Summer School
on
Infection Research
June 22-27, 2014
Dresden
Sunday, June 22, 2014
15:00-16:30
Registration & Check-In
17:00
Reception
Welcome Addresses
17:20
D. Heinz
Scientific director HZI, Executive Board DZIF
17:25
N. Löchte
Referentin Impuls- und Vernetzungsfonds, Helmholtz Association,
Berlin
Introduction of the kick off lecturer:
17:30
Kick off lecture
G. Krause, Head of the Department of Epidemiology,
Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig
“The German National Cohort – a novel research
opportunity for infectious disease research“
18:30
Dinner
20:00
Speed dating - wine and cheese – Art Foyer
Monday, June 23, 2014
07:00-09:00
Breakfast
Session I: Immunity
Chair: H. Hauser.
09:00
M. Flajnik, University of Maryland, Baltimore
General lecture: Evolution of antigen receptors in vertebrates
09:30
T. Eigenbrod, University of Heidelberg
General lecture: Innate Immunity
10:00
D. Busch, Technical University of Munich
General lecture: Tcell differentiation
10:30
F. Förster, Hannover Medical School
General lecture: Development of secondary and tertiary lymphoid
organs
11:00-11:30
Coffee break
Chair: H. Hauser
11:30
M. Flajnik, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Special lecture: Ontogeny and phylogeny of lymphoid tissues
12:00
C. Watzl, Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and
Human Factors, Dortmund
Special lecture: How to stick, kill and let go without getting hurt –
daily problems of a Natural Killer
12:30
F. Förster, Hannover Medical School
Special lecture: Killing of cytotoxic T cells in vivo
13:00-14:30
Lunch time in tutor groups
Monday, June 23, 2014
Chair: V. Wray
14:30
T. Eigenbrod, University of Heidelberg
Special lecture: Recognition of bacterial RNA by the innate
immune system
15:00
D. Busch, Technical University of Munich
Special lecture: Single T cell fate tracking and its implications for
immunotherapy
16:00
Guided sight-seeing tour to Dresden
Dinner in Restaurant Sophienkeller
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
07:00-09:00
Breakfast
Session II: Viruses
Chair: H. Hauser
09:15
J. Yewdell, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,
Bethesda
General lecture: Why you should become a viral immunologist
09:45
F. Kirchhoff, Universitätsklinikum Ulm
General lecture: Adaptations facilitating the AIDS pandemic
10:15
A. Garcia-Sastre, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
General lecture: Influenza virus, host tropism and virulence
10:30-11:00
Coffee break
Chair: M. Stadler
11:00
L. Babiuk, University of Alberta
N.N. lecture: Improving human and animal health through
vaccination: Global health and economic implications
11:45
U. Protzer, Technical University of Munich
Special lecture: Can we cure HBV infection?
12:15
F. Kirchhoff, Universitätsklinikum Ulm
Special lecture: A possible gatekeeper for CXCR4-tropic HIV-1
strains
12:30-15:00
Lunch break
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Chair: H.Hauser
15:00
J. Yewdell, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,
Bethesda
Special lecture: Why does flu drift?
15:30
A. Garcia-Sastre, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
Special lecture: TRIMmunity: The roles of the TRIM E3-ubiquitin
ligase family in innate antiviral immunity
16:00-16:30
Coffee Break
Chair: H. Hauser
16:30
Key note lecture
H. zur Hausen, German Cancer Research Center,
Heidelberg
„Mechanisms of cancer developments linked to infections“
18:00
Dinner
20:00-23:00
Poster session – wine and cheese
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
07:00-09:00
Breakfast
Session III: Antiinfectives and vaccines
Chair: V. Wray
09:00
P. Selzer, MSD Animal Health Innovation GmbH, Schwabenheim
Special lecture: Protein Kinases as Suitable Targets for
Combating Coccidiosis
09:30
K. Cichutek, Paul-Ehrlich-Institute, Langen
Special lecture: Using measles virus in biomedicine: oncolytic
virus and cell targeting vectors
10:00
M. Stadler, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig
Special lecture: Translating fungal biodiversity into novel antiinfectives and other secondary metabolites with practical utility
10:30
H.-G. Sahl, University of Bonn
Special lecture: (tbc)
11:00-11:30
Coffee Break
Chair: S. Kirchhoff
11:30
Short presentation PhD1
11:45
Short presentation PhD2
12:00
Short presentation PhD3
12:15
Short presentation PhD4
12:30-13:30
Lunch break
13:45
19:05
Departure excursion to Pillnitz
Arrival Dresden
Free evening
Thursday, June 26, 2014
07:00-09:00
Breakfast
Session IV: Parasites
Chair: N.N.
09:00
C. Bogdan, University Clinic of Erlangen
General lecture: Leishmania (tbc)
09:30
M. Engstler, University of Würzburg
General lecture: Trypanosome immune escape
09:45
C. Caffrey, University of California San Francisco
General lecture: Cysteine proteases as drug targets for new antiparasitics
10:15-10:45
Coffee break
Chair: N.N.
10:45
C. Bogdan, University Clinic of Erlangen
Special lecture: tba
11:15
M. Engstler, University of Würzburg
Special lecture: Trypanosome physics
11:45
C. Caffrey, University of California San Francisco
Special lecture: Helminth diseases: strategies and technologies for
drug discovery and development
12:15
A. Müller, University of Heidelberg
Special lecture: Plasmodium attenuation at the liver stage:
Connecting the dots between sterile protection and alleviating
malaria disease severity
12:45-15:00
Lunch break
Thursday, June 26, 2014
15:00-17:30
Workshop Session
Workshop 1
Finding and evaluating biomarkers for infectious
diseases in high throughput data
Expert: F. Klawonn, Helmholtz Centre for
Infection Research, Braunschweig
Room:
Workshop 2
KSHV (tbc)
Expert: T. Schulz, Hannover Medical School
Room:
Workshop 3
Human microbial ecosystems
Expert: T. Strowig, Helmholtz
Infection Research, Braunschweig
Room:
Workshop 4
HCV/HBV
Expert:
R.
Heidelberg
Room:
Bartenschläger,
Centre
for
University
Introduction of the career lecture: V. Wray
17:30
18:30
Career lecture: How to succeed in science without
really trying?
J. Yewdell, National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases, Bethesda
Farewell Dinner
Friday, June 27, 2014
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07:00-09:00
Breakfast
Session V: Bacteria
Chair: N.N.
09:30
W. Hardt, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
General lecture: Salmonella enterica, a common cause of diarrhea
10:00
U. Schaible, Research Center Borstel
General lecture: Tuberculosis, return of a long-term notorious
human companion
10:30
T. Decker, University of Vienna
General lecture: Listeria and immunity
11:00
Coffee break
11:30
W. Hardt, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
Special lecture: The importance of phenotypic diversification
during Salmonella gut infection
12:00
T. Decker, University of Vienna
Special lecture: Interferons and their signal transducers as
mediators of innate immunity to Listeria monocytogenes
12:30
U. Schaible, Research Center Borstel
Special lecture: Killing to survive: Host-pathogen interaction in
tuberculosis
13:00
N.N.: Closing remarks
Distribution of awards and certificates
13:15
Departure