Upcoming Events
Research Training Group 2046: PhD student Symposium August 3-5
Location: Gut Klostermühle
BPS: Markus Ganter
Guest Dr. Markus Ganter. (Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany) Plasmodium proliferation in the blood: how, why, and who? Host Otto Netzel (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Dept. of Molecular Parasitology)
Location: (preliminary) 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.
BPS: Peter Geldhof
Guest Peter Geldhof, PhD (Universiteit Gent, Belgium) Title tba Host Larissa Oser (Freie Universität Berlin)
Location: location tba
Research Training Group 2046: Retreat 27. + 28.10.2022
Location: (preliminary) Veterinarium Progressum
BPS: Daniel Fernandez Ruiz
Guest Daniel Fernandez Ruiz (The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia) Title tba Host Tinghuan Song (Molecular Parasitology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, project B1)
Location: Hybrid
ZIBI Students' Day GRK 2046
ZIBI Students' Day GRK 2046 Today, 3 GRK 2046 PhD students will give a talk about their progress in their GRK 2046 scientific project in parasitology research.
Location: (preliminary) Veterinarium Progressum, Oetzenweg 19b, 14163 Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin, Campus Düppel)
BPS: Jennifer Keiser
Guest Jennifer Keiser, PhD (Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland) Improved treatment options for helminth infections Host Zaneta Kidiavai (Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Veterinärmedizin, Institut für Immunologie)
Location: Veterinarium Progressum, Oertzenweg 19b, 14163 Berlin-Düppel
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
ZIBI Students' Day GRK 2046
ZIBI Students' Day GRK 2046 Today, 3 GRK 2046 PhD students will give a talk about their progress in their GRK 2046 scientific project in parasitology research. Afterwards, a summer BBQ is planned (depending on the whether condition and pandemic rules).
Location: (preliminary) Veterinarium Progressum, Oetzenweg 19b, 14163 Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin, Campus Düppel)
POSTPONED to Nov 22!! BPS: Jennifer Keiser
POSTPONED to November 22, 2022!!!
Mini Symposium on Africa field trip workshop
Mini Symposium on the GRK 2046 Africa field trip workshop of the 3rd generation of PhD students in 2023 with BBQ afterwards!
Location: Veterinarium Progressum Oertzenweg 19b 14163 Berlin Düppel
Role Models in Infection Biology: Sophie Armitage
Postponed to May 10, 2022! Guest Sophie Armitage, Ph.D. (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany) Evolutionary ecology of insect-pathogen interactions: Resistance, tolerance, virulence and the "wild" Host Maria Serocki (Leibniz-Institut für Zoo- und Wildtierforschung Berlin)
Location: Veterinarium Progressum FUB, Oertzenweg 19b, 14163 Berlin-Düppel
BPS: Michael J. Yabsley
Guest Prof. Michael J. Yabsley, PhD (University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA) The wild world of Guinea Worms: a One Health approach to Guinea worm eradication Host Irina Diekmann (Freie Universität Berlin, Veterinary Medicine, Institute for Parasitology and Tropical Medicine)
Location: Online only (For the meeting 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
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 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
BPS: Jakob von Moltke
Guest Jakob von Moltke, Ph.D. (University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA) Small Intestinal Tuft Cells: sentinels and effectors of type 2 immunity Host Joshua Adjah (Freie Universität Berlin)
Location: Hybrid in Person: RvO Seminar room 0.42 (3G rules!!!), GRK 2046 PhD students only and ONLINE WebEx Video conference For Meeting number and password send an e-mail 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
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 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
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: ONLINE Video conference WebEx Please send a note to grk2046@fu-berlin.de to get the link.
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
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 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
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
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
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