Center of Infection Biology and Immunity
Additional Events
Students' Day 06 December 19
Location: MPIIB, Seminar room 1+2, Virchowweg 12, 10117 Berlin
BSfRR: William A. Eaton
Using physical chemistry to find a drug for the treatment of sickle cell disease William A. Eaton National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH 15 November 2019 11:00 am, Room 042 (ground floor) Contact: Susanne Hartmann (Freie Universität Berlin) Location: Zentrum für Infektionsmedizin, Robert-von-Ostertag-Straße 7-13, 14163 Berlin
Location: Zentrum für Infektionsmedizin, Robert-von-Ostertag-Straße 7-13, 14163 Berlin Room 042 (ground floor)
Role Models: Amy Buck
RNA in communication: new insights into helminth-host interactions Amy Buck University of Edinburgh 12 November 2019 9:00 am Host: Bhavya Kapse (Freie Universität Berlin) Location: Veterinarium Progressum, Campus Düppel, Oertzenweg 19b, 14163 Berlin
Location: Veterinarium Progressum Campus Düppel Oertzenweg 19b 14163 Berlin
Students' Day 08 November 19
Location: Robert Koch Institute, Seestraße 10, 13353 Berlin
Getting Funded Follow Up
Location: HGS Building, Seminar room 123, Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin
Getting Funded
Location: HGS Building, Seminar room 123, Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin
BSfRR: Andreas Herrmann
Tailored multivalent biomolecules for an optimal interaction with influenza A virus hemagglutinin – From in silico modeling to in vivo viral infection inhibition Andreas Herrmann Humboldt University Berlin, Institute of Biology 25 October 2019 11:00 am, Room 042 (ground floor) Host: Benedikt Kaufer (Freie Universität Berlin) Location: Robert-von-Ostertag-Building, Robert-von-Ostertag-Straße 7-13, 14163 Berlin
Location: Robert-von-Ostertag-Building, Robert-von-Ostertag-Straße 7-13, 14163 Berlin
Role Models: Dragana Jankovic
tba Dragana Jankovic National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), USA 24 October 2019 9:00 am Host: Benjamin Hamid (Freie Universität Berlin) Location: Veterinarium Progressum, Campus Düppel, Oertzenweg 19b, 14163 Berlin
Location: Veterinarium Progressum Campus Düppel Oertzenweg 19b 14163 Berlin
Students' Day 11 October 19
Location: Campus Benjamin Franklin, Seminar room 1, Hindenburgdamm 30, 12203 Berlin
BPS: Peter Geldhof and Aurélie Gagnaire
Topic: Pro-inflammatory IL-17A responses as a central regulator of protective immunity against Giardia muris in neonatal and adult laboratory mouse AND the induction and maintenance of cellular immune responses to Giardia duodenalis in cattle (subject to changes) Peter Geldhof and Aurélie Gagnaire Ghent University, Belgium 08 October 2019 10:00 am Host: Ivet Yordanova (Freie Universität Berlin) Location: Institut für Immunologie, Freie Universität Berlin, Robert-von-Ostertag-Straße 7-13, room no. 164 (seminar room first floor), 14163 Berlin
Location: Institut für Immunologie Freie Universität Berlin Robert-von-Ostertag-Straße 7-13 room no. 164 (seminar room first floor) 14163 Berlin
Role Models: Malin Johansson
Mucus: a goblet cell product with protective function Malin Johansson Gothenburg University, Sweden 01 October 2019 9:00 am Host: Totta Ehret Kasemo (Robert Koch Institute and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin) Location: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Biologie, Molekulare Parasitologie, Philippstr. 13, Haus 14, 10115 Berlin
Location: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Institut für Biologie Molekulare Parasitologie Philippstr. 13, Haus 14 10115 Berlin
Statistical Literacy
Location: HGS Building, Seminar room 123, Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin
BSSMS: Michael Jantsch
Changing the transcriptome by A-to-I editing: How to control the editor Michael Jantsch Medical University of Vienna 12 September 2019 10:15 AM Host: Thomas Wulff Location: Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Seminar room 1 - Campus Charité Mitte, Virchowweg 12, 10117 Berlin
Location: Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Seminar room 1/2 - Campus Charité Mitte
Students' Day 06 September 19
