Svetoslav Chakarov received his doctorate in immunology from Paul Sabatier University of Toulouse, France under the guidance of Professor Nicolas Fazilleau. He then joined Florent Ginhoux’s research team in Singapore Immunology Network as postdoctoral fellow. After concluding his postdoctoral training in 2020 he joined Shanghai Institute of Immunology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine as principal investigator and is currently head of “Myeloid cell biology and metabolism” laboratory.

Dr. Chakarov's research group focuses on adipose tissue myeloid cell diversity and their role in adipose tissue metabolic homeostasis. Recent work has been published in journals, such as Science, PNAS, Journal of Experimental Medicine. Dr. Chakarov is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and was selected in talent programs such as the NSFC National for Excellent Young Scientists Fund Program, Shanghai High-level Overseas Talent Introduction Program, Shanghai Foreign Experts Program.

Seminar topic: Role of adipose tissue myeloid cells in obesity and obesity-related disorders