{"id":717,"date":"2020-12-06T16:42:46","date_gmt":"2020-12-06T16:42:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/?page_id=717"},"modified":"2026-01-27T06:41:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T06:41:50","slug":"tapahtumat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/en\/tapahtumat\/","title":{"rendered":"Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"717\" class=\"elementor elementor-717\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7093f50c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default parallax_section_no qode_elementor_container_no qode-content-aligment-left\" data-id=\"7093f50c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b3bb9a7\" data-id=\"2b3bb9a7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22fd0b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"22fd0b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>Immunology seminar series<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Immunology Seminar Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Immunology Seminar Series<\/p>\n<p>February 3rd at 14-15 (Finland time)<\/p>\n<p>Virtual event<\/p>\n<p>Taija M\u00e4kinen, University of Helsinki: Lymphatic vasculature as a<br>guardian of tissue homeostasis and inflammation<\/p>\n<p>Zoom link available from organizers<\/p>\n<p>Register for the Immunology Seminar Series email list to get calendar<br>invitations to the online seminars:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/D29C32AA6E8A2F7A\">https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/D29C32AA6E8A2F7A<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Host: Professor Riitta Lahesmaa (&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:rilahes@utu.fi\">rilahes[at]utu.fi<\/a>&nbsp;)<\/p>\n<p>Immunology seminar series is jointly organised by the Finnish Society<br>for Immunology, InFLAMES Flagship and Turku Bioscience. For further<br>information contact Anne Lahdenper\u00e4&nbsp; (&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:ankahy@utu.fi\">ankahy[at]utu.fi<\/a>&nbsp;) or Riitta<br>Lahesmaa (&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:rilahes@utu.fi\">rilahes[at]utu.fi<\/a>&nbsp;), University of Turku.<\/p>\n<p>Taija M\u00e4kinen obtained her PhD from the University of Helsinki and<br>completed postdoctoral training at the Max Planck Institute of<br>Neurobiology in Martinsried, Germany. She previously served as a group<br>leader at the Cancer Research UK London Research Institute (now the<br>Francis Crick Institute) and later as Professor at Uppsala University.<br>In 2024, she returned to Finland and currently serves as Director of the<br>Wihuri Research Institute and Professor at the Faculty of Medicine,<br>University of Helsinki. Her research focuses on the mechanisms<br>regulating the lymphatic vascular system and its roles in health and<br>disease.<\/p>\n<p>Recent selected publications:<\/p>\n<p>Kraft M, Schoofs H, Petkova M, Andrade J, Grosso AR, Benedito R, De Roo<br>AK, Boon LM, Vikkula M, Kapp FG, H\u00e4gerling R, Potente M, M\u00e4kinen T.<br>Angiopoietin-TIE2 feedforward circuit promotes PIK3CA-driven venous<br>malformations. Nat Cardiovasc Res. 2025 Jul;4(7):801-820. doi:<br>10.1038\/s44161-025-00655-9.<\/p>\n<p>Schoofs H, Daubel N, Schnabellehner S, Gr\u00f6nloh MLB, Palacios Mart\u00ednez<br>S, Halme A, Marks AM, Jeansson M, Barcos S, Brakebusch C, Benedito R,<br>Engelhardt B, Vestweber D, Gaengel K, Linsenmeier F, Sch\u00fcrmann S,<br>Saharinen P, van Buul JD, Friedrich O, Smith RS, Majda M, M\u00e4kinen T.<br>Dynamic cytoskeletal regulation of cell shape supports resilience of<br>lymphatic endothelium. Nature. 2025 May;641(8062):465-475. doi:<br>10.1038\/s41586-025-08724-6.<\/p>\n<p>Petkova M, Kraft M, Stritt S, Martinez-Corral I, Orts\u00e4ter H,<br>Vanlandewijck M, Jakic B, Baselga E, Castillo SD, Graupera M, Betsholtz<br>C, M\u00e4kinen T. Immune-interacting lymphatic endothelial subtype at<br>capillary terminals drives lymphatic malformation. J Exp Med. 2023 Apr<br>3;220(4):e20220741. doi: 10.1084\/jem.20220741.<\/p>\n<p>Hern\u00e1ndez V\u00e1squez MN, Ulvmar MH, Gonz\u00e1lez-Loyola A, Kritikos I, Sun<br>Y, He L, Halin C, Petrova TV, M\u00e4kinen T. Transcription factor FOXP2 is<br>a flow-induced regulator of collecting lymphatic vessels. EMBO J. 2021<br>Jun 15;40(12):e107192. doi: 10.15252\/embj.2020107192.<\/p>\n<p>Martinez-Corral I, Zhang Y, Petkova M, Orts\u00e4ter H, Sj\u00f6berg S, Castillo<br>SD, Brouillard P, Libbrecht L, Saur D, Graupera M, Alitalo K, Boon L,<br>Vikkula M, M\u00e4kinen T. Blockade of VEGF-C signaling inhibits lymphatic<br>malformations driven by oncogenic PIK3CA mutation. Nat Commun. 2020 Jun<br>8;11(1):2869. doi: 10.1038\/s41467-020-16496-y.<\/p>\n<p>Links:<br>&#8212;&#8212;<br>[1]&nbsp;<br><a href=\"https:\/\/bioscience.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ISS-A4Makinen-03022026.jpg?x24946\">https:\/\/bioscience.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ISS-A4Makinen-03022026.jpg?x24946<\/a><br>[2]&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/utu.zoom.us\/j\/69783530648\">https:\/\/utu.zoom.us\/j\/69783530648<\/a><br>[3]&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/D29C32AA6E8A2F7A\">https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/D29C32AA6E8A2F7A<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>December 9th at 14-15 (Finland time)<\/p>\n<p>Virtual event<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bioscience.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/A4web-ImmunologySeminarSeriesFlyer-web_09122025_01_01.jpg\">Flyer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>P\u00e4rt Peterson,<\/strong> University of Tartu, Estonia: Autoantibodies to type 1 interferons in Aire-deficient hosts<\/p>\n<p>Link to join the zoom meeting: <a href=\"https:\/\/utu.zoom.us\/j\/64207182900\">https:\/\/utu.zoom.us\/j\/64207182900<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Register for the Immunology Seminar Series email list to get calendar invitation to the online seminar: <a href=\"https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/D29C32AA6E8A2F7A\">https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/D29C32AA6E8A2F7A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Host: Professor Riitta Lahesmaa ( rilahes[\u00e4t]utu.fi )<\/p>\n<p>Immunology seminar series is jointly organised by the Finnish Society for Immunology, InFLAMES Flagship and Turku Bioscience. For further information contact Anne Lahdenper\u00e4&nbsp; ( ankahy[\u00e4t]utu.fi ) or Riitta Lahesmaa ( rilahes[\u00e4t]utu.fi ), University of Turku.<\/p>\n<p><strong>P\u00e4rt Peterson<\/strong> is a Professor of Molecular Immunology and Head of the Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine at the University of Tartu, Estonia. He defended his PhD in molecular immunology in 1996 at the University of Tampere, Finland and he has been a Fellow of the Finnish Academy, The Wellcome Trust International Senior Fellow, and the Research Professor of the Academy of Estonia. Since 2008, he has been a Professor of Molecular Immunology at the University of Tartu, Estonia. Year 2023 he was elected member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences.