Presentations of the years 2009-2010

  • Ageing of the Immune System. Lecture at The Future of Ageing Research in Europe: A FuturAge and WhyWeAge European Conference, Brussels, 15th December 2010 (invited by Dr. O. Toussaint).
  • Role of CMV infection in human immunosenescence. Keynote lecture at the the 35th Annual Congress of the Brazilian Society for Immunology, Porto Alegre, 5th November, 2010 (invited by Prof. M. Bauer).
  • The immune system in old age. Lecture at the French Office od Science and Technology Workshop on Immune System and Aging, Sophia-Antipolis, 22nd October, 2010 (invited by Dr. M. Guyader). 
  • The “Immune Risk Profile”. :Lecture at the 7th Eur Biogerontol Congress, Palermo, 15th October, 2010 (invited by Prof. C. Caruso).
  • Is there an “Immune Risk Profile” in cancer and ageing? Departmental seminar at the Center for Cancer Immunotherapy, University of Copenhagen, Herlev, 23rd August, 2010 (invited by Prof. P. thor Straten).
  • Infectious immunosenescence? Keynote lecture at the LifeSpan Young Investigators´ Workshop, London, 12th August, 2010 (invited by Dr. C. Burnett).
  • Immunosensescence and its impact on vaccination. Departmental seminar, Centre for the Evaluation of Vaccination, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute, University of Antwerp, 29th July, 2010 (invited by Prof. P can Damme).
  • Infectious immunosenescence? Departmental Seminar, School of Cancer Studies, University of Birmingham, 29th June, 2010 (invited by Prof. P. Moss).
  • Infectious immunosenescence. Lecture at the 39th Annual Meeting of the American Aging Association, Portland, OR, 5th June, 2010 (invited by Prof. J. Nikolich-Zugic).
  • Infectious immunosenescence. Research Seminar, School of Bioscience, NTU, Nottingham, 21st May, 2010 (invited by Dr. E. Verderio-Edwards).
  • Infectious immunosenescence. Lecture at the 3rd CIIE Symposium Immunopathology & Immunosenescence – An Evolutionary Perspective, University of Edinburgh, 28th April, 2010 (invited by Dr. D. Nussey).
  • Human immunosenescence. Lecture at the School of Public Health, Dept. Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 14th April, 2010 (invited by Prof. A. Aiello).
  • Immunosenescence: Ageing of the Immune System, role of CMV. Keynote at the Annual Congress of the European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT), Vienna, 22nd March, 2010 (invited by Prof. H. Greinix).
  • Human immunosenescence. Lecture at the Pathobiology of Ageing Symposium, Palermo, 15th March, 2010 (invited by Prof. C. Caruso).
  • Human immunosenescence. Seminar at the UMCG in “Molecular Medicine, Groningen, 11th March, 2010 (invited by Dr. B.J. Kroesen).
  • Human immunosenescence. Seminar at the Dept Pathology, Bologna University, 15th February, 2010 (invited by Prof. C. Franceschi).
  • Human immunosenescence. Kiel Institute for Immunology Seminar series lecture, Kiel, 28th January, 2010 (invited by Prof. D. Kabelitz).
  • Human immunosenescence. Presentation at the BASE-II Workshop, Berlin, 23rd January, 2010 (invited by Dr. L. Müller).
  • Immune signatures for human ageing: impact of Cytomegalovirus, Keynote lecture at the Final LinkAge Conference, Brussels, 1st December, 2009 (invited by Dr. O. Toussaint).
  • Immunosenescence, cancer, and Cytomegalovirus, Lecture at PIVAC 9, Sofia, 8th October, 2009 (invited by self).
  • Ageing, cancer and the immune response. Lecture at the 9th European Conference on Clinical Cell Analysis, St. Etienne, 12th September, 2009 (invited by Prof. J. Gratama).
  • Persisting immune stimulation as a driving force for human T cell immunosenescence. Lecture at SENS4, Cambridge, 5th September, 2009 (invited by Dr. A. de Grey).
  • Persisting immune stimulation as a driving force for T cell immunosenescence. Lecture at the 19th Int Assoc Geriatr Gerontol, Paris, 6th July, 2009 (invited by Prof. T. Fülöp).
  • Herpes viruses and immunosenescence. Lecture at the Royal Society of Medicine, London, 12th June, 2009 (invited by Dr. R. Patel).
  • Immunosenescence: ageing of the immune system. Lecture at the 28th Congress of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Warsaw, Poland, 10th June, 2009 (invited by Prof. M. Kowalski).
  • Immunosenescence and its impact on vaccination. Lecture to the Nencki Institute, Warsaw, Poland, 9th June, 2009 (invited by Prof. E. Sikora).
  • Immunosenescence of the human immune system: Impact of Cytomegalovirus. Lecture at the meeting Vaccination in Ageing populations, Prague, Czech Republic, 14th May, 2009 (invited by Dr. J-C Thibault).
  • Immunosenescence and its impact on vaccination. Lecture at the Intanza Master Class, Cannes, France, 30th April, 2009 (invited by Dr. S. Sansom).
  • Mechanisms and models of immunosenescence in man: role of Cytomegalovirus. Lecture at the meeting Pathophysiology of successful and unsuccessful ageing, Palermo, Italy, 7th April, 2009 (invited by Prof. C. Caruso).
  • Immunosenescence, ageing of the immune system: role of CMV infection. Lecture at Sanofi-Pasteur, Marcy d´Etoile, France, 19th March, 2009 (invited by Dr. M. Denis).
  • Ageing of the immune system: prospects for immunosupportive therapies. Lecture at the 10th Intervention on Ageing Conference, Volterra, Italy, 7th March 2009 (invited by Prof. E. Bergamini).