I am Julia Nihtilä, a PhD student in the transplantation genomics group lead by Professor Jukka Partanen at the Finnish Red Cross Bloodservice.
I had the pleasure to visit the laboratory of Professor Katarzyna Bogunia Kubik at the Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy in Wroclaw, Poland in October 2022.
My STSM was titled “Genetic association between NK cell receptor gene polymorphisms and cGVHD and relapse”, and it belongs to the action working group 2, Biomarkers of chronic GvHD.
The transplantation genomics group had started to collaborate with Professor Bogunia Kubik and her team before this STSM, so the main goal of my visit was to drive this collaboration further by working on a joint project for my PhD. This included acquiring clinical and laboratory information on Polish HSCT samples which are currently in genotyping in Helsinki, Finland. Obtaining this information is vital for utilizing the genotypes further, in this project the NK cell receptor polymorphisms, in statistical analyses. We also discussed the analysis steps conducted so far in both Wroclaw and Helsinki, which led to suggestions on how to improve the analysis and trying to implement these changes in the current workflow.
All methods used in the project were also gathered up for an initial outline for a manuscript on this project, and I got to familiarize myself with the sample collection, DNA extraction, and genotyping protocols used in Professor Bogunia Kubik’s laboratory.
An overview of the Short Term Scientific Mission 'Extracellular Vesicle Characterisation via Flow Cytometry' undertaken by Kimberly Schell, a PhD student from the Translational and Clinical Research Institute at Newcastle University. Kimberly was hosted by Professor Marit Inngjerdingen of the Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway.
An overview of the Short Term Scientific Mission undertaken by Assistant professor Emina Milosevic from the Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade. Emina was hosted by Professor Hildegard Greinix, Head of Division of Haematology, Medical University of Graz, LKH-Univ. Klinikum Graz.
I am Julia Nihtilä, a PhD student in the transplantation genomics group lead by Professor Jukka Partanen at the Finnish Red Cross Bloodservice.
I am Darija Bogdanić and currently, I am working as a transfusion medicine resident at the Clinical Department for Transfusion Medicine and Transplantation Biology of the University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia; also I am a PhD student in Molecular Biosciences at the University of Osijek, Croatia.
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