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14

May

LIT Symposium – Immunity for a lifetime

14 May 2025 08:30 | Conference
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Join a vibrant community of immunology experts and enthusiasts as we explore the concept of 'Immunity for a lifetime.'

The Lund ImmunoTalks Symposium will foster discussions with leading voices in the field on how existing and emerging approaches can be leveraged for accelerated progress in immunology research. 

This year’s symposium “Immunity for a Lifetime” will bring together leading experts to explore the immune system across all stages of life, spanning research from pregnancy and early childhood to elderly health. The event will feature presentations from distinguished speakers, as well as opportunities for trainees to engage with experts over lunch and present their research through poster sessions.

Invited Speakers:

  • Petra Arck, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany - 'Determinants of maternal and fetal immunity'
  • Niklas Björkström, Karolinska Institute, Sweden - 'Tissue resident lymphocytes during pregnancy'
  • Nihal Altan-Bonnet, National Institutes of Health, USA - 'Viral transmission via the oral-mammary axis'
  • Ziad Al Nabhani, University of Bern, Switzerland - 'Gut microbiota and immune system development'
  • Adrian Liston, University of Cambridge, UK - 'Immune tolerance and insights on building a positive lab culture'
  • Ziv Shulman, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel - 'Antibody mediated anti-tumor immunity'
  • Amanda Foks, Leiden University, Netherlands - 'Inflammaging and atherosclerosis'

Event Details:

  • When: 14 May, 2025 | 08:30 - 19:00
  • Where: Forum Medicum, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University

Trainees: This year we are thrilled to host a dedicated lunch with speakers session as well as a special academic career workshop with professor Adrian Liston for you, both taking place on May 15th. Spots will fill up quickly so register now!

Please note that spots for physical attendance to the symposium are limited and priority will be given to LU academic participants.

About the Organizers:

The event is organized by members of the LIT community - a crowdsourced network uniting researchers at Lund University around Immunology - and is sponsored by the Lund University Faculty of Medicine, Lund Stem Cell Center, Miltenyi Biotech and Asgard Therapeutics.

The organizing committee members include: Joan Yuan, Camila Consiglio, Madelene Dahlgren, Elena Boldrin, Sarah Richtmann.

About the event

Location:

To be announced

Language:

In English

Contact:

madelene [dot] dahlgren [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se