Vortrag: "Protective and pathogenic T-cell subsets in human autoimmune diseases"
Speaker: Dr. Jens Geginat, Istituto Nazionale di Genetica Molecolare "Romeo ed Enrica Invernizzi«, Milano, Italy
Date: Thursday, 26th of October 2017, 5:00 pm
Location: Campus FME, Hörsaal Kinderklinik (Haus 10)
Host: Prof. Dr. Monika Brunner-Weinzierl (OvGU, Abteilung für Experimentelle Pädiatrie und Neonatologie)
Further Information: Dr. Geginat's main research interest is human T cell biology, in particular the characterization of regulatory and memory T-cell subsets. He has done relevant contributions to the understanding of how T cell memory is generated and maintained. Moreover, his group was recently the first to identify human IL-10 producing regulatory T cell subsets directly in vivo. The further characterization of these cells will clarify their role in immune-mediated human pathologies, and improve protocols for adoptive T cell therapy.