Invited Speakers - Mikrobiologisches Kolloquium from 2015-2010
15 Dec 2015 Jeanne Salje Mahidol | Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Bangkok
Orientia tsutsugamushi: a major human pathogen in tropical South East Asia and an intriguing model organism for studying host-pathogen cell biology
08 Dec 2015 Salomé Leibundgut-Landmann | University of Zürich
Antifungal defense at mucosal barriers
01 Dec 2015 Per Ljungdahl | Stockholm University
The cell biology of extracellular amino acid sensing in yeast
03 Nov 2015 Kai Thormann | University of Giessen
Bacterial cells getting organized - how to place flagella
10 Nov 2015 Melanie Blokesch | EPFL, Lausanne
Killing for DNA - the type VI secretion system of Vibrio cholerae fosters horizontal gene transfer
17 Nov 2015 Sigal Ben-Yehuda | Hebrew University
New concepts in bacterial intercellular interactions
24 Nov 2015 Jacques Neefjes | Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam
How Salmonella causes gallbladder carcinoma in India: an example of cancer initiation by pathogens
27 Oct 2015 Julia Frick | University of Tübingen
Host microbe interaction in chronic inflammatory diseases
14 July 2015 Gabriela Krasteva-Christ | Wuerzburg University
The bitter and sweet taste of infection
07 July 2015 Till Voss | Swiss Tropical & Public Health Institute, Basel
Epigenetic gene regulation facilitates immune evasion and transmission of malaria parasites
30 June 2015 Susanne Hartmann | Freie Universität Berlin
Immunoregulation: Lessons from parasitic nematodes
23 June 2015 Denise Monack | Stanford School of Medicine
The yin and yang of chronic Salmonella infections
09 June 2015 Peter Turnbaugh | UCSF, San Francisco
Predicting and preventing the metabolism of drugs by the human gut microbiome
02 June 2015 Lars Dölken | University of Würzburg
High resolution gene expression profiling - New insights into herpesvirus host cell modulation
26 May 2015 Katharina Gaus | University of New South Wales | Australia
Molecular insights into the regulation of T cell signalling
19 May 2015 Han Remaut | VIB / Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Forming amyloid fibrils: the bacterial way
05 May 2015 Petr Broz | Biocenter, University of Basel
Sensing the enemy within: Innate Immune detection of intracellular bacteria
28 April 2015 Andreas Peschel | University of Tübingen
Staphylococcus aureus - from commensal to killer bug
21 April 2015 Percy Knolle | Technical University Munich
The liver in T cell immunity against viral infection
14 April 2015 Carol Kumamoto | Tufts University, Boston
?Candida albicans: Sensing the host environment?
27 Jan 2015 Johannes Hegemann | Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf
Host cell entry by Chlamydia
20 Jan 2015 Tim Gilberger | Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg
Red blood cell invasion by the malaria parasite
13 Jan 2015 Thomas Meyer | Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin
Towards an understanding of bacterial carcinogenesis!
16 Dec 2014 Alexander Goesmann | Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen
Bioinformatics tools for next-generation sequencing data analysis
09 Dec 2014 Ralph Isberg| Tufts University School of Medicine,Boston|
Microbial community behavior during growth in deep tissue sites
25 Nov 2014 Wolf-Dietrich Hardt | ETH Zürich
Salmonella diarrhea: how the pathogen invades the gut ecosystem
18 Nov 2014 Constance Ciaudo | ETH Zürich
Multiple functions of the RNAi pathway in mouse embryonic stem cells
11 Nov 2014 August Stich | Medical Mission Hospital, Würzburg
Do microbes have the last word? The example of Ebola
04 Nov 2014 Lucas Jae | The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam
Hemorrhagic Fever Virus entry deciphered by haploid genetics
28 Oct 2014 Jeroen Raes | KU Leuven
Studying the human microbiome using metagenomics
21 Oct 2014 Richard Bennett | Brown University, Providence
Mechanisms of Genetic and Epigenetic Variation in Candida albicans
08 July 2014 Judith Berman | Tel Aviv University
Dynamic ploidy change and the rapid appearance of drug resistance
01 July 2014 Rainer Haas | Max von Pettenkofer Institut, LMU München
Helicobacter pylori-host interactions: role of the vacuolating cytotoxin and the cag-Type IV secretion system
24 June 2014 Urs Greber | University of Zürich
Decoding the Cell – Insights from Virus-Host Interactions
17 June 2014 Christine Clayton | Heidelberg University
Networks of gene expression regulation in trypanosomes
10 June 2014 Constantin Urban | Umeå University
Mass matters: Interaction studies of fungal pathogens with host cells
03 June 2014 Till Strowig | Helmholz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig
Intestinal microbiota and local inflammatory responses
27 May 2014 Sara Lustigman | The Lindsley F. Kimball Research Center, The New York Blood Center
Development of a novel parasite-derived protein adjuvant for vaccine sparing
20 May 2014 Jean-Pierre Gorvel | Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy
Brucella infection, from bench to bed side
13 May 2014 Feng Shao | National Institute of Biological Sciences, Beijing
Biochemical dissection of bacterial virulence and macrophage innate immunity
06 May 2014 Kristine Arnvig | MRC National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill
Regulatory RNA in Mycobacterium tuberculosis-still in the dark ages?
