Events
BSfRR: Raffi van Aroian (UMass Chan Medical School)
“Resistance-busting fermented anthelmintics - a new paradigm for parasite treatment” Guest: Pr of. Raffi Van Aroian, PhD https://profiles.umassmed.edu/display/10909832 Host: Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna Contact: gvsamson@fu-berlin.de
Location: Freie Universität Berlin Institut für Parasitologie Robert-von-Ostertag-Straße 7 | Groundfloor; R042 14163 Berlin
GRK 2046 Closing Event 2024, June 25-26
Our Research Training Group "Parasite Infection terminates in 2024. On June 25-26, 2024, we will have our closing event with invited speakers, PIs current and former doctoral students. The program is currently set and will be posted as soon as possible. For RTG-external scientists a virtual participation will be possible via WebEx. More information soon!
Location: Freie Universität Berlin Campus Düppel Veterinarium Progressum (House 9), 1st floor Robert-von-Ostertag-Str.7 14163 Berlin
BPS: Brian Lund Fredensborg
Guest Associate Professor Brian Lund Fredensborg, Ph.D. (University of Copenhagen, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences Section for Organismal Biology, Frederiksberg C, Denmark) The art of zombification - Ecology of behavior-manipulating parasites Host Kai Matuschewski (Humbold-Universität zu Berlin)
Location: Molecular Parasitology (Humboldt-University Berlin) seminar room Philippstr. 13, House 14 10115 Berlin
BSfRR: Rainer G. Ulrich (FLI Greifswald - Insel Riems,Institut für neue und neuartige Tierseuchenerreger (INNT)
“Increasing preparedness by networking: 20-year network ‘Rodent-borne pathogens’ ” Guest: Prof. Dr. Rainer G. Ulrich https://www.fli.de/de/institute/institut-fuer-neue-und-neuartige-tierseuchenerreger-innt/wissenschaftlerinnen/prof-dr-r-g-ulrich/ Host: Susanne Hartmann Contact: susanne.hartmann@fu-berlin.de
Location: Tiermedizinisches Zentrum für Resistenzforschung (TZR) Freie Universität Berlin Robert-von-Ostertag-Straße 8 | Groundfloor 14163 Berlin
BPS: Chandra Ramakrishnan
Guest Dr. Chandra Ramakrishnan (University of Zurich, Institute for Parasitology, Switzerland) Homes Sweet Homes - Host and niche diversity in coccidian parasites Host David Warschkau (Robert Koch Institute)
Location: Robert Koch Institute Seestr. 10, Seminar room S06.A.O1.011 13353 Berlin
BPS: Benjamin Dewals
Guest Prof. Dr. Benjamin G. Dewals (Liege University, Belgium) Parasitic Worms: friends or foes for immune control of viral coinfections? Host Alexandra Laubschat (Freie Universität Berlin)
Location: Freie Universität Berlin Campus Düppel RvO (Haus 35), SR 0.42 Robert-von-Ostertag-Str.7 14163 Berlin
Change of date! BPS: Franco Falcone
Guest Prof. Dr. Franco H. Falcone (Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany) Scabies mites: what's itching? Does the interplay between parasitic pruritogens and host MRGPRX2/X4 explain the intense itching in scabies and the Mazzotti reaction? Host Toni Aebischer (Robert Koch Institute Berlin)
Location: Robert Koch Institute - tba
BPS: Joseph Turner
Guest Prof. Joseph Turner, PhD (Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK) tba Host Luis Elizalde (Freie Universität Berlin)
Location: remote (WebEx Video conference)
German-African-Workshop "Parasite Infections in Global Health"
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Location: Freie Universität Berlin, Campus Düppel Veterinarium Progressum (Haus 9) Oertzenweg 19b 14163 Berlin
Research Training Group 2046: Retreat 24. + 25.10.2023
Location: t.b.a.
