HERM Seminar series

The Center for Hematology and Regenerative Medicine (HERM) at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH) organizes a seminar series with invited outstanding researchers/scientists in the fields of hematology, immunology and regenerative medicine. The seminar series provides great opportunities for researchers at different levels to interact with world-leading experts in the related fields.

Contact

Nicole Marquardt

Senior Research Specialist

Email: nicole.marquardt@ki.se

Annette Öster Fernström

Project Coordinator

Phone: +46852485281

Email: annette.oster.fernstrom@ki.se

HERM seminars spring 2025

13 January

Title: Transitions of oligodendroglia to immune-like states in neuroinflammation and multiple sclerosis: Insights from single-cell and spatial omics

Speaker: Gonçalo Castelo-Branco, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet.
Host: Vanessa Lundin, HERM, MedH, KI.

20 January

Title: Leukemia Immune Escape after Transplantation: From Mechanisms to Precision Medicine Approaches (And Back)

Speaker: Luca Vago, Associate professor. M.D., Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy.
Host: Magnus Tobiasson, HERM, MedH, KI.

27 January

Title: Fuelling the CAR; metabolic regulation of therapeutic T cells

Speaker: Anna Schurich, PhD, Department of Infectious Diseases, School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK.
Host: Nicole Marquardt, HERM, MedH, KI.

3 February

Title: Metabolic reprogramming by MYC inhibition as precision medicine in clear cell renal carcinoma and childhood neuroblastoma

Speaker: Marie Arsenian-Henriksson, MTC, Karolinska Institutet.
Host: Eva Hellström Lindberg, HERM, MedH, KI.

10 February

Title: Tumor immune cell infiltrations driving early tumor progression and therapy response

Speaker: Carina Strell, Uppsala University.
Host: Yenan Bryceson, HERM, MedH, KI.

17 February

Title: TBA

Speaker: Axel Hyrenius-Wittsten, Lund University's Cancer Centre (LUCC), Lund, Sweden.
Host: William Nyberg, HERM, MedH, KI.

10 March

Title: Learning from the proteins: ontogeny-specific vulnerabilities in fetal- and adult-origin leukemia

Speaker: Jenny Hansson, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund Stem Cell Center, Lund University, Sweden
Host: Hong Qian, HERM, MedH, KI.

17 March

Title: TBA

Speaker: David Bryder, Division of Molecular Hematology (DMH), Lund University.
Host: HERM, MedH, KI.

24 March

Title: Engineering Microenvironment-Responsive Receptors for Immunotherapy

Speaker: Leo Scheller, ETH Zurich.
Host: Yenan Bryceson, HERM, MedH, KI.

5 May

Title: TBA

Speaker: Joe Rizo, UTSC.
Host: Yenan Bryceson, HERM, MedH, KI.

9 June

Title: TBA

Speaker: Dorina Avram, Moffitt Cancer Center.
Host: Yenan Bryceson, HERM, MedH, KI.