Events archive

Presentation by Project B07 (Development and functional implications of circadian leukocyte dynamics in early life)

followed by speed networking for postdocs and PIs.

Speakers: Piero Portincasa and Mohamad Khalil, University of Bari, Italy

Piero Portincasa: Microbiota - obesity - metabolism. a story to tell

Mohamad Khalil: Gastrointestinal mucosal damage & protection studied by electrophysiology

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

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

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

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

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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: 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

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

Speaker: Marcel Nold

Title: Poking the Envelope: Immunotherapy for Early-Life Diseases

Date and time: 03 July, 1 p.m.

Please note that this seminar will take place on a Friday instead of the usual Wednesday!

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

Host: Barbara Schraml

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5 pm.(online via zoom)

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)

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

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)

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

Semester Welcome 

Monday, April 27, 2026

5 p.m. (online via zoom)

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

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

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

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

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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

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

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