Summer School

LISA – Lower Saxony International Summer Academy 2025

Hannover
24.08.25 - 12.09.25
Wissenschaftlich
TWINCORE

Inflammation, regeneration and immunity: Basic aspects, novel approaches and experimental models

The Lower Saxony International Summer Academy is a short-term course on current topics of infectiology and immunology research and experimental techniques. The successful LISA program is now in its fourteenth year with more then 400 alumni and selects highly-qualified bachelor and master students in the life sciences who demonstrate a strong interest in infectiology and immunology.

The program consists of one week of lectures given by scientists from the MHH, HZI, Fraunhofer ITEM and TWINCORE, followed by two weeks of practical training in campus laboratories where participants have the opportunity to apply their new knowledge of infectiology and immunology. The program is supplemented by "State of the Art" knowledge presented by renowned international researchers from prestigious institutions.

Workshop topics

  • Pathogen sensing, mouse models
  • Induction of pathogen-specific immunity
  • Infection of organs
  • Genetic and environmental impact on infection
  • scRNAseq workshop
  • Intervention strategies

Who can apply?

The workshop will provide top-level training for young students of biosciences & medicine (Bachelor / Master degree) who plan to pursue a PhD in immunology. Includes one week of lectures and up to two weeks of hands-on training (lab rotation).

Participation is limited to 40 young researchers.

Travel grants are available for all international students.

Registration

Registration is open until 30 March 2025. Please use the following link the to application platform: https://hbrs.cloud.opencampus.net

Faculty

TWINCORE

Camille Andrieu, Matthias Bruhn, Christine Ehlers, Ulrich Kalinke, Felix Mulenge, Andreas Pavlou

MHH

Georg Behrens, André Bleich, Berislav Bosnjak, Markus Cornberg, Daniel Depledge, Anna-Maria Dittrich, Britta Eiz-Vesper, Niko Föger, Guntram Grassl, Jenny Kühne, Susanne Kruse, Nico Lachmann, Kyeong-Hee Lee, Matthias Lochner, Ulrich Martin, Sarina Ravens, Lennart Rösner, Axel Schambach, Dirk Schlüter, Abel Viejo Borbolla

Fraunhofer ITEM

Armin Braun

HZI

Luka Cicin-Sain, Carlos Guzman, Till Strowig, Saumya Dileep Kumar

RESIST

Benjamin Vollmer

Teaser LISA 2025
Lower Saxony International Summer Academy in Immunology (LISA) vom 30. August bis 12. September 2025