MBI-8001 course programme
Research School in “Infection, Inflammation
and Immunity”, UiT, Tromsø, June 2-13 2014.
Tabletten auditorium, Ground floor, Pharmacy building,
Breivika Campus, Faculty of Health Sciences,
UIT The Arctic University of Norway,
Tromsø, Norway
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MBI-8001 course ”Molecular and clinical aspects of infection, inflammation
and immunity”
Monday 2nd of June: Understanding bacterial genome evolution
and dynamics
08:45
Sollid JS, Nielsen KM
Introduction and structure
09:00
Fernando Baquero, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid
Perspectives on microbial evolution and resistance evolution
11:00
Coffee
11:15
Kornelia Smalla, Julius Kühn-Institut, Braunschweig
Microbial ecology and genetics (tba)
12:15
Lunch
13:15
Kornelia Smalla
Microbial ecology and genetics (tba)
14:15
Coffee
14:30
Timothy Read, Emory University, Atlanta
Microbial genome composition
16:00
End
Moderator Pål J. Johnsen, UiT
tba: exact title to be announced later.
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Tuesday 3rd of June: Describing microbial genomes and populations
09:00
Martin Hartmann, Agroscope Research Station ART and Swiss Federal Research
Institute WSL
Microbial ecology in the sequencing era
Deep targeted sequencing to study the microbiome in clinical and natural
systems
11:00
Coffee
11:15
Per Eric Lindgren, Linköping University, Linköping
Fate of antibiotics and dynamics of antibiotic resistance genes in water
environments
Molecular epidemiology of S. aureus in humans in the beginning and towards the
end of life
12:45
Lunch
13:45
Matthew Holden, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton
Microbial genomics (tba)
14:30
Coffee
14:45
Matthew Holden
Microbial genomics (tba)
15:45
End
Moderator Kaare M. Nielsen, UiT
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Wednesday 4th of June: Microbe – host interplay
09:00
Timothy Foster, Trinity College, Dublin
Adhesion, invasion, evasion. The many functions of surface proteins of
Staphylococcus aureus
Immune evasion by Staphylococcus aureus
10:45
Coffee
11:15
Frank Schmidt, University of Greifswald, Greifswald
Proteomics in the field of host-pathogen interaction
Time resolved proteome analysis of S. aureus during infection
12:45
Lunch
13:45
Barbara Bröker, University of Greifswald, Greifswald
Immune control of bacteria
14:45
Coffee
15:00
Barbara Bröker,
Human immune memory of Staphylococcus aureus
15:45
End
Moderator Johanna E. Sollid, UiT
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Thursday 5th of June: Microbial communities, adaptation and drug
resistance
09:00
11:00
Coffee
11:15
Adam Roberts, University College London, London
Mobile genetic elements and metagenomes
12:30
Lunch
13:30
Ellen Neidle, University of Georgia, Athens
Accordion-style genome dynamics
14:30
Coffee
14:45
Ellen Neidle
Medical implications of gene duplication and amplification
15:45
End
Moderator Pål J. Johnsen, UiT
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Friday 6th of June: Biofilms and other topics
09:00
Claus Moser, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen
Biofilm and animal models
The Nature of chronic Biofilm infections
11:00
Coffee
11:15
Mahmoud Ghannoum, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland
Candida biofilms: formation, resistance and what works against them.
12:15
Lunch
13:15
Mahmoud Ghannoum
The Mycobiome and HIV Disease
14:15
Joseph Nesme, Université de Lyon, Lyon
Antimicrobial resistance in the environment
15:30
Conclusions, evaluation and follow-up
Moderator: Pauline Cavanaugh, UiT/UNN
9-12 June, self-study and preparation for presentation 13 June..
Contact information
Johanna Ericson Sollid
Professor
Research group for Host Microbe
Interactions
Department of Medical Biology
UIT The Arctic University of Norway
NO-9037 Tromsø, Norway
Kaare Magne Nielsen
Professor
Research group MMPE
Department of Pharmacy
UIT The Arctic University of Norway
NO-9037 Tromsø, Norway
Phone + 47 77 64 61 65
Mob. +47 95 72 25 88
Phone +47 77 64 46 63
Mob +47 47 64 48 12
The PhD research school :
http://uit.no/ansatte/organisasjon/artikkel?p_document_id=333504&p_dimens
ion_id=88108&p_menu=28713
Link to application page (for PhD students attending/seeking ECTS credits)
http://en.uit.no/ansatte/organisasjon/artikkel?p_menu=28713&p_document_id
=170000&p_dimension_id=88108
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