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URL:https://bioscience.fi/events/local-and-international-immunological-res
 earch-today-minisymposium/
SUMMARY:Local and International Immunological Research Today – Minisympos
 ium
DESCRIPTION:InFLAMES Flagship SIAB members Professor Eugene Butcher (Stanf
 ord University\, USA)\, Professor Yvette van Kooyk (Amsterdam UMC\, the 
 Netherlands)\, and Managing Director Jeffrey Bluestone (Vie Ventures\, U
 SA\; former professor at UCSF) will visit InFLAMES on September 1–3.\n\n
 On September 2\, we will host a minisymposium\, Local and International I
 mmunological 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 late
 st.\n\nEveryone is welcome to participate!\n\nIf you would like to reserve
  1-to-1 meetings with the SIAB members during their visit\, please contact
  Project Manager Kaisa Hakkila (kaisa.hakkila@utu.fi) for possible times.\
 nMinisymposium Programme\nPlace: Lauren 1\, Medisiina D\, University of T
 urku\nNote! There is no registration for the event. Catering will be orde
 red for approx. 50 participants and will be available on a first-come\, fi
 rst-served basis.\n\n9:00-9:30                      M
 orning coffee/tea and filled croissants\nSession I\nChair: Professor Alexa
 nder Mildner\, University of Turku\n9:30-9:45     Opening words\, InFLA
 MES Impact Director Sirpa Jalkanen\, University of Turku\n\n9:45-10:30  
    Pathways to Immune Tolerance: A lifelong Journey\nManaging Director 
 Jeffrey Bluestone\, Vie Ventures (former UCSF Professor)\n\n10:30-10:45  
    Microglia in multiple sclerosis: pathology and imaging\nProfessor La
 ura Airas\, Turku PET Centre\, University of Turku\n\n10:45-11:00     R
 eprogramming macrophages for therapeutic benefit\nInFLAMES Group Leader M
 aija Hollmen\, MediCity\, University of Turku\n\n11:00-12:30     Lunch 
 Break\n\nSession II\nChair: Postdoctoral Researcher Anna Aalto\, Åbo Aka
 demi University\n12:30-13:15    Glycans as immune checkpoints in cancer
  and autoimmunity\nProfessor Yvette van Kooyk\, AmsterdamUMC\, the Nether
 lands\n\n13:15-13:30     Long Noncoding RNAs as Regulators of Human Reg
 ulatory T Cells\nSenior Researcher Syed Bilal Andrabi\, Turku Bioscience 
 Centre\, University of Turku\n\n13:30-13:45     Turning Research into B
 usiness: Immunocomplex Antibodies for Next-Generation Diagnostics\nInFLAME
 S Group Leader Janne Leivo\, Dep. of Life Technologies\, University of Tu
 rku\n\n13:45-14:15     Break – Coffee/tea and berry pie\nSession III
 \nChair: Senior Researcher Ubaid Ullah Kalim\, University of Turku\n14:15
 -15:00     TBA\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\, MediCit
 y\, University of Turku\n\n15:15-15:30      Attaching to and Crossing 
 Endothelial Monolayers\nProfessor Guillaume Jacquemet\, Åbo Akademi Uni
 versity\n\n\nNote! Please note that the talks may start a few minutes ear
 lier or later than scheduled.
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