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Members wanted: AII 2023 PhD retreat committee 

Do you want to expand on your organizational, communication, networking, problemsolving, creativity, and planning skills? Apply for the AII PhD retreat committee 2023. 

Interested? E-mail us: aii@amsterdamumc.nl.

Wondering what this year's PhD retreat was like? Read it here. 

AII TV - Seminar Serie - January 2023
Keynote speaker: Muzlifah Haniffa.
Young investigator in the spotlight: Florencia Morgana, her talk is titled 'A novel population of human regulatory T cells related to central memory T cells'. 
Host: Derk Amsen, Inflammatory diseases program. 
Date, time and location: January 10, 16.00 - 17.00 hrs, online. 

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

Table of contents
AII Collaboration Grant 
AII Prizes, Grants and Appointments
Highlights
PhD defence ceremonies
Upcoming events, courses and webinars
Congratulations to the research teams that received the AII Collaboration Grant 2022
Read more about the AII Collaboration Grant on our website. 
On April 1 2022 Dr. Conny van der Laken was appointed Professor of Rheumatology, in particular the imaging of diseases of the musculoskeletal system. On November 25 she delivered her inaugural speech titled 'seeing more by looking beyond'. 
Eight researchers at the Amsterdam institute for Infection and Immunity have been appointed Principal Investigator, effective September 1, 2022. 
In early 2022 Marta Bermejo Jambrina visited the group of Prof. Wilfingseder at the Institute of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology at the University of Innsbruck. This work visit was made possible by the AII Work Visit Grant. 
Jelmer Savelkoel is one of the two UvA Thesis Prize winners of 2022. In his paper A call to action: time to recognize melioidosis as a neglected tropical disease, Jelmer argues for giving melioidosis the status of neglected tropical disease (NTD). 
The number of patients in the Netherlands who become infected with (cutaneous) leishmaniasis is currently limited to a few dozen patients per year. However, due to climate change, leishmaniasis may become endemic in the near future. 'Hopefuly that will stimulate the development of new treatments and vaccines', Henry de Vries, Professor of skin infections, says. 
Altered synovial gene signatures are detectable in individuals at risk of rheumatoid arthritis, which are associated with development of disease months to years later. This was demonstrated by Lisa van Baarsen's research group in her most recent publication. 
Sharp drop in recent HIV infections among men who have sex with men indicates the HIV prevention pil (PrEP) is working well. Prof. Marc van der Valk: "If this trend continues in the coming years, the Netherlands could become one of the first countries in the world with zero new HIV infections.'
Uganda has been struggling with an outbreak of the very deadly Ebola virus ‘Sudan variant’ since September. This Sudan variant has not emerged to this extent for some time, therefore vaccines that have been on the shelf will now be tested in practice. Martin Grobusch shares his view. 

PhD defence ceremonies
Hai Nguyen, Tuberculosis in Vietnam | New and renewed insights, December 23rd, 10.00 hrs, Agnietenkapel, Universiteit van Amsterdam. 
Jara de la Court, Data-driven antimicrobial stewardship | Using local data to reduce antimicrobial consumption, January 10th, 15.00 hrs, Agnietenkapel, Universiteit van Amsterdam.
Liza Coyer, Sex, drugs, PrEP and STI: Trends among men who have sex with men, January 13th, 11.00 hrs, Auditorium, Universiteit van Amsterdam.
Jolinda de Korne-Elenbaas, Genomics approaches for characterising and tracking antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae, January 18th, 11.00 hrs, Auditorium, Universiteit van Amsterdam.
Stefania Principe, Precision Medicine As the new frontier for Asthma Treatment, January 24th, 15.00 hrs, Agnietenkapel, Universiteit van Amsterdam.
Massa dit Achille Bonko, Studies towards the improved diagnosis and management of febrile diseases in a rural area of Burkina Faso, January 25th, 16.00 hrs, Agnietenkapel, Universiteit van Amsterdam.
Melissa van Gool, An act of revision: IgA in health and disease, January 26th, 11.45 hrs, Auditorium, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. 
Clara Mar Guarch Perez, 3D-printed drug delivery systems to prevent orthopedic infections, January 27th, 11.00 hrs, Auditorium, Universiteit van Amsterdam.

Upcoming events, courses and webinars

Postgraduate course Advanced Immunology, extend your knowledge on recent developments in immunology and your insight in scientific questions and approaches in immunological research, January 30 until February 10 2023, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc, Auditorium O2 building: De Boelelaan 1108, Amsterdam, Please be sure to register as soon as possible, since there is a limited amount of places available for the course.

ImmunoMetNet Amsterdam UMC Symposium, An ImmunoMetabolism symposium building a Network between immunology and metabolism research and medicine, February 28th 2023,  Amsterdam UMC (Location AMC), room tbd. 

Inaugural lecture Prof. dr. Sander Tas, June 15th 2023, 16.30 hrs. 
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