Upcoming lecture

09 May 2023

The mitochondrial apoptosis apparatus
in host defence and immunity

Prof. Dr. Georg Häcker

Institute for Microbiology and Hygiene
University Hospital Freiburg

Download the program for this year's lecture series here
 

Past lectures

2023

07 March 2023

Mucosal Immunity to Respiratory Viruses

Prof. Dr. Matthias Tenbusch

Virology Institute - Clinical and Molecular Virology
university Hospital Erlangen

07 February 2023

Role of the atypical NF-kB regulator IkBNS/Nfkbid in
infection immunology

Prof. Dr. Ingo Schmitz

Molecular Immunology
Ruhr University Bochum
 

24 January 2023

Molecular and Clinical Intervention Strategies against
Emerging Coronaviruses

Jun. Prof. Dr. Stephanie Pfänder

Molecular & Medical Virology
Ruhr University Bochum
 

2022

21 June 2022

Analyzing immune response in situ by advanced microscopy

Prof. Dr. Anja Erika Hauser

Immune Dynamics
Deutsches Rheuma Forschungszentrum (DRFZ)
Charité University Medicine

14 June 2022

Characterization of factors affecting entry and
egress of Hepatitis B virus

Prof. Dr. Eberhard Hildt

Virology
Paul Erlich Institute, Langen

26 April 2022

Type I Interferon production in infection:
plasmacytoid vs. conventional dendritic cells

Prof. Dr. Stefanie Scheu

Molecular Infection Immunology
Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene
Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf

14 April 2022

Dynamics of tissue resident-macrophages in infections

Prof. Dr. Christiane Ruedl

Biological Sciences
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

15 March 2022

P2X7, a receptor involved in inflammatory
responses and cancer

Prof. Dr. Elena Adinolfi

Clinical Pathology
Faculty of Medicine and Surgery
University of Ferrara, Italy

01 March 2022

Programmed cell death in liver disease

Prof. Dr. med. Tom Lüdde

Clinic for Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectiology
University Hospital Düsseldorf

15 February 2022

Archaea are not bacteria, but don't ask TLR8:
innate sensing of microbes and its influence on allergic inflammation

Prof. Dr. Holger Heine

Program Area Chronic Lung Diseases
Leibniz Center for Medicine and Biosciences
Research Center Borstel

08 February 2022

The aryl hydrocarbon receptor as a regulator of immune responses

Dr. Christiane Opitz

Metabolic crosstalk in cancer
German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg
 

18 January 2022

The TLR3 response in hepatocytes:
Sensing and viral counteraction

Prof. Dr. Volker Lohmann

Molecular Virology
Center for Infectious Diseases
University Hospital Heidelberg

2021

14 December 2021

Local regulation ot the innate immune response
in bacterial infections

Prof. Dr. Daniel Engel

Department of Immunodynamics
Institute for Experimental Immunology and Imaging
University Hospital Essen

30 November 2021

Receptor-mediated modulation of myeloid cell responses to
the fungal pathogen Candida albicans

Prof. Dr. Hortense Slevogt

Immunology of severe infections
University Hospital Jena

16 November 2021

Humanized mouse models of viral diseases
and therapeutic assessment

Assistant Prof. Dr. Kerry Lavender

Biochemistry, Microbiology & Immunology
University of Saskatchewan, Canada

02 November 2021

T cell subpopulations in tumor microenvironment:
function and regulation

Prof. Dr. Magdalena Huber

Institute for Systems Immunology
Center for Tumor and Immunobiology (ZTI)
Philipps University Marburg

19 October 2021

Tissue is the issue: Mucosal immune responses against HIV-1
and Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Dr. Björn Corleis

Institute for Immunology
Federal Research Institute for Animal Health
Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Greifswald

05 October 2021

Mapping Uncharted Waters - The Immunological Interactome and
the Identification of Virus-specific NK Cell Receptors

PD. Dr. Christian Körner

Heinrich Pette Institute
Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg

2020

Joint Seminar: RTG 1949 & RTG 2098

18 February 2020

Host cell sphingolipids and the intracellular adaptation
of bacterial pathogens

Prof. Dr. Thomas Rudel

Chair of Microbiology
Biocenter
University of Würzburg

4 February 2020

Staphylococcus aureus and the immune system:
A magic triangle of tolerance, defence and sensitization

Prof. Dr. Barbara Bröker

Department of Immunology
University of Greifswald

28 January 2020

Gellular polarity regulates host/pathogen interactions and immune-homeostasis at mucosal surfaces

Megan Stanifer, PhD

Center for Integrative Infectious Disease Research (CIID)
Department of Infectious Diseases, Virology
Heidelberg University Clinic

2019

7 November 2019

Genetic balance between
aging and immunoaging

Feng He, PhD

Immune Systems Biology
Department of Infection and Immunity
Luxembourg Institute of Health

29 October 2019

Cellular restrictions and sensing machineries:
HIV-1 outsmarts them all

Prof. Dr. Christine Goffinet

Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Berlin Institute of Health
Institute of Virology

15 October 2019

Manipulation of dendritic cells for
novel therapeutic applications

Lis Velasquez, PhD

Infection Immunology
Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene
University Medical Center Mainz

17 September 2019

Intrinsic immunity:
Antiviral restriction factors against exogenous
and endogenous threats

Prof. Dr. Thomas Gramberg

Institute of Virology
University Hospital Erlangen

27 August 2019

Exploiting cell signaling to eliminate
chronic hepatitis B virus infection

Gregor Ebert, PhD

Infectious Disease and Immune Defence Division
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Melbourne, Australia

25 June 2019

Role of IL-22 in acute-on-chronic liver failure

Prof. Dr. Christian Lange

Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
University Hospital Essen

11 June 2019

Why does a cytomegalovirus immuneevasin remodel the ER?

