OUH research seminar, Tuesday, April 25th 10:00 - 15:45 Immunotherapy for Cancer

Program:

Morning session (populærvitenskapelig foredrag på norsk)

10.00: Velkomstkaffe

10.30: Velkommen
Elisabeth Authen Sethre, Kreftforeningen

10.45: Hvordan fungerer immunsystemet egentlig?
Inger Øynebråten, forsker, avdeling for patologi, Oslo universitetssykehus

11.10: NK-celler i kreftterapi
Erik Dissen, professor, avdeling for molekylærmedisin, UiO

11.35: Immunterapi mot kreft: Gjennombruddet og veien videre
Jon Amund Kyte, overlege, OUS Radiumhospitalet

12.00: Lunch break with wraps

Afternoon session (scientific presentations made accessible for a broad public in English)

13.00: Opening

13.05: Cancer therapy combining immune checkpoint inhibitors with immunogenic chemo- or radiotherapy
Jon Amund Kyte, MD, PhD, OUS Radiumhospitalet

13.30: Cellular cancer therapy
Else Marit Inderberg, PhD, Department for Cell Therapy, OUS Radiumhospitalet

13.55: How CD4⁺  T cells reject tumor cells
Bjarne Bogen, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Immunology, OUS Rikshospitalet       

14.20: Coffee break

14.50: Harnessing Adaptive Natural Killer Cells in Cancer Immunotherapy
Karl-Johan Malmberg, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Cancer Immunology, OUS Radiumhospitalet

15.15: From NK to T cell, a microscopical approach
Pierre Dillard, PhD, Department for Cell Therapy, OUS Radiumhospitalet

Meeting’s organizers: The Norwegian Society for Immunology (NSI)

Chairperson: Alexandre Corthay, PhD, Department of Pathology, OUS Rikshospitalet, NSI president.

Free entrance. Everybody is welcome!

Forthcoming OUH research seminars:

02.05 The Insulin producing beta cell in health and disease

08.05 Organ donation for abdominal and thoracic organs

Meeting announcements and information: www.med.uio.no/klinmed/forskning/aktuelt/arrangementer/andre/ous-seminarer

On behalf of the organizing committee for OUH research seminars,

Alexandre Corthay (committee leader)
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