Juni 08, 2026 CoPILOT Lecture Series - internal seminar

topic tba

5 pm.(online via zoom)

Mai 18, 2026 CoPILOT Lecture Series - internal seminar (A05)

presentations by 

Ziheng Feng and Pia Grimpe (both project A05)

Ziheng Feng: Dynamics of the T Cell Compartment in the Neonatal Mouse Lung

Pia Grimpe: Exploring antiviral immunity in the developing lung – role of type II pneumocytes

5 p.m. (online via zoom)

Mai 13, 2026 PILOT external seminar series: Nicolas Renier (Paris)

Our external PILOT Seminar Series on Perinatal Immunity takes place every second Wednesday.

Speaker: Nicolas Renier

Title: Lifelong rewiring of the vascular network in the post-natal brain

Date and time: May 13, 2026, 1 p.m.

Venue: Online

Host: Philipp Henneke

Mai 11, 2026 CoPILOT Lecture Series - internal seminar (B06 and A04)

presentations by 

Maribel Corey (project B06): Characterizing low-density neutrophil - T cell crosstalk in human neonates

and

Lina Kieger (project A04): Mechanisms and consequences of microglia elimination during postnatal development

5 p.m. (online via zoom)

Mai 04, 2026 CoPILOT Lecture Series - external seminar: Tim Rollenske

Speaker: Tim Rollenske, University of Bonn, Germany

Title: B cell responses to microbiota

Date and time: May 04, 2026, 5 p.m.

Venue: online

Host: Lara Kötter

Apr. 27, 2026 CoPILOT Lecture Series - internal seminar

Semester Welcome 

Monday, April 27, 2026

5 p.m. (online via zoom)

Apr. 22, 2026 PILOT external seminar series: Holm Uhlig (Oxford)

Our external PILOT Seminar Series on Perinatal Immunity takes place every second Wednesday.

Speaker: Holm Uhlig

Title: Monogenic inflammatory bowel disease and autoimmune phenocopies

Date and time: April 22, 1 p.m.

Venue: Freiburg and online

Host: Philipp Henneke

Febr. 25, 2026 PILOT external seminar series: Rejane Rua (Marseille)

Our external PILOT Seminar Series on Perinatal Immunity takes place every second Wednesday.

Speaker: Rejane Rua

Title: Brain borders take center stage: role of myeloid cells in the meninges and the skull in neuroinflammation

Date and time: 25 February, 1 p.m.

Venue: online via webex

Host: Philipp Henneke

Febr. 23, 2026 CoPILOT Lecture Series - internal seminar (A03)

CoPILOT Lecture Series - internal seminar (A03)

Presentation by Johanna Schröder (project A03): Characterization of primary airway epithelial cells in two different media systems at the air-liquid interface

Date and time: February 23, 2026; 5 p.m.

Location: online

Febr. 09, 2026 CoPILOT Lecture Series - internal seminar (A02 and B05)

CoPILOT Lecture Series - internal seminar (A02 and B05)

Presentations by Ariana Fedotova (project A02/Ruzsics group): Construction of a new vector platform for adenovirus-based virotherapy

and

Kaushikk Ravi Rengarajan (project B05): "STAT1 Signalling Shapes the Function of Ttype 2 Dendritic Cells in Lungs of Weanling Mice"

Date and time: February 09, 2026; 5 p.m.

Location: online

Jan. 28, 2026 PILOT external seminar series: Laetitia Preau (Le Noble Lab, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

Our external PILOT Seminar Series on Perinatal Immunity takes place every second Wednesday.

Speaker: Laetitia Preau

Title: Vegf signalling at the neurovascular interface: From development to pathophysiology

Date and time: 28 January, 1 p.m.

Venue: Freiburg and online

Host: Katrin Kierdorf

Jan. 26, 2026 CoPILOT Lecture Series - internal seminar (A06)

CoPILOT Lecture Series - internal seminar (A06)

Presentation by Candice Raynaud (project A06/Clavel group): "Gut microbiota-pathogen interaction ​in the postnatal period"

Date and time: January 26, 2026; 5 p.m.

Location: online

Jan. 21, 2026 PILOT internal seminar (Project Z01)

Presentation by Project Z01 (High-dimensional data analysis and data integration for quantitatively profiling perinatal immune cells)

Z01
Jan. 19, 2026 CoPILOT Method Lecture - Speaker: Tom Clavel

CoPILOT Method lecture 

Title: Microbiomes - Methods to the madness

Speaker: Tom Clavel

Host: Jonas Pes

Date: Moday, January 19

5 p.m. 

Venue: Zoom

Jan. 14, 2026 PILOT external seminar series: Elvira Mass (Bonn)

Our external PILOT Seminar Series on Perinatal Immunity takes place every second Wednesday.

Speaker: Elvira Mass

Title: Developmental programming of Tissue-Resident Macrophages

Date and time: 14 January, 1 p.m.

Venue: Freiburg and online

Host: Katrin Kierdorf

Jan. 12, 2026 CoPILOT Lecture Series - internal seminar (A01 and B05)

Presentations by Jonas Pes (Project A01): Early life Giardia lamblia infection tolerizes the intestinal mucosal immune system

and

Doğuş Altunoez (Project B05): Periweaning diet-induced activation of an IFNgamma-mediated regulatory circuit promotes the homeostasis of cytotoxic CD8+ T Cells

Date and time: January 12, 2026; 5 pm

Location: online

Jan. 07, 2026 PILOT internal seminar (Project A08)

Presentation by Project A08 (Immune trajectories defining early lung development in newborn infants)

A08
Dez. 17, 2025 PILOT external seminar series: Naomi McGovern (Cambridge)

Our external PILOT Seminar Series on Perinatal Immunity takes place every second Wednesday.

Speaker: Naomi McGovern

Title: Decoding Placental Dynamics: Transcriptomic and Functional Insights Across Gestation

Date and time: 17 December, 1 p.m.

Venue: Freiburg and online

Host: Philipp Henneke

Dez. 15, 2025 CoPILOT Lecture Series - external seminar: Thiago Mattar Cunha

Speaker: Thiago Mattar Cunha, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Title: Inflamed border: role of meningeal cells for neuropathic pain

Date and time: December 15, 5 p.m.

Venue: online

Host: Clarissa Döring

Dez. 10, 2025 PILOT internal seminar (Project A06)

Presentation by Project A06 (Perinatal crosstalk of microbiota and intestinal macrophages in the control of mucosal pathogens)

A06