PILS 2021 lecture 10

Parasite Infections Lecture Series Lecture 10 Jürgen Krücken "Interaction of target site changes and metabolic pathways leading to drug and multi-drug anthelmintic resistance"

Location: Online, WebEx video conference for link please send a note to: grk2046@fu-berlin.de

PILS 2021 lecture 11

Parasite Infections Lecture Series Lecture 11 Sebastian Rausch "Helminth coinfections and its immunological consequence"

Location: Online, WebEx video conference for link please send a note to: grk2046@fu-berlin.de

BPS: Pedro H Gazzinelli-Guimaraes

Guest Pedro H Gazzinelli-Guimaraes, PhD (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA) IL-11 regulates innate mucosal immunity in helminth infections Host Ivet Yordonova (Freie Universität Berlin)

Location: (preliminary) Veterinarium Progressum (FU Berlin) OR ONLINE Video conference WebEx

PILS 2021 lecture 12

Parasite Infections Lecture Series Lecture 12 Friederike Ebner "Helminth infections of pigs and the pig as immunological model for humans"

Location: Online, WebEx video conference for link please send a note to: grk2046@fu-berlin.de

Role Models in Infection Biology: Sophie Armitage

Postponed to February 15, 2022! Guest Sophie Armitage, Ph.D. (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany) Title tba Host Maria Serocki (Leibniz-Institut für Zoo- und Wildtierforschung Berlin)

Location: (preliminary) Veterinarium Progressum (FU Berlin) OR ONLINE Video conference WebEx Meeting number (access code): tba Meeting password: tba

PILS 2021 lecture 13

Parasite Infections Lecture Series Lecture 13 Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna "Intestinal helminth communities of wild and domestic horses"

Location: Online, WebEx video conference for link please send a note to: grk2046@fu-berlin.de

PILS 2021 lecture 14

Parasite Infections Lecture Series Lecture 14 Frank Seeber "(Wild) rodents as models for protozoan parasite infections"

Location: Online, WebEx video conference for link please send a note to: grk2046@fu-berlin.de

BPS: Jakob von Moltke

Guest Jakob von Moltke, Ph.D. (University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA) Title tba Host Susanne Hartmann (Freie Universität Berlin)

Location: Hybrid in Person: RvO Seminar room 0.42 (3G rules!!!) and ONLINE WebEx Video conference For Meeting number and password send an e-mail to grk2046@fu-berlin.de.

PILS 2021 lecture 15

Parasite Infections Lecture Series Lecture 15 Emanuel Heitlinger "Resistance and tolerance of hybrid hosts against parasite co-infections"

Location: Online, WebEx video conference for link please send a note to: grk2046@fu-berlin.de

PILS 2021 lecture 16

Parasite Infections Lecture Series Lecture 16 Bettina Wachter "Parasite load and immune responses in cheetah"

Location: Online, WebEx video conference for link please send a note to: grk2046@fu-berlin.de

PILS 2021 lecture 17

Parasite Infections Lecture Series Lecture 17 Heribert Hofer "Impact of parasite infections on free-ranging spotted hyenas"

Location: Online, WebEx video conference for link please send a note to: grk2046@fu-berlin.de

BPS: Michael J. Yabsley

Guest Prof. Michael J. Yabsley, PhD (University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA) Title tba Host Irina Diekmann (Freie Universität Berlin, Veterinary Medicine)

Location: Online only (For the meeting link, please send a note to grk2046@fu-berlin.de)

BPS: Mathilde Gendrin

Guest Mathilde Gendrin, PhD (The Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Paris, France) Title tba Host Marly Erazo Lugo (Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Vector Biology Unit)

Location: Hybrid or online only

PILS 2021 lecture 9

Parasite Infections Lecture Series Lecture 9 Susanne Hartmann "Innate and adaptive immune regulation in helminth infections"

Location: Online, WebEx video conference for link please send a note to: grk2046@fu-berlin.de

PILS 2021 lecture 8

Parasite Infections Lecture Series Lecture 8 Christian Klotz / Toni Aebischer "Of Giardia parasites and the disease they cause"

Location: Online, WebEx video conference for link please send a note to: grk2046@fu-berlin.de

