BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:587@biocityturku.fi DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20240305T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20240305T150000 DTSTAMP:20240304T062233Z URL:https://biocityturku.fi/events/immunology-seminar/ SUMMARY:Immunology Seminar: Jalkanen DESCRIPTION:March 5th at 14:00\nOnline event\nin Zoom\n\nSirpa Jalkanen\, P rofessor\, Academian\, University of Turku\nThe thrill of searching and jo y of finding\n\nHost: Riitta Lahesmaa (rilahes@utu.fi)\n\nJoin the Zoom:  https://utu.zoom.us/j/63424930809\n\nImmunology seminar series is jointl y organised by the Finnish Society for Immunology\, InFLAMES Flagship and Turku Bioscience. For further information contact Anne Lahdenperä (ankah y@utu.fi) or Riitta Lahesmaa (rilahes@utu.fi)\, University of Turku.\n\n&n bsp\;\n\nAcademician Sirpa Jalkanen\, MD\, PhD is Professor at the Medical Faculty\, University of Turku. After her postdoctoral period at Stanford University\, she has worked in different researcher positions at the Unive rsity of Turku\, Finnish National Institute of Health and Welfare as well as the Academy of Finland. The main interest of Sirpa Jalkanen’s researc h group has been in the mechanisms involved in harmful inflammations and c ancer. Her group has identified several molecules\, some of which are curr ently targeted in clinical trials. She has published more than 390 peer-re viewed papers and has more than 10 patents. She is an EMBO member and a me mber of Academia Europae and has received several awards and honours such as Eli Lilly award\, Maud Kuistila Prize\, Anders Jahre Prize\, Äyräpä ä Prize\, Klossner Medal\, Datta Medal (from FEBS)\, the 2nd European Wom en Innovator Prize and the Finnish Pharma Industry Prize.\n\n \;\n\nSe lected publications\n\nTadayon S\, Dunkel J\, Takeda A\, Halle O\, Karikos ki M\, Gerke H\, Rantakari P\, Virtakoivu R\, Pabst O\, Salmi M\, Hollmén M*\, Jalkanen S*. Clever-1 contributes to lymphocyte entry into the splee n via the red pulp. Science Immunol 4:eaat0297\, 2019.\n\nTakeda A\, Hollm én M\, Dermadi D\, Pan J\, Brulois KF\, Kaukonen R\, Lönnberg T\, Bostr öm P\, Koskivuo I\, Irjala H\, Miyasaka M\, Salmi M\, Butcher EC\, Jalkan en S. Single-cell survey of human lymphatics unveils unexpected heterogene ity and mechanisms of homing for neutrophils. Immunity 51:561-572\, 2019.\ n\n \;\n\nJalkanen J\, Pettilä V\, Huttunen T\, Hollmen M\, Jalkanen S. Glucocorticoids Inhibit Type I IFN Beta Signaling and the Upregulation of CD73 in Human Lung. Intensive Care Med 46:1937-1940\, 2020.\n\nJalkanen J\, Khan S\, Elima K\, Huttunen T\, Wang N\, Hollmén M\, Elo LL\, Jalkan en S. Polymorphism in interferon alpha/beta receptor contributes to glucoc orticoid response and outcome of ARDS and COVID-19. Critical Care 27:112\, 2023. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://biocityturku.fi/wp-content/uploads/Immun ologySeminarSeries-05032024-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:Other events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Helsinki X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Helsinki BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231029T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:EET END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR