2nd YI-Symposium (October 2022)

Aula-Gebäude von außen
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The 2nd Young Investigators Symposium will take place on October 12, 2022 in the Aula (Saarbrücken Campus). From 9 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., you can expect exciting lectures and poster presentations by outstanding young investigators from the NanoBioMed priority area as well as two keynotes by Prof. Dr. Anna Hirsch  and Prof. Dr. Sven Rahmann.

Participation is free of charge. For better planning, we ask for a short registration via the form below.

 

Bus transfer

Departure in the morning: 7:45 in Homburg at building 35 (arrival at Campus Center Saarbrücken approx. 8:30)

Departure in the evening: 15:00 at the Campus Center in Saarbrücken (arrival in Homburg at building 35 approx. 15:45)

Agenda

Talks

9:00 – Greetings and introduction (Prof. Dr. Manfred Schmitt, University President, Universität des Saarlandes)

9:05 – 9:50: Key Note Lecture 1

  • Prof. Dr. Anna Hirsch: “Addressing underexplored anti-infective targets”
    Host: Prof. Dr. Uli Kazmaier

9:55 – 10:50: Session 1 (Hosted by Prof. Dr. Alexandra Kiemer)

  • Jun.Prof. Dr. Sangeun Lee
    Oligodynamer: a new material as a sophisticatedly controllable research tool and as a novel class of functional peptides
  • Dr. Xianshu Bai
    The impact of OPC-endothelial cell interaction on the blood-brain barrier integrity

10:50 – 11:10: Coffee break

11:10 – 12:05: Session 2 (Hosted by Prof. Dr. Franziska Lautenschläger)

  • Dr. Alexis Darras
    Membrane interactions between blood cells and endothelial cells during capillary flow in vivo
  • Jun.Prof. Dr. Fabian Müller
    Dissecting pathogen-induced epigenome dynamics through multi-omics single-cell data integration

12:05 – 13:20: Lunch break

13:20 – 14:05: Key note lecture 2

  • Prof. Dr. Sven Rahmann: “How string algorithms can help us understand obesity and heart conditions”
    Host: Prof. Dr. Andreas Keller

14:05 – 14:30: Session 3 (Hosted by Prof. Dr. Frank Kirchhoff)

  • Dr. Julian Hegemann
    Mining the Human Microbiome for bioactive RIPP Natural Products

14:30: Concluding Remarks (Prof. Dr. med. Veit Flockerzi, Vice-President for Research, Universität des Saarlandes)

Poster

Throughout the symposium, a poster session will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. in the venue auditorium with the following participants:

  • Dr. Hsin-Fang Chang
  • Dr. Jean-Baptiste Fleury
  • Jun.Prof. Dr. Laura Aradilla Zapata
  • Dr. Nicole Ludwig
  • Dr. Reza Shaebani
  • Dr. Yvonne Schwarz