Spotlight on Neuroscience & Immunology: Sharing experiences in basic & translational research

Watch out on demand series of insightful complimentary digital talks covering basic and translational research in neuroscience and immunology.      

​Sessions available 

• 1. Development and neurological disease
• 4.1 Developments in mucosal immunology: inflammation of the gut
• 4.2 Developments in mucosal immunology: respiratory infections
• 5. Advances in stromal immunology
• 6. COVID-19 neuropathologies: clinical and molecular insights
• 7. Exploring immunometabolism with flow cytometry

1. Development and neurological disease

Speakers

• Teresa Silva (University of Lisbon, Portugal)

Organoids as model for Human Cerebellar development and dysfunction 

• ​David Rowitch (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, UK)
• Brain development and paediatric neurological disease

4.1 Developments in mucosal immunology: inflammation of the gut

Speakers

• Valentina Discepolo (University of Naples, Italy)
  Virtal infections as triggers of Celiac Disease
• Isabella Rauch (Oregon Health and Science University, USA)
  Inflammasome sensing in intestinal epithelial cells
• Upasana (Upi) Das Adhikari (Harvard Medical School, USA) 
  Harnessing immunometabolism to understand immune-epithelial interactome in human gastrointestinal tract

4.2 Developments in mucosal immunology: respiratory infections

Speakers 

• Ellen Foxman (Yale School of Medicine, USA)
  Drivers and consequences of dynamic innate immunity in the respiratory tract 
• Amanda Jamieson (Brown University, USA)
• The lung as a central regulating node in systemic responses: A role for the lung epithelium in COVID-19 associated coagulopathies

5. Advances in stromal immunology

Speakers 

• Jason Turner (University of Birmingham, UK)
  Single-cell analysis of stromal cells and tertiary lymphoid structures in Sjogren’s syndrome
• Yannick Alexandre (University of Melbourne, Australia)
  A diverse fibroblastic stromal cell landscape in the spleen directs tissue homeostasis and immunity
• Marietta Armaka (Alexander Fleming BSRC, Greece)
  Stromal cell activation in inflammatory arthritis

6. COVID-19 neuropathologies: clinical and molecular insights

Speakers 

• Carl Sellgren (Karolinska Institute, Sweden)
  Modeling SARS-CoV-2 using brain organoids
• ​Aron Emmi (University of Padova, Italy)
  What are the consequences of COVID-19 on the Brain? Insights from neuropathology​​

7. Exploring immunometabolism with flow cytometry

Speakers 

• Graham Heieis (LUMC, Netherlands)
  Assessing metabolic phenotypes of tissue macrophages by spectral flow cytometry
• Stefanie Gamradt (Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin)
  How to investigate immunometabolism with flow cytometry - a guide from setup to analysis