Scientific Programm
ZINF 25th Anniversary Symposium
November 14th, 2018
Research Center for Infectious Diseases (ZINF)/
Institute of Molecular Infection Biology (IMIB)
Josef-Schneider-Str. 2/D15, 97080 Würzburg
Main Lecture Hall
Program:
10:15 25 Years of ZINF
Frédéric Chopin: Waltz Op. 64 nr. 2
Elisa Venturini – Piano
Welcome
Prof. Dr. Cynthia Sharma (ZINF Spokesperson)
Speakers
Prof. Dr. Alfred Forchel (President University of Würzburg)
Marion Schäfer Blake (Mayoress City of Würzburg)
Prof. Dr. Tone Tonjum (ZINF Scientific Advisory Board)
Dr. Daniel Lopez (ZINF Young Investigator Alumni)
Prof. Dr. Jörg Vogel (Director Institute of Molecular Infection Biology (IMIB)/ Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI))
Prof. Dr. Jörg Hacker (President Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – National Academy of Sciences)
11:15 Robert Koch Lecture
Introduction Prof. Dr. Jörg Hacker
Prof. Staffan Normark, Karolinska Institute,
Robert-Koch Gold Medal Awardee 2018
The Bacterial Envelope and the Host
12:15 Lunch Break
13:30 Talks by Young Investigator Group Leaders
Dire Straits: "Romeo and Juliet"
Gianluca Matera – Guitar/Vocals, Elisa Venturini –Piano
Chair: Prof. Dr. Jay Hinton
Dr. Sina Bartfeld, ZINF
Infection, innate immune signalling and cancer in the stomach - organoids as model
Dr. Sebastian Geibel, ZINF
Mycobacterial Type VII secretion systems
Dr. Christian Perez, ZINF/IZKF
Mechanisms of host colonization by the fungus Candida albicans
Dr. Franziska Faber, ZINF
Tackling RNA-based virulence regulation in Clostridium difficile
Dr. Ana Rita Brochado, Biocentre/ZINF
Deciphering antimicrobial drug interactions using high-throughput approaches
Scientific Presentations
Chair: Prof. Dr. Georg Gasteiger
14:50 Prof. Dr. Eric Pamer, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York
Enlisting commensal bacteria to combat antibiotic resistant infections
15:20 Coffee Break
Chairs: Prof. Dr. Cynthia Sharma, Prof. Dr. Lars Dölken
15:45 Prof. Dr. Dirk Brockmann, Humboldt University Berlin
A complex network perspective on disease dynamics
Dr. Noam Stern-Ginossar, Weizmann Institute of Science
RNA modifications sculpts innate immune response to infection
16:50 Short Break
17:15 Farewell Lectures for Dr. Tobias Ölschläger (IMIB)
Introduction Prof. Dr. Jörg Vogel
Chair: Dr. Tobias Ölschläger
Dr. Dennis Kopecko, Combivax, LLC, Silver Spring, MD
Advances in Ty21a Oral Vector Development-application to combined enteric fever-shigellosis vaccine
Prof. Dr. Dirk Haller, TU München
Microbiome in health and disease – a moving target
18:20 Farewell
Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata Op. 110 nr. 31, first movement
Elisa Venturini – Piano
18:45 End of the Symposium