Prof. Dr. Jeremy Kamil

Department of Microbiology and Immunology
LSU Health Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

28 May 2019

Reactivity of NK cells  towards HLA-B*27 presented viral peptides –
are KIRs the key?

Dr. Tina Senff

Institute of Virology
University Hospital Düsseldorf

21 May 2019

HLA class I molecules and human cytomegalovirus:
a lesson in A-ness, B-ness and C-ness

Dr. Anne Halenius

Institute of Virology
University Hospital Freiburg

14 May 2019

Apoptosis inhibition by CMV allows simultaneous evasion
of innate and adaptive immune responses

Prof. Dr. Luka Cicin-Sain

Immune Aging and Chronic Infections
Helmholtz Center for Infection Research, Braunschweig

26 March 2019

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery:
How worms mimic regulatory immune responses.

Dr. Danielle Smyth

Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation
University of Glasgow

12 March 2019

Immune response and pathology in brain after congenital
cytomegalovirus infection – mouse model

Prof. Dr. Stipan Jonjić

Department for Histology and Embryology
Center for Proteomics
University of Rijeka

26 February 2019

Tumor cell responses to interferons and
their impact on treatment outcomes

Prof. Dr. Annette Paschen

Molecular Tumor Immunology
Department of Dermatology
University Hospital Essen

29 January 2019

Investigating the interplay of microbiota and host:
From bugs to phenotypes.

Dr. Till Strowig

Microbial Immune Regulation
Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Braunschweig

2018

18 December 2018

Attach, kill, let go - repeat.
Cytotoxic effector mechanisms of Natural killer cells.

Prof. Dr. Carsten Watzl

Department of Immunology
IfADo - Leibniz Research Centre
for Working Environment and Human Factors Dortmund

4 December 2018

Environmental control of barrier immunity and metabolism
through the AhR/AhRR pathway

Prof. Dr. Irmgard Förster

Department of Immunology and Environment
LIMES - Life and Medical Sciences Institute
University of Bonn

13 November 2018

Clinical lecture

PD Dr. Sebastian Dolff

Department of Infectiology
West German Centre for Infectious Diseases (WZI)
University Hospital Essen

23 October 2018

Clinical lecture

Prof. Dr. Oliver Witzke

Department of Infectiology
West German Centre for Infectious Diseases (WZI)
University Hospital Essen

9 October 2018

Gamma race - between innate and adaptive immunity

PD Dr. Sebastian Voigt

Department of Pediatrics
Division of Oncology and Hematology
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin

25 September 2018

From HIV transmission to AML chemotherapy:
Pas de Deux of virology and biochemistry

Prof. Dr. Oliver Keppler

National Reference Center for Retroviruses
Faculty of Medicine
LMU Munich

11 September 2018

BK virus infection after organ transplantation

Prof. Dr. Nina Babel

Center for Translational Medicine
Marien Hospital Herne
University Hospital Bochum

12 June 2018

Novel insights on varicella zoster virus spread
and establishment of latency

Prof. Dr. Abel Viejo-Borbolla

Experimental Virology
Institute of Virology
Hannover Medical School (MHH)

15 May 2018

Old techniques, new opportunities:
Why does microbiome research need cultivation?

Prof. Dr. Thomas Clavel

Institute of Medical Microbiology
Functional Microbiome Research Group
University Hospital RWTH Aachen

17 April 2018

The neutral sphingomyelinase 2 in T cell activation and motility

Prof. Dr. Sibylle Schneider-Schaulies

Institute for Virology and Immunobiology
University of Wuerzburg

6 February 2018

What we have learned so far about the IgM Fc receptor

Hiromi Kubagawa, M.D.

Guest Senior Scientist
Deutsches Rheuma Forschungszentrum (DRFZ) Berlin

2017

12 December 2017

Genetically modified mice

Prof Dr. Klaus Pfeffer

Institute of Medical Microbiology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

28 November 2017

Classical and modern applications of electron microscopy
at the EMU of the IMCES

Dr. Mike Hasenberg

IMCES – Imaging Center Essen
University of Duisburg-Essen

14 November 2017

Genomic and transcriptomic tools

Dr. Karl Köhrer

Genomics & Transcriptomics Labor (GTL)
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

24 October 2017

Metabolic control of immune cell function

Dr. Luciana Berod

TWINCORE Hannover
Centre for experimental and
Clinical Infection Research

10 October 2017

A tropical virus named Dengue:
Immune control and/or immune enhancement of infection?

Eugenia Corrales-Aguilar, PhD

Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales (CIET)
University of Costa Rica, San José

26 September 2017

Quantitative proteomics – From general principles to specific applications
in immunology and virology

Dr. Dominik A. Megger

Department Clinical Proteomics - Infection Research
Ruhr University Bochum

5 September 2017

Flow Cytometry – Principles and Applications

Werner Stellberg

Application Specialist
BD Life Sciences / Biosciences