Science café: how does your living environment affect your immune system?
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Scheltema Leiden
Marktsteeg 1
2312 CS Leiden Plan your route to Science café: how does your living environment affect your immune system?
During this new edition of the Science Café, Hermelin Smits, immunologist and expert in the field of environmental influences on the immune system, will discuss various hypotheses about how our immune system develops as a result of our living environment.
Our immune system develops in response to the world around us, and our living environment plays a particularly important role in this process. During this evening, Professor Hermelijn Smits will discuss the 'old friends' hypothesis — the idea that our immune system has evolved alongside certain microorganisms — and the Finnish biodiversity hypothesis, which suggests that a diverse living environment is linked to a healthier microbiome and fewer allergies. There will be discussions about how these insights impact the way we design our cities, interact with nature, and raise our children.
The evening will also feature music from Beechcraft Bonanza, who will perform original songs and covers inspired by 1950s rockabilly, blues, pop and country.
Admission is free and the lecture will be held in Dutch.