Month

Open lectures on “Alternative Infection Models” 22 - 25 August - part of NDPIA workshop

Mon. 22 Aug, 2016 9:00 - 10:00

The Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS) and The National Doctoral Pogramme in Infections and Antibiotics (NDPIA) invite to a series of open lectures which are given in connection to an experimental workshop on "Alternative Infection Models". The lectures are open to all.
WELCOME!

The lectures are given in connection to an experimental workshop on "Alternative Infection Models" funded by the National Doctoral Programme in Infections and Antibiotics (NDPIA) and organized by The Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS) at Umeå University 22-25 August, 2016.


22/8 Monday
09.00
Welcome & Introduction: Bernt Eric Uhlin & Anna Holmström

09.10 – 10.00
Jörgen Johansson, MIMS-UCMR & Dept. of Molecular Biology, Umeå University
"Chicken embryos to study Listeria monocytogenes virulence"

13.00 – 15.00
Jonathan Ewbank, Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Marseille, France
Part 1: “A general introduction to C. elegans
Part 2: “C. elegans as a model for host-pathogen interactions”



23/8 Tuesday
08.30 – 09.30
Jonas von Hofsten, UCMM, Umeå University
”Fish for science - the zebrafish model system”

10.30 – 12.00
Nelson Gekara, MIMS-UCMR & Dept. of Molecular Biology, Umeå University
“How to model infections in mice”



24/8 Wednesday
08.30 – 09.30
Sun Nyunt Wai, MIMS-UCMR & Dept. of Molecular Biology, Umeå University
“Predator models in studies of Vibrio cholerae

13.00 -15.00
Mattias Svensson, Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet
Part 1: “New developments in in vitro models of multicellular tissue cultures”
Part 2: “Organotypic models of human tissue and their application in biomedical research”



25/8 Thursday
08.30 – 09.15
Mikael Rhen, UCMR & Dept. of Microbiology,
Tumor and Cell Biology (MTC), Karolinska Institutet
“Probabilistic modelling of infection”

11.00 – 11.45
Anna Fahlgren, UCMR & Dept. of Molecular Biology, Umeå University
In vivo bioluminescent imaging - methods and applications"


Place:
Major Groove, Dept Molecular Biology, Building 6K/L, NUS

Host:
The Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS) and The National Doctoral Programme in Infection and Antibiotics (NDPIA)
Bernt Eric Uhlin

Contact:
Anna Holmström, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.