BPS: Marc Faber
Guest Marc Nicholas Faber, Ph.D. (Moredun Research Institute, Midlothian, Scotland) Title t.b.a. Host Marta Silva Muniz (Freie Universität Berlin)
Location: Freie Universität Berlin Campus Düppel RvO (Haus 35), SR 0.42 Robert-von-Ostertag-Str.7 14163 Berlin
BPS: Marc Faber (Disruptive technologies in veterinary GI-nematodes: From 3D organoid culture to spatial transcriptomics)
Guest Marc Nicholas Faber, Ph.D. (Moredun Research Institute, Midlothian, Scotland) Disruptive technologies in veterinary GI-nematodes: From 3D organoid culture to spatial transcriptomics Host Marta Silva Muniz (Freie Universität Berlin)
Location: Freie Universität Berlin Campus Düppel RvO (Haus 35), SR 0.42 Robert-von-Ostertag-Str.7 14163 Berlin
Postponed to Sept 26! BPS: Lisa Reynolds (Helminth infection-induced changes in intestinal metabolites and the consequences for intestinal immunity)
Guest Assist.-Prof. Lisa Reynolds, PhD (University of Victoria, Victoria BC, Canada) Helminth infection-induced changes in intestinal metabolites and the consequences for intestinal immunity Host Philipp Höfler (Freie Universität Berlin)
Location: remote (WebEx Video conference)
Microbiome Network Meeting Berlin-Brandenburg 2023
Symposium for early career scientists working on microbiome research (human, animal, environmental or bioinformatics). Invited keynote speakers Prof. Elizabeth Archie (University of Notre Dame) Prof. Naama Geva-Zatorsky (Technion Israel Institute of Technology) Prof. Kathy McCoy (University of Calgary) Prof. Nicola Segata (University of Trento) Hosts Amelie Weber (Charité), Anna Fagundes (Charité), Ankur Midha (Freie Universität), Víctor Hugo Jarquín-Díaz (MDC)
Location: Freie Universität Berlin Campus Düppel Veterinarium Progressum Oertzenweg 19b 14163 Berlin
BPS: Miguel Soares (Metabolic reprogramming as a defense strategy against infection)
Guest Miguel Soares, Ph.D. (Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal) Metabolic reprogramming as a defense strategy against infection Host Susana Soares (Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research)
Location: Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research LECTURE HALL Alfred-Kowalke-Str. 17 10315 Berlin
NEW DATE! Role Models in Infection Biology: Sarah Benhaiem
NEW DATE!!! Guest Dr. Sarah Benhaiem (Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany) Host-pathogen interactions in the wild: the value of long-term, individual-based studies of animals Host Susana Soares (Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin)
Location: Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research seminar room Alfred-Kowalke-Str. 17 10315 Berlin
Role Models in Infection Biology: Mohamed-ali Hakimi
Guest Mohamed-ali Hakimi, Ph.D. (Institute for Advanced Biosciences Université Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France) tba Host David Warschkau (Robert Koch Institute Berlin) More information about Mohamed-ali Hakimi here .
Location: Robert Koch Institute Berlin Lecture hall Nordufer 20 13353 Berlin
BSfRR: Achim Hörauf (Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Immunologie und Parasitologie Universitätsklinikum Bonn)
“Drug development against filarial worms and against AMR – from hit to lead into clinic” Host: Prof. Dr. Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna Contact: samson.georg@fu-berlin.de
Location: Tiermedizinisches Zentrum für Resistenzforschung (TZR) Robert-von-Ostertag-Straße 8 | Raum 001 (EG) 14163 Berlin
BSfRR: Achim Hörauf (Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Immunologie und Parasitologie Universitätsklinikum Bonn)
“Drug development against filarial worms and against AMR – from hit to lead into clinic” Host: Prof. Dr. Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna Contact: samson.georg@fu-berlin.de
Location: Tiermedizinisches Zentrum für Resistenzforschung (TZR) Robert-von-Ostertag-Straße 8 | Raum 001 (EG) 14163 Berlin
BPS: Silvia Portugal
Guest Dr. Silvia Portugal (Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany) tba Host Marly Erazo Lugo (Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology), project C6
Location: preliminary: Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology seminar room 1/2 Charitéplatz 1 (internal address: Virchowweg 12) 10117 Berlin
BPS: Ulrike Blohm
Guest Dr. Ulrike Blohm (Institut für Immunologie, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald, Germany) Monocytes and antigen presentation in response to African swine fever virus infection in pigs Host Susanne Hartmann (Freie Universität Berlin, Veterinärmedizin)