<br>P\u00e4rt Peterson leads Molecular Pathology Research Group at the University of Tartu. His main focus is to understand the transcriptional and epigenetic regulation in cells involved in immune response and tolerance. His research interest has focused on the Central immune tolerance and the function of the Autoimmune Regulator (AIRE) gene in the thymus. His second research direction is Immunopathology of APECED (or APS1) disease, in which patients develop multiple endocrine autoimmune disorders and chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis. He co-discovered and made initial characterization of the DNA methyltransferase 3-like (DNMT3L) gene, a regulator of DNA methylation and epigenetic imprinting. P\u00e4rt Peterson group studies the role of autoantibodies to type 1 interferon and other cytokines, and their presence among autoimmune patients and in aged individuals and also age-related changes in old individuals to understand the molecular and cellular drivers of these processes. They combine molecular and cellular approaches with immunology tools and use genome-wide transcriptomic and epigenetic analyses, also single-cell approaches on immune cells.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Selected publications:<\/p>\n<p>Stoljar A, Zarodniuk M, Bichele R, Armulik EH, Haljasorg U, Humeau R, Besnard M, Haljasm\u00e4gi L, Tserel L, Peltser M, Salumets A, Kek\u00e4l\u00e4inen E, Kisand K, Guillonneau C, Laan M, Peterson P. Impaired Aire-dependent IFN signaling in the thymus precedes the protective autoantibodies to IFN\u03b1. J Exp Med. 2025 Jul 7;222(7):e20241403. doi: 10.1084\/jem.20241403.<\/p>\n<p>Giraud M, Peterson P. The Autoimmune Regulator (AIRE) Gene, The Master Activator of Self-Antigen Expression in the Thymus. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2025;1471:199-221. doi: 10.1007\/978-3-031-77921-3_7..<\/p>\n<p>Laan M, Salumets A, Klein A, Reintamm K, Bichele R, Peterson H, Peterson P. Post-Aire Medullary Thymic Epithelial Cells and Hassall&#8217;s Corpuscles as Inducers of Tonic Pro-Inflammatory Microenvironment. Front Immunol. 2021 Apr 2;12:635569. doi: 10.3389\/fimmu.2021.635569.<\/p>\n<p>Ossart J, Moreau A, Autrusseau E, M\u00e9noret S, Martin JC, Besnard M, Ouisse LH, Tesson L, Flippe L, Kisand K, Peterson P, Hubert FX, Anegon I, Josien R, Guillonneau C. Breakdown of Immune Tolerance in AIRE-Deficient Rats Induces a Severe Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy-Candidiasis-Ectodermal Dystrophy-like Autoimmune Disease. J Immunol. 2018 Aug 1;201(3):874-887. doi: 10.4049\/jimmunol.1701318. Epub 2018 Jun 29.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>November 4th at 14-15 (Finland time)<\/p>\n<p>Virtual event<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonna Alanko, <\/strong>Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and \u00c5bo Akademi University: Dendritic cell navigation and self-generated chemokine gradients<\/p>\n<p>Link to join the zoom meeting: <a href=\"https:\/\/utu.zoom.us\/j\/63682411952\">https:\/\/utu.zoom.us\/j\/63682411952<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Register for the Immunology Seminar Series email list to get calendar invitation to the online seminar: <a href=\"https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/D29C32AA6E8A2F7A\">https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/D29C32AA6E8A2F7A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Host: Professor Riitta Lahesmaa ( rilahes[\u00e4t]utu.fi )<\/p>\n<p>Immunology seminar series is jointly organised by the Finnish Society for Immunology, InFLAMES Flagship and Turku Bioscience. For further information contact Anne Lahdenper\u00e4&nbsp; ( ankahy[\u00e4t]utu.fi ) or Riitta Lahesmaa ( rilahes[\u00e4t]utu.fi ), University of Turku.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><strong>PhD Jonna Alanko<\/strong>&nbsp;is a Principal Investigator at the Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and \u00c5bo Akademi University, and the winner of the Scandinavian Society for Immunology (SSI) Young Investigator Award 2025 from Finland. Jonna completed her PhD in 2016 in Prof. Johanna Ivaska\u2019s group at the University of Turku, after which she conducted extensive postdoctoral research abroad in Prof. Michael Sixt\u2019s group at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA). After returning to Finland, Jonna continued her career as an InFLAMES Postdoctoral Fellow in Prof. Marko Salmi\u2019s group until securing funding for her own research group (InstruFellow and Academy Research Fellow).<\/p>\n<p>Jonna and her&nbsp;<em>Immune Cell Navigation<\/em>&nbsp;group investigate how immune cells\u2014particularly dendritic cells\u2014migrate and navigate in response to different molecular cues, using various live-cell migration setups (<a href=\"https:\/\/bioscience.fi\/immune-cell-navigation\/\">https:\/\/bioscience.fi\/immune-cell-navigation\/<\/a>). Jonna\u2019s previous work revealed dendritic cell\u2013generated CCL19 gradients as a previously unknown guidance mechanism, and her group is now continuing this research to open new avenues for understanding immune responses. Their research aims to uncover the detailed mechanisms of leukocyte navigation, with the ultimate goal of therapeutically manipulating these mechanisms to guide cells to desired locations, such as toward tumors or away from autoimmune sites.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Selected publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alanko, J., U\u00e7ar, M.C., Canigova, N., Stopp, J., Schwarz, J., Merrin, J., Hannezo, E., and Sixt, M. (2023) CCR7 acts as both a sensor and a sink for CCL19 to coordinate collective leukocyte migration. Sci Immunol <em>8<\/em>, eadc9584, DOI:<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1126\/sciimmunol.adc9584\">10.1126\/sciimmunol.adc9584<\/a><\/p>\n<p>U\u00e7ar, M.C., Alsberga, Z., Alanko, J., Sixt, M. &amp; Hannezo, E. (2025) Self-generated chemotaxis of mixed cell populations, PNAS 122 (34) e2504064122, DOI:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.2504064122\">10.1073\/pnas.2504064122<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>June 3rd at 14-15 (Finland time)<\/p>\n<p>Virtual event<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sini Laakso<\/strong>, University of Helsinki: Exploring germinal center reaction and role of Epstein Barr virus by accessing deep cervical lymph nodes of patients with multiple sclerosis<\/p>\n<p>Link to the online seminar: <a href=\"https:\/\/utu.zoom.us\/j\/62550568313\">https:\/\/utu.zoom.us\/j\/62550568313<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Register for the Immunology Seminar Series email list to get calendar invitation to the online seminar: <a href=\"https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/D29C32AA6E8A2F7A\">https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/D29C32AA6E8A2F7A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Host: Professor Riitta Lahesmaa ( <a href=\"mailto:rilahes@utu.fi\">rilahes[at]utu.fi<\/a> )<\/p>\n<p>Immunology seminar series is jointly organised by the Finnish Society for Immunology, InFLAMES Flagship and Turku Bioscience. For further information contact Anne Lahdenper\u00e4&nbsp; ( <a href=\"mailto:ankahy@utu.fi\">ankahy[at]utu.fi<\/a> ) or Riitta Lahesmaa ( <a href=\"mailto:rilahes@utu.fi\">rilahes[at]utu.fi<\/a> ), University of Turku.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sini Laakso<\/strong>, MD PhD, docent, is a group leader in University of Helsinki, Translational Immunology Research Program and a neurologist in Helsinki University Hospital, Brain center. Her PhD in the group of Petteri Arstila, University of Helsinki, investigated T cell homeostasis in patients with Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy -Candidiasis- Ectodermal Dystrophy and was completed in 2012, three years after the MD degree. She then went on to specialize in neurology, degree achieved in 2020 and participated in post doc work in the group of professor Pentti Tienari. She was a Research Council of Finland Clinical researcher 2020-2024, starting her own group to investigate cervical lymph nodes in MS. Her group also has a wider interest in autoimmune neurology. She started as a Sigrid Juselius established clinical researcher in Jan 2025.