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SUMMARY:Lister Award Prizegiving for Dr Fränze Progatzky: From support to
  spotlight – how glial cells shape tissue immunity
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260610T103000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260610T120000
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DESCRIPTION:Dr Fränze Progatzky\, Wellcome Career Development Fellow and 
 Group Leader at the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology\, was awarded a List
 er Prize in 2025. Members of the Lister Institute and wider community will
  join us for her Prizegiving on 10 June 2026 in the Kennedy Institute Lect
 ure Theatre from 10:30-12:00. \n\nNo registration is needed and the event 
 is open to all members of the University of Oxford.\n\nEvent structure\n10
 :30–10:45 – Introduction by Professor Dame Fiona Powrie\n10:45–11:30
  – Research presentation by Dr Fränze Progatzky\n11:30–11:45 – Q&A\
 n11:45–11:55 – Prize presentation by Prof Sir John Iredale\n\nDr Proga
 tzky’s research presentation\nFrom support to spotlight – how glial ce
 lls shape tissue immunity\nChronic inflammatory diseases of barrier organs
 \, including the gut\, lung and skin\, are major contributors to global mo
 rbidity and mortality. Despite significant advances\, the mechanisms gover
 ning inflammation resolution and tissue repair remain incompletely underst
 ood. Identifying previously unrecognised cellular regulators of barrier ti
 ssue inflammation is therefore an important priority with substantial tran
 slational potential.\nDr Fränze Progatzky’s research has demonstrated t
 hat enteric glia actively shape intestinal immune responses and can adopt 
 distinct functional states that regulate tissue inflammation. Using spatia
 l\, single-cell and mechanistic in vivo approaches\, she and colleagues ha
 ve also shown that glial cells form organised\, tissue-specific networks t
 hat contribute to intestinal immune compartmentalisation\, and that diseas
 e-associated glial states emerge in human inflammatory conditions across b
 arrier tissues.\nTogether\, these findings support a broader framework in 
 which peripheral glia act as key coordinators of tissue immunity across ba
 rrier organs. Ongoing work aims to define their roles in tissue repair thr
 ough integrated experimental approaches.\nIn this Lister Prize Lecture\, D
 r Progatzky will present an overview of her research journey and outline f
 uture directions. Originally considered primarily as supportive cells for 
 neurons\, glial cells are now emerging - from support to spotlight - as ce
 ntral players in tissue immunity.
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LOCATION:Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology - Kennedy Lecture Theatre\, Ken
 nedy Lecture Theatre Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology Headington Oxford O
 xfordshire OX3 7FY United Kingdom
SPEAKER:Dr Franze Progatzky (University of Oxford)
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