PILS 2021 lecture 7

Parasite Infections Lecture Series Lecture 7 Frank Mockenhaupt "Antimalarial drug resistance development"

Location: Online, WebEx video conference for link please send a note to: grk2046@fu-berlin.de

BPS: Aimee Taylor

Guest Aimee Taylor, Ph.D. (Institut Pasteur, Paris, France) Estimating the cause of recurrent P. vivax malaria: relapse, reinfection or recrudescence Host Welmoed van Loon (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin)

Location: ONLINE Video conference WebEx

PILS 2021 lecture 6

Parasite Infections Lecture Series Lecture 6 Elena Levashina "Current approaches to Vector Biology"

Location: Online, WebEx video conference for link please send a note to: grk2046@fu-berlin.de

PILS 2021 lecture 5

Parasite Infections Lecture Series Lecture 5 Oren Moscovitz "Glycan mediated interactions of plasmodium with host cells"

Location: Online, WebEx video conference for link please send a note to: grk2046@fu-berlin.de

Role Models in Infection Biology: Sophie Duraffour

Guest Dr. Sophie Duraffour (Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin, Hamburg) Title tba Host Welmoed van Loon (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin)

Location: (preliminary) Veterinarium Progressum (FU Berlin) OR ONLINE Video conference WebEx Meeting number (access code): tba Meeting password: tba

PILS 2021 lecture 4

Parasite Infections Lecture Series Lecture 4 Nishith Gupta "Metabolic basics of obligate intracellular parasitism"

Location: Online, WebEx video conference for link please send a note to: grk2046@fu-berlin.de

PILS 2021 lecture 3

Parasite Infections Lecture Series Lecture 3 Kai Matuschewski "Immune correlates of protection against Plasmodium infection"

Location: Online, WebEx video conference for link please send a note to: grk2046@fu-berlin.de

BPS: Elia Tait Wojno

Guest Elia Tait Wojno, Ph.D. (University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA) "Prostaglandin regulation of type 2 inflammation during helminth infection" Host Luis Elizalde (Freie Universität Berlin)

Location: Hybrid RvO Seminar room 0.42 (GRK 2046-PhD students only, 3G rules!!!) and ONLINE WebEx Video conference For Meeting number and password send an e-mail to grk2046@fu-berlin.de.

ZIBI Students' Day GRK 2046

ZIBI Students' Day GRK 2046 Today, 3 GRK 2046 PhD students will give a talk about their GRK 2046 scientific project in parasitology research.

Location: Online WebEx video conference

PILS 2021 lecture 2

Parasite Infections Lecture Series Lecture 2 Alyssa Ingmundson "Exploiting host vesicular transport by intracellular protozoan parasites"

Location: Online, WebEx video conference for link please send a note to: grk2046@fu-berlin.de

Workshop Networking

Online workshop for 13 GRK 2046 PhD students for "Networking in the academic context: Building and cultivating contacts by traditional and digital means".

Location: Online, zoom-meeting

Research Training Group 2046: Retreat 28. + 29.10.2021

Location: Veterinarium Progressum OR ONLINE WebEx video conference

BPS: Guillaume Salle

Guest Guillaume Salle, PhD (INRAE · Université de Tours, Nouzilly, France) Exploring genetic variation in host – strongyle systems Host Irina Diekmann (Freie Universität Berlin)

Location: ONLINE WebEx Video conference For Meeting number and Meeting password send a note to: grk2046@fu-berlin.de.

Role Models in Infection Biology: Dame Sally Davies

Guest Dame Sally Davies (Trinity College Cambridge, UK) Local, National and Global leadership in health Host Welmoed van Loon (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin)

Location: Hybrid Charité Campus Virchow-Klinikum (CVK) Forum 3, HS (3G rules!!!) and ONLINE Video conference Microsoft Teams Link: t.b.a.