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?filter=simsearch1.fha&amp;term=laakso+sini&amp;sort=date&amp;sort_order=desc\">Link to publication list<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>May 6th, 2025, at 14-15 (Finland time)<\/p>\n<p>Virtual event<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bioscience.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/iss-web-06052025.jpg\">Flyer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kirsi Rautajoki, <\/strong>Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University: Mapping the immune landscape of diffuse astrocytoma brain tumors<\/p>\n<p>Host: Professor Riitta Lahesmaa ( rilahes[at[utu.fi )<\/p>\n<p>Link to the online seminar: <a href=\"https:\/\/utu.zoom.us\/j\/67064439108\">https:\/\/utu.zoom.us\/j\/67064439108<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you do not yet receive calendar invitations to the Immunology Seminars subscribe to Immunology Seminar Series email list: <a href=\"https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/D29C32AA6E8A2F7A\">https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/D29C32AA6E8A2F7A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Immunology seminar series is jointly organised by the Finnish Society for Immunology, InFLAMES Flagship and Turku Bioscience. For further information contact Anne Lahdenper\u00e4&nbsp; ( ankahy[at]utu.fi ) or Riitta Lahesmaa ( rilahes[at]utu.fi ), University of Turku.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>Adjunct Professor <strong>Kirsi Rautajoki<\/strong> leads the Cancer Regulation and Immunology research group, which investigates how immunosuppression is established and sustained in the brain tumor microenvironment. The group also explores how altered epigenetic and gene regulation drive malignancy and cell plasticity by hijacking normal stem cell regulatory mechanisms. Additionally, they develop novel DNA methylation-based methods for brain tumor diagnostics and treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Their research focuses on brain tumors, particularly glioblastoma, diffuse gliomas, and atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumors (AT\/RTs). The team comprises both computational and experimental researchers with expertise in epigenetics, gene expression, single-cell, and spatial analysis methods. They collaborate closely with clinical experts and primarily utilize patient samples and in-house patient-derived cell and tissue models.<\/p>\n<p>Adj. Prof. Kirsi Rautajoki has a background in immunology, specializing in T-cell signaling and differentiation. Following her Ph.D., she transitioned into cancer genomics and brain tumor research. Currently, she is a university lecturer and the principal investigator (PI) of the Cancer Regulation and Immunology research group. She is also the co-founder and chair of Finnish Brain Tumor Research Association (FiBTRA), an initiative fostering collaboration between researchers and clinical experts in central nervous system tumor research. Additionally, she is an active member of Prostate Cancer Research Center (PCRC), FICAN-MID Tays cancer centre, and Tampere Brain &amp; Mind.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Selected publications:<\/p>\n<p>Hermelo, I., Virtanen, T., Salonen, I., N\u00e4tkin, R., Keitaanniemi, S., Tiihonen, A., Lehtipuro, S., Kummola, L., Raulamo, E., Nordfors, K., Haapasalo, H., Rauhala, M., Kesseli, J., Nykter, M., Haapasalo, J., Rautajoki, K.J. (2025) Unsupervised clustering reveals noncanonical myeloid cell subsets in the brain tumor microenvironment. Cancer Immunol. Immunother. 74:63.<\/p>\n<p>Governa, V., de Oliveira, K.G., B\u00e5ng-Rudenstam, A., Offer, S., Cerezo-Maga\u00f1a, M., Li, J., Beyer, S., Johansson, M.C., M\u00e5nsson, A.-S., Edvardsson, C., Durmo, F., Gustafsson, E., Boukredine, A., Jeannot, P., Schmidt, K., Gezelius, E., Menard, J.A., Garza, R., Jakobsson, J., de Neergaard, T., Sundgren, P.C., Tiihonen, A.M., Haapasalo, H., Rautajoki, K.J., Nordenfelt, P., Darabi, A., Forsberg-Nilsson, K., Pietras, A., Talbot, H., Bengzon, J., Belting, M. (2024) Protumoral lipid droplet-loaded macrophages are enriched in human glioblastoma and can be therapeutically targeted. Sci. Transl. Med. 16:eadk1168.<\/p>\n<p>Rautajoki, K.J., Jaatinen, S., Hartewig, A., Tiihonen, A.M., Annala, M., Salonen, I., Valkonen, M., Simola, V., Vuorinen, E.M., Kivinen, A., Rauhala, M.J., Nurminen, R., Maass, K.K., Lahtela, S-L., Jukkola, A., Yli-Harja, O., Hel\u00e9n, P., Pajtler, K.W., Ruusuvuori, P., Haapasalo, J., Zhang, W., Haapasalo, H., Nykter, M. (2023) Genomic characterization of IDH-mutant astrocytoma progression to grade 4 in the treatment setting. Acta Neuropathol. Commun. 11:176.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<h3>June 4th, 2024 online at 14 \u2013 15 (Finland time)<\/h3>\n<p>Virtual event<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bioscience.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Immunology-series-Flyer_04062024.jpg?x79127\">Flyer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mihai Netea<\/strong>, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands: \u201cTrained immunity \u2013 a memory for innate host defense\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Please register latest June 3rd at <a href=\"https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/2FB4958BE8EB467A\">https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/2FB4958BE8EB467A<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Host: Riitta Lahesmaa ( <a href=\"mailto:rilahes@utu.fi\">rilahes[at]utu.fi<\/a> )<\/p>\n<p>Immunology seminar series is jointly organised by the Finnish Society for Immunology, InFLAMES Flagship and Turku Bioscience. For further information contact Anne Lahdenper\u00e4&nbsp; ( <a href=\"mailto:ankahy@utu.fi\">ankahy[at]utu.fi<\/a> ) or Riitta Lahesmaa ( <a href=\"mailto:rilahes@utu.fi\">rilahes[at]utu.fi<\/a> ), University of Turku.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mihai Netea<\/strong> was born and studied medicine in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. He completed his PhD at the Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands, on studies investigating the cytokine network in sepsis. After working as a post-doc at the University of Colorado, he returned to Nijmegen where he finished his clinical training as an infectious diseases specialist, and where he currently heads the division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Nijmegen University Nijmegen Medical Center. He is mainly interested in understanding the memory traits of innate immunity (<em>trained immunity)<\/em>, the factors influencing variability of human immune responses, and the immune dysregulation during bacterial and fungal infections. He is the recipient of the Spinoza Prize 2016 and an ERC Advanced grant in 2019, and since 2016 he is a member of the Netherlands Royal Academy of Sciences (KNAW).<\/p>\n<p>Selected publications:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Giamarellos-Bourboulis EJ, Tsilika M, Moorlag S, \u2026 , Papadopoulos A, Netea MG. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/32941801\/\">Activate: Randomized Clinical Trial of BCG Vaccination against Infection in the Elderly.