Home News & Events Seminars / Lectures Event archive Event archive Past events at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology Host: Silvia Portugal What makes a man a man: Male development of Plasmodium falciparum Voices in Infection Biology Date: Feb 5, 2025 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Gabriele Pradel RWTH Aachen University Location: Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology Room: seminar room 1+2 Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] How malaria parasites establish and maintain infections in the human host Voices in Infection Biology Date: Jan 15, 2025 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Anna Bachmann Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine Location: Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology Room: seminar room 1+2 Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] The Future of Medicines for Prevention, Cure and Eradication of Malaria Voices in Infection Biology Date: Mar 13, 2024 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Jörg Möhrle VP Head of Translation and Modelling, MMV, Geneva Location: Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology and via Zoom Room: seminar room 1+2 Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] New Adventures in Nanopore Sequencing: Decoding host-virus interactions at the level of individual RNAs Voices in Infection Biology Date: Jan 17, 2024 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Daniel P Depledge Hannover Medical School Location: Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology and via Zoom Room: seminar room 1+2 Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Genetic and genomic approaches to inform malaria vaccinology: from field to lab and back again Voices in Infection Biology Date: Jan 10, 2024 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Amy Bei Yale School of Public Health Location: Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology and via Zoom Room: seminar room 1+2 Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Clinical evaluation of anti-malarial monoclonal antibodies in Africa Voices in Infection Biology Date: Nov 10, 2023 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Peter Crompton NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Location: Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology and via Zoom Room: Seminar Room 1st Floor Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Exploring Malaria-host interaction with single cell transcriptomics – Opportunities, bioinformatics and outlook Voices in Infection Biology Date: May 3, 2023 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Thomas Otto University of Glasgow Location: Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology and via Zoom Room: seminar room 1+2 Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] The benefit of being different: Decoding cell-to-cell heterogeneity in pathogens Voices in Infection Biology Date: Mar 14, 2023 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Nicolai Siegel LMU Munich Location: Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology and via Zoom Room: seminar room 1+2 Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Cell biology of B cells subpopulations responding to malaria Voices in Infection Biology Date: Sep 14, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Susan Pierce NIH, National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Insecticide resistance and malaria transmission: what are we missing? New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Jun 29, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Victoria Ingham University Clinic Heidelberg Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Human monoclonal antibodies against Plasmodium falciparum transmission New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Jun 22, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Matthijs Jore Radboud University Nijmegen Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Malaria-associated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: from pathogenesis to biomarkers New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Jun 1, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Sabrina Epiphanio University of São Paulo Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Microbial genotype-to-phenotype studies in the pangenome era New Voices in Infection Biology Date: May 18, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Marco Galardini Twincore, Center for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, Hannover Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Epigenetic plasticity in development and pathogenesis of malaria parasites New Voices in Infection Biology Date: May 4, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Richard Bartfai Radboud University Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Sequencing and simulation for malaria genomic epidemiology New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Apr 6, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Jason Hendry Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] How different transcription factors and RNA binding proteins act to orchestrate stage transitions in the Plasmodium parasites New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Mar 23, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Katarzyna Modrzynska University of Glasgow Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Remodeling of mitochondria during infection New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Feb 9, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Lena Pernas Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Plasmodium proliferation: nuclear autonomy in multinucleated cells Date: Jan 26, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Markus Ganter Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Zentrum für Infektiologie Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] New insights into Plasmodium falciparum liver stage research Date: Jan 19, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Annie Yang Radboud University Medical Centre Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Plasmodium cross-stage interplay dictates malaria outcome Date: Dec 15, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Angelo Chora Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisbon Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Assembling a single-cell atlas of Plasmodium falciparum transmission through the mosquito Date: Oct 13, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Eliana Real Institut Pasteur Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Structure guided malaria vaccine targeting an essential protein-protein interaction | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Jul 7, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prakash Srinivasan Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Cycling is all that matters: malaria parasite is governed by different biological rhythms | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Jun 9, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Inês Bento University of Lisbon Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Emergence of worrying Artemisinin resistance in Senegal: Clinical investigations and in vitro genome editing for malaria elimination programs in Senegal and Accra | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Jun 2, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Alassane Mbengue Institut Pasteur Dakar Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Transmissibility and dynamics of P. vivax and P. falciparum infections in Ethiopia | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: May 19, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Fitsum Tadesse Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI) Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Neutrophils as protagonists in malaria pathogenesis | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: May 12, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Borko Amulic University of Bristol Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] ACE2 and promiscuous antibody responses in COVID-19 | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Apr 28, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Kathrin de la Rosa Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] A single infection is sufficient to establish long-lived mechanisms of disease tolerance in human malaria | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Mar 17, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Phil Spence University of Edinburgh Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Sex determination in malaria parasites | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Feb 24, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Arthur Talman MIVEGEC, IRD, CNRS, University of Montpellier Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] How Cryptosporidium invades and manipulates its intestinal host cell | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Feb 3, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Amandine Guerin University of Pennsylvania Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Diverse outdoor-biting malaria vectors and drug-resistant parasites complicate malaria transmission and control in Southeast Asia | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Jan 13, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Brandy St. Laurent Wellcome Sanger Institute Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Atypical centrosome and microtubule organization in dividing malaria parasites | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Nov 25, 2020 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Julien Guizetti Heidelberg University Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Fe-eling good - iron uptake and storage in T. gondii | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Nov 11, 2020 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Clare Harding University of Glasgow Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Social behaviour and disease dynamics in ant societies |New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Nov 4, 2020 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Yuko Ulrich ETH Zürich Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Plasmodium falciparum-specific IgM B cells responses to natural malaria infection in children and adults | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Sep 16, 2020 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Christine Hopp NIAID, NIH, USA Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Decoding Mosquito Attraction to Humans | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Jul 29, 2020 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Conor McMeniman Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Single Cell Genomics of Malaria Infections | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Jul 22, 2020 Time: 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Ian Cheeseman Assistant Professor, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, USA Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Malaria parasites have intrinsic clocks | New Voices in Infection Biology Change of Time - 5 pm Berlin | 8 am San Francisco Date: Jul 15, 2020 Time: 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Filipa Rijo-Ferreira University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more]
