Date/Time
Date(s) - 26/10/2023
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Location
BT2 Détente / Kitchenette 1st Floor room 101
Categories
Do you like scientific discussion? And how about Pizza?
If we gained your attention with ‘scientific’, or at least with ‘Pizza’, then you are already looking forward to the right event!
Pizza Club is a regularly held Journal Club event co-organized by The Representatives of the Doctoral Programme in Systems and Molecular Biomedicine, part of the Doctoral School in Science and Engineering (DSSE); and the Uni.lu student association ISCB RSG Luxembourg.
In short, Students (PhD candidates) present a scientific paper (+- 20 mins) they find interesting or that inspired the development of their individual PhD project (doesn’t need to be authored by the speaker).
There will be a open discussion round after each scientific presentation (2-3 students per event), followed by informal and fun chatting with some pizzas around!
Moreover, each presentation of peer-reviewed papers will be rewarded by 0.5 ECTS!
Presenters:
Bérénice HANSEN (link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/b%C3%A9r%C3%A9nice-hansen-5490b3288/)
Presenter introduction: Bérénice is a 3rd year PhD student working in Jochen Schneider’s Medical Translational research group on the impact of fasting on rheumatoid arthritis in the framework of the ExpoBiome study.
Article: “Yoga maintains Th17/Treg cell homeostasis and reduces the rate of T cell aging in rheumatoid arthritis: a randomized controlled trial” (link https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-42231-w)
Article description: This study investigated the impact of an 8-week yoga program on patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) taking standard disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs).
Polina TURBINA (link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/polina-turbina/)
Presenter introduction: Polina recently started her PhD with Prof. Paul Wilmes. For her PhD, first she will work on integrating a linearized organoid model into HuMiX (gut-on-a chip microfluidic device) to use it to study the interaction between microbiome and colorectal cancer.
Article: “Human colorectal cancer-on-chip model to study the microenvironmental influence on early metastatic spread.” (link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2021.102509)
Article description: In this article, the authors introduce a novel human colorectal cancer-on-chip model, which serves as a microscale laboratory platform to investigate how the surrounding microenvironment impacts the initial stages of cancer metastasis in colorectal cancer, providing valuable insights into the complex process of cancer spread.
If we attracted your interest by now, feel free to join the monthly Pizza Club, either as part of Audience or as a registered Speaker. For the latter, please kindly use this form to sign up as an upcoming Speaker, by choosing your category of paper and desired month to present. Looking forward to seeing you at the next Pizza Club!
