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1ST SPI ADVANCED IMMUNOLOGY COURSE

SPI Advanced Immunology Course provides updated knowledge and discusses current challenges on how the immune system responds to evolving threats, and how it can be modulated in new, immunology-based disease treatments and approaches.

This course will highlight to the immense power of the immune system, how we may control it, and the conditions that arise when it turns against us. We provide lectures on different topis that cover fundamental and clinical immunology, discussing the future of Immunology, and exploring how this field is set to initiate the next revolution in Medicine.

SPI Advanced Immunology Course will explore a myriad of interdisciplinary topics with a special emphasis on principles that carry real-life and/or medical and industrial relevance. The SPI Advanced Immunology Course is expected to train the next generation of Immunologists with impact in the academic, clinical and industrial sectors.

This online course is organized by the SPI, sponsored by Astrazeneca, and designed in collaboration with relevant study groups such as NEDAI – Núcleo Estudos em Doenças Autoimunes, GPAI-Grupo Português de Autoimunidade, GPIO– Grupo Português de Imuno-Oncologia, GPIP-Grupo Português de ImunoDeficiências primárias, SPAIC – Sociedade Portuguesa de Alergologia e Imunologia Clínica, among others, that collectively will provide leading experts and an experienced faculty and course instructors. Invited world-renowned experts are included in the program.

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On line course

On line course between 17:00-20:00
Total of 60 hours over 20 days between March and June 2025
Course starts on 17th March at 17:00

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The SPI Advanced Immunology Course is dedicated to:

– Undergraduate/Post-Bacc (BSc) Students
– Medical Students
– Medical Professionals
– Life Sciences Industry Professionals

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MAIN TOPICS AND MEET THE FACULTY – March 17, 18

Introduction to the immune system
Experimental models in Immunology

Faculty: Bruno Silva-Santos (FMUL/ GIMM) and Salomé Pinho (i3S, UPorto)

Module I: (Immunity and inflammation) – March 24, 26, 28, 31 / April 2
  • Mechanisms of Innate Immunity
  • Resistance vs. Disease Tolerance
  • Inflammation and Tissue Repair
  • Activation of Adaptive Immune Responses

Faculty: Philippe Pierre (iBiMED, UAveiro), Carlos Minutti (Champalimaud Foundation), Luis Ferreira Moita (Faculdade de Medicina, ULisboa), Susana Santos (i3S-UPorto), Joana Neves (GIMM), Catarina Almeida (iBiMED, UAveiro), Gil Castro (ICVS), Marc Veldhoen (GIMM), Klaas van Gisbergen (Champalimaud Foundation), Manuel Vilanova (i3S-Uporto/ICBAS), Joana Gaifem (i3S-UPorto)

Module II: (Failure of the Immune System) – April 22, 24, 28, 29, 30
  • Mechanisms of tolerance and loss of self-tolerance
  • Immunodeficiencies
  • Autoimmune diseases
  • Chronic Respiratory and Allergic diseases

Faculty: Salomé Pinho (i3S-UPorto), Afonso Almeida (FMUL/ GIMM), Nuno Alves (i3S-UPorto), Susana Lopes da Silva (FMUL/GIMM – GPIP), António Marinho (CHUdSA/ICBAS; GPIP/NEDAI/GPAI), José Delgado Alves (NOVA/HFF; NEDAI/GPAI), Inês Alves (i3S-UPorto), Frederico Regateiro (CHUC/FMUC; SPAIC); Manuel Branco Ferreira (FMUL/ULS Santa Maria); Diana Pereira da Silva (FMUP/ULS São João); Pedro Carreiro Martins (NOVA Medica School/ULS São José)

Module III: (Immuno-Oncology) – May 7, 8, 12, 13, 14
  • Lymphoid and myeloid responses to tumors
  • Cancer vaccines
  • Adoptive cell therapy/ CAR-T cells
  • Immune Checkpoint Inhibition

Faculty: Bruno Silva-Santos (FMUL/ GIMM), Karine Serre (FMUL/ GIMM), João T. Barata (FMUL/ GIMM), Ana Almeida (FMUL/ GIMM), Sofia Mensurado (GIMM), Diogo Gomes da Silva (GIMM), Teresa Pacheco (FMUL/ HSM), Paula Videira (NOVA), Paulo Rodrigues dos Santos (FMUC), Maria José Oliveira (i3S), Nuno Rodrigues dos Santos (i3S), Delfim Duarte (i3S/ IPO-Porto).

Module IV: (Immunity to Infection) – June 3, 5, 9, 11, 12
  • Mechanisms of immune defense and pathogen evasion
  • Tissue-specific immunity and barrier defenses
  • Immune networks and pathogen persistence
  • Immunological interventions and therapeutic strategies

Faculty: Egídio Torrado (ICVS/UMinho), Ricardo Silvestre (ICVS/UMinho), Margarida Saraiva (i3S-UPorto), Cristina Godinho Silva (FChampalimaud), Joana Tavares (i3S-UPorto), Agostinho Carvalho (ICVS/UMinho), Manuela Ferreira (CNC/UCoimbra), Elva Andrade (i3S-UPorto), Ana Espada Sousa (GIMM), Diana Póvoas (Hospital de Curry Cabral), Candida Abreu (CHUSJ/FMUP).

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Registration

REGISTRATION FOR THE SELECTED CANDIDATES

100€ Students

200€ Professionals

To be paid by bank transfer between 7th-14th March 2025

PAYMENT INFORMATION

Registration payment by bank transfer to the SPI bank account:
Banco Português de Investimento
IBAN: PT50 0010 0000 1462 4030 0014 2
SWIFT/BIC: BBPIPTPL

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Contacts

Email

spi.events@spimunologia.org