29 April 2014 Sam Alsford | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
High-throughput phenotyping in Trypanosoma brucei - or how the parasite contributes to its own demise
15 April 2014 Paul Fey | University of Nebraska Medical Center
Amino acid metabolism in Staphylococcus aureus and its relevance in infection
08 April 2014 Matthew Berriman | Welcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge
Comparative and functional genomics of parasitic helminths
28 Jan 2014 Jacques Schrenzel | University Geneva
S. aureus, a sticky bug?
04 Feb 2014 Luis Serrano | Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona
Quantitative systems understanding of a model bacterium: Mycoplasma pneumoniae
21 Jan 2014 Kim Kline | Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Stealth strategies of Enterococcus faecalis
14 Jan 2014 Kim Orth | UT Southwestern, Dallas
Black Spot, Black Death, Black Pearl: The Tales of Bacterial Effectors
07 Jan 2014 Boris Turk | J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana
Protease signaling: cysteine cathepsins and their regulation
17 Dec 2013 Jan Rehwinkel | University of Oxford
Finding (& fighting) the enemy within: how RIG-I and SAMHD1 detect and protect against viruses
09 Dec 2013 Muhamed-Kheir Taha | Institut Pasteur, Paris
Use of transgenic animal models to explore meningococcal virulence
26 Nov 2013 Maria Mota | Institute of Molecular Medicine, Lisbon
Host-Plasmodium interactions: understanding to intervene
19 Nov 2013 Stefan Niemann | Leibniz Research Centre, Borstel
Whole genome analysis for understanding transmission and evolution of M. tuberculosis
12 Nov 2013 Abdelaziz Heddi | INSA de Lyon
Immunity in Insect Symbiosis
05 Nov 2013 Soeren Molin | Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby
How microbes adapt to new environments – what we have learned from opportunistic
bacterial colonization of human airways
29 Oct 2013 Alexander Elsholz | Harvard University
A novel quorum-sensing mechanism for exopolysaccharide synthesis in bacteria
22 Oct 2013 Matthias Horn | University of Vienna
Chlamydiae in the environment - how the analysis of non-model organisms can challenge long-standing knowledge
15 Oct 2013 Aaron Mitchell | Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh
Two vignettes in Candida albicans infection biology
16 July 2013 Xavier Nassif | University Paris Descartes
Meningococcemia more than a Gram negative infection
09 July 2013 Mohamed-Ali-Hakimi | UIF-Grenoble
Toxoplasma gondii secretes an armada of effector proteins to co-opt its host cell - transcriptome and microRNome to promote sustained parasitism
02 July 2013 Guy Tran Van Nhieu | CIRB, Paris
Calcium signals and cytoskeletal remodeling during Shigella invasion of epithelial cells
25 June 2013 Vojo Deretic | University of New Mexico
Autophagy in infection, inflammation, and immunity
11 June 2013 Jörgen Johansson | Umea University
Regulatory circuits in Listeria monocytogenes
4 June 2013 Conference at the IMIB
Regulating RNA in Bacteria
28 May 2013 Olaf Groß | TU Munich
Inflammasomes – beyond IL-1β
21 May 2013 Vladimir Pelicic | Imperial College London
DNA-binding type IV pilins as modulators of horizontal gene exchange during natural transformation
14 May 2013 Ralph Bartenschlager | University Hospital of Heidelberg
On the complexities of interactions between the hepatitis C virus and its host cell
07 May 2013 Klaus Erb | Boehringer Ingelheim
Pathogen derived products for the treatment of allergic disorders: balancing inflammation with immune regulation
30 April 2013 Liam Good | University of London
RNA Silencing in Bacteria and a Novel Method for Cellular Delivery of Biopharmaceuticals
