Recent publication : Myeloid tumor necrosis factor and heme oxygenase-1 regulate the progression of colorectal liver metastases during hepatic ischemia-reperfusion
October 23rd 2020 - 13:46
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New publication: T cell dysfunction in cancer
October 13th 2020 - 16:58
CD8 + T cells within the tumor microenvironment are exposed to various signals that ultimately determine functional outcomes. In October issue of Immunity, the team of Ludovic Martinet from the Centre de physiopathologie de Toulouse Purpan (CPTP) identified a new mechanism involved in T cell dysfunction. Through complementary approaches, involving cancer patients’ samples and relevant mouse tumor models, Weulersse et al. reveal that CD8+ T cells in the tumor microenvironment lose expression of the activating receptor CD226 (DNAM-1) in a manner that is Eomes dependent. CD226 loss restrains...
Recent publication : The mononuclear phagocyte system contributes to fibrosis in posttransplant Obliterans Bronchiolitis
October 09th 2020 - 13:07
Lung transplantation currently represents the only curative treatment for patients suffering from end-stage respiratory failure. However, when compared to other solid-organ transplants, the prognosis after lung transplantation remains quite poor, with a median survival of less than 7 years. The main cause for this high mortality is a disease called Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome (BOS), which manifests as a progressive and irreversible loss of respiratory function, mainly due to the obliteration of the small airways (“bronchioles”) caused by fibrosis. The myofibroblasts, considered as...
A large multicentric study to assess the influence of COVID19 on occurence of acute respiratory infections
October 09th 2020 - 12:19
A large multicenter prospective study in Belgian nursing homes is taking place under the coordination of Sciensano. ULB is a partner of this large initiative.
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Covid-19 : Immunity challenge
September 14th 2020 - 15:38
Find the complete interview by clicking on the following link : https://actus.ulb.be/fr/covid-19ulb/comment-fonctionne-notre-immunite
Public defense of thesis by Alexandra DREESMAN
August 31st 2020 - 14:16
In order to obtain the academic title of PhD in Medical Sciences, jointly supervised with the "Vrije Universiteit Brussel" (VUB),
Alexandra DREESMAN will publicly defend on Thursday September 3, 2020 at 6 p.m., a doctoral thesis entitled:
"Development and evaluation of new diagnostic markers of tuberculosis in children".
Two upcoming thesis defenses...
August 24th 2020 - 14:56
- Wednesday, September 9th, at 5:00 p.m. : Caroline will defend her doctoral thesis entitled "Etude des interactions entre la peau, les intestins et les articulations dans un contexte inflammatoire"
- Thursday, September 10th, at 5:00 p.m. : Maria Pia will defend her doctoral thesis entitled "Deciphering the role of the mononuclear phagocyte system in post-transplant airway fibrosis"
Modalities of attendance by video-conference will be communicated soon (in...
Valérie Wittamer Group is recruiting
August 24th 2020 - 13:56
Topic : Microglia functions in brain repair and regeneration using the zebrafish model
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Job Offer at the Jules Bordet Institute
August 18th 2020 - 13:37
Research project : immunotherapy and stereotatic irradiation in PDXS preclinical
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Collaboration between U-CRI and Dr. Das (University of Pittsburgh) for the analyses of high-dimensional immunological datasets
August 07th 2020 - 08:36
Dr. Jishnu Das is Assistant Professor at the Departments of Immunology and Computational and Systems Biology and Core Faculty member at the CSI. He has strong expertise in computational systems analyses of immunological data and his research focuses on the development and use of novel machine learning and network...