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AII TV - Seminar Serie 

November 2022 
Keynote speaker: Ping Chih Ho with his talk 'Targeting mitochondrial dynamics for tailoring T cell anti-tumor immunity'
Young investigator in the spotlight: Helga Simon-Molas, her talk is titled 'Glutamine, an important fuel in chronic lymphocytic leukemia'. 
Host: Arnon Kater. Cancer Immunology program. 
Date, time and location: November 1, 16.00 - 17.00 hrs, hybrid meeting.
You can follow this seminar in the Costerzaal of Amsterdam UMC followed by drinks or online via Zoom (Zoomlink on
this page).  
Meet the expert session: Prior to the seminar a 'meet the expert’ session with Ping Chih Ho will take place from 2-3 PM at the AMC, location E2-166. 

Please note: if you would like to attend this seminar in the Costerzaal at the AMC or attend the "meet the expert" session, please register
here before 25 October.

Check out our AII-TV - seminar serie overview for 2023 here

Table of contents

AII Internal Grant Applications
AII Prizes, Grants and Appointments
Highlights
PhD defence ceremonies
Upcoming events, courses and webinars
Nominate your candidate
Final call for the AII Collaboration Grant! 
AII Collaboration Grant
WHAT: A fixed budget of 20.000 euro
WHO: AII researchers holding a PhD degree 
AIM: Stimulate new collaborations with at least one research group outside your own department 
DEADLINE: October 24, 2022 
More information.
AII collaboration grant in 2020, ENW-M NWO grant in 2022: the success story of Nicole and Coen 
The AII collaboration grant allowed Coen Kuijl and Nicole van der Wel to conduct a proof of concept study; these results contributed to their recent successful ENW-M NWO grant application.  
Dr. Sander Tas, Program Leader Inflammatory Diseases of the Amsterdam institute for Infection and Immunity has been appointed Professor of Rheumatology, in particular the molecular basis and treatment of autoimmune diseases.
Together with 17 partners, the epigenetic biomarkers study “methylomic” of PI Wouter de Jonge was awarded a €10.4 million grant in the category of 'Personalized Medicine for non-malignant diseases'.
Gert Ossenkoppele, Emiritus Professor Hematology at the Amsterdam UMC, has been awarded the Jean Bernard Lifetime Achievement Award by the European Hematology Association (EHA).
Dasja Pajkrt, Professor of viral pediatric infectious diseases, has been appointed member of the UvA Senate on behalf of the Faculty of Medicine on September 1, 2022. 
Lisa van Baarsen, Principal Investigator Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, was recently interviewed by MedNet. In this interview, she describes how she focuses on patient participation in the translational research projects she conducts in the rheumatology field.
Amsterdam UMC researchers discovered an antibody that protects against RS virus in newborns. Last month, the EMA issued a positive advice for this antibody drug, called Nirsevimab.

PhD defence ceremonies

Sanne Verberk, Rewiring the powerhouse: Macrophage metabolism in health and disease, October 21st, 13.45 hrs, Auditorium of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. 
Leonie de Klerk, Tumor-immune associations in gastroesophageal cancer, October 25th, 13.45 hrs, Auditorium of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. 
Shafaque Rahman, Cross-talk between microbiota and immune responses in inflammatory bowel disease, October 28th, 11.00 hrs, Auditorium of the Universiteit van Amsterdam.
Ruben Goedgebuure, Radiotherapy and esophageal cancer; towards novel and improved combination treatments, November 1st, 13.45 hrs, Auditorium of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. 
Daisy VedderThe heartbeat of gout: The relationship between gout and cardiovascular disease and its management, November 3rd, 13.45 hrs, Auditorium of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. 
Isabelle van Thiel, Fungal Feelings | The gut mycobiome in Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Inflammatory Bowel Disease, November 4th, 11.00 hrs, Auditorium of the Universiteit van Amsterdam.
Elena Tejero Merino, Multiscale modelling of plasma cell differentiation in the germinal center, November 7th, 14.00 hrs, Agnietenkapel, Universiteit van Amsterdam. 
Mireille van Oijen-Dekker, Infection control link nurses in acute care hospitals: Strategies to improve implementation and effectiveness, November 11th, 09.45 hrs, Auditorium of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Anne Marleen ter Haar, Growing up with perinatal HIV | Neurocognition, sexual development and quality of life in perinatally hiv-infected children, November 11th, 13.00 hrs, Agnietenkapel, Universiteit van Amsterdam. 

Upcoming events, courses and webinars

The first edition of the Science & Awards Day (S&AD2022) for all Amsterdam UMC PhD candidates, encourage collaboration and communication between researchers of the Amsterdam UMC across the borders of different departments and research institutes, October 21st 2022 from 08.00 - 17.30, Amstel Lecture Theater VUmc, free of charge, register via this link.  

