’Macrophage Plasticity: Shapeshifting Heroes or Still Villains?’

• Burkhard Becher is an immunologist at the Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich, Switzerland. His research focuses on immunotherapy and cytokine communication networks during inflammation. Research group website: https://www.usz.ch/en/department/comprehensive-cancer-center-zuerich/research/research-programs-groups/tumor-immunology-program/research-group-burkhard-becher/

• Steffen Jung is a Professor at the Department of Immunology, Weizmann Institute, Rehovot, Israel. His current research focuses on understanding mononuclear phagocytes, including monocytes, DCs, and macrophages. Research group website: https://www.weizmann.ac.il/dept/irb/jung/
  
• Ari Waisman is a Professor and Director at the University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Institute for Molecular Medicine, Mainz, Germany. His research focus is the molecular mechanisms leading to autoimmune inflammation with a focus on IL17 function. Homepage: https://www.imb.de/students-postdocs/international-phd-programme/ipp-groups/ari-waisman
  
  The event is organized by Biocity Turku Research Program MIST: The Multiverse of Immune System and InFLAMES, the joint research flagship of University of Turku and Åbo Akademi.

Science and More: A Chat with Steffen Jung, Burkhard Becher, and Ari Waisman, Oct 8

Day: Tuesday, 8 October, 2024

Time: 13-15 ( or 1 pm to 3 pm, if it makes more sense)

Venue: MediCity seminar room ( The big black building called Biocity, 4th floor, A-side, Tykistökatu 6A)

Registration: https://konsta.utu.fi/Default.aspx?tabid=88&tap=19929 (Closes on October 3)

A super informal (but still cool) meeting with three amazing scientists: Steffen Jung, Burkhard Becher, and Ari Waisman. It’s going to be an open chat about all sorts of science stuff, like:

• How on earth do you survive in science?
• What’s the secret sauce for PhD success?
• Will AI take over science (and the world)?
• What’s the biggest problem in science right now?
• What’s more terrifying—grant rejections or reviewer comments? (Or is it like choosing between a shark and a bear?)
• What’s the weirdest experiment you’ve ever done that actually worked? (Be honest, was it an accident?)
• What’s the one mistake you see young scientists often make (Other than thinking they’ll be done by 5 pm?
• And… has publishing really gotten worse in the past 10 years, or are we just imagining it?

The best part? It’s exclusively for you! But first, we need to know if you’re up for it. If you’re interested in joining this discussion (and maybe even asking a burning question), please register using the link below. Please share this e-mail to your fellow group members and friends who might be interested but didn’t get the link.

Got a question you’d love the moderator to ask? Send it our way at almild@utu.fi & piaranta@utu.fi.

Past Events

MIST seminar 2023 will be held on 28 September at Kåren.

8.45-9.15 Coffee and sandwich

9.15-9:30 Opening words and announcements

9.30-11.00 Session 1
chaired by Alexander Mildner

9.30-10.00 Pieta Mattila
10.00-10.30 Akira Takeda
10.30-10.45 Eleftheria Maranou (Figueiredo group)
10.45-11.00 Jenna Rannikko (Hollmén group)

11.00-11.30 Coffee and posters

11.30-12.30 Session 2
chaired by Tapio Lönnberg

11.30-12.00 Pekka Ruusuvuori
12.00-12.15 Jussi Lehto (Airas group)
12.15-12.30 Karoliina Hirvonen (Lahesmaa group)

12.30-14.15 Lunch, coffee and posters

14.15-15.45 Session 3
chaired by Pia Rantakari
14.15-14.45 Kirsi Virtanen
14.45-15.00 Santhos Lamichhane (Orešič group)
15.00-15.15 Saara Hämälistö
15.15-15.45 Elisa Närvä

15:45-16.30 Posters and drinks

16.30-19.00 Networking and pizza

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MIST Kick off – day was held on 17 November 2022