IPMM Lecture Molecular Medicine

in cooperation with the CMMC, CCRC, IPHS, Faculty of Medicine - Univ. of Cologne and CECAD 

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Decoding Infection and Resistance: Host Immunity and Pathogenic Strategies

Summer term 2025 – Thursdays, 12 - 1 p.m.
Seminar Room, CMMC Research Building (Robert-Koch-Str. 21)

April 24, 2025  

Neonates are not small adults - postnatal establishment of host-microbial homeostasis
Mathias Hornef | RWTH Aachen

May 08, 2025 

Antimicrobial Resistance in the age of Genomics
Paul Higgins | University Hospital Cologne

May 15, 2025

Nucleoside Signals at the Root: Cross-Kingdom Dialogues in Plant Immunometabolism
Alga Zuccharo | University of Cologne

May 22, 2025

Innate defenses against Leishmania
Esther von Stebut & Jonathan Jantsch | University Hospital Cologne

June 05, 2025

Unraveling Bacterial Adaptive Evolution to Innovate Next-Generation Antimicrobial Strategies
Christoph Ernst | University Hospital Cologne

June 12, 2025 (V)

Gut sweet home: How Salmonella invades the colonized gut
Wolf-Dietrich Hardt | ETH Zürich

June 26, 2025

Linkage of iron homeostasis to immunity against infection
Günther Weiss | Med University Innsbruck       

July 03, 2025

Immune responses to pathogens at mucosal surfaces
Astrid Westendorf | University Duisburg-Essen                      

July 10, 2025 (V)

Maternal immunity against listeria
Naomi McGovern | University of Cambridge

July 10, 2025

B cell immunity and antibodies in antimicrobial defense
Florian Klein | University Hospital Cologne

July 24, 2025

Lipid metabolism in the Macrophage - M. tuberculosis Interaction: A new Perspective for
Host-directed adjunctive Treatment
Norbert Reiling | Research Center Borstel

(V) - virtual

Please note that this semester some of the lectures will be held virtually (V) and for (only) these lectures the following link should be used:

Zoom-Meeting
https://uni-koeln.zoom.us/j/94555463856?pwd=NC6VnGtMwSoOnNygaRC1HbDtdUW2aF.1

Meeting-ID: 945 5546 3856
Passwort: 931675

Organization and further information

Catherin Niemann
Coordinator IPMM Scientific Curriculum | Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne
Jonathan Jantsch
Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene | CMMC
Esther von Stebut-Borschitz 
Department of Dermatology