Concept

Inflammation

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Explores innate defense mechanisms, including the complement system, inflammation, antiviral immunity, leukocyte migration, and phagocytosis receptors.

Hypersensitivity Types: II, III & IV

Explains cytotoxic hypersensitivity leading to inflammation and tissue damage.

The Clinical Aspects of Covid-19

Explores Covid-19 immunology, symptoms, ACE2 expression, severe forms, and susceptibility factors like age and gender.

SensUs: EPFL Competition

Covers the SensUs international student competition, EPFL's involvement, the 2022 challenge on detecting acute inflammation, pedagogical impact, sustainability, and budget details.

Pro-tumoral Inflammation: De Palma

Explores how inflammation promotes tumor growth and immunosuppression, focusing on the role of inflammatory cells like MDSCs and neutrophils in the tumor microenvironment.

Inflammatory Response: 2D

Explores the initiation and regulation of the inflammatory response and its systemic effects.

Effector Molecules: Complement Activation & Interferons

Explains the activation of complement system and the role of effector molecules in innate immunity, focusing on pathogen lysis and antiviral defense.

Neural Interfaces: Biocompatibility and Neuroregeneration

Explores neural interfaces, emphasizing biocompatibility, inflammation impact, and strategies for enhancing device integration into tissue.

The Silent Weight Culprit: How Stress Could be expanding Your Waistline

Delves into the relationship between stress and weight gain, revealing how Cortisol and comfort food consumption can silently expand one's waistline.

Fluidic Mediated Self-Assembly for Micro/Nanosystems

Presents SELFSYS, a method for high assembly rate through self-organization.

Hypersensitivity: Definitions and Mechanisms

Explores hypersensitivity reactions, including type I, III, and II mechanisms, clinical manifestations, and immune response.

Nutrition Evaluation: Microfluidic Gastrointestinal Tract Mimic

Explores a project evaluating food quality and developing a microfluidic gastrointestinal tract mimic for health assessment.

Implant Foreign Body Reaction

Explores the foreign body reaction to implants, acute phase of insertion, perfusion impact, BBB rupture, repair processes, imaging, and cell staining.

Immunity and Sex Differences

Delves into the influence of sex differences on immunity, highlighting hormonal effects, microbiome regulation, and age-related immune responses.

Tumor Immunology: Immune Responses and Cancer Therapy

Covers immune responses to tumors, cancer therapy, and challenges in personalized cancer vaccines and combination therapies.

The Tumor Microenvironment: De Palma

Explores the tumor microenvironment, stromal components, cell interactions, and the impact of inflammation on cancer promotion.

Effector Cells: Action Mechanism

Explores the action mechanisms of effector cells in the immune system, including phagocytosis, degradation, and NK cell cytotoxicity.

Vagus Nerve Stimulation: Mechanisms and Clinical Applications

Delves into the mechanisms and clinical applications of vagus nerve stimulation in Alzheimer's disease, stroke recovery, and heart failure.

The Influence of Gut Microbiota on Mood and Weight

Delves into how gut bacteria influence mood, weight, and stress management through bidirectional communication with the brain.

Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome

Explores the definition of obesity, trends in US adults, lifestyle changes, central vs peripheral obesity, metabolic syndrome, and insulin resistance.