23 April 2013 Richard Ffrench-Constant | University of Exeter
Photorhabdus: shedding light on symbiosis and pathogenesis using
a bacterium-nematode-insect model
16 April 2013 Christiane Wolz | University Hospital of Tübingen
Interplay of the stringent control and other regulatory circuits
to control virulence and survival of Staphylococcus aureus
05 Feb 2013 Inigo Lasa | UPNA-CISC, Navarra, Spain
Lessons from the Staphylococcus aureus transcriptome
29 Jan 2013 Dirk Haller | TU Munich
Mechanisms of microbe-host interactions for chronic inflammation in the gut
22 Jan 2013 Mathias Herrmann | Saarland University Hospital, Homburg
Disease mechanisms in Staphylococcus aureus endovascular infection
15 Jan 2013 Gunther Hartmann | University Hospital, Bonn
RIG-I: a key immune sensor of RNA
08 Jan 2013 Dr. Kay Johswich | University of Toronto, Canada
Of mice and meningococci: The potential of humanized mouse models
08 Jan 2013 Sten Linnarsson | Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Quantitative analysis of single-cell transcription
18 Dec 2012 Karl Kuchler | Medical University Vienna, Austria
Molecular Mechanisms of Fungal Pathogenesis & Host Immune Response - A Tale of Action, Reaction and Over-Reaction
11 Dec 2012 Jan Rupp | University of Lübeck
The impact of a low oxygen environment on host-pathogen interactions
04 Dec 2012 Raphael Valdivia | Duke University Medical Center, Durham, USA
NextGen approaches to tackle the biology of genetically "intractable" microbial pathogens
27 Nov 2012 Martin Thanbichler | MPI Marburg
Compartmentalization of bacterial cells by protein diffusion barriers
20 Nov 2012 Hubert Hilbi | LMU Munich
Pathogen vacuole formation in phagocytes - the Legionella paradigm
13 Nov 2012 Jeremy Mottram | University of Glasgow, UK
Cell death and autophagy in Leishmania
06 Nov 2012 Mathias Hornef | MH Hannover
Innate immune recognition and antimicrobial host response by the intestinal epithelium
30 Oct 2012 Konstantin Severinov | Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers, USA
Small RNA-based adaptive immunity in bacteria
16 Oct 2012 Florian Greten | TU Munich
Cell plasticity, stemness and microflora - novel aspects in the inflammatory microenvironment of colon cancer
17 July 2012 Rasika Harshey | University of Texas, Austin
Moving on a surface: trials, tribulations and triumphs
03 July 2012 Tâm Mignot | CNRS, Marseille
How do complex macromolecular machines evolve? Insights from the newly discovered surface motility machinery in Myxococcus
26 June 2012 Matthias Machner | NIH, Bethesda
A master manipulator of host cell membrane traffic
19 June 2012 Christof Hauck | University of Konstanz
CEA-family glycoproteins as facilitators of mucosal colonization by bacteria
12 June 2012 Jose-Juan Lopez Rubio | Institut Pasteur, Paris
Antigenic variation in P. falciparum: from epigenetic regulation to the
generation of diversity
05 June 2012 Victor Sourjik | ZMBH, Heidelberg
Self-assembly and partitioning of multi protein complexes inbacteria
29 May 2012 NassosTypas | EMBL, Heidelberg
From systems microbiology to molecular mechanism
22 May 2012 Jean-Marc Ghigo | InstitutPasteur, Paris
Airborne interactions mediated by volatile molecules produced by bacterial communities
15 May 2012 Christine Josenhans | MH, Hannover
Lessons from Epsilon proteobacteria: how to sense energy levels in an extracellular host environment
08 May 2012 Kim Lewis | NortheasternUniversity, Boston
Dormancy rules: persister cells and uncultured microorganisms
24 April 2012 José Penadés | CSIC, Spain
