In this talk, the future forecast for Iceland will be presented, it will be compared with the neighboring countries and it will be discussed what effect the increase in cancer cases will have on the need for health services.
Professor Kornelia Polyak, MD, Ph.D. will give a lecture titled Breast cancer prevention via targeting progenitors in our distinguished lecture series in Fróði auditorium April 17th at 11:00-12:00. GPMLS will also invite students/post docs to lunch with Dr. Polyak after her presentation, so if you are interested please sign up here.
Autophagy is a highly conserved degradation pathway important for maintaining homeostasis in eukaryotic cells
In this talk, the theoretical background of flow cytometry will be covered and the most common types of assays discussed.
Carolyn Klinge, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, Kentucky, USA, will give a lecture titled HNRNPA2B1 reduces miRNAs Targeting Key Enzymes in the Serine Synthesis Pathway to Promote Endocrine-Resistance in Breast Cancer Cells, in room 343 in Læknagarður.
Sólrún Melkorka Maggadóttir, pediatric allergist and immunologist will give a lecture titled Treating cancer with adoptive cellular therapy, in room 201 in Læknagarður.
Insect bite hypersensitivity (IBH) is an IgE-mediated dermatitis of horses caused by bites of insects of the genus Culicoides. IBH does not occur in Iceland due to absence of the causative insects but has a high incidence (>50%) in horses exported from Iceland to countries where Culicoides spp. are endemic.
In this talk Professor Sverrisdottir will give insight into the Microneurographic technique as well as some of the unique findings it has revealed about Human Sympathetic nerve traffic in health and disease.
Professor Reuben S. Harris will give a lecture titled Basic and translational studies on the second largest source of mutation in cancer in our distinguished lecture series in Fróði auditorium the 2nd of March at 11:00-12:00. GPMLS will also invite students/post docs to lunch with Dr. Harris after his presentation.
BMC Seminar Thursday 23rd of February at 12:00 in Læknagarður, room 201
Title: Modulation of epithelial innate immune responses by microbiota metabolites
BMC Seminar Thursday 9th of February at 12:00 in Læknagarður, room 201
Title: Dietary fish oil enhances hallmarks of resolution of inflammation with NK cells playing a key role
BMC Seminar Thursday 2nd of February at 12:00 in Læknagarður
Title: Sepsis requiring Intensive Care Unit admission: Studies on temporal trends in epidemiology, cancer, elective surgery and local infectious outbreaks