Location: MPIIB, Seminar room 1+2, Virchowweg 12, 10117 Berlin
Data Visualisation
Location: room 123 at HGS Building, Luisenstraße 56, 10115 Berlin (Campus Nord, House 1)
BPS: Bernd Lepenies
C-type lectin receptors as targets for immune modulation in (parasitic) infections Bernd Lepenies University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover 03 September 2019 01:00 pm Host: Susanne Hartmann (Freie Universität Berlin) Location: Humboldt Graduate School, Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin, Room 144
Location: Humboldt Graduate School Luisenstr. 56 10117 Berlin Room 144
Role Models: Laura Knoll
Inhibition of delta-6-desaturase allows Toxoplasma gondii to have sex anywhere Laura Knoll University of Wisconsin - Madison, USA 03 September 2019 10:30 am Host: Benedikt Fabian (Robert Koch Institute) Location: Humboldt Graduate School, Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin, Room 144
Location: Humboldt Graduate School Luisenstr. 56 10117 Berlin Room 144
BSfRR: Sofia Forslund
Disease and drug signatures in the gut microbiome Sofia Forslund Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft, Berlin 16 August 2019 11:00 am, Room 042 (ground floor) Contact: Susanne Hartmann (Freie Universität Berlin) Location: Zentrum für Infektionsmedizin, Robert-von-Ostertag-Straße 7-13, 14163 Berlin
Location: Zentrum für Infektionsmedizin, Robert-von-Ostertag-Straße 7-13, 14163 Berlin Room 042 (ground floor)
BSfRR: Robert Wawrzinek
Langerhans-Cells – A Targeted Delivery System for Immune Modulation Robert Wawrzinek Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam 26 July 2019 11:00 am, Room 042 (ground floor) Contact: Susanne Hartmann (Freie Universität Berlin) Location: Zentrum für Infektionsmedizin, Robert-von-Ostertag-Straße 7-13, 14163 Berlin
Location: Zentrum für Infektionsmedizin, Robert-von-Ostertag-Straße 7-13, 14163 Berlin Room 042 (ground floor)
BSSMS: Franz M. Geiger
Real-time imaging of suspended lipid vesicles with liquid cell electron microscopy Franz M. Geiger Northwestern University, Illinois, US 15 July 2019 13:00 AM Host: Kürşad Turgay (MPUSP) Location: Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Seminar room 1/2 - Campus Charité Mitte
Location: Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Seminar room 1/2 - Campus Charité Mitte
BPS: Holger Stark
An in silico model for the African trypanosome Holger Stark Technische Universität Berlin 09 July 2019 05:00 pm Host: Susanne Hartmann (Freie Universität Berlin) Location: Veterinarium Progressum, Oertzenweg 19b, Campus Düppel, 14163 Berlin
Location: Veterinarium Progressum Oertzenweg 19b Campus Düppel 14163 Berlin
BPS: Iain B.H. Wilson
Decoding the Tarnhelm: the sugary coats of parasitic worms Iain B.H. Wilson Universität für Bodenkultur, Vienna 27 June 2019 05:00 pm Host: Susanne Hartmann (Freie Universität Berlin) Location: Room 042, Robert-von-Ostertag-Str. 7-13, Campus Düppel, 14163 Berlin
Location: Room 042 Robert-von-Ostertag-Str. 7-13 Campus Düppel 14163 Berlin
BSSMS: Petra Dersch
Remodelling Yersinia -host interactions: for better or worse? Petra Dersch Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster 11 June 2019 4:00 PM Host: Laura Broglia (MPUSP) Location: Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Seminar room 1/2 - Campus Charité Mitte
Location: Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Seminar room 1/2 - Campus Charité Mitte
Students' Day 07 June 19
Location: Veterinarium Progressum Oertzenweg 19b Campus Düppel 14163 Berlin
BSSMS: Sven Hammerschmidt
From colonization to invasive infections – the versatility of Streptococcus pneumoniae Sven Hammerschmidt University of Greifswald 17 May 2019 02:00 PM Host: Nina Lautenschläger (MPUSP) Location: Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Seminar room 1/2 - Campus Charité Mitte
Location: Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Seminar room 1/2 - Campus Charité Mitte
BPS: Matthew R. Hepworth
