Introduction to Microbiology and Immunology in Zürich | |||||||
A one-week course for participants of the PhD program Microbiology and Immunology offered by the Departments and Institutes of Microbiology and Immunology which are members of the MIM-PhD-program of Life Sciences Zürich organized by Kurt Hanselmann and Isabella Bieri, on behalf of the MIM committee |
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February 11 to 15, 2008 | |||||||
Large Lecture Hall, Botanical Garden of the University, 107 Zollikerstreet, 8008 Zürich Tram 11 or bus 31 to Hegibachplatz, or bus 33 to Botanical Garden, or trams 2 or 4 to Höschgasse |
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Program Monday, February 11 | |||||||
08.00 - 10.00 | Recent Discoveries in Microbiology. PhD students present their research work P 1: Sabrina Schreiner P 2: Christian Wisskirchen P 3: Susanne Uehlinger P 4: Jörg Breitling P 5: Silja Inhülsen P 6: Axel Mann P 7: Silvia Schmidt P 8: |
All students of the MIM PhD program, convened by Kurt Hanselmann |
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10.10 | Welcome and Introduction | Markus Aebi Institute of Microbiology, ETH-Z |
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10.15 | Session 1: Human and Veterinary Medical Microbiology | CONVENERS: Anna Paula de Oliveira, Janin Hofmann, Agnese Petrera |
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10.15 | L 1: THE BIOLOGY OF SALMONELLA ENTEROCOLITIS | MARKUS SCHLUMBERGER Institute of Microbiology, ETH-Z |
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10.55 | L 2: PATHOGENESIS AND ECOLOGY OF LEGIONELLA | ANDRE TIADEN Institute of Microbiology, ETHZ |
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11.35 | L 3: RIBOSOME ENGINEERING, DRUG BINDING AND DISEASE | SVEN HOBBIE Institute of Medical Microbiology, UZH |
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12.15 | Lunch Break | ||||||
13.30 | Session 2: Human and Veterinary Medical Microbiology cont. | CONVENERS: Lucas Onder. Sonja Firner, Jakka Gopinadh |
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13.30 | L 4: MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS: VIRULENCE MECHANISMS AND LIPOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS | PETER SANDER Institute of Medical Microbiology, UZH |
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14.10 | L 5: ADVANCES IN THE PATHOBIOLOGY OF MYCOPLASMA SUIS: HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION, IMMUNOLOGY, AND IMPROVED DIAGNOSIS | LUDWIG E. HOELZLE Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, UZH |
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14.50 | L 6: PROTEIN TRAFFICKING IN AN ANCIENT PROTOZOAN PARASITE | CORNELIA SPYCHER Institute of Parasitology, UZH |
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15.30 | Intermission | ||||||
15.50 | L 7 Special Lecture: DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS: WHAT BELONGS TO THE SURVIVAL KIT? | ULRICH HÜBSCHER Institute of Veterinary Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UZH |
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16.50 | End of Monday sessions | ||||||
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Program Tuesday, February 12 | |||||||
08.00 - 10.00 | Recent Discoveries in Microbiology. PhD students present their research work P 9: Lysann Hesske P 10: Iveta Botova P 11: Laura Morf P 12: Thomas Ludersdorfer P 13: Philip Rieder P 14: Christina Uermösi P 15: Wolfgang Kratky P 16: Andrea Mekker |
All students of the MIM PhD program, convened by Kurt Hanselmann |
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10.15 | Session 3: Virology | CONVENERS: Sabrina Schreiner, Christian Wisskirchen, Yadava Koshika |
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10.15 | L 8: THE GLYCOSYLATION MACHINERY OF GIANT VIRUSES | THIERRY HENNET Institute of Physiology, UZH |
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10.55 | L 9: HOST REQUIREMENTS FOR VIRAL ENTRY | URS GREBER Institute of Zoology, UZH |
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11.35 | L 10: IMMUNOBIOLOGY OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTION | BURKHARD LUDEWIG State Hospital, St. Gallen |
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12.15 | Lunch Break | ||||||
13.30 | Session 4: Virology cont. | CONVENERS: Jörg Breitling, Silja Inhülsen, Axel Mann, Thomas Huber |
