Preliminary Programme
Wednesday, September 16th, 2026
| 08:30 - 09:00 |
Registration |
| 09:00 - 09:15 |
Welcome Address: Prof. Dr. Wencke Gwozdz, JLU Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies |
| 09:15 - 09:30 |
Opening Remarks: Prof. Dr. Eveline Baumgart-Vogt, Speaker of the GGL |
Section 10: Clinical Sciences | Chair: TBA
| 09:30 - 10:15 | Keynote: Dr. Nicolas Ktistakis, The Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK The plasticity of the autophagic pathway: making autophagosomes big and small |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Student Talk: TBA |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Student Talk: TBA |
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10:45 - 11:15 |
Coffee Break |
Section 6: Reproduction in Man and Animals | Chair: Pia Holtkamp
| 11:15 - 12:00 |
Keynote: Prof. Maria Agustina Battistone, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard, USA Guardians of Sperm: How Epithelial and Immune Cells in the Epididymis Shape Male Fertility |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | Prabhu Subramani: TBA |
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12:15 - 12:45 |
General Assembly |
|
12:45 - 13:45 |
Lunch |
Sektion 5 Neurosciences | Chair: TBA
| 13:45 - 14:30 | Keynote: TBA |
| 14:30 - 14:45 | Shirin Alami: The Effects of Frontal Gamma-Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS) on Auditory Attention and Working Memory |
|
14:45 - 15:15 |
Coffee Break |
Section 4: Protein and Nucleic Acid Interactions | Chair: Kiriaki Kouti
| 15:15 - 16:00 |
Keynote: Dr. Milan Gerovac, Helmholtz Zentrum for Infection Biology, Brunswick, Germany To be or Not be Virulent as a Nucleus-forming Phage |
| 16:00 - 16:15 | Theresa Dietz: Ribosome heterogeneity under cold stress in bacteria |
| 16:15 - 16:30 | Anina Niederer: Selection and characterization of fully synthetic IgG fragments targeting Neurotensin 1 Receptor |
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16:30 - 18:45 |
Poster Session and Finger Food |
Thursday, September 17th, 2026
Section 9: Ecology and Global Change | Chair: TBA
| 09:30 - 10:15 |
Keynote: TBA |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Student Talk: TBA |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Student Talk: TBA |
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10:45 - 11:15 |
Coffee Break |
Section 7: Bioresources, Bioinformatics and Biotechnology | Chair: Lucas Machain
| 11:15 - 12:00 |
Keynote: Prof. Yoichi Honda, Lab of Forest Biochemistry, Kyoto University, Japan Genome editing, non-GM breeding and and post-genomics in mushrooms |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | Cristina Borghesi: TBA |
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12:15 - 13:15 |
Lunch Break |
Section 3: Protein and Nucleic Acid Interactions | Chair: TBA
| 13:15 - 14:00 | Keynote: TBA |
| 14:00 - 14:15 | Mausam Rana: TBA |
| 14:15 - 14:30 | Zahra Moazezi Tehrankhah: TBA |
| 14:30 - 14:45 | Student Talk: TBA |
|
14:45 - 17:00 |
Poster Session (incl. Coffee Break) and Finger Food |
Section 2: Infection and Immunity | Chair: TBA
| 17:00 - 17:45 |
Keynote: Prof. Alexander Visekruna, Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, Philipps University Marburg, Germany Modulation of host immune responses by gut microbiota-derived metabolites |
| 17:45 - 18:00 | Tammy Schmidt: Hypervirulent and multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in animals in Germany |
| 18:00 - 18:15 | Dorothea Bünsow: Staphylococcus aureus exploits the lung environment to cause persistent infections |
| 18:15 - 18:30 | Frederik Stettler: Schistosoma mansoni infection induces sex-specific liver injury and stress adaptation programs in HBsAg-transgenic mice |
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18:30 - 19:00 |
Closing Remarks and Award Ceremony |