{"events":[{"id":50848,"global_id":"www.unic.ac.cy\/med?id=50848","global_id_lineage":["www.unic.ac.cy\/med?id=50848"],"author":"91","status":"publish","date":"2026-10-19 17:01:05","date_utc":"2026-10-19 14:01:05","modified":"2026-10-19 17:01:05","modified_utc":"2026-10-19 14:01:05","url":"https:\/\/www.unic.ac.cy\/med\/event\/mobile-clinic-expedition-to-un-open-day-in-nicosia\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/www.unic.ac.cy\/med\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/50848","title":"Mobile Clinic Expedition to UN Open Day in Nicosia","description":"<h1>This United Nations Day, health and community come together in the heart of Nicosia.<\/h1>\n<p>On Saturday 24 October, the University of Nicosia Medical School\u2019s Mobile Clinic will join the UN Open Day at the UN Buffer Zone.<\/p>\n<p>Join us outside Ledra Palace in Nicosia, from 1 to 5 in the afternoon!<\/p>\n<p>In partnership with WHO, the University of Nicosia Medical School will offer health promotion activities, preventive health 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Microbiome-Immunity Axis in Human Diseases","description":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:10px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h4>The Microbiome-Immunity Axis in Human Diseases<\/h4>\n<p>This guest lecture by <strong>Amedeo Amedei, Professor of Immunology<\/strong> at the University of Florence, will explore the role of the microbiome in human health, with a particular focus on the interplay between the microbiome and the immune system.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Amedei will also discuss his research into the microbiome\u2013immune axis and its implications for a range of conditions, including autoimmune diseases, cancer and neurodegenerative disorders, as well as the potential of microbiome modulation as a therapeutic approach.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:10px;--awb-margin-top:0px;--awb-background-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:10px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:34px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color8);--awb-margin-top-small:-20px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:20px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:30px;\"><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-left fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility\"><div class=\"title-sep sep- sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><span class=\"awb-title-spacer fusion-no-large-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility fusion-no-small-visibility\"><\/span><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;Archivo&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;text-transform:var(--awb-typography1-text-transform);font-size:1em;--fontSize:30;line-height:1.5;\"><strong>PROGRAMME<\/strong><\/h3><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-right\"><div class=\"title-sep sep- sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-content-boxes content-boxes columns row fusion-columns-1 fusion-columns-total-3 fusion-content-boxes-1 content-boxes-timeline-vertical content-left content-boxes-timeline-layout content-boxes-icon-with-title fusion-delayed-animation\" style=\"--awb-item-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-hover-accent-color:var(--awb-color7);--awb-circle-hover-accent-color:var(--awb-color7);\" data-animation-delay=\"350\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0);--awb-content-padding-left:64px;\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-1 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper link-area-link-icon content-icon-wrapper-yes icon-hover-animation-fade fusion-animated\" data-animationType=\"fadeIn\" data-animationDuration=\"0.25\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"heading heading-with-icon icon-left\" style=\"margin-top:12px;\"><div class=\"icon\" style=\"margin-top:-12px;margin-bottom:-12px;-webkit-animation-duration: 350ms;animation-duration: 350ms;\"><span style=\"height:42px;width:42px;line-height:22px;border-color:var(--awb-color7);border-width:1px;border-style:solid;background-color:var(--awb-color7);margin-right:20px;box-sizing:content-box;border-radius:50%;\"><i style=\"border-color:var(--awb-color7);border-width:1px;background-color:var(--awb-color7);box-sizing:content-box;height:40px;width:40px;line-height:40px;border-radius:50%;position:relative;top:auto;left:auto;margin:0;border-radius:50%;font-size:20px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fontawesome-icon fa-circle fas circle-yes\"><\/i><\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"content-box-heading fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--h3_typography-font-size:20px;--fontSize:20;line-height:1.15;\"><b>18:00 <\/b>Introduction<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<p><strong>Dr Nicoletta Nicolaou<\/strong><br \/>\nAssociate Professor, UNIC Medical School<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"content-box-shortcode-timeline-vertical\" style=\"border-color:var(--awb-color7);left:37px;top:22px;-webkit-transition-duration: 350ms;animation-duration: 350ms;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0);--awb-content-padding-left:64px;\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-2 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper link-area-link-icon content-icon-wrapper-yes icon-hover-animation-fade fusion-animated\" data-animationType=\"fadeIn\" data-animationDuration=\"0.25\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"heading heading-with-icon icon-left\" style=\"margin-top:12px;\"><div class=\"icon\" style=\"margin-top:-12px;margin-bottom:-12px;-webkit-animation-duration: 