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

Speaker: Professor Raivo Uibo, University of Tartu
Title: Diabetes tsunami – Immunological challenges
Time: April 28, at 12:00
Location: Lauren 2, Medisiina D

Diabetes is classified into three main clinical categories (e.g., type 1 or type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes mellitus) that all have trend for substantial increase worldwide. The mechanisms of all types of diabetes are not fully known, but immunological changes have been shown to be important in all cases. This underlines the need of immunological investigations in all types of diabetes. The presentation will cover the results that the Department of Immunology from the University of Tartu has achieved during last years.

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