Confirmed Speakers

Dept. of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg
Heidelberg, DE
e-mail: ralf.bartenschlager[at]med.uni-heidelberg.de
https://www.klinikum.uni-heidelberg.de/zentrum-fuer-infektiologie/molecular-virology/about-us/research-teams/ag-bartenschlager

Introduction of the session
Session IV: Infectious Diseases

Dept. of Molecular Neurobiology, Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine
Goettingen, DE
e-mail: brose[at]em.mpg.de
http://www.em.mpg.de/index.php?id=33

Introduction / guest speaker
Session V: Neuroplasticity and Neurodegeneration

Dept. of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, US
e-mail: abrunet1[at]stanford.edu
https://web.stanford.edu/group/brunet/lab%20members.html

Guest speaker
Session VI: Metabolism and Aging

Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, CEDPM and CECAD Cologne
Cologne, DE
e-mail: bruening[at]sf.mpg.de
https://www.sf.mpg.de/forschung/bruening

Introduction / guest speaker
Session VI: Metabolism and Aging

Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California Berkeley
Berkeley, US
e-mail: dillin[at]berkeley.edu
https://www.dillinlab-berkeley.org/

Guest speaker
Session VI: Metabolism and Aging

Heinrich-Pette-Institute, Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology
Hamburg, DE
e-mail: guelsah.gabriel[at]hpi.uni-hamburg.de
https://www.hpi-hamburg.de/en/research-teams/research-departments/viral-zoonoses-one-health/

Guest speaker
Session IV: Infectious Diseases

Institute of Cancer Research
Translational Oncogenomics Team
London, UK
e-mail: Marco.Gerlinger[at]icr.ac.uk
https://www.icr.ac.uk/our-research/researchers-and-teams/dr-marco-gerlinger

Guest speaker
Session II: Molecular Oncology and Genomic Medicine

Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Institute for Diabetes and Obesity
Neuherberg, DE
e-mail: garcia-caceres[at]helmholtz-muenchen.de
https://www.helmholtz-muenchen.de/ido/institute/staff/staff/ma/270/Dr.-Garc%C3%ADa%20C%C3%A1ceres/index.html

Guest speaker
Session VI: Metabolism and Aging

Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology
Martinsried, DE
e-mail: ngogolla[at]neuro.mpg.de
https://www.neuro.mpg.de/gogolla

Guest speaker
Session V: Neuroplasticity and Neurodegeneration

Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)
Barcelona, ES
e-mail: thomas.graf[at]crg.eu
https://www.crg.eu/en/programmes-groups/graf-lab

Guest speaker
Session I: Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine

Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen, GB
e-mail: lora.heisler[at]abdn.ac.uk
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/rowett/about/profiles/lora.heisler

Guest speaker
Session VI: Metabolism and Aging

Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Dept. of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Boston, US
e-mail: khochedlinger[at]helix.mgh.harvard.edu
https://hsci.harvard.edu/people/konrad-hochedlinger-phd

Guest speaker
Session I: Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine

Institute for Pharmacology and Toxicology, Technical University Munich
Munich, DE
e-mail: franz.hofmann[at]mytum.de
https://www.emeriti-of-excellence.tum.de/en/a-z/franz-hofmann-eng/

Guest speaker
Special CMMC Lecture:  25 Years of Molecular Medicine

Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research and Dept. of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, US
e-mail: jaenisch[at]wi.mit.edu
https://biology.mit.edu/profile/rudolf-jaenisch/, http://wi.mit.edu/people/faculty/jaenisch

Introduction / guest speaker
Session I: Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine

Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School
Boston, US
e-mail: kaeser[at]hms.harvard.edu
http://kaeser.hms.harvard.edu/

Guest speaker
Session V: Neuroplasticity and Neurodegeneration

Institute for Virology, University of Cologne
Cologne, DE
e-mail: florian.klein[at]uk-koeln.de
https://klein-lab.de/

Guest speaker
Session IV: Infectious Diseases

Division of Molecular Genetics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and Managing Director of the National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT)
Heidelberg, DE
e-mail: peter.lichter[at]dkfz-heidelberg.de
https://www.dkfz.de/en/genetics/index.php

Introduction / guest speaker
Session II: Molecular Oncology and Genomic Medicine

Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST)
Barcelona, ES
e-mail: nuria.lopez[at]irbbarcelona.org
https://www.irbbarcelona.org/en/profile/nuria-lopez-bigas

