Symposium Forum Graduate Schools Infection and Immunity

Friday June 12,2014

Dominique Soldati-Favre

Prof. Dominique Soldati, CMU University of Geneva
Prof. Dominique Garcin, CMU University of Geneva
Prof. Caroline Tapparel, CMU University of Geneva

Prof. Paul Kaye, York, United Kingdom

Prof. Till Voss, Basel Switzerland

Prof. Melanie Blokesch, Lausanne Switzerland

Prof. Mirco Schmolke, Geneva, Switzerland

Prof. Günthard Huldrych, Zurich, Switzerland

Prof. Christian Münz, Zurich, Switzerland

Prof. Nicola Harris, Lausanne, Switzerland

Prof. Denis Duboule, Geneva, Switzerland

FORUM Graduate Schools Infection Immunity and Cancer

GENEVA June 12^th 2015         

Fondation Louis Jeantet, Chemin Rieu 17, 1208 Genève

Organizers : Dominique Soldati-Favre & Dominique Garcin

Session 1 Chair : Dr. Fabienne Tacchini-Cottier

8h55-9h00      chairperson’s remarks

9.00-9.45        Dr. Paul Kaye, York, United-Kingdom, Integrated approaches to leishmaniasis research: from in silico modeling to clinical trials

9.45-10.15      Dr. Till Voss, Basel, Switzerland, The epigenetics of antigenic variation and sexual commitment in malaria parasites

10.15-10.30    (Student 1),

10.30-10.45    (Student 2),

10.45-11.05 COFFEE BREAK

Session 2 Chair : Dr. Jacques Shrenzel

11h05-11h10 chairperson’s remarks

11.10-11.40    Dr. Melanie Blokesch, Lausanne, Switzerland, Live and let die – horizontal gene transfer in Vibrio cholerae

11.40-12.10    Dr. Mirco Schmolke, Geneva, Switzerland, Adaptation of newly emerged avian H7N9 influenza A virus to human hosts

12.10-12.25    (Student 3),

12.25-12.40    (Student 4), 

12.45-13.45   LUNCH

Session 3 Chair :  Dr. Stéfan Kunz

13h45-13h50 chairperson’s remarks

13.50-14.20    Dr. Günthard Huldrych, Zurich, Switzerland, HIV-1 transmission in vivo: knowns and unknowns

14.20-14.50    Prof. Christian Münz, Zurich, Switzerland, Human tumor virus infection and immune control in vivo

14.50-15.05    (Student 5),

15.05-15.20    (Student 6)

15.20-15.45 COFFEE BREAK

Session 4 Chair: Dr. Alexandra Calmy

15h45-15h50 chairperson’s remarks

15.50-16.20    Dr. Nicola Harris, Lausanne, Switzerland, Intestinal helminthes modulate allergic asthma through alterations to bacterial metabolites

16.20-16.35    (Student 7),

16.35-16.50    (Student 8),

16.50-17.35    Dr. Denis Duboule,   Geneva, Switzerland, Transcriptional control during development and the molecular Homonculus

17.35-19.00 GET TOGETHER APERO

Fondation Louis Jeantet, Chemin Rieu 17, 1208 Genève

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