<\/a> 2020 Oct 15;183(2):315-323.e9<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li>Katzmarski N, Dom\u00ednguez-Andr\u00e9s J, Cirovic B, \u2026 Schultze JL, Roger T, Giamarellos-Bourboulis EJ, Schlitzer A, Netea MG. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/34663978\/\">Transmission of trained immunity and heterologous resistance to infections across generations.<\/a> Nat Immunol. 2021 Nov;22(11):1382-1390<\/li>\n<li>Bekkering S, Arts RJW, \u2026 , Stunnenberg H, Riksen NP, Netea MG. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/29328908\">Metabolic Induction of Trained Immunity through the Mevalonate Pathway.<\/a> Cell. 2018; 172:135-146<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li>Mitroulis I, Ruppova K, Wang B, \u2026 , Hajishengallis G, Netea MG, Chavakis T. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/29328910\">Modulation of Myelopoiesis Progenitors Is an Integral Component of Trained Immunity.<\/a> 2018; 172:147-161<\/li>\n<li>Netea MG, Joosten LA, Latz E, Mills KH, Natoli G, Stunnenberg HG, O\u2019Neill LA, Xavier RJ. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/27102489\">Trained immunity: A program of innate immune memory in health and disease.<\/a> 2016 Apr 22;352(6284):aaf1098<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/katri-arvossa_pieni-217x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<div><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 18.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\">May 7th, 2024, online at 14-15: Katri Lindfors<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><b style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\">Katri Lindfors<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"letter-spacing: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">, Celiac Disease Research Center, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University: <i>Phenotypic spectrum of celiac disease \u2013 a quest for underlying mechanisms<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\">Please register latest May 6<sup>th<\/sup> at&nbsp; <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/EE67FF858AC0A584\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/EE67FF858AC0A584<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">Host: Riitta Lahesmaa ( <a href=\"mailto:rilahes@utu.fi\">rilahes[\u00e4t]utu.fi<\/a> )<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\">Immunology seminar series is jointly organised by the Finnish Society for Immunology, InFLAMES Flagship and Turku Bioscience. For further information contact Anne Lahdenper\u00e4&nbsp; ( <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><a href=\"mailto:ankahy@utu.fi\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">ankahy[\u00e4t]utu.fi<\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"> ) or Riitta Lahesmaa ( <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\"><a href=\"mailto:rilahes@utu.fi\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">rilahes[\u00e4t]utu.fi<\/span><\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"> ), University of Turku.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\">Katri Lindfors<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\"> is a professor of molecular biology and the vice director of Celiac Disease Research Center at Tampere University. She is a member of the organizing committee of the Tampere Celiac Disease Symposium, the scientific advisory board of the patient organization Finnish Celiac Society and International Society for the Study of Celiac Disease.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\">She has conducted translational celiac disease research over 20 years and published over 100 peer-reviewed articles. Her previous work has contributed to the understanding of factors involved in celiac disease pathogenesis including the potential role of enteroviruses as a triggering factor and the biological functions of celiac disease specific autoantibodies targeting a self-protein transglutaminase 2 (TG2).&nbsp; Currently her group focuses on identifying factors contributing to the heterogenous clinical picture of celiac disease using dermatitis herpetiformis, the skin manifestation of celiac disease, as a model phenotype. Up to now, her results indicate that in addition to a distinct genetic predisposition, an autoimmune response against a TG3, a homologue of celiac disease autoantigen TG2 is implicated in dermatitis herpetiformis. Ongoing studies are addressing the questions whether dermatitis herpetiformis pathogenesis is initiated in the small bowel mucosa and how the disease spreads from gut to skin as a consequence of unrecognized and untreated celiac disease.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">References: <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"1\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Das S, Stamnaes J, Kemppainen E, Hervonen K, Lundin KEA, Parmar N, Jahnsen FL, Jahnsen J, Lindfors K, Salmi T, Iversen R, Sollid LM. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;\">Separate Gut Plasma Cell Populations Produce Auto-Antibodies against Transglutaminase 2 and Transglutaminase 3 in Dermatitis Herpetiformis. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Adv Sci (Weinh) 2023;10:e2300401. &nbsp;doi: 10.1002\/advs.202300401.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Kalliokoski S, Mansikka E, de Kauwe A, Huhtala H, Saavalainen P, Kurppa K, Hervonen K, Reunala T, Kaukinen K, Salmi T, Lindfors K. Gliadin-induced ex vivo T cell response in dermatitis herpetiformis: A predictor of clinical relapse on gluten challenge? J Invest Dermatol, 2020;140:1867-1869.e2 doi: 10.1016\/j.jid.2019.12.038.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Lindfors K, Ciacci C, Kurppa K, Lundin K, Makharia G, Mearin ML, Murray J, Verdu E, Kaukinen K. Coeliac Disease. Nature Reviews Disease Primers 2019;5:3 DOI:10.1038\/s41572-018-0054-z.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\">Hietikko M, Hervonen K, Salmi T, Ilus T, Zone JJ, Kaukinen K, Reunala T, Lindfors K. Disappearance of epidermal transglutaminase and IgA deposits from the papillary dermis of dermatitis herpetiformis patients after a long-term gluten-free diet. Brit J Dermatol 2018;178:e198-e201. doi: 10.1111\/bjd.15995.<\/span><\/span>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.6667px;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.6667px;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.6667px;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">April &nbsp;2nd 2024 online at 14 \u2013 15 (Finland time)<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Wiendl_Geschaftsbericht-UKM_2016-200x300.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Wiendl_Geschaftsbericht-UKM_2016-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Wiendl_Geschaftsbericht-UKM_2016-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Wiendl_Geschaftsbericht-UKM_2016-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Wiendl_Geschaftsbericht-UKM_2016-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Wiendl_Geschaftsbericht-UKM_2016-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Wiendl_Geschaftsbericht-UKM_2016-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Wiendl_Geschaftsbericht-UKM_2016-700x1050.jpg 700w, https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Wiendl_Geschaftsbericht-UKM_2016-1100x1650.