Programme
Wednesday, September 27th, 2017
08:30 - 09:00 | Registration |
09:00 - 09:15 |
Welcome Address Opening Remarks: Prof. Dr. Eveline Baumgart-Vogt Speaker of the GGL |
Section 7: Bioresources, Bioinformatics and Biotechnology / Chairperson: Syeda Azka Jaffri
09:15 - 10:00 |
Keynote: Prof. Dr. Ranil Wickramasinghe Ross E Martin Chair in Emerging Technologies, Ralph E Martin Department Validating Virus Clearance in the Purification of Biopharmaceuticals |
10:00 - 10:15 |
Kimmo Kivivirta Phylotranscriptomics to Unravel the Origin of Angiosperms |
Section 8: Molecular Interactions at Natural Interfaces / Chairperson: Torben Pfaff
10:15 - 11:00 |
Keynote: Prof. Andreas Zumbühl Department of Chemistry, University of Fribourg, Switzerland Mechanoresponsive Drug Delivery |
11:00 - 11:15 |
Ebrahim Azadniya HPTLC-(BIO)Assays-HRMS-NMR Spectroscopy for Structural Elucidationof Active Compounds in Salvia miltiorrhiza |
11:15 - 11:30 |
Coffee Break |
Section 4: Protein and Nucleic Acid Interactions / Chairperson: Carina Reuscher
11:30 - 12:15 |
Keynote: Prof. Dr. Stefan Hüttelmaier Medical Faculty, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Division for Molecular Post-Transcriptional Control of Tumor Cell Fate by the IGF2 mRNA Binding Protein 1 |
12:15 - 12:30 |
Julia Gotthardt MUTL Maturation - A Critical Point in Mismatch Repair Initiation |
12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch |
Section 5: Neurosciences / Chairperson: Fabian Pflieger
13:30 - 14:15 |
Keynote: Dr. Amit Umesh Joshi Mochly-Rosen Lab, Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Mitochondrial Dynamics in Neurodegeneration in Patient-derived Cells and in Animal |
14:15 - 14:30 |
Carmina Viktoria Silaidos Age and Sex-Dependent Differences in Mitochondrial Function in Human Brain and |
14:30 - 14:45 |
Christin Loyal Establishment of Organotypic Cultures of Porcine Retinae as a Model of |
14:45 - 15:00 |
Coffee Break |
Section 3: Heart, Lung and Blood Vessels / Chairperson: Claudia Fernanda García Castro
15:00 - 15:45 |
Keynote: Prof. Dr. Martin R. Wilkins Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, UK The Challenge of Personalised Medicine in Pulmonary Hypertension |
15:45 - 16:00 |
Thomas Hammerschick The Regulation of MIR-143 in Collateral Vessel Growth |
16:00 - 16:15 |
Elsa Tadele Roxlau Effects of Electronic Cigarette Vapour Extract Exposure on Primary Isolated Mouse Lung Cells |
16:15 - 16:30 |
Tobias Mawassi PAR-2 Regulates BMP-Dependent Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Accumulation in the Inflamed Lung |
16:30 - 18:45 | Poster Session and Finger Food |
Thursday, September 28th, 2017
Section 1: Nutrition and Metabolism / Chairperson: Beate Stumpf
09:00 - 09:45 |
Keynote: Prof. Dr. Andreas Geier ZIM - Zentrum für Innere Medizin, University Hospital Würzburg, Germany Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis: from Pathophysiology to Novel Therapies |
09:45 - 10:00 |
Anneke Wieck Impact of Lipids on Differentiation and Metabolism of Human Mesenchymal |
10:00 - 10:15 | Coffee Break |
Section 6: Reproduction in Man and Animals / Chairperson: Daniela Beyer
10:15 - 11:00 |
Keynote: Prof. Barry T. Hinton School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA Length is Important: Lessons From The Developing Wolffian/Epididymal Duct |
11:00 - 11:15 |
Sivanjah Indumathy Deciphering the Immune Cell Composition in the Adult Mouse Testis |
11:15 - 11:30 |
Robert Kügler PDE5 Regulation in the Prostate: Relax your Way to Prostatic Health |
11:30 - 12:15 | General Assembly |
12:15 - 13:15 | Lunch |
Section 9: Ecology and Global Change / Chairperson: Johannes Gattringer
13:15 - 14:00 |
Keynote: Prof. Dr. Urs Niggli FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture, Frick, Switzerland Agricultural Sciences - Challenged by Global Change |
14:00 - 14:15 |
Björn Weeser Citizen Science in Kenya - A Crowdsourced Approach for Water Level Monitoring |
14:15 - 14:30 |
Nadja Küpper Torpor as a Survival Strategy during Snow Storm Induced Food Shortages in Antarctic |
14:30 - 16:45 | Poster Session and Finger Food |
Section 2: Infection and Immunity / Chairperson: Kristina Häußler
16:45 - 17:30 |
Keynote: Dr. Benjamin Izar Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School and Broad Institute Dissecting Mechanisms of Resistance to Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Patients with Metastatic Melanoma |
17:30 - 17:45 |
Claudia Kristen-Burmann Modification of the Spike Gene Attenuates Highly Virulent Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea |
17:45 - 18:00 |
Lisa Teubner SECA2 Protein, Associated to Translating Ribosomes Could Reveal a Possible Role of |
18:00 - 18:15 |
Malin Lange Prevalence of Metastrongyloid Lungworm Larvae in Colombian Giant African Snails |
18:15 - 18:30 |
Closing Remarks and Award Ceremony |