HERM Seminar series

19 January

Title: Thread of excess: RNA control of metabolite fate

• Speaker: Claudia Kutter, Principal Researcher, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, KI.
   
• Host: Sören Lehmann, HERM, MedH, KI.

26 January

Title: Pain neurons control cancer immunosurveillance

• Speaker: Sébastien Talbot, Principal Researcher, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, KI.
   
• Host: Nicole Marquardt, HERM, MedH, KI.

9 February

HERM seminar series - “Tissue-Resident Memory T Cells: Adaptation, Plasticity, and Therapeutic Implications"

• Speaker: Thomas Müller, Assistant Professor, HERM, MedH, KI.
   
• Host: Yenan Bryceson, HERM, MedH, KI.

12 February, 15:00-16:00

Title: Genetic diversity of congenital neutropenia: Implications for malignant transformation to MDS/AML

• Speaker: Professor Ivo Touw, Erasmus MC, the Netherlands.
   
• Host: Eva Hellström Lindberg, HERM, MedH, KI.

16 February

Title: High‑throughput approaches for evaluating functional consequences of disease‑associated genetic variants and programming proteome–epigenome interactions

• Speaker: Karl Carlström, Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine, KI.
   
• Host: Yenan Bryceson, HERM, MedH, KI.

2 March

Tilte: Type 2 Immunity Holds Key to Cancer Cure? The Journey from Bench to Bedside and Back

• Speaker: Li Tang
  Associate Professor, Institute of Bioengineering (IBI) / Institute of Materials Science & Engineering (IMX) / Vice Dean for Innovation, School of Life Sciences, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
• Host: Yenan Bryceson, HERM, MedH, KI.

9 March

Title: Signal integration in cytotoxic lymphocytes during infection

• Speaker: Simon Grassman, M.D., Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA
   
• Host: Thomas Müller, HERM, MedH, KI.

16 March

Title: Precision engineering of cell fates via data-driven multi-gene control of transcriptional networks

• Speaker: Jens Magnusson, Assistant Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine, KI.
   
• Host: Yenan Bryceson, HERM, MedH, KI.

23 March

Title: Radiopharmaceuticals and their anti-tumor immunity

• Speaker: Zhibo Liu, Professor and Chair of Applied Chemistry, Peking University. Leading scientist at Changping Laboratory, China. 
   
• Host: Hong Qian, HERM, MedH, KI.

30 March

Title: Interplay of clonal landscape and its remodeling in MDS and MPN undergoing transplantation

• Speaker: Nico Gagelmann, MD, PhD, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA and University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
   
• Host: Magnus Tobiasson, HERM, MedH, KI.

20 April

Title: TBA

• Speaker: Joop Jansen, Radboud University.
   
• Host: Pedro Moura, HERM, MedH, KI.

27 April

Title: TBA

• Speaker: Karine Chemin, Docent, CMM, Karolinska Institutet
   
• Host: Isabelle Magalhaes, HERM, MedH, KI.

18 May

Title: TBA

• Speaker: Bernard Malissen, Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille Luminy (CIML).
   
• Host: Isabelle Magalhaes, HERM, MedH, KI.

1 September

Title: Improving TIL therapy through combination with a DC tumor vaccine or protection of T cells against damaging oxidative stress

• Speaker: Stina Wickström, Docent, Department of Oncology-Pathology, KI.
   
• Host: Arnika Wagner, HERM, MedH, KI.

8 September

Title: Targeting Epigenetic and transcriptional vulnerabilities in AML for cure and diagnostics

• Speaker: Andreas Lennartsson, HERM, Department of Medicine, Huddinge (MedH), KI.
   
• Host: Nicole Marquardt, HERM, MedH, KI.

15 September

Title: Development of stem cell-based therapies for blindness and type-1 diabetes

• Speaker: Fredrik Lanner, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, KI. 
   
• Host: Nicole Marquardt, HERM, MedH, KI.

25 September 

Title: Expanding CAR T Access: Overcoming Implementation Barriers and Exploring γδ T Innovations

• Speaker: Jürgen Kuball, Department of Hematology at the UMC Utrecht Cancer Centre, Netherlands.
   
• Host: Michael Uhlin, HERM, MedH, KI.
   
• Time: 16:00-17:00

29 September 

Title: Interrogating Immunosuppressive Niches of Colon Cancer Stem Cells Using Spatial Transcriptomics

• Speaker: Xi He, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, USA.
   
• Host: Hong Qian, HERM, MedH, KI.
   
• Time: 12:00-13:00.

29 September 

Title: A track of the clones: Understanding haematopoietic stem cell identity and function at the single cell level

• Speaker: David Kent, Centre for Blood Research, York Biomedical Research Institute, York, UK.
   
• Host: Petter Woll, HERM, MedH, KI.
   
• Time: 15:30-16:30

30 September

KI South distinguished lecture: Microenvironmental regulation of normal and cancerous stem cells

• Speaker: Linheng Li, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, USA.
   
• Location: Jan-Åke Gustafssonsalen in Neo.
   
• Time: 15:00-16:00.
   
• Host: Hong Qian, HERM, MedH, KI.

6 October

Title: The developmental origins and pathogenesis of infant leukaemia

• Speaker: Professor Katrin Ottersbach, Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh, UK.
   
• Host: Hong Qian, HERM, MedH, KI.

13 October

Title: NK cells in host immunity

• Speaker: Joseph Sun, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA.
   
• Host: Yenan Bryceson, HERM, MedH, KI.

20 October

Title: Local and distal renewal of Trm cells in healthy and diseased human skin

• Speaker: Liv Eidsmo, CMM, Department of Medicine, Solna, KI.
   
• Host: Nicole Marquardt, HERM, MedH, KI.

10 November

Title: Functional and Molecular Determinants of Venetoclax Response and Resistance in Acute Myeloid Leukemia

• Speaker: Mika Kontro.
   
• Host: Martin Jädersten, HERM, MedH, KI.

12 November at 14:00-15:00

Title: Somatic mutations and rheumatic disease

• Speaker: David Beck, Assistant Professor, New York University Grossman School of Medicine.
   
• Host: Eva Hellström Lindberg, HERM, MedH, KI.

17 November

Title: LRP8 is a receptor for Tick-borne encephalitis virus

• Speaker: Sara Gredmark Russ, CIM, MedH, KI.
   
• Host: Nicole Marquardt, HERM, MedH, KI.

27 November at 15:00-16:00

Title: How to do research in a blood bank close to the arctic circle: Metabolomics, pathogen reduction and cold storage

• Speaker: Ólafur Eysteinn Sigurjónsson, Vice President for Research, Innovation & Industry Relations at Reykjavík University and Director of R&D at the Landspítali Blood Bank, Iceland.
   
• Host: Agneta Wikman, HERM, MedH, KI.

15 December

Title: Clonal hematopoiesis: Insights from inflammation and solid tumors

• Speaker: Mikko Myllymäki, MD, PhD, University of Helsinki, Finland.
   
• Host: Pedro Moura, HERM, MedH, KI.