Past events
Selected events of the past three years
29.01.2021
Prof. Edward Campbell
Dept. of Integrative Cell Biology, Loyola University Chicago, USA
“Infection, Inflammation, Salivation: A Seminar with Something for Everyone”
22.01.2021
Prof. Laura Franca Cantu’
Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Italy
“Neutrons, X-rays and laser light in the structural exploration of nanosized particles in solution”
21. Januar 2021
Prof. Wolfgang Eisenreich
Lehrstuhl für Biochemie, TU München
“Metabolism of host and pathogen in intracellular infections”
22. Januar 2021
Prof. Laura Franca Cantu’
Department of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Italy
“Neutrons, X-rays and laser light in the structural exploration of nanosized particles in solution”
20.11.2020
Dr. Sébastien Nisole
Institut de Recherche en Infectiologie de MontpellierCNRS UMR 9004, Montpellier University, France
Interferon response to viral infections: with great power comes great responsibility
7.01.2020
Prof. Dr. Marcus Altfeld
Heinrich Pette-Institut (HPI), Leibniz-Institut für Experimentelle Virologie, Hamburg
NK cell mediated recognition of virus-infected cells
24.01.2020
Prof. Dr. Thomas Krey
Hannover Medical School, Institute of Virology
Crystal structure of the Kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) pentameric portal cap
13.12.2019
PD Dr. Sabrina Schreiner
Technische Universität München, Institut für Virologie
Human Adenovirus Infection – Viral strategies to counteract host defense
11.12.2019
Dr. Tim Waterboer
Infections and Cancer Epidemiology, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg
The role of Human Papillomavirus serology in predicting head and neck cancer
06.12.2019
Prof. Dr. Barbara Schmidt
Institut für Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Universität Regensburg
BoDV-1: How big is the iceberg?
29.11.2019
Prof. Dr. Gerald G. Schumann
Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Bundesinstitut für Impfstoffe, und biomedizinische Arzneimittel, Langen
Mobilization of endogenous LINE-1, Alu and SVA retrotransposons in human pluripotent stem cells
08.11.2019
Dr. Gennadiy Zelinskyy
Universitätsklinikum Essen, Institut für Virologie
The regulation of T cell responses against retroviruses: exhaustion or adaptation?
25.10.2019
Dr. Clare Jolly
University College London, UK
“New insights into HIV-1 replication and spread between T cells”
18.10.2019
Prof. Dr. Reiner Strick
Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Frauenklinik
“Functional impact of genomic LTR-retrotransposons on physiology, differentiation and pathology”
26.07.2019
Prof. Mario Schelhaas
Institut für Zelluläre Virologie, Universität Münster
“From Molecules to Man: Cell Biology of Papillomavirus Entry”
22.07.2019
Prof. Guus Rimmelzwaan
Center for Emerging Infections and Zoonoses, TiHo Hannover
“Cytotoxic T lymphocytes to influenza virus”
12.07.2019
Dr. Oliver Weichenrieder
MPI for Developmental Biology, Tübingen
“Structural analysis of human non-LTR retrotransposons”
10.07.2019
Dr. Luca Bertzbach
Institut für Virologie, Zentrum für Infektionsmedizin, Berlin
“Marek’s disease virus – new perspectives on an oncogenic avian alphaherpesvirus”
05.07.2019
Prof. Marit J. van Gils
Department of Medical Microbiology, Amsterdam University Medical Center
“Dissecting neutralizing antibodies to guide rational HIV vaccine design”
Gastgeber: Prof. Klaus Überla
14.06.2019
Prof. Gertraud Orend
INSERM, Université de Strasbourg
“Role of the extracellular matrix molecule in cancer progression”
Gastgeber: Prof. Walter Doerfler
07.06.2019
Prof. Rolf Jessberger
Institut für Physiologische Chemie Technische Universität Dresden
„Chromosome Architecture, Telomere Integrity and Aneuploidy – Roles of Cohesin Complexes in Spermatocytes and Oocytes”
Gastgeber: Prof. W. Doerfler
24.05.2019
Prof. Robin Shattock, Chair in Mucosal Infection and Immunity, Department of Medicine, Imperial College, London (UK)
„Pushing the HIV envelope towards a protective vaccine”
Gastgeber: Prof. Klaus Überla
20.05.2019
Dr. Adam Whisnant, Institut für Virologie und Immunbiologie, Julius-Maximilians Universität Würzburg
