Event Details

Immunology Seminar Series

June 9th  at 14-15 (Finland time)

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Virtual event

Laurence Zitvogel, University Paris Saclay, Gustave Roussy: Gut microbiota impact on cancer immunotherapy

Register for the Immunology Seminar Series email list to get calendar invitation to the online seminar: https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/D29C32AA6E8A2F7A

Host: Professor Riitta Lahesmaa ( rilahes@utu.fi )

Immunology seminar series is jointly organised by the Finnish Society for Immunology, InFLAMES Flagship and Turku Bioscience. For further information contact Anne Lahdenperä  ( ankahy@utu.fi ) or Riitta Lahesmaa ( rilahes@utu.fi ), University of Turku.

Prof. L. Zitvogel, MD (Clinical Oncology), PhD (Tumor Immunology), full professor at the University Paris Saclay, graduated in Medical Oncology in 1992. Scientific career first at the University of Pittsburgh, US. Became Research Director at Institut National de la Santé et Recherche Médicale U1015, and Scientific Director of the Clinicobiome program at Gustave Roussy, the largest cancer Center in Europe in 1998. Actively contributed to the field of cancer immunology and immunotherapy. Pioneer of the concepts of immunogenic cell death and gut microbiota in cancer immunosurveillance and therapies. Recipient of many awards: Translation Research INSERM Prize, the ASCO-SITC, Brupbacher Awards 2017, ESMO Immuno-Oncology Award 2017, Baillet Latour Prize 2019, the Griffuel Prize 2019, the Duquesne Ligue Prize, and ITOC9 German award. Knighted Officer of Légion d’Honneur by French Ministery of Health 2019 and elected member of the National Academy of Medicine 2021. Her H-factor is 173, with >605 publications on PubMed, 165 500 citations (highly cited researchers since 2016 in Clarivate analytics). Scientific founder of everImmune.

Selected publications:

Zitvogel et al. Nat. Med. Apr. 2025
Chen J et al. Cancer Cell Mar. 2025
Marcos-Kovandsik L et al. Cancer Discov.2025
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Kroemer G et al. Nat Rev Imm. Dec 2024
Alves Costa Silva C et al. Nat. Comm. 2024
Zitvogel L et al. Immunity, Sept 2024
Fidelle and Rauber et al. Science Jun.9, 2023
Derosa et al. Nat Med. 2022 Feb;28(2):315-324.
Yonekura et al. Cancer Discov. 2022 Apr 1;12(4):1128-1151.
Derosa L. et al. Eur Urol. 2020 Aug;78(2):195-206.
Roberti MP, et al. Nat Med. 2020 Jun;26(6):919-931.
Fluckiger A et al. Science. 2020 Aug 21;369(6506):936-942.
Zitvogel L, et al. Science. 2019 Nov 29;366(6469):1077-1078.
Routy B, et al. Science. 2018 Jan 5;359(6371):91-97.
Zitvogel L, et al. Science. 2018 Mar 23;359(6382):1366-1370.
Vétizou M, et al. Science. 2015 Nov 27;350(6264):1079-84.
Viaud S, et al. Science. 2013 Nov 22;342(6161):971-6