CIR seminars: Professor Kamal Khanna “Critical Roles of Nerve and Airway Associated Interstitial Macrophages (NAMs) in Respiratory Immunity: Balancing Immunity, Disease Tolerance, and Inflammation”Professor Kamal Khanna, Department of Microbiology, NYU School of MedicineProfessor Khanna webpageHost: Professor Chris Lucas** please remember attendance at these seminars is compulsory for all students registered in the CIR as part of your continued development and educational training**Bio: My research program investigates how tissue-resident macrophage circuits integrate neural, metabolic, and cytokine cues to coordinate immunity, inflammation, and tissue repair in the lung following infection, or during diseases like cancer. A significant focus involves understanding the role of tissue-resident macrophages in the lung in processes such as pathogen clearance, inflammation, cancer immunity, and tissue repair. Our work has identified a distinctive subset of interstitial macrophages, known as Nerve and Airway Associated Interstitial Macrophages (NAMs), characterized by a molecular signature indicative of an alternatively activated macrophage. NAMs play a crucial role in regulating type 2 immunity, inflammation resolution, and tissue repair.CIR student meet the speaker session following the seminar. If you would like to attend the student session, lunch provided, please contact Thibaut thibaut.sanchez@ed.ac.uk or Katie W.Y.Tse@sms.ed.ac.uk advising if you have any food allergies/dietary requirements. Tags CIR Jun 24 2026 12.00 - 13.00 CIR seminars: Professor Kamal Khanna “Critical Roles of Nerve and Airway Associated Interstitial Macrophages (NAMs) in Respiratory Immunity: Balancing Immunity, Disease Tolerance, and Inflammation” IRR South large seminar room 1.05
CIR seminars: Professor Kamal Khanna “Critical Roles of Nerve and Airway Associated Interstitial Macrophages (NAMs) in Respiratory Immunity: Balancing Immunity, Disease Tolerance, and Inflammation”Professor Kamal Khanna, Department of Microbiology, NYU School of MedicineProfessor Khanna webpageHost: Professor Chris Lucas** please remember attendance at these seminars is compulsory for all students registered in the CIR as part of your continued development and educational training**Bio: My research program investigates how tissue-resident macrophage circuits integrate neural, metabolic, and cytokine cues to coordinate immunity, inflammation, and tissue repair in the lung following infection, or during diseases like cancer. A significant focus involves understanding the role of tissue-resident macrophages in the lung in processes such as pathogen clearance, inflammation, cancer immunity, and tissue repair. Our work has identified a distinctive subset of interstitial macrophages, known as Nerve and Airway Associated Interstitial Macrophages (NAMs), characterized by a molecular signature indicative of an alternatively activated macrophage. NAMs play a crucial role in regulating type 2 immunity, inflammation resolution, and tissue repair.CIR student meet the speaker session following the seminar. If you would like to attend the student session, lunch provided, please contact Thibaut thibaut.sanchez@ed.ac.uk or Katie W.Y.Tse@sms.ed.ac.uk advising if you have any food allergies/dietary requirements. Tags CIR Jun 24 2026 12.00 - 13.00 CIR seminars: Professor Kamal Khanna “Critical Roles of Nerve and Airway Associated Interstitial Macrophages (NAMs) in Respiratory Immunity: Balancing Immunity, Disease Tolerance, and Inflammation” IRR South large seminar room 1.05
Jun 24 2026 12.00 - 13.00 CIR seminars: Professor Kamal Khanna “Critical Roles of Nerve and Airway Associated Interstitial Macrophages (NAMs) in Respiratory Immunity: Balancing Immunity, Disease Tolerance, and Inflammation”