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Wiendl_Geschaftsbericht-UKM_2016-scaled.jpg 1707w\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Heinz Wiendl<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">, Department of Neurology with Institute of Translational Neurology at Muenster University, Germany:&nbsp;<i>Compartment-specific phenotyping in neuroimmunological diseases<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Register latest April 2<sup>nd<\/sup>&nbsp; at&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/AD357EFC02EF5DB2\">https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/AD357EFC02EF5DB2<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; background-color: #ffffff;\">Host: Riitta Lahesmaa (&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;\" href=\"mailto:rilahes@utu.fi\">rilahes[\u00e4t]utu.fi<\/a><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; background-color: #ffffff;\">&nbsp;)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Immunology seminar series is jointly organised by the Finnish Society for Immunology, InFLAMES Flagship and Turku Bioscience. For further information contact Anne Lahdenper\u00e4&nbsp; (&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:ankahy@utu.fi\">ankahy@utu.fi<\/a>&nbsp;) or Riitta Lahesmaa (&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:rilahes@utu.fi\">rilahes@utu.fi<\/a>&nbsp;), University of Turku.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Heinz Wiendl<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-GB\">&nbsp;studied medicine in Germany, Switzerland, and the USA, graduating in 1996. After working as a research fellow at the Institute of Neuroanatomy, Nuremberg, and the Max Planck Institute for Neurobiology and the Department of Neurology, Tuebingen, he became head of the clinical research group for multiple sclerosis (MS) in Wuerzburg in 2005 and acted as a vice-chair of the Department of Neurology. In 2010, he was recruited to the University Hospital Muenster as director of the Department of Neurology \u2013 Inflammatory Disorders of the Nervous System and Neurooncology. Since 2013, Prof. Wiendl serves as head of the Department of Neurology, Muenster \u2013 to which the Institute of Translational Neurology has been associated since 2018. His research focuses on inflammatory neurodegeneration and immune regulation and protection as well as monitoring MS and its therapy. His achievements have been recognized by both Sobek awards of the German Society for MS (DMSG) (2004; 2015). In 2017, he was appointed Honorary Professor at Sydney Medical School and in 2020 he received an honorary doctorate from the Medical Faculty of Masshad\/Iran.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Heinz Wiendl is a member of numerous scientific and academic advisory boards and expert panels, including editorial boards of international scientific journals in the fields of neurology, neurosciences, and immunology, as well as for societies, foundations, and project promoters. Currently, he is the speaker of the Collaborative Research Center 128 \u201dMultiple Sclerosis\u201d, and speaker of the disease-related competence network Multiple Sclerosis (KKNMS). He is the founder and principal investigator of the \u201dBody and Brain Institute\u201d Muenster, a prestigious research building funded by the German Federal Ministry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Selected publications:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Schneider-Hohendorf T*, Gerdes LA*, Pignolet B*, Gittelman R, Ostkamp P, Rubelt F, Raposo C, Tackenberg B, Riepenhausen M, &nbsp;&nbsp;Janoschka C, W\u00fcnsch C, Bucciarelli F, Flierl-Hecht A, Beltr\u00e1n E, K\u00fcmpfel T, Anslinger K, Gross CC, Chapman H, Kaplan I, Brassat D, Wekerle H, Kerschensteiner M, Klotz L, L\u00fcnemann JD, Hohlfeld R, Liblau R*, Wiendl H*, Schwab N*. (2022) Broader Epstein-Barr virus-specific T cell receptor repertoire in patients with multiple sclerosis. J Exp Med 219(11):e20220650. (*= equal contribution)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ostkamp P, Deffner M, Schulte-Mecklenbeck A, W\u00fcnsch C, Lu IN, Wu GF, Goelz S, De Jager PL, Kuhlmann T, Gross CC, Klotz L, Meyer Zu H\u00f6rste G, Wiendl H*, Schneider-Hohendorf T*, Schwab N*. (2022) A single-cell analysis framework allows for characterization of CSF leukocytes and their tissue of origin in multiple sclerosis. Sci Transl Med. 14(673):eadc9778. (*= equal contribution)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Schulte-Mecklenbeck A*, Steinberg OV*, Wirth T*, Lauks S*, Bittner S*, Schindler P, Baranzini SE, Groppa S, Bellmann-Strobl J, B\u00fcnger N, Chien C, Dawin E, Eveslage M, Fleischer V, Gonzalez-Escamilla G, Gisevius B, Haas J, Kerschensteiner M, Kirstein L, Korsukewitz C, Lohmann L, L\u00fcnemann JD, Luessi F, Meyer zu H\u00f6rste G, Motte J, Ruck T, Ruprecht K, Schwab N, Steffen F, Meuth SG, Paul F, Wildemann B, K\u00fcmpfel T, Gold R,&nbsp; Hahn T, Zipp F, Klotz L*, Wiendl H*, KKNMS (2024) Multiple sclerosis endophenotypes identified by high-dimensional blood signatures are associated with distinct disease trajectories. Sci Transl Med. In Press. (* shared first\/last authorship)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-662ae8e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"662ae8e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Immunology Seminar: Sirpa Jalkanen 5th March<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ImmunologySeminarSeries-05032024-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ImmunologySeminarSeries-05032024-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ImmunologySeminarSeries-05032024-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ImmunologySeminarSeries-05032024-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ImmunologySeminarSeries-05032024-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ImmunologySeminarSeries-05032024-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ImmunologySeminarSeries-05032024-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ImmunologySeminarSeries-05032024-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ImmunologySeminarSeries-05032024-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ImmunologySeminarSeries-05032024-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ImmunologySeminarSeries-05032024-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ImmunologySeminarSeries-05032024-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/ImmunologySeminarSeries-05032024-1100x1100.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>March 5th online at 14 &#8211; 15 (Finland time)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sirpa Jalkanen<\/strong>, Professor, Academician, University of Turku: The thrill of searching and joy of finding<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Registration link: <a href=\"https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/819786AD6D640B9D\">https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/819786AD6D640B9D<\/a><br>Register latest: March 4th at 12:00.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Host: Riitta Lahesmaa ( <a href=\"mailto:rilahes@utu.fi\">rilahes[\u00e4t]utu.fi<\/a> )<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Immunology seminar series is jointly organised by the Finnish Society for Immunology, InFLAMES Flagship and Turku Bioscience. For further information contact Anne Lahdenper\u00e4&nbsp; (<a href=\"mailto:ankahy@utu.fi\">ankahy[\u00e4t]utu.fi<\/a>) or Riitta Lahesmaa ( <a href=\"mailto:rilahes@utu.fi\">rilahes[\u00e4t]utu.fi<\/a> ), University of Turku.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Academician <strong>Sirpa Jalkanen<\/strong>, MD, PhD is Professor at the Medical Faculty, University of Turku. After her postdoctoral period at Stanford University, she has worked in different researcher positions at the University of Turku, Finnish National Institute of Health and Welfare as well as the Academy of Finland.