SEMINAR – HYBRID EVENT: Immune Cells in War and in Peace
- Date: 28 April 2022, 16:15–18:00
- Location: SCAS, SCAS, Linnéanum, Thunbergssalen, Thunbergsvägen 2, Uppsala
- Type: Seminar
- Lecturer: Mia Phillipson, Natural Sciences Fellow, SCAS. Professor of Physiology, Uppsala University. Co-director, SciLifeLab
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- Organiser: Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS)
- Contact person: Klas Holm
Mia Phillipson, SCAS and Uppsala University, gives a seminar on "Immune Cells in War and in Peace". The talk will be followed by a Q&A session.
Abstract
Our current notion of the immune system is mainly focused on the contributions of immune cells during disease where they either fight invading pathogens, kill cancer cells or cause tissue damage during allergies or autoimmune disorders. However, immune cells have important functions also during development and regulation of healthy organ functions. Here, I will discuss the historical reasons for the comparison of immune cells to soldiers protecting our borders, and how the war metaphors used within immunology have conserved this view and thereby hampered current understanding of the wide spectrum of immune cell functions. These insights are important in the era of data driven life science and the development of immunotherapies that utilize inherent immune cell functions to treat disease.
For more information and the webinar link, please see http://www.swedishcollegium.se/subfolders/Events.html.