BioTechMed-Graz Faculty Club Flagship Lecture with Maria Mittelbrunn

Immunometabolism at the crossroad between inflammation and aging

Type

Vortrag

Topic

Human & Biotechnology (Field of Expertise)

Maria Mittelbrunn, researcher at the Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa, Madrid, will talk about “Immunometabolism at the crossroad between inflammation and aging”: As in many other cells and tissues, cells of the immune system present mitochondrial decline with age. To investigate the consequences of the aging of the immune system, the researchers have induced age-associated mitochondrial dysfunction prematurely in T cell. Targeting mitochondrial function in T cells recapitulates metabolic, phenotypic and functional features of aged T cells, including susceptibility to infections and premature inflammaging. The research team found that inducing age-associated mitochondrial decline in T lymphocytes, does not only cause an immunometabolic dysfunction that drives T cell senescence, but actually causes a general, body-wide deterioration of health with multiple aging-related features.

Registration

After the Flagship Lecture all BioTechMed-Graz full members and associate members are invited to a small buffet in the Rooftop Mensa from 6 to 9 p.m. Please register for the event until May 20, 2024. Childcare: BioTechMed-Graz is pleased to offer childcare for the Faculty Club from 4.30 p.m. until 8.00 p.m. in the Rooftop Mensa. If you need childcare, please register by May 17, 2024 at the latest.

For further inquiries, please contact the BioTechMed-Graz Coordination Office via email or phone +43 316 380 5020 or 5022). We look forward to seeing you again at the Faculty Club!

Host

BioTechMed-Graz

Time and Location

22. May 2024, 05:00 PM - 21:00

Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 16, Lecture Hall BMT, 8010 Graz

Additional informations

Language: English

Contact

Margit LIST-SCHLEICH
BioTechMed-Graz
office@biotechmedgraz.at
Phone: +43 664 3010141

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