Current and important events
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News 2024
Re-election to the borad of the jGfV
Maren von Köckritz-Blickwede is speaker for the DFG Review Board 207
Successful doctoral defenses
In the Infection Biochemistry group, we had three successful doctoral defenses in April:
Ahmed Mohamed: Cholesterol-associated changes in the intestinal tract during infectious hypoxia; supervisor: Prof. Dr. Maren von Köckritz-Blickwede
Simon Lassnig: Effects of influenza A virus-triggered neutrophil extracellular traps on bacterial co-infections; supervisor: Nicole de Buhr, PhD
The following doctoral thesis was successfully defended in the Membrane and Protein Biochemistry group on 12 April 2024:
Marianne El Khoury: Repurposing of FDA-approved drugs for SARS-CoV-2: Interaction of S1 and ACE2 in intestinal epithelial cells in vitro; Supervisor: Prof. Dr. phil. nat. Hassan Y. Naim
Congratulations!
Keystone Symposia: HIV and (Re)Emerging Viruses: Aligning Lessons Across Pandemics, Hannover
From April 09 to 11, 2024 the Keystone Symposium: HIV and (Re)Emerging Viruses: Aligning Lessons Across Pandemics will take place in Herrenhausen, Hannover.
Dr. Miriam Becker and Dr. Lisa Lasswitz from AG Gerold will participate in the symposium with poster contributions. Dr. Lisa Lasswitz will also give a talk on the topic: "CD81 is a host factor for chikungunya virus replication"
Gisa Gerold as guest speaker at the University of Freiburg
Gisa Gerold as guest at the Herrenhausen Science Movie Night Panel Discussion
The 33rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Virology (GfV)
Gisa Gerold is Keynote Speaker at the GSEV Autumn Meeting in Hamburg
The German Society for Extracellular Vesicles (GSEV) Autumn Meeting will take place from October 1 to 2, 2024 in Hamburg. Prof. Gisa Gerold will give a keynote lecture in the session on "Extracellular vesicles in immunity & infection".
More information can be found here
Gisa Gerold as guest speaker at the Leibniz Institute for Virology (LIV), Hamburg
Conference of the DVG Physiology and Biochemistry
The conference of the DVG Physiology and Biochemistry Section will take place at the Institute of Physiology and Cell Biology at the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover from June 7 to 9, 2024.
You are all cordially invited. You are welcome to submit the latest results of your research by 15.03.2024 as an abstract by e-mail to dvg2024@tiho-hannover.de .
Prof. Dr. Leonida Fusani, MPhil PhD will give a keynote lecture on "New discoveries in the physiology of avian migration" on 07.06.2024.
To make the evening event even more attractive we need your registration! Early bird prices are valid until 17.03.2024.
We are looking forward to many registrations.
News 2023
Christmasparty
8th workshop of the Society of Virology (GfV)
Engaging discussions at our GfV workshop on new and re-emerging zoonotic viruses
Friedemann Weber, Seema Laldawala, Martin Beer and Alison Groseth gave engaging keynotes and all participants contributed with top notch short talks. Thanks to all participants for three days of exciting scientific exchange.
The prize for the best short talk was awarded to Peter Reuther from Freiburg. Congratulations Peter!
Gisa Gerold and Yvonne Börgeling
Workshop chairs
Ahmed Mohamed won poster prize at conference in Canada
Ahmed Mohamed, PhD student of the AG von Köckritz-Blickwede won a poster award at the 12th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life Sciences, Niagara Falls, 2023.The meeting took place from 27.08-31.08.2023 in Canada.
The project was carried out in cooperation with Bettina Seeger as last author and the Institute of Biochemistry and with the participation of the research group of Guntram Grassl.
Congratulations!
Retreat 2023
This year's retreat of the Institute of Biochemistry took place on 14.06.2023. In addition to inspiring talks by the individual working groups about their scientific projects, the day also offered exciting workshops and a refreshing ice cream break. The day ended with a barbecue and a relaxed bring-and-share buffet where we shared delicious food.
Thank you all for the numerous participation and the nice ending to this successful day!
Gisa Gerold is the plenary speaker at the UK hepacivirus and flavivirus meeting
Second One Health Workshop of the Society of Virology
Second One Health Workshop of the Society of Virology
We are pleased to announce that another workshop of the Society of Virology (GfV) will take place. The topic will be "New and recurrent zoonotic diseases". The workshop will be held from 06/09/2023 to 08/09/2023 at the conference center Kloster Wöltingerode in Goslar, Germany.
At the workshop, students and postdocs will be brought together with experts in the field of "one health" to promote and support scientific interdisciplinary exchange. In particular, we encourage infection biologists, cell biologists, veterinarians, and medical doctors to share their work on zoonotic infections. The interdisciplinary nature of the workshop aims to stimulate new collaborations in One Health and viral zoonotic research.
Four keynote speakers will present the latest developments in the field. Seema S. Lakdawala (University of Pittsburgh, USA), Martin Beer (Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut Riems, Germany), Friedemann Weber (Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany) and Allison Groseth (Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut Riems, Germany) will share their unique experiences and visions.
All participants will have the opportunity to present their work in the form of a full presentation or elevator pitch. Prizes will be awarded for the best oral presentation and the best elevator pitch. We will encourage a lively atmosphere with open discussions. We look forward to seeing old faces and meeting new colleagues who share our enthusiasm for viruses and zoonotic diseases.
Registration is open now through June 30. Please find attached the detailed announcement.
Gisa Gerold is now Member of the Board of Directors of the GfV
The 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Virology March 2023
The 32nd annual meeting of the Society of Virology (GfV) will be held in Ulm, Germany, March 28-31, 2023. For the first time since the onset of the Corona Pandemic the meeting will be held in presence.
At this meeting, the latest findings in virology will be presented by national as well as international experts in plenary sessions and workshops. Also the recently founded "young GfV" will organize a workshop and present new activities of these young scientists.