Location: Freie Universität Berlin Campus Düppel RvO (Haus 35), SR 0.42 Robert-von-Ostertag-Str.7 14163 Berlin
BPS: Ulrike Blohm
Guest Dr. Ulrike Blohm (Institut für Immunologie, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald, Germany) Monocytes and antigen presentation in response to African swine fever virus infection in pigs Host Susanne Hartmann (Freie Universität Berlin, Veterinärmedizin)
Location: Freie Universität Berlin Campus Düppel RvO (Haus 35), SR 0.42 Robert-von-Ostertag-Str.7 14163 Berlin
POSPONED BPS: David Schneider
POSTPONED to end of the year. Guest Prof. David Schneider (Standford University, Standford, CA, USA) tba Host Fay Webster (Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Location: preliminary Molecular Parasitology Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin seminar room Philippstr. 12 10115 Berlin
30th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Parasitology
30th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Parasitology 15–17 March 2023 at the Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
WEDNESDAY! BPS: Andrew Williams
Guest Prof. Andrew Williams, Ph.D. (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) Diet, gut microbes and immunity to helminth infection Host Larissa Oser + Philipp Höfler (Freie Universität Berlin, projects C9 + B4 associated) Please note: WEDNESDAY!
Location: Freie Universität Berlin Campus Düppel RvO (Haus 35), SR 0.42 Robert-von-Ostertag-Str.7 14163 Berlin
WEDNESDAY! BPS: Andrew Williams
Guest Prof. Andrew Williams, Ph.D. (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) Diet, gut microbes and immunity to helminth infection Host Larissa Oser + Philipp Höfler (Freie Universität Berlin, projects C9 + B4 associated) Please note: WEDNESDAY!
Location: Freie Universität Berlin Campus Düppel RvO (Haus 35), SR 0.42 Robert-von-Ostertag-Str.7 14163 Berlin
BPS meets Career Options: Anja Heckeroth (MSD)
Guest Dr. Anja Heckeroth (Director Research Antiparasitics, MSD Animal Health Innovation GmbH, Schwabenheim, Germany) Translating science into practice: Career opportunities in the animal health pharmaceutical industry Host Marko Janke (Freie Universität Berlin) Please note: BPS meets Career Options. A new format! Here, guests from industry and other employers will introduce non-academical job options after completing your PhD. Today, Anja Heckeroth from MSD Animal Health Innovation will talk about her job, though you can check out job options in a pharmacytocal company, which produces medicals, vaccines and biologocals for animal health.
Location: Freie Universität Berlin Campus Düppel RvO (Haus 35), SR 0.42 Robert-von-Ostertag-Str.7 14163 Berlin
BSfRR: Stefan Jordan (Charité Berlin, Institut für Mikrobiologie und Infektionsimmunologie)
"Microbiome, Metabolism, Inflammation: Dietary Energy in Immunoregulation and Inflammatory Disease" Host: Ankur Midha ankur.midha@fu-berlin.de
Location: Zentrum für Infektionsmedizin 8Robert von Ostertag Haus) room no.: 042 (Groundfloor) Robert-von-Ostertag-Straße 7 14163 Berlin
BPS: Peter Geldhof
Guest Peter Geldhof, PhD (Universiteit Gent, Belgium) Title tba Host Larissa Oser (Freie Universität Berlin)
Location: Veterinarium Progressum plus WEBEX-Stream Freie Universität Berlin Oertzenweg 19b 14163 Berlin
BSfRR: Stefan Jordan (Charité Berlin, Institut für Mikrobiologie und Infektionsimmunologie)
POSTPONED TO 2023 "Microbiome, Metabolism, Inflammation: Dietary Energy in Immunoregulation and Inflammatory Disease" Host: Ankur Midha ankur.midha@fu-berlin.de
Location: Veterinarium Progressum (VP) Freie Universität Berlin Oertzenweg 19b 14163 Berlin
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: Campus Düppel, Robert-von-Ostertag Haus (RvO), Haus 35, Seminarraum 0.42, Robert-von-Ostertag-Str. 7, 14163 Berlin-Düppel
BPS: Daniel Fernandez Ruiz
Guest Daniel Fernandez Ruiz (The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia) Harnessing liver-resident T cell immunity for protection against malaria Host Tinghuan Song (Molecular Parasitology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, project B1)
Location: Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, seminar room 1/2, Charitéplatz 1 (internal address: Virchowweg 12), 10117 Berlin
BPS: Mathilde Gendrin
Guest Mathilde Gendrin, PhD (The Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Paris, France) A toolbox for mosquito microbiota studies Host Marly Erazo Lugo (Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Vector Biology Unit)
