Home News & Events Seminars / Lectures Event archive Event archive Past events at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology Location: Zoom video conference Infection, innate immune signaling and cancer in the gut – organoids as model Voices in Infection Biology Date: Nov 30, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Sina Bartfeld TU Berlin Location: Zoom video conference Host: Arturo Zychlinsky and Sergio San Miguel Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Demographic and evolutionary insights from whole-genome sequencing of Plasmodium falciparum in South America Voices in Infection Biology Date: Nov 9, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Angela Early Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal & Manuela Carrasquilla Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Spatial and temporal regulation of the Type 6 Secretion System dynamics during interactions with bacterial and eukaryotic cells Voices in Infection Biology Date: Nov 2, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Marek Basler Biozentrum Basel Location: Zoom video conference Host: Olivia Majer Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Chemical tools for uncovering new redox biology at the host-microbe interface Voices in Infection Biology Date: Oct 12, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Stavroula Hatzios Yale University Location: Zoom video conference Host: Arturo Zychlinsky & Alessandro Foti Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Evolutionary perspectives on malaria Voices in Infection Biology Date: Oct 5, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Amy Goldberg Duke University Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal & Manuela Carrasquilla Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Mucosal neutrophilic inflammation in RSV susceptibility and severity: Lessons from human paediatric and experimental adult infection studies Voices in Infection Biology Date: Sep 28, 2022 Time: 12:30 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Ryan Thwaites Imperial College London Location: Zoom video conference Host: Arturo Zychlinsky & Dhiren Patel Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Pulmonary immunity in COPD: medications, mucus and microbiota Voices in Infection Biology Date: Sep 21, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Aran Singanayagam Imperial College London Location: Zoom video conference Host: Arturo Zychlinsky & Dhiren Patel 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] Demographic and evolutionary insights from whole-genome sequencing of Plasmodium falciparum in South America New Voices in Infection Biology Cancelled Date: Jun 15, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Angela Early Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal & Manuela Carrasquilla Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Elucidating mechanisms of iron regulation in an ancient eukaryote, Trypanosoma brucei New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Jun 8, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Calvin Tiengwe Imperial College London Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal & Juliane Wunderlich 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] Innate regulation of tumor-directed T cell immunity New Voices in Infection Biology Date: May 25, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Barbara Maier CeMM, Vienna Location: Zoom video conference Host: Olivia Majer 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] The action mechanisms of male-killing toxin produced by Drosophila symbionts New Voices in Infection Biology Date: May 11, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Toshiyuki Harumoto Hakubi Center for Advanced Research, Kyoto University, Japan Location: Zoom video conference Host: Igor Iatsenko 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] Evolutionary approaches to decode host-parasite interactions in malaria New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Apr 27, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Ellen Leffler University of Utah Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal & Manuela Carrasquilla Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Evolving immunity New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Apr 20, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Jessica Metcalf Princeton University, currently Fellow at Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin Location: Zoom video conference Host: Olivia Majer Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Early-life experiences impact Drosophila lifespan via gut microbiota New Voices in Infection Biology Please note the time change to 2 pm Berlin time Date: Apr 13, 2022 Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Fumiaki Obata RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research Location: Zoom video conference Host: Igor Iatsenko 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] Polyclonal pathogen populations accelerate the evolution of antibiotic resistance in patients New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Mar 16, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Rachel Wheatley University of Oxford, Fellow at Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin Location: Zoom video conference Host: Felix M. Key Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Virulence factor-triggered innate immune sensing New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Mar 9, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Moritz Gaidt Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP), Vienna Location: Zoom video conference Host: Olivia Majer Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Dissecting the interactions between commonly used drugs and the human gut microbiota New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Mar 2, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Lisa Maier Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology & Infection Medicine Tübingen Cluster of Excellence “Controlling microbes to fight infections” Location: Zoom video conference Host: Felix M. Key Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Mathematical modelling of complex host-pathogen interactions in airway epithelial tissues New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Feb 23, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Elisa Domínguez-Hüttinger National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City Location: Zoom video conference Host: Matthieu Domenech de Cellès Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Identification of immune dysregulation triggered by SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with