350ms;animation-duration: 350ms;\"><span style=\"height:42px;width:42px;line-height:22px;border-color:var(--awb-color7);border-width:1px;border-style:solid;background-color:var(--awb-color7);margin-right:20px;box-sizing:content-box;border-radius:50%;\"><i style=\"border-color:var(--awb-color7);border-width:1px;background-color:var(--awb-color7);box-sizing:content-box;height:40px;width:40px;line-height:40px;border-radius:50%;position:relative;top:auto;left:auto;margin:0;border-radius:50%;font-size:20px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fontawesome-icon fa-circle fas circle-yes\"><\/i><\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"content-box-heading fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--h3_typography-font-size:20px;--fontSize:20;line-height:1.15;\"><b>18:05 <\/b>The Microbiome-Immunity Axis in Human Diseases<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"content-container\">\n<p><strong>Prof Amedeo Amedei, PhD<\/strong><br \/>\nProfessor of Immunology, University of Florence<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"content-box-shortcode-timeline-vertical\" style=\"border-color:var(--awb-color7);left:37px;top:22px;-webkit-transition-duration: 350ms;animation-duration: 350ms;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div style=\"--awb-backgroundcolor:rgba(255,255,255,0);--awb-content-padding-left:64px;\" class=\"fusion-column content-box-column content-box-column content-box-column-3 col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-sm-12 fusion-content-box-hover content-box-column-last content-box-column-last-in-row\"><div class=\"col content-box-wrapper content-wrapper link-area-link-icon content-icon-wrapper-yes icon-hover-animation-fade fusion-animated\" data-animationType=\"fadeIn\" data-animationDuration=\"0.25\" data-animationOffset=\"top-into-view\"><div class=\"heading heading-with-icon icon-left\" style=\"margin-top:12px;\"><div class=\"icon\" style=\"margin-top:-12px;margin-bottom:-12px;-webkit-animation-duration: 350ms;animation-duration: 350ms;\"><span style=\"height:42px;width:42px;line-height:22px;border-color:var(--awb-color7);border-width:1px;border-style:solid;background-color:var(--awb-color7);margin-right:20px;box-sizing:content-box;border-radius:50%;\"><i style=\"border-color:var(--awb-color7);border-width:1px;background-color:var(--awb-color7);box-sizing:content-box;height:40px;width:40px;line-height:40px;border-radius:50%;position:relative;top:auto;left:auto;margin:0;border-radius:50%;font-size:20px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fontawesome-icon fa-circle fas circle-yes\"><\/i><\/span><\/div><h3 class=\"content-box-heading fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--h3_typography-font-size:20px;--fontSize:20;line-height:1.15;\"><b>19:00 <\/b>Audience Q&amp;A<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"content-box-shortcode-timeline-vertical\" style=\"border-color:var(--awb-color7);left:37px;top:22px;-webkit-transition-duration: 350ms;animation-duration: 350ms;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1144px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:10px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div ><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat fusion-button-default-size button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-span-yes fusion-button-span-default-medium fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/e\/ys0PphtQey\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Register Here<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><h4><strong>About the Speaker<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.3333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:10px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1086\" height=\"1448\" title=\"Amedeo Amedei\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unic.ac.cy\/med\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/Amedeo-Amedei.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.unic.ac.cy\/med\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/Amedeo-Amedei.png\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-50881\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271086%27%20height%3D%271448%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201086%201448%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271086%27%20height%3D%271448%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unic.ac.cy\/med\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/Amedeo-Amedei-200x267.png 200w, https:\/\/www.unic.ac.cy\/med\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/Amedeo-Amedei-400x533.png 400w, https:\/\/www.unic.ac.cy\/med\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/Amedeo-Amedei-600x800.png 600w, https:\/\/www.unic.ac.cy\/med\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/Amedeo-Amedei-800x1067.png 800w, https:\/\/www.unic.ac.cy\/med\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/39\/Amedeo-Amedei.png 1086w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 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He began his scientific career by investigating the role of Th1\/Th2 lymphocytes in graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), atopic dermatitis and kidney transplant rejection. He subsequently explored the role of Helicobacter pylori-specific immune responses in gastric diseases.<\/p>\n<p>In 2003, he began his doctoral studies in Clinical and Experimental Medicine. In 2005, he was appointed Researcher at the Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine at the University of Florence, where he became Associate Professor in 2015. 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