2022 Feb 10, ISAM Webinar: Immunemodulation in the respiratory tract: lung models with nanoparticles

Title: ISAM Webinar: Immunemodulation in the respiratory tract: lung models to interact with nanoparticles

Thursday, 10th February 2022

• 8 am – 9 am (San Diego, CA); 11 am – 12 am (New York, NY); 5 pm – 6 pm (Paris, France)
• Follow this link to register for the zoom webinar: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pXKa7FQHROWXeJ9ZI_Olag

Facilitators:

• Jessica Oakes
• Carsten Ehrhardt
• Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser (ISAM president)
  

Webinar content

• Immune system of the respiratory tract: structural and functional barriers
• Nanocarriers as powerful immune modulators
• Opportunities and limitations of lung models in vitro and in vivo
• In vitro models of inhalation: quo vadis?

About the presenter

• PD Dr. Fabian Blank MSc in Cell Biology (2003) and PhD in Structural Biology (2006) at University of Bern. Postdocs at Institute of Anatomy, University of Bern (2007-2008) and Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Perth (AU) (2008-2009).
• Since 2009, Senior Scientist, Pulmonary Medicine (Adults), DBMR; since 2010, Commission Member, Microscopy Imaging Centre.
• Since 2012, Head, Live Cell Imaging (LCI) Core Facility, DBMR. Venia docendi (2016). Since 2012, Fabian Blank is working as a group leader in the Pulmonary Medicine Research Laboratory (Berne University Hospital) which is part of the Department of BioMedical Research (DBMR).
• His research is focused on effects of biomedical and environmental nanoparticles on the pulmonary immune system. In particular, he is working with mouse models of allergic asthma, COPD idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and with human in vitro models of the large airways. Since the start of his research career in the field of particle-lung interactions, Dr. Blank has been active in the community of ISAM.
• At the ISAM Conference 2005 in Perth (WA) he received the ISAM Student Research Award and between 2013 and 2015 he was member of the ISAM Student Committee. In addition, Dr. Blank was a co-chair organizing the ISAM Conference 2019, held in Montreux, Switzerland. Dr. Blank is currently a board member of the Society.