„Systems Biology Illuminates Herpesviral Coding Capacity”
Gastgeber: Prof. A. Ensser / Dr. Florian Full
17.05.2019
Dr. Peter Lischka, Director Virology, AiCuris Anti-infective Cures GmbH, Wuppertal
„LETERMOVIR – a novel drug for the prevention of HCMV infections in transplant recipients”
Gastgeber: Prof. M. Marschall
10.05.2019
Prof. Dr. Georg Gasteiger, Institut für Systemimmunologie, Universität Würzburg
„Local players in immunity: Differentiation and functions of tissue-resident lymphocytes”
Gastgeber: Prof. M. Tenbusch
03.05.2019
Dr. Xaver Sewald, Max von Pettenkofer-Institut, Virologie, LMU München
„Insights into retroviral infection in vivo”
Gastgeber: Prof. K. Überla
26.04.2019
Dr. Emanuel Wyler, Medical Systems Biology, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin
„RNA systems virology“: Transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression in HSV-1 infection
Gastgeber: Prof. A. Ensser / Dr. Florian Full
21.02.2019
Micro-Retreat des Erlangen Center for Infection Research (ECI)
Programm ECI MicroRetreat 2019
08.02.2019
Dr. Charalampos Koutsoulas, Head of Liposome R&D, Liposome Technology Polymun Scientific Immunbiologische Forschung, Österreich
“Liposome preparation methods – smalll and large scale technologies Potential use of liposomes in vaccine formulations”
Gastgeber: PD Dr. V. Temchura
01.02.2019
Prof. Carl-Henrik Heldin, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Uppsala University, Sweden
“Signaling via TGFbeta receptors – possible target in tumor therapy”
Gastgeber: Prof. W. Doerfler
18.01.2019
Dr. Adalbert Krawczyk, Institut für Virologie, Universitätsklinikum Essen
“Antiviral Antibodies”
Gastgeber: Dr. Marco Thomas
11.01.2019
Prof. Dr. Jörg Timm, Institut für Virologie, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf
“Viral Escape from HLA class I-associated Selection Pressure”
Gastgeber: Prof. Dr. M. Tenbusch
10.01.2019
Prof. Dr. med. Florian Wagenlehner, Universitätsklinikum Giessen und Marburg GmbH, Justus-Liebig Universität Giessen
“Urinary tract infections with multi-resistant pathogens: therapeutic alternatives”
Gastgeber: Prof. Christian Bogdan
23.11.2018
Prof. Dr. Esther Schnettler, Molecular Entomology, Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg
“Arbovirus-mosquito interaction”
Gastgeber: PD Dr. Brigitte Biesinger
15.10.2018
Dr. Ying Kai Chan, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School and Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
“Engineering the innate immune response to viruses”
Gastgeber: Prof. Armin Ensser, Dr. Florian Full
09.07.2018
Prof. Stephen Kent, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, Peter Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne, Australia
“Immunity to HIV – role of ADCC”
Gastgeber: Prof. Klaus Überla
22.06.2018
Prof. Ronit Sarid, The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
“Insights into the biology of KSHV”
Gastgeber: Prof. Armin Ensser
19.03.2018
Prof. Bryan R. Cullen, Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
“Viral epitranscriptomics”
Gastgeber: Prof. Bernhard Fleckenstein
24.11.2017
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Horsthemke, Institut für Humangenetik, Universitätsklinikum Essen
“Whole genome bisulfite sequencing in human monocytes and macrophages: The role of allele-specific and celltype-specific DNA methylation”
Gastgeber: Prof. Walter Doerfler
20.10.2017
Dr. Kathrin Sutter, Institut für Virologie, Universitätsklinikum Essen
“Individual antiviral and immunomodulatory properties of IFNalpha subtypes during retroviral infections”
Gastgeber: Prof. Matthias Tenbusch
18.07.2017
Prof. Bodo Linz, University of Georgia, Center for Vaccine and Immunology College of Veterinary Medicine, Athens, Georgia, USA
“Evolution of Bordetella: from environmental bacteria to human pathogens”
Gastgeber: Prof. Steffen Backert
05.07.2017
Prof. Dr. med. Dr. phil. Andreas Sing, Bayerisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit (LGL)
“Diphtherie – ein Fall fürs Museum? Aktuelles zur Diphtherie in Deutschland”
Gastgeber: Prof. Roland Lang