Introduction to Microbiology and Immunology in Zürich

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1 Program Monday, February 11 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: Silvia Hutter Welcome and Introduction Markus Aebi Institute of Microbiology, ETH-Z Session 1: Human and Veterinary Medical Microbiology CONVENERS: Anna Paula de Oliveira, Janin Hofmann, Agnese Petrera L 1: THE BIOLOGY OF SALMONELLA ENTEROCOLITIS MARKUS SCHLUMBERGER Institute of Microbiology, ETH-Z L 2: PATHOGENESIS AND ECOLOGY OF LEGIONELLA ANDRE TIADEN L 3: RIBOSOME ENGINEERING, DRUG BINDING AND DISEASE SVEN HOBBIE Session 2: Human and Veterinary Medical Microbiology cont. CONVENERS: Lucas Onder. Sonja Firner, Thomas Huber, Jakka Gopinadh L 4: MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS: VIRULENCE MECHANISMS AND LIPOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS PETER SANDER L 5: ADVANCES IN THE PATHOBIOLOGY OF MYCOPLASMA SUIS: HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION, IMMUNOLOGY, AND IMPROVED DIAGNOSIS LUDWIG E. HOELZLE Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, UZH L 6: PROTEIN TRAFFICKING IN AN ANCIENT PROTOZOAN PARASITE CORNELIA SPYCHER Institute of Parasitology, UZH L 7 Special Lecture: DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS: WHAT BELONGS TO THE SURVIVAL KIT? ULRICH HÜBSCHER Institute of Veterinary Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UZH End of Monday sessions Page 1 of 5

2 Program Tuesday, February 12 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 Session 3: Virology CONVENERS: Sabrina Schreiner, Christian Wisskirchen, Yadava Koshika L 8: THE GLYCOSYLATION MACHINERY OF GIANT VIRUSES THIERRY HENNET Institute of Physiology, UZH L 9: HOST REQUIREMENTS FOR VIRAL ENTRY URS GREBER Institute of Zoology, UZH L 10: IMMUNOBIOLOGY OF CORONAVIRUS INFECTION BURKHARD LUDEWIG State Hospital, St. Gallen Session 4: Virology cont. CONVENERS: Jörg Breitling, Silja Inhülsen, Axel Mann, Silvia Hutter L 11: LIVE IMAGING IN MOLECULAR VIRUS RESEARCH CORNEL FRAEFEL Institute of Virology, Vetsuisse UZH L 12: IMMUNOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION AFTER TRANSPLANTATION ANNE-LAURE MILLARD Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich L 13: IMMUNE RESPONSES TO VIRAL AND BACTERIAL INFECTIONS ANNETTE OXENIUS 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 Poster presentations CONVENER: Susanne Uehlinger/td> STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS CCPA AFFECTS VIRULENCE DETERMINANT PRODUCTION AND ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE End of Tuesday sessions KATI SEIDL Page 2 of 5

3 Program Wednesday, February Career Development Day L 15: "Developing a skills profile": defining and communicating skills for the job market. CONVENERS: Céline Robert-Tissot, Andrea Mekker PAMELA ALEAN-KIRKPATRICK AfH, UZH L 16: Academic career planning KATHRIN RIEDEL Institute of Plant Biology, Dept. Microbiology, UZH Intermission Transferable skills: Certificate towards the "Teaching Portfolio" KURT HANSELMANN Microbial Ecology, UZH 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 L 17: Versatility of professional and social skills KURT HANSELMANN Microbial Ecology, UZH Departure for visit at Cytos Biotechnology AG Welcome at Cytos Biotechnology, AG 14:10 MARTIN BACHMANN, Director for Research: Research topics at Cytos Visiting the research facilities at Cytos Requirements for a successful employment in the Biotech Industry 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) Page 3 of 15