PILS 2021 lecture 1

Parasite Infections Lecture Series Lecture 1 Richard Lucius "General features of parasite infections"

Location: Online, WebEx video conference for link please send a note to: grk2046@fu-berlin.de

Role Models in Infection Biology: Kerstin Mair

Guest Kerstin Mair (University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna) Peculiarities of porcine NK cells and challenges in species comparability Host Benjamin Hamid (Freie Universität Berlin)

Location: Hybrid RvO Seminar room 0.42 (GRK 2046-PhD students only, 3G rules!!!) and ONLINE WebEx Video conference For Meeting number and password send an e-mail to grk2046@fu-berlin.de.

Role Models in Infection Biology: Flaminia Catteruccia

Guest Prof. Flaminia Catteruccia (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA) Sex, blood and parasites: uncovering malaria transmission by the Anopheles mosquito Host Welmoed van Loon (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin) Please note: Change of time!

Location: ONLINE Video conference Microsoft Teams Link: Please send an e-mail to grk2046@fu-berlin.de, and we will send you the Microsoft Teams link.

BPS: Tim Geary

Guest Tim Geary, PhD (McGill University Montreal, Canada) Macrocyclic lactone resistance in Dirofilaria immitis Host Natalie Jakobs (Freie Universität Berlin)

Location: ONLINE Video conference WebEx Meeting number (access code): tba Meeting password: tba

BPS: Kara Filbey

Guest Dr Kara Filbey (The University of Manchester, UK) "The diverse systemic effects of gastrointestinal helminth infection" Host Ivet Yordonova (Freie Universität Berlin)

Location: ONLINE Video conference WebEx Meeting number (access code): tba Meeting password: tba

BPS: Roz Laing

Guest Dr Roz Laing (University of Glasgow, Scotland) Title tb.a Host Natalie Jakobs (Freie Universität Berlin)

Location: ONLINE Video conference WebEx Meeting number (access code): tba Meeting password: tba

BPS: Stephen Doyle

Guest Dr Stephen Doyle (Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK) "Using genomics to map drug resistance genes in a globally important gastrointestinal parasite" Host Natalie Jakobs (Freie Universität Berlin)

Location: ONLINE Video conference WebEx Meeting number (access code): tba Meeting password: tba

GRK 2046 "Wildlife" Workshop at DGP conference

" Wildlife Parasitology " Workshop at DGP conference online Keynote speakers : Eleanor Riley (The University of Edinburgh, Scotland) Joseph Jackson (University of Salford, Manchester, England) 29th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Parasitology 15–17 March 2021 • DIGITAL

Location: Digital https://www.parasitology-meeting.de/

BPS: Olivier Duron

Guest Olivier Duron, PhD (French National Centre for Scientific Research, Montpellier, France) " Tick-Borne Microbes: Why Non-Pathogenic Microbes Matter " Host Nina Militzer (Freie Universität Berlin)

Location: ONLINE Video conference WebEx Meeting number (access code): 121 429 1509 Meeting password: PcRHfMw8Y73

UPDATE: Change of time! BPS: Bang Shen (Huazhong Agricultural University)

"Flexibility and vulnerability of carbon metabolism in the ubiquitous parasite Toxoplasma gondii " Host: Dimitrios Alexandros Katelas (HUB)

Location: Video-Seminar (WebEx)

BPS: Thomas Jacobs (Bernhard-Nocht-Institute für Tropenmedizin, Hamburg)

title: Immunregulation in Malaria: A balance between protection and pathology Host:  Calvin Hon (HUB)

Location: Video-Seminar (WebEx)

ZIBI Students' Day Nov 6, 2020 (GRK 2046 organized)

Location: ONLINE WebEx video conference

RTG 2046: Assessment Center Nov 01-06, 2020

Location: ONLINE WebEx video conference

Research Training Group 2046: Retreat 29. + 30.10.2020

Location: ONLINE WebEx video conference

BPS: Jeroen Saeji (University of California, Davis)

Title: Identification of novel Toxoplasma virulence factors using CRISPR/Cas9-mediated loss-of-function screens Host: Benedikt Fabian (RKI)

Location: Video-Seminar (WebEx)

Role Models: Paul Selzer (Boehringer Ingelheim)

Title: Antiparasitics: A Personal Perspective Scientific talk follwowed by breakfast and career briefing Host: Irina Diekmann + Natalie Jakobs (FUB; Institut für Parasitologie und Tropenmedizin)

