Immunology Seminar

June 3rd at 14-15 (Finland time)

Virtual event

Sini Laakso, University of Helsinki: Exploring germinal center reaction and role of Epstein Barr virus by accessing deep cervical lymph nodes of patients with multiple sclerosis

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.

Sini Laakso, MD PhD, docent, is a group leader in University of Helsinki, Translational Immunology Research Program and a neurologist in Helsinki University Hospital, Brain center. Her PhD in the group of Petteri Arstila, University of Helsinki, investigated T cell homeostasis in patients with Autoimmune Polyendocrinopathy -Candidiasis- Ectodermal Dystrophy and was completed in 2012, three years after the MD degree. She then went on to specialize in neurology, degree achieved in 2020 and participated in post doc work in the group of professor Pentti Tienari. She was a Research Council of Finland Clinical researcher 2020-2024, starting her own group to investigate cervical lymph nodes in MS. Her group also has a wider interest in autoimmune neurology. She started as a Sigrid Juselius established clinical researcher in Jan 2025.