BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.3//EN TZID:Europe/Helsinki X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Helsinki BEGIN:VEVENT UID:500@inflames.utu.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260902T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20260902T160000 DTSTAMP:20260830T074113Z URL:https://inflames.utu.fi/events/local-and-international-immunological-r esearch-today-minisymposium/ SUMMARY:Local and International Immunological Research Today - Minisymposiu m DESCRIPTION:InFLAMES Flagship SIAB members Professor Eugene Butcher (Stanfo rd University\, USA)\, Professor Yvette van Kooyk (Amsterdam UMC\, the Net herlands)\, and Managing Director Jeffrey Bluestone (Vie Ventures\, USA\; Emeritus Professor at University of California San Francisco) will visit I nFLAMES on September 1–3.\n\nOn September 2\, we will host a minisymposi um\, 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.\n\nEveryone is welcome to participate!\n \nIf you would like to reserve 1-to-1 meetings with the SIAB members durin g their visit\, please contact Project Manager Kaisa Hakkila (kaisa.hakkil a@utu.fi) for possible times.\nMinisymposium Programme\nPlace: Lauren 1\, Medisiina D\, University of Turku\nNote! There is no registration for the event. Catering will be ordered for approx. 50 participants and will be av ailable on a first-come\, first-served basis.\n\n9:00-9:30                       Morning coffee/tea and filled croissants\nSessi on I\nChair: Professor Alexander Mildner\, University of Turku\n9:30-9:45      Opening words\, InFLAMES Impact Director Sirpa Jalkanen\, Universi ty of Turku\n\n9:45-10:30     Pathways to Immune Tolerance: A lifelong Journey\nManaging Director Jeffrey Bluestone\, Vie Ventures (Emeritus Prof essor at UCSF)\n\n10:30-10:45     Microglia in multiple sclerosis: path ology and imaging\nProfessor Laura Airas\, Turku PET Centre\, University o f Turku\n\n10:45-11:00     Reprogramming macrophages for therapeutic be nefit\nInFLAMES Group Leader Maija Hollmen\, MediCity\, University of Turk u\n\n11:00-12:30     Lunch Break\n\nSession II\nChair: Postdoctoral Res earcher Anna Aalto\, Åbo Akademi University\n12:30-13:15    Glycans as immune checkpoints in cancer and autoimmunity\nProfessor Yvette van Kooyk\ , AmsterdamUMC\, the Netherlands\n\n13:15-13:30     Long Noncoding RNAs as Regulators of Human Regulatory T Cells\nSenior Researcher Syed Bilal A ndrabi\, Turku Bioscience Centre\, University of Turku\n\n13:30-13:45     Turning Research into Business: Immunocomplex Antibodies for Next-Gener ation Diagnostics\nInFLAMES Group Leader Janne Leivo\, Dep. of Life Techno logies\, University of Turku\n\n13:45-14:15     Break – Coffee/tea an d berry pie\n\n \;\nSession III\nChair: Senior Researcher Ubaid Ullah Kalim\, University of Turku\n14:15-15:00     Programming Barrier Immuni ty: Non-canonical Chemoaffinity Pathways in Lymphocyte Homing to Lung and Gut\nProfessor Eugene Butcher\, Stanford University\, USA\n\n15:00-15:15     Uncovering the lymphatic network of the human spleen: from discovery to function\nDoctoral Researcher Diana Lehotina\, MediCity\, University o f Turku\n\n15:15-15:30      Attaching to and Crossing Endothelial Monol ayers\nProfessor Guillaume Jacquemet\, Åbo Akademi University\n\n\nNote! Please note that the talks may start a few minutes earlier or later than s cheduled. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://inflames.utu.fi/wp-content/uploads/Immun ologicsl-res-minisympos-square@150x.png CATEGORIES:Events in English,Tapahtumat LOCATION:Lauren 1\, Medisiina D\, Kiinamyllynkatu 10\, Turku\, Finland X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Kiinamyllynkatu 10\, Turku\ , Finland;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Lauren 1\, Medisiina D:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Helsinki X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Helsinki BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260329T040000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 TZNAME:EEST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR