Dec 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

Jan 07, 2026 PILOT internal seminar (Project A08)

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

A08
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 Aoeltunoez (Project B05): title tbd

Date and time: January 12, 2026; 5 pm

Location: online

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: TBD

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

Venue: Freiburg and online

Host: Katrin Kierdorf

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

CoPILOT Method lecture 

Title: tbd

Speaker: Tom Clavel

Date: Moday, January 19

5 p.m. 

Venue: Zoom

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 28, 2026 PILOT external seminar series: Laetitia Preau and Ferdinand le Noble (KIT)

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

Speaker: Laetitia Preau and Ferdinand le Noble

Title: TBD

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

Venue: Freiburg and online

Host: Katrin Kierdorf

Feb 04, 2026 PILOT internal seminar (Project B04)

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

B04
Feb 11, 2026 PILOT external seminar series: Christoph Klein (LMU)

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

Speaker: Christoph Klein

Title: TBD

Date and time: 11 February, 1 p.m.

Venue: Freiburg and online

Host: Philipp Henneke

Feb 18, 2026 PILOT internal seminar (Project A04) and speed networking

Presentation by Project A04 (Role of crosstalk between γδ T cells and Langerhans cells in driving their mutual differentiation in the postnatal niche) 

followed by speed networking for postdocs and PIs.

A04
Feb 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:TBD

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

Venue: online via webex

Host: Philipp Henneke

Mar 02, 2026 CoPILOT Lecture Series - external seminar: Claire Maudet-Crépin

Speaker: Claire Maudet-Crépin, Inserm, Institute Pasteur, Paris, France

Title: A host genetic susceptibility factor to maternal-fetal listeriosis

Date and time: March 02, 2026, 5 p.m.

Venue: Munich and online

Host: Nikita Raj, Leah Sinka

Mar 04, 2026 PILOT internal seminar (Project A02)

Presentation by Project A02 (Impact of neonatal CMV infection on lung macrophage development)

A02
Mar 18, 2026 PILOT internal seminar (Project B09)

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

B09
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: TBD

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

Venue: Freiburg and online

Host: Philipp Henneke

Apr 29, 2026 PILOT internal seminar (Project A07)

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

A07
May 04, 2026 CoPILOT Lecture Series - external seminar: Tim Rollenske

Speaker: Tim Rollenske, University of Bonn, Germany

Title: TBD

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

Venue: online

Host: Lara Kötter

Jul 01, 2026 PILOT internal seminar (Project B01)

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

B01
Jul 08, 2026 PILOT internal seminar (Project B03)

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

B03
Jul 22, 2026 PILOT internal seminar (Project B07 and Speed networking)

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

followed by speed networking for postdocs and PIs.

B07
Sep 16, 2026 PILOT internal seminar (Project B05)

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

B05
Sep 30, 2026 PILOT internal seminar (Project A01)

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

A01
Oct 14, 2026 PILOT internal seminar (Project A06)

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

A06
Oct 28, 2026 PILOT internal seminar (Project B06 and Speed networking)

Presentation by Project B06 (Genetic regulation of protein expression during immune cell development in human neonates)

B06
Nov 11, 2026 PILOT internal seminar (Project B02)

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

B02
Nov 25, 2026 PILOT internal seminar (Project A05)

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)

A05
Dec 09, 2026 PILOT internal seminar (Project A03 and Speed networking)

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

followed by speed networking for postdocs and PIs.

A03