InFLAMES Flagship SIAB members Professor Eugene Butcher (Stanford University, USA), Professor Yvette van Kooyk (Amsterdam UMC, the Netherlands), and Managing Director Jeffrey Bluestone (Vie Ventures, USA; former professor at UCSF) will visit InFLAMES on September 1–3.

On September 2, we will host a minisymposium, Local and International Immunological Research Today, in Medisiina D, Lauren 1 lecture room. The programme starts at 9:00 with morning coffee and ends by 16:00 at the latest.

Everyone is welcome to participate!

If you would like to reserve 1-to-1 meetings with the SIAB members during their visit, please contact Project Manager Kaisa Hakkila (kaisa.hakkila@utu.fi) for possible times.

Minisymposium Programme

Place: Lauren 1, Medisiina D, University of Turku
Note! There is no registration for the event. Catering will be ordered for approx. 50 participants and will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

9:00-9:30                      Morning coffee/tea and filled croissants

Session I
Chair: Professor Alexander Mildner, University of Turku

9:30-9:45     Opening words, InFLAMES Impact Director Sirpa Jalkanen, University of Turku

9:45-10:30     Pathways to Immune Tolerance: A lifelong Journey
Managing Director Jeffrey Bluestone, Vie Ventures (former UCSF Professor)

10:30-10:45     Microglia in multiple sclerosis: pathology and imaging
Professor Laura Airas, Turku PET Centre, University of Turku

10:45-11:00     Reprogramming macrophages for therapeutic benefit
InFLAMES Group Leader Maija Hollmen, MediCity, University of Turku

11:00-12:30     Lunch Break

Session II
Chair: Postdoctoral Researcher Anna Aalto, Åbo Akademi University

12:30-13:15     TBA
Professor Yvette van Kooyk, AmsterdamUMC, the Netherlands

13:15-13:30     Long Noncoding RNAs as Regulators of Human Regulatory T Cells
Senior Researcher Syed Bilal Andrabi, Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku

13:30-13:45     Turning Research into Business: Immunocomplex Antibodies for Next-Generation Diagnostics
InFLAMES Group Leader Janne Leivo, Dep. of Life Technologies, University of Turku

13:45-14:15     Break – Coffee/tea and berry pie

Session III
Chair: Senior Researcher Ubaid Ullah Kalim, University of Turku

14:15-15:00     TBA
Professor Eugene Butcher, Stanford University, USA

15:00-15:15     Uncovering the lymphatic network of the human spleen: from discovery to function
Doctoral Researcher Diana Lehotina, MediCity, University of Turku

15:15-15:30      Attaching to and Crossing Endothelial Monolayers
Professor Guillaume Jacquemet, Åbo Akademi University

Note! Please note that the talks may start a few minutes earlier or later than scheduled.