CHIRI hosted two events in as many days for the Annual Day of Immunology. Close to 40 staff and students competed in the 2nd annual Day of Immunology 5-a-side soccer tournament organised by PhD student, Waheed Alrehaily, on 27th April. A number of other staff and students also came to support the “immune cells” in their fight for the ASI cup. We had great weather for the event and four teams were entered into the competition: Dendritic Cells, Macrophages, T Cells and B Cells. Macrophages had undergone training prior to the event, however this did not appear to be give them an advantage, as they lost all of their matches. Dendritic Cells also failed to process their losses following the round games, with the T cells and B cells left to fight for the ASI cup in the final. Some interesting lineages appeared as a few Dendritic Cells also became B Cells for the final. Both the T and B Cells displayed memory from last year’s event and managed to mount a greater response this year. However, eventually the T Cells were exhausted again leaving the B Cells the winners on the day, 2-0 in the final. Overall the day was a great success and we are aiming for an even better response next year, with hopefully more “Immune Cells” entering into the competition.
The Winners – ‘B Cells’ – Romana Begicievic, Dorji, Mohammad Ammoun, Jordan Rowles, Ricky Lareu & Marco Falasca
Some of the action
The ASI WA Cup and Prize Packs
The following morning, CHIRI hosted the Day of Immunology Morning Tea. Staff and students were invited to bring along their best immunology-themed morning tea. Images from the “Snapshots of the Immune System” exhibition were on display and some examples included a jelly tissue culture well, bone marrow pie and bifurcated artery. All those who attended were very enthusiastic and supportive of the entries.
Tissue Culture Well Jelly Cake from Stephen Proksch
Bone Marrow Pie from Lelinh Duong
Bifurcated Artery from Gae Ellison
