March 13, 2025 - Short Talk Sessions

9.00 - 10.45 a.m.
Short Talk Session II - CMMC Research Areas B

Principles of immunity, inflammation and infection

Chairs: Johannes Brägelmann and Christina Ising

9.00 - 9.15 a.m.

The hidden cost of hosting a microbiome
Filipe Cabreiro, Mauro Corrado and Francesca Solagna
CECAD

9.15 - 9.30 a.m.

Cell death and immunity
Hamid Kashkar
Institute for Molecular Immunology

9.30 - 9.45 a.m.

Antibodies and the challenge of viral diversity
Florian Klein
Institute of Virology

9.45 - 10.00 a.m.

Deciphering innate immune responses in SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination
Sebastian Theobald and Jan Rybniker
Dept. I of Internal Medicine

10.00 - 10.15 a.m.

Heme biogenesis flux regulates switch between inflammation and ferroptosis
Aleksandra Trifunovic
Institute for Mitochondrial Diseases and Ageing and CECAD

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2.45 - 3.45 p.m.
Short Talk Session III - CMMC Research Area A 

Mechanisms of tumor development: intrinsic and extrinsic control of cell proliferation and tissue invasion 

Chairs: Sebastian Brähler and Roland Ullrich

2.45 - 3.00 p.m.

Role of synaptic hijacking in SCLC brain metastatic growth
ElisaMotori1and MatteoBergami2
CMMC1 and CECAD

3.00 - 3.15 p.m.

Ubiquilins expose an actionable target in cancer therapy
Ron Jachimowicz
Dept. I of Internal Medicine and MPI of Ageing

3.15 - 3.30 p.m.

Mechanisms of Hedgehog-Gli signaling in mammalian skin
Catherin Niemann
CMMC and Institute for Biochemistry (MF)

3.30 - 3.45 p.m.

Essential role of macrophage-derived LYN tyrosine kinase in tumor support
Phuong-Hien Nguyen1,Renata Stripecke1 and Alessandro Annibaldi2
Dept. I for Internal Medicine1 and CMMC2

Speakers Session II + III

We gratefully acknowledge the support by our industrial partners

ABclonal • Enzo • INTEGRA • Macherey Nagel • Merck • New England Biolabs • Proteintech 

The sponsoring (€ 450,- per company) is used for event related expenses; e.g. travel of the keynote speakers, conference handouts and event management.