Guest speaker Dietmar Zehn | Differentiation and maintenance of exhausted and resident T cells
Medical priority Immunotherapy
| Date | 3 February 2026 |
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| Location | Auditorium Plesmanlaan 125 1066 CX Amsterdam The Netherlands |
| Time | 13:00 to 14:00 |
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In collaboration with the Amsterdam Institute for Immunology & Infectious Diseases, Prof Dietmar Zehn PhD (School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, and Technical University München School of Medicine, München, Germany) will give a guest lecture on 3 February 2026 (1:00 PM), titled 'Differentiation and maintenance of exhausted and resident T cells' at Sanquin Amsterdam
Host: Monika Wolkers
CD8+ T cells are a key component in the naturally occurring immune protection against viral and many bacterial infections and against malignant diseases. My laboratory aims to unravel new molecular mechanisms and strategies to more effectively engage T cells for prophylactic and therapeutic purposes. On this basis we seek to develop new treatment options for diseases in humans and livestock. Furthermore, we investigate how immune cells impact organ physiology and how they contribute to pathophysiological processes. To this end, we utilize a combination of genomics, systems biology, cellular immunology and molecular cell biology.