11 avril: Jeudis de la Faculté - Cycle Frontiers in Biomedicine, Prof. Paulson

11 avril: Jeudis de la Faculté - Cycle Frontiers in Biomedicine, Prof. Paulson

11.04.2019 12:30 – 13:30

Prof. James C. PAULSON
Cecil H. and Ida Greene Professor and Chair
Departments of Molecular Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA

«Exploiting inhibitory Siglecs to modulate immune responses»

«Understanding the mechanisms underlying discrimination between self and non-self is a central research goal in immunology. Evidence on the key role played by sialic acid binding Immunoglobulin type Lectins (Siglecs) in self/non-self discrimination is accumulating. Jim Paulson is a world leading expert in glycobiology, particularly with respect to viral envelope glycoproteins and vaccine design. He has now begun to use this expertise in a multidisciplinary project combining immunology and biotechnology to design an elegant siglec-targeting nanoparticle system that effectively suppresses immune responses in B cells and mast cells. He will discuss groundbreaking work in which this approach is used in a novel therapeutic strategy to combat allergy.»

Prof. Oliver HARTLEY, Dpt de pathologie et immunologie, Faculté de médecine UNIGE
Dre Frédérique LISACEK, Dpt d’informatique, Section de biologie, Faculté des sciences UNIGE
Hosts

Lieu

Bâtiment: CMU

Auditoire A. Franceschetti (C150)

Organisé par

Décanat Faculté de médecine

Intervenant-e-s

Prof. James PAULSON

entrée libre

Classement

Catégorie: Séminaire

Mots clés: Faculté de médecine, Jeudis de la Faculté, Frontiers in Biomedicine

Plus d'infos

www.unige.ch/medecine/frontiers-in-biomedicine/

Contact: missing email

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