Symposium Comparative Medicine 2024

Ort:
Name: Festsaal der Vetmeduni
Beschreibung: Gebäude CA, 1. Stock

Veranstaltungsbeginn: 27.05.2024 - 09:00 Uhr

Veranstaltungsende: 28.05.2024 - 18:00 Uhr

Veranstaltungskategorie: Weiterbildung, Alumni, Symposium, Vortrag, Event, Am Campus

Organizing Committee:
Iwan Burgener, Monika Ehling-Schulz, Dagmar Gotthardt, Florian Grebien, Dieter Klein, Sabine Lagger, Caroline Lassnig, Heidi Neubauer, Birgit Strobl

Keynote Speakers:
Elly Tanaka (IMP), Gaia Novarino (ISTA), Gerda Egger (MedUni), Robert Kralovics (MedUni), Verena Jantsch (MPL), Martin Leeb (MPL)

Mission

Presentation of research from the Vienna Life Science Region
Presentation of early career stage researchers and new Professors at the Vetmeduni
Topic mix including cell biology, infectious diseases, cancer and One Health
Balance between basic, translational and industrial research
Focus on technological, methodological or therapeutic developments

We thank the speakers for making the meeting attractive and we hope you can join us on May 28th to have dinner at the Vetmeduni with the Master students and organizers.

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FIRST DAY, Monday 27.05.2024

09:00 Opening Cermony – Rectorate of Vetmeduni (VR Otto Doblhoff-Dier) and organizers

Opening Talks (Chair: Sabine Lagger)

09:20 - 10:00: Verena Jantsch (MPL): “Meiotic Chromosome Movement: What’s the Lamina Got to Do with it?”
10:00 - 10:40: Martin Leeb (MPL): “The Molecular Logic of Cell Fate Control”
10:40 - 11:10 – Coffee Break

Session 1 ‘Omics-based Discoveries in Biomedical Research’ (Chair: Birgit Strobl)

11:10 - 11:40: Iros Barozzi (MedUni Vienna): "Unravelling Transcriptional Heterogeneity Exposes General Mechanisms of Adaptation to Endocrine Therapies in Breast Cancer"
11:40 - 12:10: Marco Hein (MPL): “Single-Cell Functional Genomics of Virus/Host Systems”
12:10 - 12:40: Laura deRooji (CeMM): "Vascular Heterogeneity in Health, Disease, and Aging”
12:40 - 13:10: David Berry (Uni Vienna): "Gut Microbiome-targeted Nutrition”
13:10 - 14:10 – Lunch Break

Session 2 ‘Research at the Vetmeduni I’ (Chair: Iwan Burgener)

14:10 - 14:40: Evelyne Selberherr: "Unveiling the Microbial Landscape of Plant-Based Meat Alternatives: Implications for Safety and Quality Assurance in the Growing Market"
14:40 - 15:10: Heidi Neubauer: “Uncovering Disease Mechanisms and Targeted Therapies in Hepatosplenic γδ T Cell Lymphoma”
15:10 - 15:40: Dieter Liebhart: „Elucidation of Immune Pathways in Poultry Against Viral, Bacterial and Parasitic Diseases”
15:40 - 16:10 – Coffee Break

Session 3 - ‘Research at the Vetmeduni II’ (Chair: Heidi Neubauer)

16:10 - 16:40: Tobias Käser: “Vaccine Development against Chlamydia trachomatis in Pigs”
16:40 - 17:10: Friedericke Pohlin: “Translocation Stress in Rhinos“

Closing talk:

17:10 - 17:50: Robert Kralovics (MedUni Vienna): “Oncogenic Calreticulins: from Discovery to Targeted Therapy”

SECOND DAY, Tuesday 28.05.2024

Opening talks (Chair: Florian Grebien)

09:00 - 09:40: Elly Tanaka (IMBA): “The Axolotl as a Model System for Understanding the Molecular Basis of Regeneration”
09:40 - 10:20: Gaia Novarino (ISTA): “From Cells to Systems: Navigating the Complex Landscape of Autism Spectrum Disorders”
10:20 - 10:50 – Coffee Break

Session 4 ‘B-cell biology’ (Chair: Katarzyna Sitnik)

10:50 - 11:20: Ola Grimsholm (MedUni Vienna): "Heterogeneity of Human Memory B cells in Health and Disease"

Session 5 ‘Research at the Vetmeduni III’ (Chair: Caroline Lassnig)

11:20 - 11:50: Doris Wilflingseder (MedUni IBK, Vetmeduni) “Infectious Disease Models 3.0”
11:50 - 12:20: Claudia Bieber: “Wildlife Research at FIWI in the Context of One Health”
12:20 - 12:50: Lorenz Khol: "Where, What and Why - the Unit for Alpine Ruminant Medicine of the Vetmeduni in Tyrol"
12:50 - 13:50 – Lunch Break

Session 6 ‘Career Models / Biomedical Industry’ (Chair: Dieter Klein)

13:50 - 14:15: Anna Orlova (RIANA): “From University to Biotech”
14:15 - 14:40: Krzysztof Chylinski (Böhringer): „Genome Engineering in Academia, Facility and Industry Research”
14:40 - 15:05: Ines Garces: “Life Post-PhD, an Introduction to Medical Writing”
15:05 - 15:20: Claudia Amort (Studio Amort): “The Art of Science: How to Transform Data into Impactful Visuals”
15:20 – 15:35: Gaby Dorner (Tecniplast): “Tierhaltung 4.0” - Company talk
15:35 - 16:00 – Coffee Break

Session 7 ‘Career Models / Biomedical Industry’ - continued (Chair: Dagmar Gotthardt)

16:00 - 16:25: Arianna Sabo (QuantroTx): “QUANTROseq®, a Transcriptomic-based Drug Discovery Platform to Identify Inhibitors and Degraders of Transcription Factors and Cell Signaling Regulators”
16:25 - 16:50 Christoph Rademacher (Cutanos): „Cell-specific Transdermal Delivery of mRNA and Proteins to Langerhans Cells“

Closing Talk

16:50 - 17:30: Gerda Egger (MedUni Vienna): “Modelling the Tumor Microenvironment in Patient-Derived Colorectal Cancer Organoids”

18:00: Speakers and Master Students dinner at the Vetmeduni (Aula, Building CA)

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Kindly sponsored by:
Gold sponsors: Organizing Committee Members, VetCore, Till Rümenapf, Rectorate of Vetmeduni
Silver sponsors: Klimatechnik Fischer, Gaby Dorner, Welatech GmbH, TDC-SKD-ZT GmbH, Tischlerei Scheschy, Ssniff Spezialdiäten GmbH, Babette Schwarz-Lechner, Rettenmaier Austria GmbH

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