final lecture list
We are happy to announce the final schedule for all lectures:
Monday, February 15
09:30 – 10:30 Lecture 1
Antifungal drug tolerance mechanisms and biofilm formation by the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans
Patrick Van Dijck, KU Leuven, Netherlands
11:30 – 12:30 Lecture 2
Virulence determinants of Aspergillus fumigatus
Sven Krappmann, University Hospital Erlangen, Germany
Tuesday, February 16
10:00 – 11:00 Lecture 3
Microbial interactions from a molecular point of view
Christian Hertweck, Hans Knöll Institute Jena, Germany
Thursday, February 18
13:30 – 14:30 Lecture 4
Beyond Candida albicans: Virulence and pathogenesis of "non-albicans" Candida species
Attila Gacser, University of Szeged, Hungary
Friday, February 19
14:00 – 15:00 Lecture 5
Human genetic variation in antifungal immunity and inflammation
Agostinho Carvalho, University of Minho, Portugal
Tuesday, February 23
14:30 – 15:30 Lecture 6
Candida-bacteria interactions in the CF lung and beyond
Deborah Hogan, Geisel School of Medicine, USA
Wednesday, February 24
13:30 – 14:30 Lecture 7
Systems Biology of infection
Thilo Figge, Hans Knöll Institute Jena, Germany
Oliver Kurzai, ZIK Septomics, Jena, Germany
Thursday, February 25
13:30 – 14:30 Lecture 8
Genome dynamics and drug resistance in Candida albicans
Judith Berman, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Friday, February 26
09:00 – 10:00 Lecture 9
Innate immune signals in anti-fungal defence
Jürgen Ruland, Technical University of Munich, Germany
15:00 – 16:00 Lecture 10
Investigating virulence mechanisms in cryptococcal infection
Robin C. May, University of Birmingham, UK