Welcome to cancer immunology seminar by Professor Shishir Shetty!

When: September 29, 2025 at 11:00–12:00
Where: Lauren 2, Medisiina D
Speaker: Professor Shishir Shetty, University of Birmingham
Title: Endothelial targeting in liver cancer

ImmuDocs and iCANDoc Doctoral Researchers are invited to join Professor Shetty for after-seminar lunch event for no cost at 12:00 in Bistro Elli’s Kabinetti (Original Sokos Hotel Kupittaa, Joukahaisenkatu 6). During lunch Professor Shetty will share viewpoints on his own career, tips for dissertation work and career planning and we will have time for a general discussion.

Please register for the lunch here: https://link.webropol.com/s/lunch-shishir.

About Professor Shetty:

Shishir Shetty is Professor of Liver Tumour Immunology, he is also co-theme lead in the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre and Interim Director of the Centre for Liver and Gastrointestinal Research at the University of Birmingham.  He qualified in medicine from the University of Leicester in 1999 and undertake training in hepatology and liver transplant medicine at the Royal Free in London and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.

During his training, he joined the laboratory of Professor David Adams and undertook a PhD focused on lymphocyte recruitment to the liver. This initiated a collaboration with Professor Sirpa Jalkanen and Professor Marko Salmi and he was funded by a Wellcome Trust intermediate fellowship  to study the mechanisms of liver fibrosis in a joint project with the Jalkanen/Salmi team in MediCity. In 2020 he was awarded a Cancer Research UK advanced clinician scientist fellowship to find new therapeutic approaches to treat primary liver cancer also known as hepatocellular cancer (HCC). He is a member of key international networks and elected committee member of HCC-UK and the International Liver Cancer Association (ILCA) Patient advocacy group. His work has been recognised by several prestigious awards including the Lancet Young Investigator Award, the Dame Sheila Sherlock medal and United European Gastroenterology Rising Star Award.