AII seminar Serie - Mihai Netea
Please join us online on the 8th of February from 16.00-17.00 hrs
Young investigator in the spotlight - short talk: Bas Haak
Title: Intestinal microbiota and host defense in systemic infectious diseases
Keynote speaker: Mihai G. Netea
Title: Trained immunity: from mechanisms to disease
Prof. Mihai Netea is Head of the Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Nijmegen University Nijmegen Medical Center. He is mainly interested in understanding the factors influencing variability of human immune responses, the biology of sepsis and immunoparalysis in bacterial and fungal infections. He proposed the concept of “trained immunity”, which is now widely adopted and studied in multiple research areas. For his work he received many prestigious prices and awards, including the Spinoza Prize 2016. He is a member of the Netherlands Royal Academy of Science (KNAW).
Host: Tom van der Poll
Online
Zoom link: https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/86279252613
Amsterdam institute for Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Mihai Netea was born and studied medicine in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. He completed his PhD at the Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands, on studies investigating the cytokine network in sepsis. After working as a post-doc at the University of Colorado, he returned to Nijmegen where he finished his clinical training as an infectious diseases specialist, and where he currently heads the division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Nijmegen University Nijmegen Medical Center. He is mainly interested in understanding the factors influencing variability of human immune responses, the biology of sepsis and immunoparalysis in bacterial and fungal infections, and the study of the memory traits of innate immunity. He is the recipient of the Spinoza Prize 2016 and an ERC Advanced grant in 2019, and member of the Netherlands Royal Academy of Science (KNAW).
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Webinar URL: | https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/86279252613 |
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Amsterdam institute for Infection and Immunity (AII) |
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Contact | info@amsterdam-infection-and-immunity.org |