Welcome to the introductory seminar by InFLAMES visitor, Professor Raivo Uibo from the University of Tartu!

Speaker: Professor Raivo Uibo, University of Tartu
Title: Action creates opportunity: Raivo Uibo’s scientific career path
Time: March 18, at 14:00
Location: Arje Scheinin lecture hall, Dentalia

Young scientist lunch event: Doctoral Researchers, Postdocs, and other interested are invited to join Raivo for a pre-seminar early-career scientist lunch event with him. The lunch is at 12:00 in Bistro Elli, Sokos Hotel Kupittaa. InFLAMES will cover the cost of the lunch, but seating is limited and free registration is required. Please register here: https://link.webropol.com/s/uibo-lunch.

About the speaker:

Raivo Uibo is a Professor of Immunology and Head of the Department of Immunology at the Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine, University of Tartu. He is a member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences.

R. Uibo graduated with an MD degree and obtained a PhD degree in Internal Medicine from the University of Tartu in 1978. In 1990, he received a DMSci degree from the University of Tampere. He completed postgraduate stays at the University of Tampere (immunopathology), Monash University (immunology), and Brussels University (IRIBHN, molecular medicine). Later, he worked as a visiting scientist at Turku University (2005), Lund University (2008), and University College London (2018).

Sample publications:

Alnek K, Tagoma A, Metsküla K, Talja I, Janson H, Mandel M, Vorobjova T, Oras A, Sepp H, Pruul K, Reimand K, Simonen T, Peet A, Reppo I, Tammiksaar K, Lubi M, Heilman K, Einberg Ü, Kisand K, Lember M, Tillmann V, Uibo R. Comparison of immunological and immunogenetic markers in recent-onset type 1 diabetes among children and adults.  Sci Rep. 2025 May 3;15(1):15491. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-99664-8.

Peterson C, Tagoma A, Alnek K, Bärenson A, Vorobjova T, Talja I, Janson H, Kirss A, Kõljalg S, Sinkkonen A, Roslund MI, Uibo R; HEDIMED Investigator Group; Antibodies against Clostridium butyricum in the children of mothers at risk for gestational diabetes. Immunol Med. 2025 Dec;48(4):346-356. doi: 10.1080/25785826.2025.2504021. Epub 2025 May 23. PMID: 40406906