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13.30 | L 11: LIVE IMAGING IN MOLECULAR VIRUS RESEARCH | CORNEL FRAEFEL Institute of Virology, Vetsuisse UZH |
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14.10 | L 12: IMMUNOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION AFTER TRANSPLANTATION | ANNE-LAURE MILLARD Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich |
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14.50 | L 13: IMMUNE RESPONSES TO VIRAL AND BACTERIAL INFECTIONS | ANNETTE OXENIUS Institute of Microbiology, ETHZ |
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15.30 | Intermission | ||||||
15.50 | L 14 Special Lecture: THEORY AND PRACTICE IN BACTERIAL EVOLUTION: AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND THE SCOPE OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORY | HOMAYOUN BAGHERI Institute of Zoology, UZH |
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16.50 | Poster presentations | CONVENER: Susanne Uehlinger/td> | |||||
STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS CCPA AFFECTS VIRULENCE DETERMINANT PRODUCTION AND ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE |
KATI SEIDL |
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17.30 | End of Tuesday sessions | ||||||
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Program Wednesday, February 13 | |||||||
08.00 - 17.00 | Career Development Day | CONVENERS: Celine Robert-Tissot, Andrea Mekker |
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08.00 | L 15: "Developing a skills profile": defining and communicating skills for the job market. | PAMELA ALEAN-KIRKPATRICK AfH, UZH |
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09.15 | L 16: Academic career planning | KATHRIN RIEDEL Institute of Plant Biology, Dept. Microbiology, UZH |
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10.00 | Intermission | ||||||
10.30 | Transferable skills: Certificate towards the "Teaching Portfolio" | KURT HANSELMANN Microbial Ecology, UZH |
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Communication skills: How to prepare for a scientific presentation / How to make a scientific poster | |||||||
Continuous education skills: Training and knowledge sharing using internet technologies | |||||||
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11.30 | L 17: Versatility of professional and social skills | KURT HANSELMANN Microbial Ecology, UZH |
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12.15 | Lunch Break | ||||||
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13.30 | Departure for visit at Cytos Biotechnology AG 14.00 Welcome at Cytos Biotechnology, AG 14:10 MARTIN BACHMANN, Director for Research: Research topics at Cytos. 15.00 Visiting the research facilities at Cytos 15.45 Requirements for a successful employment in the Biotech Industry 16.15 Questions and answers 16.30End of visit / end of career development day |
Cytos Biotechnology AG, Wagistrasse 25, 8952 Schlieren From Hegibachplatz take bus 31 until stop "Gasometerbrücke". Follow Gasometerstrasse towards the railroad tracks and turn left into Wagistr. (before you cross the railroad tracks) |
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Program Thursday, February 14 | |||||||
08.00-10.00 | Recent Discoveries in Microbiology. PhD students present their research work P 17: Sabrina Schmidt P 18: Anna Haas P 19: Melanie Wiesel P 20: Fan Yao-Yun P 21: Christina Ramel P 22: Silvia Bleuler P 23: Luzia Reutimann P 24: CŽline Robert-Tissot |
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10.15 | Session 5: Plant Microbiology | CONVENERS: Iveta Botova, Laura Morf, Thomas Ludersdorfer |
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10.15 | L 18: MICROBIAL LIFE ON LEAF SURFACES | JULIA VORHOLT Institute of Microbiology, ETHZ |
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10.55 | L 19: THE ORIGINS OF PLANT PATHOGENS IN AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS | PATRICK BRUNNER Plant Pathology / Institute of Integrative Biology, ETHZ |
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11.35 | L 20: THE CRITICAL ROLE OF OXYGEN IN THE NITROGEN-FIXING ROOT-NODULE SYMBIOSIS | HAUKE HENNECKE Institute of Microbiology, ETHZ |
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12.15 | Lunch Break | ||||||
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13.30 | Session 6: Applied and Food Microbiology | CONVENERS: Philip Rieder, Christina Uermösi, Wolfgang Kratky |
