Role Models: Mark S. Wilson

Exploring basic and applied mechanisms of immunity to helminths - from government, academia and now biotechperspectives Mark S. Wilson, PhD (Genentech) Scientific talk follwowed by breakfast and career briefing Host: Norus Ahmed (norus.ahmed@fu-berlin.de)

Location: Veterinarium Progressum (VP) Freie Universität Berlin Oertzenweg 19b 14163 Berlin

RTG 2046: Retreat

The program of the retreat will be published in due time via the mailing list of the RTG 2046.

Location: Veterinarium Progressum Freie Universität Berlin Oertzenweg 19b 14163 Berlin

BPS: Marcus Meißner (Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munic, Germany)

Title: tba Host: tba

Location: Humboldt Graduate School (HGS), Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin, Room 144

Role Models: Katharina Ribbeck

Title: tba Katharina Ribbeck, PhD (MIT) Scientific talk follwowed by breakfast and career briefing Host: Totta Ehret Kasemo

Location: Humboldt Graduate School Building Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Luisenstr. 56, 10117 Berlin

Role Models: Faith Osier

People versus Parasites: Learning to win against Plasmodium falciparum Faith Osier, PhD (UniversitätsKlinikum Heidelberg) Scientific talk follwowed by breakfast and career briefing Host: Caroline Kiuru (MPIIB)

Location: Humboldt Graduate School Building Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Luisenstr. 56, 10117 Berlin

BPS: Olliver Billker (Sanger Institute, UK)

"Functional profiling of a Plasmodium genome" Host: Victor Hugo Jarquin-Diaz (jarquin-diaz@izw-berlin.de)

Location: Humboldt Graduate School (HGS), Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin, Room 144

BSfRR: Erick Andersen (Northwestern University, USA)

"C. elegans model to investigate drug susceptibility and the discoveryof anthelmintic drug targets" Host: Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna

Location: Zentrum für Infektionsmedizin room no.: 042 (Groundfloor) Robert-von-Ostertag-Straße 7-13, 14163 Berlin or Veterinarium Progressum Oertzenweg 19b, 14163 Berlin

BPS: Ray Kaplan (University of Georgia, USA)

The Global Rise of Anthelmintic Resistance and What this Means for the Future of Parasite Control Host: Alexander Gerhard (Freie Universität Berlin) Email: alexander.gerhard@fu-berlin.de

Location: Veterinarium Progressum (VP) Oertzenweg 19b 14163 Berlin

BSfRR: Manfred Marschall (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)

“The regulatory power of viral protein phosphorylation and its potential use in antiviral strategies” Host: Benedikt Kaufer

Location: Institut für Immunologie im Zentrum für Infektionsmedizin room no.: 042 (Groundfloor) Robert-von-Ostertag-Straße 7-13 14163 Berlin

BPS: Celia Holland (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)

Chasing Ascaris aggregation from the field to the laboratory Host: Lisa Käbisch (Freie Universität Berlin) Email: lisa.kaebisch@fu-berlin.de

Location: Veterinarium Progressum (VP) Oertzenweg 19b 14163 Berlin

BPS: Scott Lindner

Adaptation of Translational Repression for Efficient Transmission of Malaria Parasites Scott Lindner Pennsylvania State University, USA May 22, 2018 | 11:00 AM Host: Oriana Kreutzfeld, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Location: Humboldt Graduate School (HGS), Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin, Room 144

Location: Humboldt Graduate School Building Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Luisenstr. 56, 10117 Berlin

Role Models: Vanessa Ezenwa

Worms, germs and buffalo: a coinfection story Vanessa Ezenwa University of Georgia, USA May 22, 2018 | 09:00 AM Scientific talkfollwowed by breakfast and career briefing Host: Susana Ferreira, Leibniz-IZW Location: Humboldt Graduate School (HGS), Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin, Room 144

Location: Humboldt Graduate School Building Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Luisenstr. 56, 10117 Berlin

BPS: Boris Striepen

Cryptosporidiosis? Think intestinal malaria! Boris Striepen University of Pennsylvania, USA 8 May 201805:30 pm Host: Francesca Torelli (RKI) Location: Humboldt Graduate School (HGS), Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin, Room 144

Location: Humboldt Graduate School (HGS), Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin, Room 144

BPS: Matthias Marti

Revisiting P. falciparum transmission: basic biology and translation Matthias Marti University of Glasgow, UK 17th April 201805:00 pm Host: Florence Awamu Ndonglack (HUB) Location: Humboldt Graduate School (HGS), Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin, Room 144

Location: Humboldt Graduate School (HGS), Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin, Room 144

BPS: Cinzia Cantacessi and Scott Dawson

GRK 2046 Session: "Parasite-Microbiota Interactions" as part of the DGP Meeting 2018   08:30 - Cinzia Cantacessi (University of Cambridge) 09:30 - Scott Dawson (UCDAVIS - College of Biological Sciences) Hosts: Ivet Yordanova, Esra Yilmaz, Totta Ehret

Location: Freie Universität Berlin Henry Ford Building Garystraße 35 14195 Berlin-Dahlem

WS: Philosophy of science for biologists

Location: Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW) Alfred Kowalke Str. 17 10315 Berlin

BPS: Ralf Sommer

The nematode model Pristionchus pacificus: microbial interactions, plasticity of predatory feeding and a first self-recognition system in nematodes Ralf Sommer MPI-EB Tübingen, Germany 13th February 201805:00 pm Host: Ankur Midha, FU Berlin Location: Veterinarium Progressum (VP) - Oertzenweg 19b, 14163 Berlin

Location: Veterinarium Progressum (VP) - Oertzenweg 19b, 14163 Berlin

BPS: Stig Thamsborg

tba Stig Thamsborg University of Copenhagen, Denmark 16th January 201805:00 pm Host: Ankur Midha, FU Berlin Location: Institute of Immunology, room no.: 042 (Groundfloor) – Robert-von-Ostertag-Straße 7-13, 14163 Berlin

Location: Institute of Immunology, room no.: 042 (Groundfloor) – Robert-von-Ostertag-Straße 7-13 , 14163 Berlin