Innate lymphoid cell (ILC) regulation of mucosal immune responses and host- microbiota crosstalk Matthew R. Hepworth University of Manchester 15 May 2019 09:00 am Host: Susanne Hartmann (Freie Universität Berlin) Location: Veterinarium Progressum, Oertzenweg 19b, Campus Düppel, 14163 Berlin
Location: Veterinarium Progressum Oertzenweg 19b Campus Düppel 14163 Berlin
Students' Day 10 May 19
Location: MPIIB, Seminar room 1+2, Virchowweg 12, 10117 Berlin
Self- and Time Management
Location: HGS Building, Seminar room 123, Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin
BSSMS: Jan-Willem Veening
Coordination of DNA Replication with Cell Division in Streptococcus pneumoniae Jan-Willem Veening Université de Lausanne (UNIL) 03 May 2019 01:00 PM Host: Vanessa Muñoz Gutiérrez (MPUSP) Location: Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Seminar room 1/2 - Campus Charité Mitte
Location: Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Seminar room 1/2 - Campus Charité Mitte
BPS: Tobias Steinfeldt
tba Tobias Steinfeldt Universitätsklinikum Freiburg 30 April 2019 05:00 pm Host: Estefanía Delgado-Betancourt (Robert Koch Institute) Location: HGS Building, Seminar Room 144, Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin
Location: HGS Building, Seminar Room 144, Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin
BSSMS: Christiane Wolz
Stringent Response in Staphylococcus aureus Christiane Wolz Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen 30 April 2019 4:15 PM Host: Angel Nikolov (MPUSP) Location: Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Seminar room 1/2 - Campus Charité Mitte
Location: Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Seminar room 1/2 - Campus Charité Mitte
Career Mentoring and Management Follow Up
Location: HGS Building, Seminar room 123, Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin
Career Orientation
Location: HGS Building, Seminar room 123, Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin
Career Mentoring and Management
Location: HGS Building, Seminar room 123, Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin
Freie Postdocs Berlin: Wight
To the telomeres and beyond! A story about human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) Darren J. Wight Freie Universität Berlin Open to all postdocs and final year PhD students! Fri 22nd March at 15:00 Room 042, Robert-von-Ostertag Str. 7-13, 14163 Berlin Snacks and drinks provided!
Location: Room 042 Robert-von-Ostertag Str. 7-13, 14163 Berlin
Students' Day 15 March 19
Location: MPIIB, Seminar room 1+2, Virchowweg 12, 10117 Berlin
BSSMS: Stan Brouns
How microbes keep their CRISPR memory functional and up to date Stan Brouns Delft University of Technology 12 March 2019 11:00 AM Host: Majda Bratovic (MPUSP) Location: Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Seminar room 1/2 - Campus Charité Mitte
Location: Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Seminar room 1/2 - Campus Charité Mitte
BSSMS: Anita Marchfelder
Self targeting of the genome by the endogenous CRISPR-Cas system Anita Marchfelder Universität Ulm 25 February 2019 5:00 PM Host: Matteo Ugolini (MPUSP) Location: Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Seminar room 1/2 - Campus Charité Mitte
Location: Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Seminar room 1/2 - Campus Charité Mitte
Students' Day 15 February 19
Location: STATE STUDIO (Kunsthaus H3), Hauptstraße 3, 10827 Berlin U7 Kleistpark, Berlin-Schöneberg
BPS: Steffen Hahnel
Benzimidazole resistance in C. elegans wild isolates Steffen Hahnel Bayer Animal Health, Leverkusen 12 October 2019 05:00 pm Host: Natalie Jakobs (Freie Universität Berlin) Location: Veterinarium Progressum (VP), Oertzenweg 19b, 14163 Berlin
Location: Veterinarium Progressum (VP), Oertzenweg 19b, 14163 Berlin
BPS: Malcolm Kennedy
Adventures in parasitic nematodes: from immunogenetics to biophysics and protein structural biology Malcolm Kennedy University of Glasgow 29 January 2019 05:00 pm Host: Ankur Midha (Freie Universität Berlin) Location: Veterinarium Progressum, Oertzenweg 19b, 14163 Berlin
Location: Veterinarium Progressum Oertzenweg 19b, 14163 Berlin
Students' Day 11 January 19
Location: Scientific Thinking MPIIB, Seminar room 1+2, Virchowweg 12, 10117 Berlin
