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A big applause for the AII members who have been awarded a Work Visit Grant or a Technician Grant!

AII members who have been awarded a Work Visit Grant 2022:

Marloes Grobben, Eva Philippon, Bob Kullberg, Marta Bermejo Jambrina, Norbert van Dijk, and Abisola Sholeye

AII members who have been awarded a Technician Grant 2022:

Saskia van der Velden and Sarah van Leeuwen

Table of contents:

Highlights
AII upcoming events
PhD defence ceremonies

Upcoming events, courses and webinars
AII/CCA mentoring program
AII Affiliations

Highlights

Tens of thousands of patients in the Netherlands are dealing with the aftermath of COVID-19. Why is it that clarity about the cause and appropriate medication is still lacking? Jeroen den Dunnen and colleagues explain.

The monkey pox virus is on the rise, the number of infected people in Europe is growing and even in the Netherlands, the first infections have been identified. Amsterdam UMC virologist Matthijs Welkers indicates that the virus can be deadly for humans.

The Dutch Cancer Society has awarded a total of 8.6 million euro to 15 Amsterdam UMC - Cancer Center Amsterdam research groups. Among them is Dr. Marieke Fransen's project called: “Arming local lymphoid tissues to increase the efficacy of immunotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer” (€ 765,118).

According to Marc van der Valk there is still plenty of progress to be made when focusing on HIV. How will the Netherlands move towards zero new infections and better quality of life for older HIV patients?

AII upcoming events

5^th Annual Symposium of AII: The Annual Symposium will take place in the Openbare Bibliotheek in the center of Amsterdam on Thursday, June 23^rd.

AII Seminar Series: Arnon Kater, 'Mitochondrial stress and reduced glycolytic switch as the basis of impaired efficacy of T-cell based therapies in CLL?'. Young investigator in the spotlight: Chiara Montironi ('Leukemic cells suppress CD4+ T cell function by inducing pseudohypoxia and autocrine purinergic signaling'). June 7, 16.00 - 17.00 hrs, online. Host: Eric Eldering.

AII Technician Meet & Greet: Join the first AII Technician Meet & Greet at the Volkshotel Amsterdam, June 9th from 16.00 - 19.00. More information.

AII Science Communication Workshop: Learn the basics of science communication and how to make impact with science! This workshop is organized by the AII Postdoc Committee at Truus, Volkshotel, Amsterdam, June 27th from 17.00 - 19.00. More information.

AII PhD Retreat 2022: A two-day event with a mxiture of interactive social, scientific, career, and educational program components incl. hotel-stay. The PhD Retreat takes place at the van der Valk Hotel de Bilt, Utrecht, November 3rd and 4th. More information.

PhD defence ceremonies

Hannah Garcia Garrido, Vaccinations in the Immunocompromised: Population Paramount and Paradox, June 2nd, 13.00 u, Agnietenkapel

Anne Algera, Practice of ventilation and the setting of PEEP in critically ill patients without ARDS, June 7th, 12.00 u, Agnietenkapel

Christel Valk, Diagnostic, Prognostic and Therapeutic Strategies in Critically ill COVID–19 Patients, June 7th, 15.00 u, Agnietenkapel

Anissa Tsonas, Aspects of Ventilation Management and Clinical Outcomes in COVID–19 patients, June 8th, 10.00 u, Agnietenkapel

Michiel Schuijt, Intensity of ventilation and prognostic classification | Studies in the ICU and the OR, June 8th, 13.00 u, Agnietenkapel

David van Meenen, Intensity of mechanical ventilation, June 8th, 16.00 u, Agnietenkapel

Jenny Juschten, Current challenges in understanding and treating ARDS, June 9th, 13.00 u, Agnietenkapel

Anna Schorcht, HIV-1 vaccine candidates based on envelope glycoproteins from infected individuals in Amsterdam, June 9th, 16.00, Agenietenkapel

Charalampos Pierrakos, Bedside imaging monitoring techniques in invasively ventilated patients, June 10th, 10.00 u, Agnietenkapel

Marry Smit, Lung imaging in critically ill patients under mechanical ventilation, June 10th, 13.00 u, Agnietenkapel

Kim Jeucken, TNF receptor superfamily signaling in lymphoid organ development and endothelial cell responses, June 14th, 15.00 u, Agnietenkapel

Jorn Gerritsma, Red blood cell transfusion in sickle cell disease, June 15th, 10.00 u, Agnietenkapel

Lisa van Manen, The efficacy of red blood cell transfusion in the critically ill, June 17th, 13.00 u, Agnietenkapel

Tanca Minderhoud, Finding sepsis, what we seek and what we find, June 22nd, 13.45 u, VUmc Aula.

Boas van der Putten, Using genomics to understand the global spread of Escherichia coli and antimicrobial resistance, June 24th, 11.00 u, University Auditorium (UvA)

Lizzy Wijmans, Confocal Laser Endomicroscopy for diagnosing respiratory diseases, June 24th, 13.00 u, Agnietenkapel

Upcoming events, courses and webinars

Symposium Test Animal (Free) Research in Amsterdam UMC, June 8th, 13.00 - 17.00 u, Amstelzaal, Amsterdam UMC location VU medical centre, free of charge, registration via this link.

IXA Workshop: How to protect your knowledge? Patents and other means to safeguard inventions, June 9th, 08.55 - 10.30, Online via Zoom, free of charge, register via this link.

Symposium Translational Microbiology: from bench to bedside to public health, June 15th, 12.30 - 18.00 u, Hotel Arena Amsterdam, free of charge, register via e-mail.

Inaugural lecture Nina van Sorge, ’Trick or treat', June 16th, 16.30 u, Aula der Universiteit, entrance: Singel 411, corner Spui.

22nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Dutch Society for Experimental Dermatology, June 23rd and 24th, 09.30 u, “de Werelt” in Lunteren,register via this link.

Course: Writing a Data Management Plan, June 27th, 09.00 - 12.00 u, Online via Zoom, register before the 19th of June via e-mail.

Workshop: How to write successful MSCA-PF applications (Research Grant Support), a digital two-part workshop specifically designed for applicants of this year's MSCA postdoctoral fellowship, participants are expected to attend both sessions, June 28th and June 29th, 09.00 - 11.00 u, online, register via this link.

Sanquin Lecture - Ferenc Scheeren, June 28th, 13.00 - 14.00 u, Auditorium Sanquin, Plesmanlaan 125 1066 CX Amsterdam.

Inaugural lecture Mette Hazenberg, 'Diversity, cell therapy and the blood principle', June 30th, 16.30 u, Auditorium of the University of Amsterdam, the Oude Lutherse Kerk (Singel 411) in Amsterdam.

AII/CCA mentoring program

AII and CCA has set up a mentoring program to couple researchers from all levels with more senior people. The ultimate goal of this program is to make sure everybody gets most out of their academic careers. If you want to participate, please fill in this form.

AII Affiliations

As a researcher, you are required to include the correct affiliation address on scientific publications. In consultation with major publishers, the address line of Amsterdam UMC was recently adjusted.

Please apply this new address line consistently to your scientific publications so that the research institutes are more visible in large, international databases such as Scopus and Web of Science.

The new address line: name of research institute, program(s), Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Correct example:

Amsterdam institute for Infection and Immunity, Inflammatory diseases, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Affiliated to the University of Amsterdam (UvA):
Amsterdam UMC location University of Amsterdam, Department(s), Meibergdreef 9,
Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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