Infection & Immunity Short-Course of the HIRI Graduate Program and the Integrated Research and Training Group of the CRC DECIDE
Preliminary Schedule
Monday, May 19th: Host System
9am-10am: “Innate Immunity“ – Natalie Nieuwenhuizen
10:15am-11:15am: “Adaptive Immunity“ – Wolfgang Kastenmüller
11:30am-12:30pm: “Age-Dependent Immunity“ – Dorothee Viemann
Tuesday, May 20th: Pathogens
9am-10am: “Viral Pathogens“ – Lars Dölken, Hannover (online)
10:15am-11:15am: “Bacterial Pathogens“ – Franziska Faber
11:30am-12:30pm: “Fungal Pathogens“ – Oliver Kurzai
1:30pm-2:30pm: “Parasites” – Natalie Nieuwenhuizen
Wednesday, May 21st: Experimental Infection Models
9am-10am: “3D-Tissue Models“ – Daniela Zdzieblo
10:15am-11:15am: “Organoids“ – Carmen Aguilar
11:30am-12:30pm: “Mouse Models to Study Tissue Barrier Immunity“ – Georg Gasteiger
1:30pm-2:30pm: “Gnotobiotic Mice” – Mercedes Gomez
Thursday, May 22nd: Diagnostics & Treatment approaches
9am-10am: “RNA-Based Therapeutics Targeting Host & Bacteria” – Jörg Vogel
10:15am-11:15am: “CRISPR-Based Approaches to Genome Editing” – Sudeshna Manna
11:30am-12:30pm: “Host-Directed Therapies” – Emmanuel Saliba
If not indicated otherwise, the speaker is from Würzburg. The course language is English. Participation is exclusively in presence, except for the CRC DECIDE PhD students and postdocs from Münster, Braunschweig or Berlin.