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13.30 | L 21: BIOLOGY, DETECTION AND CONTROL OF FOODBORNE PATHOGENS | MARTIN J. LOESSNER Institute of Food Sciences and Nutrition, ETHZ |
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14.10 | L 22: FROM ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII TO CRONOBACTER SPP.: INVESTIGATING AN OPPORTUNISTIC FOODBORNE PATHOGEN | ANGELIKA LEHNER Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, UZH |
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14.50 | L 23: ÊMICROORGANISMS IN FERMENTED FOOD: DO YOU TRUST THEM? | LEO MEILE Institute of Food Sciences and Nutrition, ETHZ |
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15.30 | Intermission | ||||||
15.50 | L 24 Special Lecture: PREDICTIVE MODELING AND COMPUTATIONAL SYSTEMS MICROBIOLOGY | KURT HANSELMANN, Institute of Plant Biology and Computational Systems Biology Project BioSym, UZH | |||||
16.50 | Poster presentations | CONVENER: Susanne Uehlinger |
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17.30 | End of Thursday sessions | ||||||
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Program Friday, February 15 | |||||||
08.00 - 10.00 | Recent Discoveries in Microbiology. PhD students present their research work P 25: Anna Paula de Oliveira P 26: Janin Hofmann P 27: Agnese Petrera P 28: Lucas Onder P 29: Sonja Firner P 30: Thomas Huber P 31: Jakka Gopinadh P 32: Yadava Koshika |
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10.15 | Session 7: Molecular Epidemiology | CONVENERS: Sabrina Schmidt, Anna Haas, Melanie Wiesel, Lysann Hesske |
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10.15 | L 25: ROLE OF NOVEL TNF SUPERFAMILY MEMBERS IN THE ACTIVATION OF PATHOGENIC IMMUNE RESPONSES DURING EXPERIMENTAL COLITIS | NICOLA HARRIS Institute of Integrative Biology, ETHZ |
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10.50 | L 26: PRIMARY HIV-1 INFECTION IN ZURICH: AN EXAMPLE FOR TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH IN VIROLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY, EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL RESEARCH | HULDRYCH GÜNTHARD Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich |
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11.25 | L 27: THE REGULATION OF IMMUNE RESPONSES IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM | TOBIAS SUTER Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Zurich |
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12.00 | L 28: INFLUENZA VIRUS: INFECTION, IMMUNE RESPONSE, AND EPIDEMIOLOGY | BEN MARSLAND Institute of Integrative Biology, ETHZ |
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12.35 | Lunch | ||||||
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13.30 | Session 8: Immunology | CONVENERS: Fan Yao-Yun, Christina Ramel, Silvia Bleuler, Silvia Schmidt, Luzia Reutimann |
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13.30 | L 29: INFLUENCE OF PERSISTENT VIRAL INFECTIONS ON IMMUNE SENESCENCE | URS KARRER Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich |
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14.05 | L 30: HUMAN LEUKOCYTE INTERACTIONS WITH PORCINE ENDOTHELIUM: IMPLICATIONS FOR XENOTRANSPLANTATION | MARTEN SCHNEIDER Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich |
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14.40 | L 31: DETECTION, MONITORING & CHARACTERIZATION OF RETROVIRUSES BY INNOVATIVE, HIGHLY SENSITIVE TESTS | JÖRG SCHÜPBACH Swiss National Center for Retroviruses, UZH |
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15.15 | L 32: PHASE I/II GENE THERAPY STUDY FOR X-CGD: RESULTS, LESSONS, AND PERSPECTIVES | JANINE REICHENBACH Division of Immunology/ Haematology/BMT, University ChildrenÕs Hospital Zurich |
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15.50 | Intermission | ||||||
16.10 | L 33 Special Lecture: PHENOTYPIC DIFFERENCES WITHIN CLONAL POPULATIONS OF BACTERIA: FROM AGING TO PATHOGENESIS | MARTIN ACKERMANN Institute of Integrative Biology, ETHZ |
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17.00 | Summary and outlook: The Future of Microbiology | ||||||
17.10 | Course evaluation by students and speakers via OLAT | ||||||
17.30 | End of course, Aperitif offered by the MIM PhD course | ||||||
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