Location: Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, seminar room 1/2, Charitéplatz 1 (internal address: Virchowweg 12), 10117 Berlin
BSfRR: Edwin Claerebout (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University (Belgium) Laboratory of Parasitology)
“Barriers and incentives for uptake of diagnostics for sustainable worm control by European dairy cattle farmers"
Location: Zentrum für Infektionsmedizin Institut für Immunologie/ Institut für Parasitologie room no.: 042 (groundfloor) Robert-von-Ostertag-Straße 7 14163 Berlin
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: Molecular Parasitology HUB, seminar room, Philippstr. 12, 10115 Berlin
BSfRR: Moriah Louise Szpara (Pennsylvania State University: University Park, USA)
title: tba
Location: Zentrum für Infektionsmedizin Institut für Immunologie room no.: 042 (ground floor) Robert-von-Ostertag-Straße 7 14163 Berlin
BSfRR: Christoph Grevelding (Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, BFS, Institut für Parasitologie)
“ New Compounds and Targets in Schistosoma mansoni and further parasites in the research context of DRUID "
Location: ONLINE (WEBEX) or Zentrum für Infektionsmedizin Institut für Immunologie/ Institut für Parasitologie room no.: 042 (groundfloor) Robert-von-Ostertag-Straße 7 14163 Berlin
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: Hybrid OR ONLINE Video conference WebEx Meeting number (access code): tba Meeting password: tba
BSfRR: Igor Loncaric ( Institut für Mikrobiologie, Veterinärmedizinische Universität Wien (Austria)
“mecC-positive staphylococci and mammaliicocci associated with wild- and companion animals”
Location: ONLINE via WEBEX - Zugangsdaten wurden über die Vortragsankündigung an die teilnehmenden Institute sowie die DRS versandt
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: 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.
BSfRR: Annette Moter (Inst. f. Mikrobiologie und Infektionsimmunologie, Charité Berlin)
“Biofilm, Microbiome and Resistance: Interplay on a spatial level”
Location: ONLINE via WEBEX - Login data will be published soon or Institut für Immunologie im Zentrum für Infektionsmedizin room no.: 042 (Groundfloor) Robert-von-Ostertag-Straße 7-13 14163 Berlin
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.
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
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: 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
Research Training Group 2046: Retreat 28. + 29.10.2021
Location: Veterinarium Progressum OR ONLINE WebEx video conference
BPS: Guillaume Salle
Guest Aimee Taylor, Ph.D. (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
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
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: 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: 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)
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, Colleg - POSTPONEDe of Veterinary Medicine Bejing)
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: José de la Fuente
"Targeting host-vector-pathogen interactions to reduce the global burden of tick-borne diseases" Guest Jose de la Fuente, Ph.D. Professor SaBio. Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos, IREC (CSIC, UCLM, JCCM) Ronda de Toledo s/n 13005 Ciudad Real, Spain E-mail: jose_delafuente@yahoo.com / josedejesus.fuente@uclm.es Department of Veterinary Pathobiology Center for Veterinary Health Sciences Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK 74078-2007, USA E-mail: jose_delafuente@yahoo.com / jose.de_la_fuente@okstate.edu Host Nina Militzer (Freie Universität Berlin)
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)
RNA in communication: new insights into helminth-host interactions Scientific talk follwowed by breakfast and career briefing Host: Bhavya Kapse (FUB)
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: Institut für Immunologie Zentrum für Infektionsmedizin Freie Universität Berlin 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
Open day at Campus Düppel
Location: Departement of Veterinary Medicine Königsweg 65/ Robert-von-Ostertag-Str. 7-13 14163 Berlin-Zehlendorf
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
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
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
RTG 2046: Retreat
Program an abstractbook have been published !
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