Pathogen-host-interactions of major animal infectious diseases and zoonoses

Island of Spetses, Greece, 9-15 September 2012
   
Advanced lecture course intended for Ph.D. students and postdoctoral scientists

This summer school will provide a forum for learning and discussing the latest insights into the molecular mechanisms of bacterial, viral and parasitic infections in their natural animal hosts. Emphasis will be on approaches that are at the frontier of current knowledge, including genomics, bioinformatics and structural biology. Key molecular mechanisms underlying host and tissue specificity leading to the emergence of new microbial infections will be discussed with top scientist working on these topics.

The summer-school is designed as an intensive lecture and training course limited to 60 successful applicants in the fields of animal or zoonotic pathogen-host interaction research.

The registration deadline July 15th 2012 or as soon as the course is booked out.

  Speakers and Tutors
Ben Adler, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Ross Coppel, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Charles Czuprynski, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA
Dirk Dobbelaere, University of Bern, Switzerland
Esteban Domingo, Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa, Madrid, Spain
Efstathios S. Gonos, Institute of Biological Research and Biotechnology, Athens, Greece
Grant McFadden, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
Joachim Frey, University of Bern, Switzerland
Otto Haller, University of Freiburg, Germany
Marc Lecuit, Institut Pasteur Paris
Alexandra Lucas, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
Ernst Peterhans, University of Bern, Switzerland
John Prescott, University of Guelph, Canada
Julian Rood, Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne, Australia
James Whisstock, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
ruth.parham@vetsuisse.unibe.ch / February, 1 2012