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The main interest of Sirpa Jalkanen\u2019s research group has been in the mechanisms involved in harmful inflammations and cancer. Her group has identified several molecules, some of which are currently targeted in clinical trials. She has published more than 390 peer-reviewed papers and has more than 10 patents. She is an EMBO member and a member of Academia Europae and has received several awards and honours such as Eli Lilly award, Maud Kuistila Prize, Anders Jahre Prize, \u00c4yr\u00e4p\u00e4\u00e4 Prize, Klossner Medal, Datta Medal (from FEBS), the 2nd European Women Innovator Prize and the Finnish Pharma Industry Prize.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>She has served at several positions of trust, for example, as a chair of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters. She is currently a chair or vice chair of the board in three big Finnish Foundations financing research. She also served as a member of the board of Orion, the biggest pharmaceutical company in Finland for 10 years and has been a co-founder of two biotech companies \u2013 both publicly listed (New York, London and Helsinki stock markets).<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Representative publications:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Tadayon S, Dunkel J, Takeda A, Halle O, Karikoski M, Gerke H, Rantakari P, Virtakoivu R, Pabst O, Salmi M, Hollm\u00e9n M*, Jalkanen S*. Clever-1 contributes to lymphocyte entry into the spleen via the red pulp. Science Immunol 4:eaat0297, 2019. This paper reports identification of the first homing associated molecule guiding lymphocyte entrance into the spleen &#8211; searched for more than 20 years. Moreover, it demonstrates that lymphocytes also enter the spleen via the red pulp venules and not only via the marginal zone.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Takeda A, Hollm\u00e9n M, Dermadi D, Pan J, Brulois KF, Kaukonen R, L\u00f6nnberg T, Bostr\u00f6m P, Koskivuo I, Irjala H, Miyasaka M, Salmi M, Butcher EC, Jalkanen S. Single-cell survey of human lymphatics unveils unexpected heterogeneity and mechanisms of homing for neutrophils. Immunity 51:561-572, 2019. This paper uncovers marked heterogeneity among our lymph node lymphatics, demonstrates their anatomical localization and identifies mechanisms regulating neutrophil homing into the lymph nodes and their subsequent trapping there.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Jalkanen J, Pettil\u00e4 V, Huttunen T, Hollmen M, Jalkanen S. Glucocorticoids Inhibit Type I IFN Beta Signaling and the Upregulation of CD73 in Human Lung. Intensive Care Med 46:1937-1940, 2020. Mechanistic elucidation, why corticosteroids should never be given together with IFN beta in inflammation.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Jalkanen J, Khan S, Elima K, Huttunen T, Wang N, Hollm\u00e9n M, Elo LL, Jalkanen S. Polymorphism in interferon alpha\/beta receptor contributes to glucocorticoid response and outcome of ARDS and COVID-19. Critical Care 27:112, 2023. Discovery of an unknown polymorphism having a marked effect on disease outcome of ARDS and COVID-19.<\/p><p><br><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Immunology Seminar: Eliisa Kek\u00e4l\u00e4inen, 5th December<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ImmunologySeminarSeries-051220231-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ImmunologySeminarSeries-051220231-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ImmunologySeminarSeries-051220231-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ImmunologySeminarSeries-051220231-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ImmunologySeminarSeries-051220231-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ImmunologySeminarSeries-051220231-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ImmunologySeminarSeries-051220231-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ImmunologySeminarSeries-051220231-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ImmunologySeminarSeries-051220231-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ImmunologySeminarSeries-051220231-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ImmunologySeminarSeries-051220231-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ImmunologySeminarSeries-051220231-1100x1100.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/ImmunologySeminarSeries-051220231.jpg 1667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>December 5th, 2023, at 14 \u2013 15 (Finland time)<\/em><br><em>Virtual event<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eliisa Kek\u00e4l\u00e4inen<\/strong>, Translational Immunology Research Program, University of Helsinki &amp; HUS Diagnostic Center, Helsinki University Hospital: <strong>\u201cThe thymus, thymopoiesis, and thymic pathologies &#8211; relevant only in rare diseases?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Register latest Dec 4th at <a href=\"_wp_link_placeholder\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\">https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/A9FF7AB612EC68AE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Host: Riitta Lahesmaa ( <a href=\"mailto:rilahes@utu.fi\">rilahes[\u00e4t]utu.fi<\/a> )<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Immunology seminar series is jointly organised by the Finnish Society for Immunology, InFLAMES Flagship and Turku Bioscience. For further information contact Anne Lahdenper\u00e4&nbsp; (<a href=\"mailto:ankahy@utu.fi\">ankahy[\u00e4t]utu.fi<\/a>) or Riitta Lahesmaa ( <a href=\"mailto:rilahes@utu.fi\">rilahes[\u00e4t]utu.fi<\/a> ), University of Turku.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Eliisa Kek\u00e4l\u00e4inen, M.D. Ph.D., research group is based at the University of Helsinki, and is part of Translational Immunology Research Program. Eliisa Kek\u00e4l\u00e4inen has wide interest in immunodeficiency diagnostics and immunological tolerance. Her research focuses especially on the primary immunological organ the thymus. She is interested in how e.g. common viral infections and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation affect thymus function, how they could better measure thymopoiesis in clinical situations, and what kind of pathological processes in the thymus lead to immunodysregulation in autoimmune diseases such as myasthenia gravis. Eliisa Kek\u00e4l\u00e4inen works also at the HUS Diagnostic Center Clinical Microbiology and Immunology (Helsinki University Hospital) where she mainly focuses on immunodeficiency laboratory diagnostics.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Selected publications:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul><p><\/p>\n<li>Ilonen I, Kyt\u00f6 V, Kek\u00e4l\u00e4inen E. Health Consequences of Thymus Removal in Adults. N Engl J Med. 2023 Nov 2;389(18):1725-1726. doi: 10.1056\/NEJMc2310640. PMID: 37913515.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Myllynen C, Sarkkinen J, Atula S, Tienari P, Kek\u00e4l\u00e4inen E, Laakso SM. A skewed ratio of free light chains is more common in patients with late-onset than early-onset myasthenia gravis. Immunol Lett. 2023 Aug;260:81-88. doi: 10.1016\/j.imlet.2023.07.001. Epub 2023 Jul 4. PMID: 37414259.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Sarkkinen J, Dunkel J, Tuulasvaara A, Huuskonen A, Atula S, Kek\u00e4l\u00e4inen E, Laakso SM. Ectopic germinal centers in the thymus accurately predict prognosis of myasthenia gravis after thymectomy. Mod Pathol. 2022 Sep;35(9):1168-1174. doi: 10.1038\/s41379-022-01070-2. Epub 2022 Mar 25. PMID: 35338262; PMCID: PMC9424113.