Final Programme
Wednesday, September 11th, 2024
| 08:30 - 09:00 | Registration |
| 09:00 - 09:15 |
Welcome Address: Prof. Dr. Alexander Goesmann, Vice President of the JLU for Teaching |
| 09:15 - 09:30 |
Opening Remarks: Prof. Dr. Eveline Baumgart-Vogt, Speaker of the GGL |
Section 5: Neuroscience / Chairperson: Leona Bähr
| 09:30 - 10:15 |
Keynote: Sabine Vettorazzi, Institute of Comparative Molecular Endocrinology, Ulm University Glucocorticoids: GUARDIANS of the inflammatory processes |
| 10:15 - 10:30 |
Martin Feldotto: Deciphering neuroprotective effects of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and the role of microglia: impacts of amyloid-beta oligomers, early life stress and adipokines related to Alzheimer's disease |
| 10:30 - 10:45 | Coffee Break |
Section 1: Nutrition and Metabolism/ Section 7 Bioresources, Bioinformatics and Biotechnology Chairperson: Agata Szubert
| 10:45 - 11:30 |
Keynote: Dr. Martin Kussmann, Competence Center for Nutrition, Freising / Kussmann Biotech GmbH, Nordkirchen, Germany Ai and Bioactives for human and planetary health |
| 11:30 - 11:45 |
Silvana Hof-Michel: Transgenerational effects of valproic acid in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster |
| 11:45 - 12:00 |
Julian Hahnfeld: swAMPy – a Scalable Workflow for AntiMicrobial Peptide discoverY |
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12:00 - 12:45 |
General Assembly |
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12:45 - 13:45 |
Lunch |
Section 4 : Protein and Nucleic Acid Interactions / Chairperson: Fiona Gockel
| 13:45 - 14:30 |
Keynote: Anne Spang, Biozentrum - Center of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Basel, Switzerland Not all P-bodies are created equal: Exploring the differences and dynamics of stress-specific P-bodies |
| 14:30 - 14:45 |
Julian Garrecht: The role of LEUNIG and SEUSS transcriptional regulators during land plant evolution |
| 14:45 - 15:00 |
Kiriaki Kouti: Understanding the functions of Rift Valley Fever Virus nucleoprotein: Not merely a virus assembly factor, but also a host RNA binding protein? |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | Coffee Break |
Section 10: Clinical Sciences / Chairperson: Maria Hofmann
| 15:15 - 16:00 |
Keynote: Kilian Hurley, Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (RCSI) Education & Research Centre, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland Utilising patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells to find new treatments for interstitial lung disease |
| 16:00 - 16:15 |
Julian Musa: LIPOSHAPE - Retroperitoneal LIPOsarcoma profiling of Spatial Heterogeneity Associating disease Progression and clonal cancer cell Evolution |
| 16:15 - 16:30 |
Sebastian Stricker: microbial transglutaminase may play a role in celiac disease by increasing epithelial uptake of gliadin peptides |
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16:30 - 19:00 |
Poster Session and Finger Food |
Thursday, September 12th, 2024
Section 2: Infection and Immunity/Chairperson: Lisa-Marie Seeber
| 09:15 - 10:00 |
Keynote: Marc Hübner, Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Clinic Bonn Modulation of the metabolic and immunological profile by filariae and its impact on NCDs |
| 10:00 - 10:15 |
Maria Joao Carreiro: In vitro transcomplementation of the satellite hepatitis D virus (HDV) replication |
| 10:15 - 10:30 |
Emmanuel Addo: Mechanisms of transcript buffering in inflammation |
| 10:30 - 10:45 |
Rashmi Nakate: Adhesion forces and cellular mechanotransduction in parasitic flatworms |
| 10:45 - 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
Section 8: Chemical Design and Analysis of Molecular Systems Chairperson: Frances Pauelsen
| 11:00 - 11:45 |
Keynote: Prof. Michael Wolff, Institute of Bioprocess Engineering and Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Applied Sciences Mittelhessen Biological Nanoplexes: Process engineering advancements in production platform development |
| 11:45 - 12:00 |
Usman Ali: Chitosan as a green solid catalyst for one-pot Knoevenagel condensation and scope into drugs intermediate synthesis |
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12:00 - 13:00 |
Lunch |
Section 9: Ecology and Global Change / Chairperson:
| 13:00 - 13:45 |
Keynote: Claudia Pogoreutz, University of Perpignan, France The role of bacteria in marine animal hosts: The good, the bad, and the commensal |
| 13:45 - 14:00 | Slim Bendag: Wood as an alternative tank construction material in sustainable shrimp aquaculture |
| 14:00 - 14:15 | Myriam Speth: The Effect of Legume vs. Non-Legume Pre-Crops on Nitrogen Isotope Values of Nitrate Leached from an Agricultural Soil |
| 14:15 - 14:30 | Coffee Break |
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14:30 - 17:00 |
Poster Session and Finger Food |
Section 3: Heart, Lung and Blood Vessels / Chairperson: Samuel Olapoju
| 17:00 - 17:45 |
Keynote: Allan Lawrie: National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, UK Exploring the heterogeneity of pulmonary hypertension |
| 17:45 - 18:00 |
Zahraa Msheik: Micropeptide forming lncRNA16 and lncRNA19 - Major Regulators of Cellular Responses to Hypoxia in the Lung |
| 18:00 - 18:15 | Theresa Schäfer: GM-CSF improves alveolar repair upon IAV infection by modulating metabolic pathways in distal epithelial stem cells and preventing the emergence of inflammatory CD14+ alveolar epithelial cells |
| 18:15 - 18:30 |
Alejandro Egea Zorilla: A profibrotic Notch signal derived from alveolar epithelial cells is essential for the development of pulmonary fibrosis |
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18:30 - 19:00 |
Closing Remarks and Award Ceremony |