Immunology Seminar, Akdis
1st October at 14:00
Online event
in Zoom
Prof. Mübeccel Akdis, Swiss institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), University of Zurich
Mechanisms of allergen-specific tolerance; Role of B cells
host: Riitta Lahesmaa (rilahes@utu.fi)
Register latest September 30th at https://link.webropolsurveys.com/S/24BD0727D08223AE
Immunology seminar series is jointly organised by the Finnish Society for Immunology, InFLAMES Flagship and Turku Bioscience. For further information contact Anne Lahdenperä ( ankahy@utu.fi ) or Riitta Lahesmaa ( rilahes@utu.fi ), University of Turku.
Prof. Mübeccel Akdis is working in the Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF) since 1995 and received her PhD in Immunology. She worked as a postdoctoral scientist and became a group leader at SIAF, where she has established her own research group in 2003. Dr Akdis made her habilitation in Zurich University Medical Faculty on Experimental Immunology in 2005 and became a professor in 2016. She has published 313 Peer-reviewed articles, Sum of times cited : 26’009 and her h-index: 87 (105- Google Scholar). She has received research grants and collaborative grants from the Swiss National Foundation, European Union (MeDALL and Predicta) and Sean Parker Seed Grant. She received numerous awards, including International Distinguished Fellow Award of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI), 2018. EAACI, Paul Ehrlich Award 2020 for Experimental Research. Anerkennungspreis der Regierung des Kantons Graubünden, Kantons Graubunden recognition preis 2020. 2021 Bulent Eczacibasi Medical Science Award. She is the scientific program co-chair of EAACI.
Selected publications
Satitsuksanoa P, van de Veen W, Tan G, Lopez JF, Wirz O, Jansen K, Sokolowska M, Mirer D, Globinska A, Boonpiyathad T, Schneider SR, Barletta E, Spits H, Chang I, Babayev H, Tahralı İ, Deniz G, Yücel EÖ, Kıykım A, Boyd SD, Akdis CA, Nadeau K, Akdis M. Allergen-specific B cell responses in oral immunotherapy-induced desensitization, remission, and natural outgrowth in cow’s milk allergy. Allergy. 2024 Jul 11. doi: 10.1111/all.16220.
Chang I, Kaushik A, Satitsuksanoa P, Yang M, Buergi L, Schneider SR, Babayev H, Akdis CA, Nadeau K, van de Veen W, Akdis M. Distinct and mutually exclusive Ca2+ flux- and adenylyl cyclase-inducing gene expression profiles of G-protein-coupled receptors on human antigen-specific B cells. Allergy. 2023 Nov;78(11):3016-3019. doi: 10.1111/all.15858. Epub 2023 Aug 24.
Satitsuksanoa P, Iwasaki S, Boersma J, Imam MB, Schneider SR, Chang I, van de Veen W, Akdis M. B cells: The many facets of B cells in allergic diseases. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2023 Sep;152(3):567-581.
Jansen K, Satitsuksanoa P, Wirz OF, Schneider SR, van de Veen W, Tan G, Sokolowska M, Message SD, Kebadze T, Glanville N, Mallia P, Akdis CA, Moniuszko M, Johnston SL, Nadeau K, Akdis M. T regulatory cells from atopic asthmatic individuals show a Th2-like phenotype. Allergy. 2022 Apr;77(4):1320-1324. doi: 10.1111/all.15193. Epub 2021 Dec 11.
Ma S, Satitsuksanoa P, Jansen K, Cevhertas L, van de Veen W, Akdis M. B regulatory cells in allergy. Immunol Rev. 2021 Jan;299(1):10-30. doi: 10.1111/imr.12937. Epub 2020 Dec 21.