Location: NEW: Video-Seminar (WebEx)

BPS: Kerri Coon (University of Wisconsin Madison)

"Gut microbial diversity and function in mosquitoes" Host: Robin Benter (MPI-IB)

Location: Video-Seminar (WebEx)

POSTPONED - BPS: Francis Ndung’u (KEMRI)

The seminar is postponed due to municipal measures against the corona virus epidemic! (updated: 12.03.2020) "Dissecting memory B cell responses to malaria" Host: Susanne Hartmann (FUB)

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

BSfRR: Yang Wang (China Agricultural University, College of Veterinary Medicine Bejing) - POSTPONED

Unfortunately due to the virus incident in China Yang Wang will not be able to come and present his work as part of the BSfRR series. This talk will be postponed until we have any news. (updated: 27.02.2020) "One Health approach for exploring the emergence and spread of resistances against last-resort antibiotics” Host: Stefan Schwarz

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

Role Models: Christina Strube (Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover)

"Worms and brains - an excursion into zoonotic pet roundworms and neuroinfection" Scientific talk follwowed by breakfast and career briefing Contact: Benjamin Hamid (FUB)

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

BPS: Ulrike Blohm (FLI, Bundesforschungsinstitut für Tiergesundheit, Insel Riems)

" New insights into cellular immunity to African swine fever virus in pigs" host: tba

Location: Institut of Immunology in the Center for Infection Medicine room no.: 042 (Groundfloor) Robert-von-Ostertag-Street 7-13 14163 Berlin

BSfRR: William A. Eaton (The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), Bethesda, Maryland, USA)

"Using physical chemistry to find a drug for the treatment of sickle cell disease” Host: Susanne Hartmann

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

Role Models: Amy Buck (University of Edinburgh, UK)

title: tba   Host: Bhavya Kapse

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

BSfRR: Andreas Herrmann (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Biologie)

Tailored multivalent biomolecules for an optimal interaction with influenza A virus hemagglutinin – From in silico modeling to in vivo viral infection inhibition Host: Benedikt Kaufer

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

Role Models: Dragana Jankovic (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland)

Infection-driven immune responses and hematopoiesis Scientific talk follwowed by breakfast and career briefing Host: Benjamin Hamid (FUB)

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

BPS: Peter Geldhof and Aurélie Gagnaire (Ghent University)

IL-17A as a central regulator in the immunity against Giardia   Host: Ivet Yordanova (Freie Universität Berlin)

Location: Institute for Immunology Freie Universität Berlin Centre for Infection medicine Robert-von-Ostertag-Straße 7-13/ room no. 164 (1st floor) 14163 Berlin

Role Models: Malin Johansson

"Mucus: a goblet cell product with protective function" Guest: Prof. Malin Johansson Scientific talk follwowed by breakfast and career briefing Host: Totta Ehret Kasemo

Location: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Institut für Biologie Molekulare Parasitologie Philippstr. 13, Haus 14 10115 Berlin

BPS: Bernd Lepenies (Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover)

“C-type lectin receptors as targets for immune modulation in (parasitic) infections” Host: Ankur midha

Location: Humboldt Graduate School Luisenstr. 56, room 144 10117 Berlin-Mitte

Role Models: Laura Knoll

tile: tba Prof. Laura Knoll Scientific talk follwowed by breakfast and career briefing Host: Benedikt Fabian

Location: Humboldt Graduate School (HGS) Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Luisenstr. 56, 10117 Berlin

BSfRR: Sofia Forslund (MDC, Berlin)

"Disease and drug signatures in the gut microbiome"

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

BSfRR: Robert Wawrzinek(MPI-CI, Potsdam)

“Langerhans-Cells – A Targeted Delivery System for Immune Modulation”

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

BPS: Holger Stark (Technische Universität Berlin)

"An in silico model for African Trypanosome" Host: Susanne Hartmann

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

BPS: Iain B. H. Wilson und Katharina Paschinger (Universität für Bodenkultur, Wien)

Decoding the Tarnhelm: the sugary coats of parasitic worms Host: Susanne Hartmann (Freie Universität Berlin)

