Johanna Olweus

Group leader & Head of Dept of Cancer Immunology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital; Professor, Inst. for Clin. Med., University of Oslo

[Sigrid Bratlie @sigridbratlie]

The search for the origins of Covid is so deeply politicized and problematic that I have decided to be fully open and transparent about the foul play happening in the background. I describe quite a lot of it in my book, and I will continue to write about it in public. This week, one of my employers received an email from Zach Hensel requesting them to take action to make me remove my name from the retraction request submitted by @BiosafetyNow for the wet market paper he coauthored (Crits-Christoph et al). He also wanted my employer to ensure I don’t misrepresent his research in my book. Firstly, my employer has nothing to do with my book or my signature on the petition, that is a personal decision by me as a scientist. Second, in line with principles of freedom of speech and academic freedom, I am entitled to my opinion and expressing it. Third, it is simply unacceptable to encourage my employer to take actions against me. I know others like @Ayjchan have similar experiences. Thankfully I have employers who give me full autonomy in this matter and who have a high level of trust in my decisions, so such attempts will not work. I will nevertheless post about it here to make sure that everyone understands that I am playing with my cards fully open and that any attempts at intimidation will become public.

@R_H_Ebright @gdemaneuf @Bryce_Nickels

[Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer @jitcancer]

New #JITC article: Selection of therapeutically effective T-cell receptors from the diverse tumor-bearing repertoire https://t.co/eOefZwCtBu @JOlweus @tomblankenstein

[Rong @_RongL]

New online in @NatureBiotech by @michal_bassani group: The neoantigen discovery pipeline NeoDisk incorporates mass spectrometry immunopeptidomics data. @FlorianHuber_ @OncoUNILCHUV @LudwigCancer @CHUVLausanne @ISBSIB

[Iannis Aifantis @iannisaifantis1]

Now LIVE: the inaugural "Biology and Therapy of Myeloid Malignancies Conference" @Fusion_Conf taking place May 14-17, 2025 on a beautiful Minoan coast in Crete, Greece. Huge thanks to co-organizer @rosslevinemd (and @LeeGrimesLab) ! #MyeloidMalignancies25
https://t.co/WGHP39mv93

[Johanna Olweus @JOlweus]

Interesting panel debate on the role of excellent research in Norway and Europe - ⁦@ERC_Research⁩ visiting ⁦@UiB⁩

[Cancer Immunotherapy @C_IMT]

Are you a PhD student or postdoc with a research focus in cellular immunotherapies? Apply by June 14 to present your work, connect with peers and scientific leaders in an extraordinary retreat setting in Portugal. https://t.co/pywvq3UXEZ

[Cancer Immunotherapy @C_IMT]

#CIMT2024 session in Advancing antibodies: Pushing forward technology for #cancer #immunotherapy via BiSpecific Abs (@dimitrisskokos @Regeneron) Hexamerization-enhanced Abs (@estherbreij @Genmab @BioNTech_Group) and BiSpec Abs targeting neutrophils @marjoleinvanegm @amsterdamumc

[Cancer Immunotherapy @C_IMT]

Great to have @Immatics in the house! #CIMT2024 Thank you for your continued support of the CIMT Annual Meeting.

[Cancer Immunotherapy @C_IMT]

Insightful #CIMT2024 session on Tumor Microenvironment and the complex cross-talk between dysregulated myeloid cells (@LeilaAkkari1 @deVisserKarin @NKI_nl) and dendritic cells (@BoettcherLab @TU_Muenchen) at single cell and spatial level for #cancer prognosis and #immunotherapy

[Cancer Immunotherapy @C_IMT]

Great 1st session at the #CIMT2024 on Improving Immunity by leveraging Dendritic Cells (@stefanispranger @kochinstitute), rewiring microbiome (@DrMvandenBrink @cityofhope) and remodeling tumor vasculature (@DimbergLab @UU_University) to enhance Cancer #Immunotherapy @C_IMT 🩸🧬🦠

[Andreas Laustsen @AndreasLaustsen]

Happy to share that our great collaboration with @DrCinziaCanta has led to a new research article on #nematode-derived #antimicrobial #peptides: https://t.co/N6LKF1pHXE
Thanks to @RedBeardRooney for his hard work during his PhD and for his exchange with us at @DTUbioengineer!

[Sigrid Bratlie @sigridbratlie]

I spørsmålet om Kjerkols tillit: hvorfor diskuteres ikke mer om hvorvidt vi kan ha en statsråd som lyver om sakens faktum i månedsvis? Det må vel være enda viktigere enn selve oppgavefusket (som i seg selv er diskvalifiserende selvsagt)? 🤷‍♀️

https://t.co/Hqy4zHzzgE

[Cancer Grand Challenges @CancerGrand]

It was fantastic to catch up with @lillian_siu from the #CancerGrandChallenges Scientific Committee at our #AACR24 stand today (1313).

Lillian was recently elected as @AACR President-Elect for 2024-2025. Huge congratulations Lillian! 🎉

[Cancer Immunotherapy @C_IMT]

Learn and connect with peers and scientific leaders in an extraordinary retreat setting in Portugal, September 15-18, 2024.
Applications are open for post-docs and advanced PhD students with a research focus in cancer cell therapy. Apply by May 31, 2024. https://t.co/pywvq3UpPr

[Iannis Aifantis @iannisaifantis1]

#AACR2024 don’t miss the first ever heme malignancies micro environment session this morning at 10.15am!! Room 15 at the Mezzanine Level!!!

[Agostinis Lab @AgostinisLab]

Join us at #ImmunoOnco24 and follow the inspiring talk of Johanna Olweus @JOlweus @unioslo_medbibl!
🗓️Early bird registration till 18th of April https://t.co/egDsproUUW
@vib_ccb @VIBConferences

[Johanna Olweus @JOlweus]

They are lucky to have you! Enjoy!

[Dimitrios L. Wagner @dlwagner13]

Felt like the 1st day of school: Starting @bcmhouston today as a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor at the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy @CAGTHouston! 🚀 Looking forward to bring gene editing to the clinics and do fun science with the great people at the @TXMedCenter 🤠🔬

[Johanna Olweus @JOlweus]

We are grateful to our excellent SAB for their valuable advice! And to Ron Germain for sharing his spectacular data with us in Oslo @forskningsradet @UniOslo_MED @Oslounivsykehus

[Precision Immunotherapy Alliance @CoE_PRIMA]

Mind-blowing visualization of immune cells in tissues by Ron Germain, who visited Oslo for the "zero" visit of the Scientific Advisory Board of @CoE_PRIMA. Inspiring to get early feedback from leading experts in the field: Ron Germain, @slinnarsson and Sine Reker Hadrup.

[Johanna Olweus @JOlweus]

Fantastisk å være en del av MATCHMAKERS team og få et Cancer Grand Challenge Grant til Norden for første gang. Tusen takk til alle støttespillere! Kreftforeningen, ⁦@CoE_PRIMA⁩ @forskningsradet⁩ ⁦⁩ ⁦@Oslounivsykehus⁩ ⁦@UniOslo_MED⁩ ⁦@helsesorost⁩

[Johanna Olweus @JOlweus]

Amazing program!

[Cancer Research Institute @CancerResearch]

Registration is open for the Eighth International Cancer Immunotherapy Conference: Translating Science into Survival! Presented by CRI and @ENCI_network, #CICON24 will take place September 8-11, 2024, in National Harbor, MD. Register now: https://t.co/sfWJ7FBdfk #CancerResearch