Winter Speaker Series 2025: Hidde Ploegh
January 18, 2025 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm At the Museum and Virtually on Vimeo
Fighting for Our Health!
Antibodies found in the blood of Alpacas are similar to those found in humans. Dr. Hidde Ploegh and his team have been researching ways to utilize this similarity in blood antibodies to develop new therapies to attack cancer cells. Thus far, the results are encouraging and provide new ways to fight cancer as well as some autoimmune disorders.
The lecture will be held in person at the Museum and virtually on Vimeo, and will be followed by audience Q&A and tea reception.
Lecture recording will be available to subscribers and ticket holders.
About our Speaker
Hidde Ploegh is an immunologist at Boston Children’s Hospital. He is well-known for his contributions in understanding antigen processing and the evasion of the immune system by viruses.
Ploegh received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1975, and a Master of Science degree in biology and chemistry in 1977, from the University of Groningen. Having worked for six months in Jack Strominger’s lab at that time, he was able to continue his PhD studies under Strominger and received a doctorate from the University of Leiden. Ploegh then proceeded with several positions at a number of institutions such as the University of Cologne, the Netherlands Cancer Institute, Utrecht University (2012-15), Harvard Medical School, and the Whitehead Institute. In 1986 Ploegh became a member of EMBO. In 1997, Hidde Ploegh became a correspondent of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2016.
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