Institute of Protein Biochemistry, CNR.

Via P. Castellino, 111 - 80131 Napoli

2015 IBP Seminar Series

CNR Conference Room

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015 at 14:30

Dr. Charles D. Mills

BioMedical Consultants - Marine on St.Croix, Minnesota, USA

"M1 and M2 macrophages: immunologic assassins and annealers"

Host: Dr Diana Boraschi

Tel. 081-6132623; e-mail: d.boraschi@ibp.cnr.it

Dr. Mills discovered M1/Inhibit and M2/Heal-type macrophages. He also showed that M1 and M2-type activity is independent of, and directs, other immune responses, including adaptive immunity. The realization that macrophages/innate immunity is the central controlling element in all immune systems is a breakthrough in understanding how immune responses occur to provide host protection or, if imbalanced, to cause many diseases. He studied at the University of Chicago, then at the Trudeau Instititue (where macrophage activation was discovered) and has been on the Faculty at Brown University and the University of Minnesota.

Dr Maria Rosaria Coscia & Stefania Mariggiò
Seminar Coordinators
Institute of Protein Biochemistry, CNR
Via P. Castellino, 111
80131 Naples Italy
Tel 0039 081 6132556/545