AII PhD Retreat 2022: A two-day event with a mixture 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 2022. New registrations are placed on the waiting list. 

The Joep Lange Chair and Fellows Symposium: Migration and Health, November 3rd 2022, for more information please contact AIGHD Communications via e-mail

New EpidM course: Scientific Data Visualization: Tables and Graphs That Work, November 7th 2022 from 13.00 - 17.00, EpidM Amsterdam, tuition fee € 195,-. Register here

Second joint meeting AII/AGEM researchers at Volkshotel, the goal of this meeting is to stimulate collaboration, November 7th 2022 from 17.00 - 21.00, Volkshotel, klein Canvas, Wibautstraat 150, 1091 GR Amsterdam. Register here

PhD Course Immunophenotyping by flow cytometry and multiplexed immunohistochemistry, a (5-day) postgraduate-level course, November 7th until 11th 2022, O2 Lab Building, De Boelelaan 1108, 1081 HZ Amsterdam. 

yEFIS Symposium: Shaping the Future of Immunology in Europe, the first conference organized by and for early-career researchers in Europe, November 10th and 11th 2022, Register via this link

ACE Incubation Program Fall '22, a 10-week program of training & support, November 14th 2022 (startdate), Startup Village, Science Park 608, 1098 XH Amsterdam, send an e-mail for more information. 

Sanquin lecture with Jan van den Bossche, theme: let's enter the wonderful world of immunometabolites in macrophages, November 15th from 13.00 - 14.00, Sanquin Auditorium (only on-site). More information.

Translational Intensive Care Medicine Symposium, November 25th 2022 from 09.00 - 18.00 hrs, West-Indisch Huis, Amsterdam. 

Symposium, Imaging meets immunology, on the occasion of the inauguration of Prof. Conny van der Laken, November 25th 2022 from 09.30 - 14.45 hrs, Amstelzaal of the Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, RSVP by mail

Inaugural lecture Conny van der Laken, November 25th 2022 from 15.45 -16.30 hrs, Auditorium of the Vrije Universiteit. 

Adventures in immunometabolism, ImmunoMetNet Amsterdam series kick-off & keynote seminar by Luke O'neill, November 29th from 16.30 - 19.00, Auditorium of the VUmc O2 building, register via this link

IDSA 2022: Infectious Diseases Symposium, December 14th 2022 from 09.00 - 18.00 hrs, Bimhuis Piet Heinkade 3 1019 BR Amsterdam

NVVI Annual Meeting, two-day event with scientific presentations and social events, December 14th until 15th 2022, NH Leeuwenhorst at Noordwijkerhout, more information here

Symposium on the occasion of the emeritus of Prof. Maarten Boers, December 15th 2022 from 10.00 - 15.00 hrs, VU main building (De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam).

Farewell Address Prof. Maarten Boers, December 15th 2022, Auditorium of the VU main building (De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam).

NIAS-Lorentz Fellowship
The NIAS-Lorentz Program promotes cutting-edge interdisciplinary research that brings together perspectives from the humanities and/or social sciences with the natural and/or technological sciences. Nominees are outstanding researchers with an excellent academic track record and the capacity to bring together researchers from necessary disciplines. 

The Distinguished NIAS-Lorentz Fellowship (DNLF) receives:
  • A fellowship at NIAS for 5 months between September - January 2023. 
  • A workshop at the Lorentz Center on the fellowship topic, with full organizational support and a budget of €20,000 for travel and hotel reimbursements.
More information about how to nominate and what a DNLF nomination should contain can be found on the NIAS-Lorentz website

Deadline: Monday October 24th 2022 
How to nominate: send an e-mail to f.blom@amsterdamumc.nl

Please note: The deadline for submitting the nomination is 1 November. As there is no limit, no internal selection will be held, but due to coordination with the relevant dean, it is desirable to send draft nominations to f.blom@amsterdamumc.nl no later than Monday 24 October. 
KNAW Faces of Science
Faces of Science (FoS) is a network of PhD students from all kinds of disciplines from all over the Netherlands. Within FoS, talented PhD students at Dutch universities get the opportunity to present their research in an appealing way to the FoS target group (mainly upper secondary school pupils and students, but also the general public). PhD students also become part of the FoS network and are offered tools and training to further develop their science communication practice. Every year, 12 PhD students are selected as Faces of Science. Faces of Science is a project of the KNAW, De Jonge Akademie and NEMO Kennislink.

Deadline: Monday October 24th 2022 
How to nominate: Send part 1-3 of this form together with the resumé of the nominee to f.blom@amsterdamumc.nl. 
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