BPS: Oliver Billker
Functional profiling of a Plasmodium genome Oliver Billker Wellcome Sanger Institue, Hixton, UK 11 December 2018 05:00 pm Host: Victor Hugo Jarquin-Diaz (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) Location: HGS Building, Seminar Room 144, Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin
Location: HGS Building, Seminar Room 144, Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin
Students' Day 07 December 18
Location: Scientific Thinking MPIIB, Seminar room 1+2, Virchowweg 12, 10117 Berlin
Role Models: Katharina Ribbeck
tba Katharina Ribbeck Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, USA Scientific talk followed by get together and career briefing 21 November 2018 09:00 am Host: Totta Ehret Kasemo (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin / RKI) Location: HGS Building, Seminar Room 144, Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin
Location: HGS Building, Seminar Room 144, Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin
Students' Day 02 November 18
Location: Scientific Thinking MPIIB, Seminar room 1+2, Virchowweg 12, 10117 Berlin
Role Models: Mark S. Wilson
Exploring basic and applied mechanisms of immunity to helminths - from government, academia and now biotech perspectives Mark S. Wilson Genentech, San Francisco, USA 23 October 2018 09:00 am Host: Norus Ahmed (Freie Universität Berlin) Location: Veterinarium Progressum (VP), Oertzenweg 19b, 14163 Berlin
Location: Veterinarium Progressum (VP), Oertzenweg 19b, 14163 Berlin
Science-Ethics-Politics: Fake news vs Science
Date : October 12, 2018 Organizers : Sara Campos, Nayar Duran, Marilena Letizia, Valerie Plajer, Anna Weyrich Scope : We want to focus on the influence of misleading information on society and how they are generated. What is the role of scientists on preventing/fighting fake news in science.
Location: Humboldt Graduate School Building Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Luisenstr. 56, 10117 Berlin
BPS: Ray Kaplan
The Global Rise of Anthelmintic Resistance and What this Means for the Future of Parasite Control Ray Kaplan University of Georgia, USA 16 October 2018 05:00 pm Host: Alexander Gerhard (Freie Universität Berlin) Location: Veterinarium Progressum (VP), Oertzenweg 19b, 14163 Berlin
Location: Veterinarium Progressum (VP), Oertzenweg 19b, 14163 Berlin
Students' Day 05 October 18
Location: Scientific Thinking MPIIB, Seminar room 1+2, Virchoweg12, 10117 Berlin
Students' Day 14 September 18
Location: Scientific Thinking MPIIB, Seminar room 1+2, Virchowweg 12, 10117 Berlin
Students' Day 01 June 18
Location: FU Düppel Campus, Veterinarium Progressum (building 9), Oertzenweg 19b, 14163 Berlin
Students' Day 04 May 18
Location: Scientific Thinking MPIIB, Seminar room 1+2, Virchowweg 12, 10117 Berlin
Skills for Project Leaders
Location: HGS Building, Seminar room 144, Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin
WS: Philosophy of science for biologists
Location: Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW) Alfred Kowalke Str. 17 10315 Berlin
Students' Day 02 March 18
Location: Art of Reading: MPIIB, Seminar room 1+2, Virchowweg 12, 10117 Berlin Scientific Thinking MPIIB, Seminar room 1+2, Virchowweg 12, 10117 Berlin
Students' Day 2 February 18
Location: Art of Reading: HGS Building, Seminar room 122, Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin Scientific Thinking HGS Building, Seminar room 144, Luisenstraße 56, 10117 Berlin
Students' Day 12 January 18
Location: Art of Reading: MPIIB, Seminar room 1+2, Virchowweg 12, 10117 Berlin Scientific Thinking MPIIB, Seminar room 1+2, Virchowweg 12, 10117 Berlin
GMP Course English
The course held from 15th to 16th, November 2017 will deal with the presentation of the main requirements for the manufacturing of drugs for presenting them on the market. Special aspects on important aspects will be discussed to demonstrate that detailed requirements are to be fulfilled before the registration of the products can be requested.
Location: Seminar room 2, MPIIB, Virchowweg 12, 10117 Berlin