Upcoming Events
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
Role Models in Infection Biology: Flaminia Catteruccia
Guest Prof. Flaminia Catteruccia (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA) Title t.b.a. 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
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
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: (preliminary) Veterinarium Progressum (FU Berlin) OR ONLINE Video conference WebEx Meeting number (access code): tba Meeting password: tba
Role Models in Infection Biology: Dame Sally Davies
Guest Dame Sally Davies (Trinity College Cambridge, UK) 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
BPS: Guillaume Salle
Guest Guillaume Salle, PhD (INRAE · Université de Tours, Nouzilly, France) Title tba Host Irina Diekmann (Freie Universität Berlin)
Location: (preliminary) Veterinarium Progressum (FU Berlin) OR ONLINE Video conference WebEx
Research Training Group 2046: Retreat 28. + 29.10.2021
Location: Veterinarium Progressum OR ONLINE WebEx video conference
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 Susanne Hartmann (Freie Universität Berlin)
Location: (preliminary) Veterinarium Progressum (FU Berlin) OR ONLINE Video conference WebEx
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
BPS: Aimee Taylor
Guest Aimee Taylor, Ph.D. (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA) Title tba Host Welmoed van Loon (Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin)
Location: (preliminary) Veterinarium Progressum (FU Berlin) OR ONLINE Video conference WebEx
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: (preliminary) Veterinarium Progressum (FU Berlin) OR ONLINE Video conference WebEx
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
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