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

BPS: Matthew R. Hepworth (University of Manchester, UK)

"Innate lymphoid cell (ILC) regulation of mucosal immune responses and host- microbiota crosstalk" Host: Susanne Hartmann (Freie Universität Berlin)

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

BPS: Tobias Steinfeldt (Universitätsklinikum Freiburg)

"Resistance and virulence mechanisms at the Toxoplasma gondii-host cell interface" Host: Estefanía Delgado-Betancourt ( delgado-betancourtE@rki.de )

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

BSfRR: Raluca Niesner (DRFZ/ Freie Universität Berlin)

“Intravital multi-photon microscopy of the defense lines in the small intestine of mice”

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

Lecture Series Parasite Infections: Heribert Hofer

Impact of parasite infections on free-ranging spotted hyenas Lecturer: Heribert Hofer (Leibniz IZW)

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

Lecture Series Parasite Infections: Bettina Wachter

Parasite load and immune responses in cheetah Lecturer: Bettina Wachter (Leibniz IZW)

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

Lecture Series Parasite Infections: Elena Levashina

Malaria: insect immunity and vector-based intervention Lecturer: Elena Levashina (MPIIB)

Location: Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology Seminar room 1/2 Campus Charité Mitte

BPS: Cinzia Cantacessi (University of Cambridge, UK)

" Benzimidazole resistance in C. elegans wild isolates Host: Natalie Jakobs (Freie Universität Berlin)

Location: Institut für Immunologie Freie Universität Berlin Center for Infection Medicin Robert-von-Ostertag-Str. 7-13/ Groundfloor, Room 042 14163 Berlin

Field trip Serengeti

Eight PhD Students of the RTG 2046 went on a field trip to the Serengeti to analyse parasite burden in wild animals.

Location: Seronera (Serengeti, Tanzania)

Lecture Series Parasite Infections: Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna

Intestinal helminth communities of wild and domestic horses Lecturer: Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna (FU)

Location: Freie Universität Berlin Center for Infection Medicine Robert-von-Ostertag-Str. 7-13/ Room 042 (Groundfloor) 14163 Berlin

Lecture Series Parasite Infections: Emanuel Heitlinger

Resistance and tolerance of hybrid hosts against parasite co-infections Lecturer: Emanuel Heitlinger (HU / Leibniz IZW)

Location: HGS Building Seminar Room 144 Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin

BPS: Steffen Hahnel (Bayer Animal Health, Germany)

" Benzimidazole resistance in C. elegans wild isolates Host: Natalie Jakobs (Freie Universität Berlin)

Location: Institut of Immunology in the Center for Infection Medicine room no.: 042 (Groundfloor) Robert-von-Ostertag-Street 7-13 14163 Berlin

BPS: Malcom Kennedy (University of Glasgow, UK)

"Adventures in Parasitic Nematodes: From Immunogenetics to Biophysics and Protein Structural Biology" Host: Ankur Midha (Freie Universität Berlin)

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

BSfRR: Mathias Hornef (Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen)

“Ontogeny of the intestinal host-microbial interaction”

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

BSfRR: Erick Andersen (Northwestern University, USA)

"C. elegans model to investigate drug susceptibility and the discovery of 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: Olliver Billker (Sanger Institute, UK)

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

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

BSfRR: Dr. Stephan Halle, Ph.D. (Hannover Medical School/ Institute of Immunologyy)

“In vivo visualization of immune responses: 2-photon microscopy of virus infection and immunity” Host: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Marcus Fulde

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

Role Models: Katharina Ribbeck (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

"Finding a Niche: Microbial Colonization of Host Mucosal Barriers" 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

Research Training Group 2046: Retreat 29. + 30.11.2018

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

BSfRR: Prof. Séamus Fanning (University College Dublin, Ireland)

“Transcriptional landscaping with sub-MIC concentrations of a chemosensitiser; exploring mechanisms to reverse antimicrobial resistance, using Klebsiella pneumoniae as a model?” Host: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stefan Schwarz

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

Role Models: Mark S. Wilson

Exploring basic and applied mechanisms of immunity to helminths - from government, academia and now biotech perspectives 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

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

WS: Philosophy of science for biologists

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