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