Guest speaker
Session II: Molecular Oncology and Genomic Medicine

Breast Cancer Now Toby Robins Research Centre, The Institute of Cancer Research
London, GB
e-mail: chris.lord[at]icr.ac.uk
https://www.icr.ac.uk/our-research/researchers-and-teams/professor-chris-lord

Guest speaker
Session III: Precision Medicine in Cancer Treatment

Joan and Sanford I. Weill Dept. of Medicine/Pharmacology; Sackler Center for Biomedical and Physical Sciences, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
New York, US
e-mail: amm2014[at]med.cornell.edu
https://research.cornell.edu/researchers/ari-m-melnick

Guest speaker
Session III: Precision Medicine in Cancer Treatment

San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Milan, IT
e-mail: naldini.luigi[at]hsr.it
https://research.hsr.it/en/institutes/san-raffaele-telethon-institute-for-gene-therapy/gene-transfer-technologies-and-new-gene-therapy-strategies/luigi-naldini.html

Guest speaker
Session I: Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine

Institute for Cancer Genetics, Columbia University
New York, US
e-mail: lp171[at]cumc.columbia.edu
https://www.columbiaicg.org/research-areas/faculty/laura-pasqualucci

Guest speaker
Session III: Precision Medicine in Cancer Treatment

Hopp Children´s Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ); Division of Pediatric Neurooncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Dept. of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Immunology, University Hospital Heidelberg
Heidelberg, DE
e-mail: s.pfister[at]kitz-heidelberg.de
https://www.kitz-heidelberg.de/das-kitz/kitz-direktorium/prof-dr-med-stefan-pfister/

Guest speaker
Session II: Molecular Oncology and Genomic Medicine

Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology
Berlin, DE
e-mail: portugal[at]mpiib-berlin.mpg.de
https://www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de/2008071/malaria-parasite-biology

Guest speaker
Session IV: Infectious Diseases

Chief Scientist und Head of External Research and Development (R&D) at GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines
Siena, IT
e-mail: rino.r.rappuoli[at]gsk.com
https://www.aditecproject.eu/about/steering-committee/dr-rino-rappuoli/

Guest speaker
Session IV: Infectious Diseases

Dept. of Dermatology, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg
Essen, DE
e-mail: dirk.schadendorf[at]uk-essen.de
https://www.uk-essen.de/index.php?id=2391&L=1

Guest speaker
Session III: Precision Medicine in Cancer Treatment

Fishberg Dept. of Neuroscience, Dept. of Psychiatry, Friedman Brain Inst. and Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, US
e-mail: anne.schaefer[at]mssm.edu
http://labs.neuroscience.mssm.edu/project/schaefer-lab/

Guest speaker
Session V: Neuroplasticity and Neurodegeneration

The Center for Stem Cell Biology, Developmental Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, US
e-mail: studerl[at]mskcc.org
https://www.mskcc.org/research/ski/labs/lorenz-studer

Guest speaker
Session I: Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine

Cellular Genetics, Wellcome Sanger Institute
Hinxton, GB
e-mail: sarah.teichmann[at]sanger.ac.uk
https://www.sanger.ac.uk/person/teichmann-sarah/

Guest speaker
Session II: Molecular Oncology and Genomic Medicine

Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg
Heidelberg, DE
e-mail: stephan.urban[at]med.uni-heidelberg.de
https://www.klinikum.uni-heidelberg.de/zentrum-fuer-infektiologie/molecular-virology/about-us/research-teams/ag-urban

Guest speaker
Session IV: Infectious Diseases

VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research
Leuven, BE
e-mail: patrik.verstreken[at]kuleuven.vib.be
http://www.vib.be/en/research/scientists/Pages/Patrik-Verstreken-Lab.aspx

Guest speaker
Session V: Neuroplasticity and Neurodegeneration

(CECAD) - Cologne Excellence Cluster Diseases
Cologne, DE
e-mail: dvilchez[at]uni-koeln.de
https://www.cecad.uni-koeln.de/research/principal-investigators/prof-dr-david-vilchez/

Guest speaker
Session I: Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Precision Cancer Medicine and Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
Cambridge, US
e-mail: myaffe[at]mit.edu
https://yaffelab.mit.edu/

Introduction / guest speaker
Session II: Precision Medicine in Cancer Treatment