4 Program Thursday, February 14 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: Céline Robert-Tissot Session 5: Plant Microbiology CONVENERS: Iveta Botova, Laura Morf, Thomas Ludersdorfer L 18: MICROBIAL LIFE ON LEAF SURFACES JULIA VORHOLT L 19: THE ORIGINS OF PLANT PATHOGENS IN AGRO- ECOSYSTEMS L 20: THE CRITICAL ROLE OF OXYGEN IN THE NITROGEN- FIXING ROOT-NODULE SYMBIOSIS PATRICK BRUNNER Plant Pathology / Institute of Integrative Biology, ETHZ HAUKE HENNECKE Session 6: Applied and Food Microbiology CONVENERS: Philip Rieder, Christina Uermösi, Wolfgang Kratky L 21: BIOLOGY, DETECTION AND CONTROL OF FOODBORNE PATHOGENS L 22: FROM ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII TO CRONOBACTER SPP.: INVESTIGATING AN OPPORTUNISTIC FOODBORNE PATHOGEN MARTIN J. LOESSNER Institute of Food Sciences and Nutrition, ETHZ ANGELIKA LEHNER Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, UZH L 23: MICROORGANISMS IN FERMENTED FOOD: DO YOU TRUST THEM? LEO MEILE Institute of Food Sciences and Nutrition, ETHZ L 24 Special Lecture: PREDICTIVE MODELING AND COMPUTATIONAL SYSTEMS MICROBIOLOGY KURT HANSELMANN, Institute of Plant Biology and Computational Systems Biology Project BioSym, UZH Poster presentations CONVENER: Susanne Uehlinger End of Thursday sessions Page 4 of 5

5 , Program Friday, February 15 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 All students of the MIM PhD program convened by Session 7: Molecular Epidemiology CONVENERS: Sabrina Schmidt, Anna Haas, Melanie Wiesel, Lysann Hesske L 25: ROLE OF NOVEL TNF SUPERFAMILY MEMBERS IN THE NICOLA HARRIS ACTIVATION OF PATHOGENIC IMMUNE RESPONSES DURING Institute of Integrative Biology, ETHZ EXPERIMENTAL COLITIS L 26: PRIMARY HIV-1 INFECTION IN ZURICH: AN EXAMPLE FOR TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH IN VIROLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY, EPIDEMIOLOGY AND CLINICAL RESEARCH L 27: THE REGULATION OF IMMUNE RESPONSES IN THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM L 28: INFLUENZA VIRUS: INFECTION, IMMUNE RESPONSE, AND EPIDEMIOLOGY HULDRYCH GÜNTHARD Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich TOBIAS SUTER Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Zurich BEN MARSLAND Institute of Integrative Biology, ETHZ Lunch Session 8: Immunology CONVENERS: Fan Yao-Yun, Christina Ramel, Silvia Bleuler, Silvia Schmidt, Luzia Reutimann L 29: INFLUENCE OF PERSISTENT VIRAL INFECTIONS ON IMMUNE SENESCENCE L 30: HUMAN LEUKOCYTE INTERACTIONS WITH PORCINE ENDOTHELIUM: IMPLICATIONS FOR XENOTRANSPLANTATION URS KARRER Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital Epidemiology, University Hospital Zurich MARTEN SCHNEIDER Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Zurich L 31: DETECTION, MONITORING & CHARACTERIZATION OF RETROVIRUSES BY INNOVATIVE, HIGHLY SENSITIVE TESTS JÖRG SCHÜPBACH Swiss National Center for Retroviruses, UZH L 32: PHASE I/II GENE THERAPY STUDY FOR X-CGD: RESULTS, LESSONS, AND PERSPECTIVES JANINE REICHENBACH Division of Immunology/ Haematology/BMT, University Children s Hospital Zurich Intermission L 33 Special Lecture: PHENOTYPIC DIFFERENCES WITHIN CLONAL POPULATIONS OF BACTERIA: FROM AGING TO PATHOGENESIS MARTIN ACKERMANN Institute of Integrative Biology, ETHZ Summary and outlook: The Future of Microbiology Course evaluation by students and speakers via OLAT End of course, Aperitif offered by the MIM PhD course Page 5 of 5