About the BSP - The Council
Dr Catherine Lawrence
Meetings Secretary
Research Interests
My research is on round the interaction between gastrointestinal (GI) parasitic helminths (worms) and their hosts. Infection with parasites is likely to have an impact on a number of immunological issues including the use of oral vaccines, the therapeutic use of orally administered antigen in the treatment of autoimmune disease and the dysregulation of immune responses that predispose for intestinal inflammation. This has direct implications for the design and application of anti-parasite therapies and treatments but also has wider implications for immunoregulation in mucosal tissues (gut and lung) in general.
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BSP Autumn Symposium - Progress in Paediatric Parasitology
23rd September 2010
The BSP Autumn Symposium 2010 will be held on 23rd -24th September 2010 at Durham University's Queens Campus in Stockton on Tees. Run in conjunction with the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, we are stretching the programme over 2 days beginning after lunch on the 23rd and finishing after lunch on the 24th. This approach is being taken to allow people travelling from a distance to spend just one night away from home whilst being able to attend an evening social event. The talks will be given by invited speakers and we will also run a poster session.
