Events

Speaker: Elena Winheim, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, UK

Title: Immunity in the Making: Spatial Niches in Human Skin from Fetal Life to Puberty

Date and time: July 06, 2026, 5 p.m.

Venue: Munich (BMC, Seminarroom N 01.017 and online)

Host: Kaushikk Ravi Rengarajan

Presentation by Project B01 (Perinatal fate decisions of macrophages in protected tissues)

and

Project B04 (Identification of fibroblast-immune interactions and skin topologies that shape scarless wound repair).

Date and time: Wednesday, 08 July 1pm

Venue: online via Webex

Please save the date and join us for 2nd scientific Diversity Symposium at the BMC on July 8, 2026 (15:00 – 17:45) in the BMC Small lecture Hall.

For TRR359 members outside of Munich, the event will also be streamed via Zoom; further details will follow shortly.

The BMC Diversity Initiative has invited three distinguished Munich-based scientists to present their current research in translational optoacoustics (Miguel Pleitez), lipid metabolism and metabolic diseases (Susanna Hofmann), and oncolytic virus-based cancer immunotherapeutics (Jennifer Altomonte). They will also share insights into the key experiences and challenges that have defined their careers in research. Meet-the-speaker sessions following the talks will offer opportunities for questions and open discussion.

This symposium aims to highlight that scientific excellence is best fostered by researchers with diverse academic and cultural backgrounds, as well as multifaceted personal and professional experiences.

Join us for this opportunity to network and exchange on exciting research as well as diversity in science – a topic that unites researchers from all cultures and at all stages of their careers.

More information (talk titles and registration) will follow soon on our website:

https://www.med.lmu.de/bmc/en/news/latest-news/events-overview/event/symposium-diversity-identity-fate-at-biomedical-frontiers-2a927fa2.html

Speaker: Jamey Marth, Sanford-Burnham-Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA

Title: Regulation of the Secreted Proteome by Mammalian Lectin Receptors Controls Health and Disease

Date and time: July 13, 2026, 5 p.m.

Venue: Munich (BMC, Seminarroom N 01.017 and online

Speaker: Piero Portincasa, University of Bari, Italy

Title: TBD

Date and time: July 20, 2026, 5 p.m.

Venue: Munich (BMC, Seminarroom N 02.017) and online

Presentation by Project A08 (Development and functional implications of circadian leukocyte dynamics in early life)

followed by speed networking for postdocs and PIs.

Presentation by Project A01 (Nutrition, host metabolism and the antimicrobial response to enteric infection in the neonatal host)

and

Project B09 (Effects of maternal hyperlipidemia on embryo-derived macrophages and perinatal immune development)

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

and

Project A07 (Effects of neonatal wildling microbiota on the immune response to vaccination)

Presentation by Project B03 (Perinatal development of dermal macrophage diversity )

Presentation by Project B02 (Role of placenta-derived peptide PIF in perinatal immune cell regulation)

and

Project B05 (Impact of intrauterine inflammation on neonatal dendritic cell development and function)

Presentation by Project A05 (Long-lasting consequences of early-life influenza A virus infection for the tissue-resident memory T cell niche and susceptibility to secondary infections)

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

Speaker: Patrick Rodrigues, Institute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich (UZH), Switzerland

Title: tba

Date and time: 02 December, 1 p.m.

Venue: Munich and online

Host: Barbara Schraml

Presentation by Project A03 (The role of S100-alarmins in the perinatal development of respiratory immunity) 

followed by speed networking for postdocs and PIs.