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Hetem\u00e4ki I, Kaustio M, Kinnunen M, Heikkil\u00e4 N, Keskitalo S, Nowlan K, Miettinen S, Sarkkinen J, Glumoff V, Andersson N, Kettunen K, Vanhanen R, Nurmi K, Eklund KK, Dunkel J, M\u00e4yr\u00e4np\u00e4\u00e4 MI, Schlums H, Arstila TP, Kisand K, Bryceson YT, Peterson P, Otava U, Syrj\u00e4nen J, Saarela J, Varjosalo M, Kek\u00e4l\u00e4inen E. Loss-of-function mutation in IKZF2 leads to immunodeficiency with dysregulated germinal center reactions and reduction of MAIT cells. Sci Immunol. 2021 Nov 26;6(65):eabe3454. doi: 10.1126\/sciimmunol.abe3454. Epub 2021 Nov 26. PMID: 34826260.<\/li><\/ul><div><br><\/div><div><br><\/div><ul>\n<p><\/p><\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Immunology seminar series: Liv Eidsmo, 14th November<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"281\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/52AADFC8-05B3-4224-97DF-2CB81D73B8A3-281x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/52AADFC8-05B3-4224-97DF-2CB81D73B8A3-281x300.png 281w, https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/52AADFC8-05B3-4224-97DF-2CB81D73B8A3-11x12.png 11w, https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/52AADFC8-05B3-4224-97DF-2CB81D73B8A3.png 451w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\">November 14th, 2023, at 14-15<\/span> Finland time<br>Virtual event<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Liv Eidsmo<\/strong>, MD, PhD, LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>Maintenance and renewal of skin resident T cells in inflammatory skin diseases<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Host: Riitta Lahesmaa ( <a href=\"mailto:rilahes@utu.fi\">rilahes[\u00e4t]utu.fi<\/a> )<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Registration latest <span dir=\"ltr\">November 13th<\/span> at: <a href=\"https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/584ABB98FFE02F8F\" data-outlook-id=\"231203f2-1782-44be-ba74-45debbd53e9b\" data-linkindex=\"1\">https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/584ABB98FFE02F8F<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Immunology seminar series is jointly organised by the Finnish Society for Immunology, InFLAMES Flagship and Turku Bioscience. For further information contact Anne Lahdenper\u00e4&nbsp; (<a href=\"mailto:ankahy@utu.fi\">ankahy[\u00e4t]utu.fi<\/a>) or Riitta Lahesmaa ( <a href=\"mailto:rilahes@utu.fi\">rilahes[\u00e4t]utu.fi<\/a> ), University of Turku.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Liv Eidsmo<\/strong> is a board certified dermatologist, a Professor of Translational Skin Immunology and the Executive Director of the LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center at the University of Copenhagen.&nbsp;Eidsmo graduated from Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. Following a postdoc&nbsp;in Frank Carbone&#8217;s laboratory at Melbourne University in Australia, her first laboratory was established at the Center for Molecular Medicine (CMM) at Karolinska Institutet in parallel to clinical training in dermatology at Karolinska University Hospital.&nbsp;The&nbsp;current laboratory at University of Copenhagen focuses on how T cells residing in the skin drive local recurrence of diseases such as psoriasis and vitiligo. &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sic.ku.dk\/research\/translational-skin-immunology\/\" data-outlook-id=\"c9c7f28d-6af0-478c-8d9f-53ed85c1fa96\" data-linkindex=\"4\">https:\/\/sic.ku.dk\/research\/translational-skin-immunology\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Selected publications:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul><p><\/p>\n<li>Human skin-resident CD8+ T cells require RUNX2 and RUNX3 for induction of cytotoxicity and expression of the integrin CD49a. Zitti B, Hoffer E, Zheng W, Pandey RV, Schlums H, Perinetti Casoni G, Fusi I, Nguyen L, K\u00e4rner J, Kokkinou E, Carrasco A, Gahm J, Ehrstr\u00f6m M, Happaniemi S, Keita \u00c5V, Hedin CRH, Mj\u00f6sberg J, Eidsmo L, Bryceson YT. Immunity. 2023 Jun 13;56(6):1285-1302.e7. doi: 10.1016\/j.immuni.2023.05.003.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Graded expression of the chemokine receptor CX3CR1 marks differentiation states of human and murine T cells and enables cross-species interpretation. Zwijnenburg AJ, Pokharel J, Varnait\u0117 R, Zheng W, Hoffer E, Shryki I, Comet NR, Ehrstr\u00f6m M, Gredmark-Russ S, Eidsmo L, Gerlach C. Immunity. 2023 Aug 8;56(8):1955-1974.e10. doi: 10.1016\/j.immuni.2023.06.025.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>T cells in resolved allergic contact dermatitis steer tissue inflammation and MMP-12-driven tissue modulation. Gallais S\u00e9r\u00e9zal I, Tajpara P, Schonfeldt T, Ignatov B, Sortebech D, Hoffer E, Zhang T, Rooijackers E, Ehrstr\u00f6m M, Nyl\u00e9n S, Matura M, Melican K, Eidsmo L. Allergy. 2022 Dec;77(12):<span dir=\"ltr\">3680-3683<\/span>. doi: 10.1111\/all.15484.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Long-term Outcomes and Prognosis in New-Onset Psoriasis. Svedbom A, Mallbris L, Larsson P, Nikamo P, Wolk K, Kjellman P, Sonkoly E, Eidsmo L, Lindqvist U, St\u00e5hle M. JAMA Dermatol. 2021 Apr 14;157(6):1-8. doi: 10.1001\/jamadermatol.2021.0734.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>A skewed pool of resident T cells triggers psoriasis-associated tissue responses in never-lesional skin from patients with psoriasis. Gallais S\u00e9r\u00e9zal I, Hoffer E, Ignatov B, Martini E, Zitti B, Ehrstr\u00f6m M, Eidsmo L. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2019 Apr;143(4):1444-1454. doi: 10.1016\/j.jaci.2018.08.048.<\/li><\/ul><div><br><\/div><div><br><\/div><ul>\n<p><\/p><\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">49th Annual Meeting and Summer School of the Scandinavian Society for Immunology<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/ssi2023.fi\/\">https:\/\/ssi2023.fi\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/2023flyer.png\" alt=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">********************************************<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Immunology seminar series, Autumn 2023<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>February 7th at 14:00 \u2013 15:00 (Finland time)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Virtual event<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Luke O\u2019Neill, Trinity College Dublin:&nbsp;<em>Adventures in Immunometabolism Research<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Host: Riitta Lahesmaa ( <a href=\"mailto:rilahes@utu.fi\">rilahes[\u00e4t]utu.fi<\/a> )<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Registration latest February 6th at: <a href=\"https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/C196B12841386EFF\">https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/C196B12841386EFF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>March 7th at 14:00 \u2013 15:00 (Finland time)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Virtual event<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Federica Sallusto, Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich: <\/strong>&#8221;Human T lymphocytes: differentiation, migration and immune regulation\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Host: Riitta Lahesmaa ( <a href=\"mailto:rilahes@utu.fi\">rilahes[\u00e4t]utu.fi<\/a> )<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Registration latest March 6th at <a