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Newsletter
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Amsterdam institute for Infection and Immunity
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6th annual symposium of AII: Immune Escapism
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Date: 22 June 2023
Time: 13.00 - 22.00 hrs
Location: Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam, Oosterdok
Registration deadline: May 22nd
The symposium will be followed by a dinner and drinks at Hanneke's Boot
More information
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AII Prizes, Grants and Appointments
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Dr. Klouwens and Dr. Trentelman both recently received their doctorates from the Amsterdam UMC Lyme Disease Center on their research into another form of Lyme disease prevention: vaccination. Dr. Klouwens and Dr. Trentelman designed antitick vaccines based on recombinant proteins and dna vaccines.
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CD169 targeting liposomes, a cancer vaccine that delivers
Joanna Grabowska, June 5th, 13.45 hrs, Auditorium (Vrije Universiteit)
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Lung-protective ventilation in the intensive care unit and operating room
Sunny Nijbroek, June 5th, 14.00 hrs, Agnietenkapel (Universiteit van Amsterdam)
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Unravelling the tumor glyco-code: studying the role of glycosylation in cancer progression and immune evasion
Ernesto Rodriguez Camejo, June 6th, 13.45 hrs, Auditorium (Vrije Universiteit)
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Bringing mycobacterial secretion inhibitors to maturation
Vien Quang Tri Ho, June 6th, 09.45 hrs, Auditorium (Vrije Universiteit)
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Culture independent diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infections
Dominic Fenn, June 7th, 14.00 hrs, University Aula (Universiteit van Amsterdam)
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Airway care interventions and prone positioning in critically ill patients
Willemke Stilma, June 8th, 16.00 hrs, Agnietenkapel (Universiteit van Amsterdam)
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Dutch travelers in the global village: the rise and fall of travel-related infectious diseases
Femke Overbosch, June 9th, 16.00 hrs, Agnietenkapel (Universiteit van Amsterdam)
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Improving immunotherapeutic treatment strategies for relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma patients
Kris Frerichs, June 13th, 13.45 hrs, Auditorium (Vrije Universiteit)
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Laser treatments for skin diseases | Towards an international registry
Frederike Fransen, June 14th, 16.00 hrs, Agnietenkapel (Universiteit van Amsterdam)
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Biomarkers in febrile patients: A quest for discriminators for infectious and inflammatory disease
Judith Zandstra, June 15th, 13.00 hrs, Agnietenkapel (Universiteit van Amsterdam)
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Promoting provider-initiated HIV testing in the primary care and hospital setting
Saskia Bogers, June 16th, 10.00 hrs, Agnietenkapel (Universiteit van Amsterdam)
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Neutrophils in the spotlight | in dendritic cell-driven adaptive immunity
Florianne Hafkamp, June 16th, 16.00 hrs, Agnietenkapel (Universiteit van Amsterdam)
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AII Inside: Research Group of Marit van Gils, May 23rd, 16.00 - 17.00 hrs, online.
AII Seminar Serie: Keynote speaker Jennifer Guerriero, host Tanja de Gruijl, June 6th, 16.00 - 17.00 hrs
PhD Retreat: AII Olympics, October 5th and 6th 2023, De Heerlickheijd van Ermelo, registration for the PhD retreat starts on the 3rd of July and will be on a first-come, first-serve basis.
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Upcoming events, courses and webinars
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IXA Workshop Entrepreneurship in Science, Thursday May 25th 2023, 08:55 - 10:30 hrs, VU Campus, NU building, De Boelelaan 1111, room 02A25, free of charge.
ASAP Science Night: Connecting with Nature, May 26th 2023, 18.00 - 01.00 hrs, Pakhuis de Zwijger, Piet Heijnkade 179, 1019 HC Amsterdam, €25 including dinner and 7 drinks.
Webinar: Anal cancer precursor screening and hiv, June 1st 2023, 19.30 - 20.30 hrs, online, free of charge.
Course: Writing a Data Management Plan, June 12th 2023, 09.00 - 12.00 hrs, online, free of charge.
Course: Scientific Data Visualization EpidM, June 14th 2023, 13.00 - 17.00 hrs, Amsterdam, tuition fee €195.
Inaugural lecture Prof. dr. Sander Tas, June 15th 2023, 16.30 hrs.
ImmunoMetNet Annual Meeting, June 15th 2023, 09.00 - 17.00 hrs, O2 Building auditorium at VUmc.
Support4Research meeting: Compute facilities - Find the right compute facility for your project, June 15th 2023, 16.00 - 17.00, Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc: lecture room de Maas, no registration needed.
Sanquin lecture - Rebecca Gentek, Development, functions and programming of fetal (-derived) immune cells, June 27th 2023, 13.00 - 14.00 hrs, Sanquin Auditorium (Plesmanlaan 125, Amsterdam) or on-line.
Course Advanced Molecular Pathology, The program contains an interesting mix of theory and practice of mutation analysis, arrays and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) in (cancer) pathology diagnostics, June 27th 2023, UMC Utrecht.
ASAP Symposium 2023, explore important topics concerning the Amsterdam UMC PhD system and its candidates, November 8th 2023, 14.30 - 17.00 hrs.
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Join the PR & Public Outreach Committee
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Do you have affinity with marketing and communications? Does the online world of newsletters, websites and social media appeal to you? Would you like to help decide on AII's brand strategy? Then we are looking for you!
The PR & public outreach committee is looking for 2 new members. The vacancy is open to all members of AII.
Time investment: The PR & public outreach committee meets online every six weeks. If needed, members work separately on specific projects. This requires max. 2 hours per month.
Sign-up or reach out for more information via e-mail.
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A great publication? Fantastic scholarship received? A new appointment?
Share it with us! The Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity communications team is always looking for interesting news from our members for our website, Social Media channels and newsletter.
Please fill out this form and share it with aii@amsterdamumc.nl.
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Questionnaire PhD Students
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The education committee of the Amsterdam institute for Infection and Immunity is investigating the needs and expectations of their PhD students regarding the courses they can follow as part of their PhD trajectory. The questionnaire consists of 10 questions and will take approximately 5 minutes to fill in.
Use the following URL: https://forms.office.com/e/hERmSxAhYw to go to the questionnaire!
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