Research track: Inflammation
About the research track
The research track Inflammation brings together research on risk factors, causes and immunological mechanisms behind the chronic inflammatory process central to many different conditions, such as rheumatic but also other autoimmune diseases, allergies, cancer and cardiovascular disease. The research track includes clinical, epidemiological, translational, molecular genetic and cellular biological research.
Track leader
Upcoming activities
Research track day in Inflammation
When: 15 February 2024, 10:00 – 14:30
Where: Gösta Hultqvist, the Rudbeck Laboratory, ground floor
Coffee/tea and sandwhich will be served 9:30 – 10:00.
No registration needed.
Agenda
10:00 – 10:10
Maija Eloranta
Welcome and information about the research track
10:10 – 10:30
Johanna Dahlqvist
After dissertation – how to continue? Experiences from a postdoc in Boston, US
10:30 – 10:45
Hedvig Mildner
Cytokine autoantibodies as a cause of infectious disease susceptibility
10:45 – 11:00
Cecilia Fugmann
Polygenic riskscore (PRS) in Sjögren’s syndrome
11:00 – 11:15
Break
11:15 – 11:30
Vijay Sai Josyula
Neuroimmune interactions in pancreatic islets and autoimmune diabetes
11:30 – 11:45
Ioanna Giannakou
Neurofilament light – a useful biomarker in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)?
11.45– 12:00
Axel Cederholm
Broad autoantibody screening in humans
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch break
13:00 – 13:15
Marianthi Vraila
Monensin induces secretory granule-mediated cell death in eosinophils
13:15 – 13:30
Favour Onyeogaziri
Targeting Neutrophil extracellular traps as a potential therapeutic approach in CCM
13:30 – 13:45
Hanna Lindberg
In-depth analysis of disease manifestations in ANCA- associated vasculitides
13:45 – 14.00
Ivan Blokhin
To be announced
14:00 – 14:30
Alla
Group discussion and summary of the day