Phage dUTPases control transfer of staphylococcal pathogenicity islands by a proto-oncogenic G-protein like mechanism
17 April 2012 Craig Roy | Yale School of Medicine, USA
Subversion of Rab1 function by Legionella pneumophila
28 February 2012 | Fritz Melchers | MPI for Infection Biology, Berlin
Microenvironmental guidance of B lymphocyte development
07 Feb 2012 Anne Müller | University of Zürich, Switzerland
Pathogenicand immunomodulatory properties of Helicobacter pylori govern
disease outcome in gastrointestinaland allergicdisease models
31 Jan 2012 PARASITOLOGY DAY, starting at 5 p.m., lecture hall
24 Jan 2012 Marc Bramkamp | University of Köln, Germany
Chromosome segregation and division in actinobacteria
17 Jan 2012 Dirk Hofreuter | University of Hannover, Germany
What makes Campylobacter jejuni thrive: food for a food-borne pathogen
10 Jan 2012 Angelika Grundling | Imperial College London, UK
Lipoteichoic acid synthesis in Gram-positive bacteria and how S. aureus
manages to survive without it
20 Dec 2011 Andreas Bäumler | University of California, USA
Food from the fire: how the host response feeds Salmonella
13 Dec 2011 John McKinney | EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland
Individuality of bacterial responses to fluctuating environments
06 Dec 2011 Alistair Brown | Aberdeen, UK
Adapt or die - How a fungal pathogen adapts to its host
29 Nov 2011 Petra Dersch | HZI Braunschweig, Germany
How Yersiniae promote and control entry into human cells
22 Nov 2011 Martin Heisenberg | RVZ Würzburg, Germany
How behavior can be free. - Brain research on the fly Drosophila melanogaster
15 Nov 2011 Jorge Galan | Yale University, USA
Type III secreation at work - Interaction of Salmonella within host cells
08 Nov 2011 Peter Brodersen | University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Coupling of RNA silencing and innate immunity pathways in plants
25 Oct 2011 David Holden | Imperial College London, UK
Subversion of host cell functions by Salmonella
18 Oct 2011 Friedrich Götz | University of Tübingen, Germany
Staphylococcus aureus: stimulation of and response to innate immunity
26 July 2011 Kumara Ramamurthi | NIH Bethesda, USA
'Morphogenesis of large structures during development'
12 July 2011 Heike Broetz-Oesterheld | Universität Düsseldorf, Germany
'Over-activation instead of inhibition - the novel mechanistic principle of acyldepsipeptide antibiotics'
21 June 2011 Berenike Maier | Universität Münster, Germany
'Force generation by bacterial pili'
14 June 2011 Steffen Backert | UCD University College Dublin, Ireland
'Role of the actin-binding protein cortactin in host pathogen interactions'
07 June 2011 Ferric Fang | University of Washington, USA
'Salmonella: A Window Into Biology'
31 May 2011 Patrick Cramer | Genzentrum München, Germany
"Gene transcription: molecular movies of dynamic systems"
24 May 2011 Jos van Strijp | UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands
'Staphylococcal immune evasion'
17 May 2011 Jörg Stülke | Universität Göttingen, Germany
'Virulence determinants of Mycoplasma pneumoniae, the minimal pathogen'
10 May 2011 Ruth Schmitz-Streit | Universität Kiel, Germany
'The nitrogen regulation in Methanoarchea:The archeal way?'
03 May 2011 Eric Masse | Université de Sherbrooke, Canada
08 February 2011 | Dr. Franz Narberhaus
01 February 2010 |Dr. Isabel Delany | Novartis Sienna, Italy
'Control of antigen expression in Neisseria meningitidis'
25 January 2010 | Dr. Duccio Medini | Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Siena, Italy
'Population genomics of bacteria: the role of restriction modification in the Neisseria meningitidis population structure and dynamics'