in David Birch’s laborat
 ory at Strathclyde University\, Glasgow. Then\, as an Irvington Institute F
 ellow\, he studied immunology with Jack Strominger at Harvard University. I
 n December 1999 he returned to the UK to establish his own research group a
 t Imperial College London and he earned a Professorship in 2005. His princi
 pal scientific achievements are the first description of the Natural Killer
  (NK) cell immune synapse\, which was also the first description of any imm
 une synapse between living cells\, the first observation of proteins exchan
 ging between cells across NK cell immune synapses and most recently\, the f
 irst studies on how membrane nanotubes can have an important role in immune
  cell biology.
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\n*_Chair:_* Professor Maggie Dallman\, Professor of Immu
 nology\, Deputy Principal\, Faculty of Natural Sciences
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\n*_Vote of Than
 ks:_* Professor David Birch\, Head\, Department of Physics\, University of 
 Strathclyde
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SUMMARY:Inaugural Lecture: Secrets of your immune system
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LOCATION:Imperial College London Huxley Building Clore Lecture Theatre
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