diagnosed Long COVID New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Feb 16, 2022 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Benjamin Krishna Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge Location: Zoom video conference Host: Lyn Lim (Majer Lab) 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] Emerging viruses from animal reservoirs Date: Dec 8, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Felix Drexler Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Institut für Virologie Location: Zoom video conference Host: Arturo Zychlinsky Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Two modes of evolution shape diversity of a common gut commensal Date: Dec 1, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Isabel Gordo Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics Location: Zoom video conference Host: Felix M. Key Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Taming the repetitive transcriptome with RNA binding proteins Date: Nov 24, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Tugce Aktas Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics Location: Zoom video conference Host: Olivia Majer Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Dynamic metabolic reprogramming in macrophages and neutrophils during functional transitions Date: Nov 17, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Jing Fan Morgridge Institute Location: Zoom video conference Host: Alessandro Foti Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Ubiquitylation of lipopolysaccharide by RNF213 during bacterial infection Date: Nov 10, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Elsje G. Otten MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Location: Zoom video conference Host: Marcus Taylor Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] The unbearable lightness of being an unconventional spliced epitope Date: Nov 3, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Juliane Liepe Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry Location: Zoom video conference Host: Olivia Majer Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] The role of serological data to understand the emergence of outbreaks of enterovirus-related diseases Date: Oct 27, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Margarita Pons-Salort Imperial College London Location: Zoom video conference Host: Matthieu Domenech de Cellès Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Location location location: the physical properties of microbial ligands dictate the immune response Date: Oct 20, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Ivan Zanoni Harvard Medical School Location: Zoom video conference Host: Olivia Majer 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] Infectious disease dynamics across scales: from climate forcing to pathogen diversity Date: Oct 6, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Pamela Martinez University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Location: Zoom video conference Host: Matthieu Domenech de Cellès Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Immunologic determinants of SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility and disease severity in mice Date: Sep 29, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Riem Gawish Medical University Vienna Location: Zoom video conference Host: Olivia Majer Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Human intestinal organoid models reveal fundamental differences between stem cell and differentiated cells response to enteric pathogens New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Sep 15, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Steeve Boulant Heidelberg University Location: Zoom video conference Host: Olivia Majer 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] A dynamical approach for understanding malaria transmission in changing environments | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Jun 30, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Mauricio Santos-Vega Universidad de los Andes Location: Zoom video conference Host: Silvia Portugal & Manuela Carrasquilla Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] The mechanism of action of Tc toxins at high resolution | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Jun 23, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Daniel Roderer Leibniz Research Institute for Molecular Pharmacology Location: Zoom video conference Host: Marcus Taylor Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Soft X-ray microscopy as a screening tool to investigate feline coronavirus infection | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Jun 16, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: James McNally Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin Location: Zoom video conference Host: Marcus Taylor 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] Maternal antibodies shape host-microbiota mutualism in neonates | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: May 26, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Meghan Koch Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Location: Zoom video conference Host: Olivia Majer 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] How to combat (and understand) SARS-CoV-2 with Camelid Nanobodies | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: May 5, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Florian I. Schmidt University of Bonn Location: Zoom video conference Host: Olivia Majer 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] Tans, Travel, and Transmission: The spread of a SARS-CoV-2 variant across Europe in summer 2020 | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Apr 21, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Emma Hodcroft Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland Location: Zoom video conference Host: Felix M. Key Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Polyvalent lipid binding as determinant for viral infection | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Apr 14, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Helge Ewers FU Berlin Location: Zoom video conference Host: Olivia Majer Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Clash of the titans: how ticks navigate hosts and microbes | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Apr 7, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Seemay Chou UC San Francisco Location: Zoom video conference Host: Igor Iatsenko Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] A parental transcriptional response to microsporidia infection induces inherited immunity in offspring | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Mar 31, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Aaron Reinke University of Toronto Location: Zoom video conference Host: Igor Iatsenko Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Choanoflagellates and the origin of animal innate immunity | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Mar 24, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Arielle Woznica University of Texas Southwest Medical Center Location: Zoom video conference Host: Marcus Taylor 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] START on INSIGHT: Genetic epidemiology and phylogeography of virus pandemic | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Mar 10, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Rasmus Lykke Marvig Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark Location: Zoom video conference Host: Felix M. Key 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] Of Hamsters and Viruses – Different Approaches to SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Feb 17, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Jakob Trimpert Institut für Virologie, FU Berlin Location: Zoom video conference Host: Franziska Streßmann Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Ancient pathogen genomics growing older: Reconstructing 31,600-year-old human virus genomes from common childhood infections | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Feb 10, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Martin Sikora GLOBE Institute, Copenhagen Location: Zoom video conference Host: Felix M. Key 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] Uncovering the evolutionary history of variola virus using ancient DNA | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Jan 27, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Barbara Mühlemann Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Location: Zoom video conference Host: Felix M. Key Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Expanding our understanding of the role of siderophores in host-pathogen interactions | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Jan 20, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Natasha Kirienko Rice University, Texas, USA Location: Zoom video conference Host: Igor Iatsenko 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] How microsporidian parasites use harpoons to invade host cells | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Jan 6, 2021 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Damian Ekiert NYU Langone Health Location: Zoom video conference Host: Marcus Taylor 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] Tubulin biochemistry confers intrinsic differences in microtubule dynamics and drug sensitivity between species | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Nov 18, 2020 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Simone Reber IRI Life Sciences Location: Zoom video conference Host: Marcus Taylor 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] Genome-wide screen for host factors involved in STING activation |New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Oct 28, 2020 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Rutger Luteijn University of California, Berkeley, USA Location: Zoom video conference Host: Olivia Majer Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Multiplex assays and statistical algorithms for improved serological surveillance of malaria and coronaviruses |New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Oct 21, 2020 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Michael White Institut Pasteur, France Location: Zoom video conference Host: Matthieu Domenech de Cellès Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] What makes individuals different facing infections? An insight on microevolution of host-parasite interactions |New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Oct 14, 2020 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: David Duneau Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier (France) and Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (Portugal) Location: Zoom video conference Host: Igor Iatsenko Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Immune system optimization in a variable world |New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Oct 7, 2020 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Ann Tate Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA Location: Zoom video conference Host: Igor Iatsenko Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] To vaccinate or cull? Utilizing spreadable vaccines to optimize management of vampire bat rabies | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Sep 30, 2020 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Kevin Bakker NIH, USA Location: Zoom video conference Host: Matthieu Domenech de Cellès Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Identification and analysis of the signaling pathways, matrix digestion enzymes, and motility components controlling Vibrio cholerae biofilm dispersal | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Sep 23, 2020 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Drew Bridges Princeton University, USA Location: Zoom video conference Host: Marcus Taylor 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] Investigating the mechanisms underlying aged host-virus interactions in Drosophila | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Sep 9, 2020 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Stanislava Chtarbanova University of Alabama, USA Location: Zoom video conference Host: Igor Iatsenko Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Symbionts of Anopheles for Malaria transmission blocking | New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Sep 2, 2020 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Jeremy Herren International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Kenia Location: Zoom video conference Host: Igor Iatsenko 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] Interferon: Tug of War between Host and Pathogen |New Voices in Infection Biology Date: Jul 8, 2020 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Charlotte Odendall Kings College London, UK Location: Zoom video conference Host: Olivia Majer Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more] Single-particle approaches to understand viral diversity New Voices in Infection Biology - Virtual Seminar Series Date: May 20, 2020 Time: 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Michael Vahey Assistant Professor - Biomedical Engineering - Washington University, St. Louis, USA Location: Zoom video conference Host: Marcus Taylor Contact: vseminars@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de [more]