href=\"https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/3DB3A046C68F1559\">https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/3DB3A046C68F1559<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h4>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>April 4th at 14:00 \u2013 15:00 (Finland time)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Virtual event<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"Bold\">Wilfried Ellmeier,<\/span> Institute of Immunology, Medical University of Vienna: Histone deacetylases and the control of CD4+ T cell-mediated immunity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Host: Riitta Lahesmaa ( <a href=\"mailto:rilahes@utu.fi\">rilahes[\u00e4t]utu.fi ( <\/a><a href=\"mailto:rilahes@utu.fi\">rilahes[\u00e4t]utu.fi<\/a><a href=\"mailto:rilahes@utu.fi\"> )<\/a> )<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Registration latest April 3rd at: <a href=\"https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/1CACC360E8233FFF\">https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/1CACC360E8233FFF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h4>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>May 9th at 14:00 \u2013 15:00 (Finland time)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Virtual event<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>John Todd, University of Oxford: &#8221;From genetics to disease mechanisms to clinical trials in type 1 diabetes&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Host: Riitta Lahesmaa (<a href=\"mailto:rilahes@utu.fi\">rilahes@utu.fi<\/a>&nbsp;)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Registration latest May 8th at: <a href=\"https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/9FE7447C1A28E71F\">https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/9FE7447C1A28E71F<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h4>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>June 13th at 14:00 \u2013 15:00 (Finland time)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Virtual event<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fiona Powrie, University of Oxford: TBA<br><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Host: Riitta Lahesmaa (<a href=\"mailto:rilahes@utu.fi\">rilahes@utu.fi<\/a>&nbsp;)<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Registration latest June 12th at: <a href=\"https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/D08980F98591B2B7\">https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/D08980F98591B2B7<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">**********************<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iuis.org\/iuis-2023-congress\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IUIS_23-Banner_1024-x-512_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\"><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">*****************************************************************************************************<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Heikki Hy\u00f6ty<\/strong>, Tampere University: &#8221;Type 1 diabetes, enterovirus and prospects of vaccine development&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Registration latest Feb 28 at: <a href=\"https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/64C9EC43374D8B69\">https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/64C9EC43374D8B69<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>5.4. at 14.00 &#8211; 15.00<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bernard Malissen<\/strong>, Centre d\u2019Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy: &#8221;Quantitative interactomics of the TCR signal-transduction network and of its co-inhibitors&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Registration latest Apr 4 at: <a href=\"https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/DABCBD92434374D1\">https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/DABCBD92434374D1<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>3.5. at 14.00 &#8211; 15.00<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ludvig Sollid<\/strong>, University of Oslo: \u201cTriggers and drivers of autoimmunity\u201d<br>Registration latest May 2 at: <a href=\"https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/E8E36C4960A8B012\">https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/E8E36C4960A8B012<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>7.6. at 14.00 &#8211; 15.00<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>Marko Salmi<\/strong>, University of Turku: &#8221;The lymph node as a filter&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Registration latest Jun 6 at: <a href=\"https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/38514ADFC0B3B229\">https:\/\/link.webropolsurveys.com\/S\/38514ADFC0B3B229<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Immunology seminar series is jointly organised by the Finnish Society for Immunology, InFLAMES Flagship and Turku Bioscience. For further information contact Anne Lahdenper\u00e4 (<a href=\"mailto:ankahy@utu.fi\">ankahy@utu.fi<\/a>) or Riitta Lahesmaa (<a href=\"mailto:rilahes@utu.fi\">rilahes@utu.fi<\/a>), University of Turku.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">*****************************************************************************************************<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ssi2022.is\/#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/SSI-annual-meeting-300x147.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"566\" height=\"277\"><\/a><\/h4>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ssi2022.is\/#\">48th Annual Meeting of the Scandinavian Society of Immunology and Summer School<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">June 12 &#8211; 15, 2022 in Reykjavik, Iceland<\/h4>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The scientific programme will be covering recent advances in immunology. The format of the meeting will be constructed to promote scientific discussions, with State-of-the-Art lectures and oral presentations, selected from abstracts submitted. All accepted abstracts will be presented as posters. This year the summer school will be combined with EFIS on Tour Symposium Series, and both will give PhD students and young scientists an excellent opportunity to update their knowledge.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Deadline of abstract submission: <strong>15 March <\/strong><br>Deadline of Travel Grant submission: <strong>15 March<\/strong><br>Early registration deadline: <strong>1 May 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Visit SSI2022 homepage: <a href=\"https:\/\/ssi2022.is\/\">https:\/\/ssi2022.is\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h4>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&nbsp;<\/h4>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Immunology seminar series Immunology Seminar Series Immunology Seminar Series February 3rd at 14-15 (Finland time) Virtual event Taija M\u00e4kinen, University of Helsinki: Lymphatic vasculature as aguardian of tissue homeostasis and inflammation Zoom link available from organizers Register for the Immunology Seminar Series email list to&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/717"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=717"}],"version-history":[{"count":137,"href":"https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1292,"href":"https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/717\/revisions\/1292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/immunologiayhdistys.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}