GRK2727 Conference 23./24.01.2025 (Heidelberg)

01 | 23 | 2025

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The international conference of GRK2727 will take place from 23. - 24.01.2025 in DKFZ/Heidelberg. They have put together an exciting program covering several aspects of innate immunity. More details will follow.

TRR179 - Retreat 2024

10 | 28 | 2024

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Annual internal retreat 2024 on Oct. 28./29., 2024 in Bad Boll.

Thursday Lunch Lecture

10 | 10 | 2024

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"Basics of liver pathology" by C. Mogler

Seminar series Munich

09 | 23 | 2024

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Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Saliba (Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based infection research (HIRI)) will talk about „Identifying host vulnerabilities to infections using single-cell genomics”

Thursday Lunch Lecture

09 | 05 | 2024

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Dr. Marco Binder from project TP11 (DKFZ Heidelberg) gives a talk on "Being prepared for the next strike – only primed cells respond fast enough".
As usual the talk will be recorded and available afterwards.

Press release @TUM

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( 07 | 30 | 2024 )

TRR179 goes Podcast

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We just published the latest and kind of anniversary edition - the 10. Podcast of the TRR179!!!
In this episode you can learn more about the technologies provided and used by the TRR179.
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( 07 | 25 | 2024 )

TRR179 Seminar Series Munich

07 | 24 | 2024

Events


On Wednesday, July 24th Prof. Ben Burwitz from Oregon National Primate Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University will talk about "A non-human primate model of HBV infection" at the Institute for Virology at TUM. It is a hybrid event and open for everybody interested.

Thursday Lunch Lecture

07 | 04 | 2024

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Prof. Dr. Maike Hofmann (TP20) will talk about "T cell exhaustion and beyond: virus-specific CD8+ T cell responses in chronic viral hepatitis"

Academic Lunch Break 2024

06 | 19 | 2024

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Within the frame of the Health + Life Science Alliance Heidelberg Mannheim, R. Bartenschlager (TP09) will talk about "Wie entwickelt man eigentlich eine antivirale Therapie?" during the academic lunch break
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Gesundheit - Leben - Innovation

06 | 19 | 2024

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Die Health + Life Science Alliance Heidelberg Mannheim bietet im Rahmen der Akademischen Mittagspause 2024 Einblicke in die aktuelle Spitzenforschung in
den Lebenswissenschaften, in die Behandlung menschlicher Krankheiten und die wissenschaftlichen Grundlagen für neue Therapien. Der TRR179 ist mit Beiträgen aktiv daran beteiligt.
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Seminar series Heidelberg

06 | 17 | 2024

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On Monday June 17th at 17:15 h
John Schoggins (Dallas, USA) will talk about “Interferon-mediated antiviral strategies in humans, bats, and beyond”

Gesundheit - Leben - Innovation

06 | 05 | 2024

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Die Health + Life Science Alliance Heidelberg Mannheim bietet im Rahmen der Akademischen Mittagspause 2024 Einblicke in die aktuelle Spitzenforschung inden Lebenswissenschaften, in die Behandlung menschlicher Krankheiten und die wissenschaftlichen Grundlagen für neue Therapien. Der TRR179 ist mit Beiträgen aktiv daran beteiligt.

Third funding period granted

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We are happy to announce that our TRR179 has been approved for another, final funding phase of 4 years by the DFG!!

( 05 | 31 | 2024 )

TRR179 Seminar Series Munich

04 | 15 | 2024

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by Prof. Dr. Carolina Boni (Dept of Medicine & Surgery, Parma) will talk about „Can CD8 T cell analysis define patient propensity to achieve HBV cure?”
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Ju-FORUM Congress

04 | 05 | 2024

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The visit of the Center for Infectious Diseases was part of this year's JuFORUM Congress in Heidelberg.
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THURSDAY LUNCH LECTURE

04 | 04 | 2024

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Dr. Immanuel Andrä (Z02) from the Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology und Hygiene at TUM will talk about "Handling rare cells with FACS purification: high-throughput options for single cell assay readouts and data – applications, limitations and caveats"

DZIF/GfV AWARD 2024

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We are very happy and proud to announce, that our recently graduated Alumni Ombretta Colasanti (TP17/ V. Lohmann) was awarded with the annual DZIF/GfV Award 2024. The award ceremony took place on 26 March at the annual GfV conference in Vienna.
CONGRATS, Ombretta!

( 03 | 27 | 2024 )

THURSDAY LUNCH LECTURE

03 | 07 | 2024

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Prof. Dr. Christoph Neumann-Haefelin (TP02, Department of Medicine II, University of Freiburg) will speak on "Hepatitis Delta: Impact of current and upcoming antiviral therapies on the immune response"

Joint seminar series Freiburg - Heidelberg

02 | 26 | 2024

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"Transcriptional regulation of T cell activation states" by Dr. Joris van der Veeken
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Therapeutic vaccine Ther-Vac-B

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The novel therapeutic vaccine TherVacB to combat chronic hepatitis B has reached the first clinical trial phase. In the phase 1a clinical trial, the safety and immunogenicity of the novel vaccine candidate will be investigated in healthy volunteers.
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( 02 | 23 | 2024 )

TRR179 Seminar Series Munich

02 | 12 | 2024

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Prof. Dr. Julian Grünewald (TUM) will speak on "Engineering CRISPR technologies for research and therapeutic applications"
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TRR179 Seminar Series Munich

02 | 05 | 2024

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Dr. Celia P. Martinez-Jimenez
Helmholtz Pioneer Campus/ Helmholtz Zentrum München
will speak on
Ageing and metabolic function: Dissecting one cell at a time
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Thursday Lunch Lecture

02 | 01 | 2024

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Dr. Jochen Wettengel (Technical University of Munich, Institute of Virology)
will speak on: "Recombinant Hepatitis B Virus particles"

IRTG Café

01 | 26 | 2024

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Prof. Dr. Anne Schütz, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
"Career pathway and more"
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TRR179 goes Podcast

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We just published the latest episode of our Podcast!
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( 12 | 28 | 2023 )

Seminar series Munich

12 | 21 | 2023

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Dr. Lena Allweiss (University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf) wioll give a talk about
“Epigenetic regulation of HBV cccDNA during antiviral treatment in humanized mice”.

IRTG-Café

12 | 15 | 2023

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Jun. Prof. Konstantin Sparrer, Ulm University, "Career pathway and more"
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Thursday Lunch Lecture

12 | 07 | 2023

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PD Dr. Dirk Wohlleber (TP13, Institute of Molecular Immunology and Experimental Oncology TUM) will talk about "Restoration of antiviral immunity during chronic liver infection"

Bavarian m4 Award for Ther-Vac-B

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TherVacB is a spin-off for the development of a therapeutic hepatitis B vaccination in which our project leaders U. Protzer (TP14, TP18) and P. Knolle (TP05) were strongly involved in its foundation
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( 12 | 01 | 2023 )

Joint seminar Freiburg

11 | 27 | 2023

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Prof Dr. Ping-Chih Ho (Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Lausanne Switzerland) will talke about"
Listen to Heme. You are exhausted"

Dies academicus 2023: University of Basel confers honorary doctorates

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Prof. Dr. Stephan Urban (TP15) was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Medicine of the University Basel for his groundbreaking discoveries in the field of molecular virology of hepatitis B and hepatitis D viruses, which led to the development of the first drug against chronic hepatitis D.

( 11 | 22 | 2023 )

Highly cited researchers 2023

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The list of “Highly Cited Researchers” that has just appeared. Our speaker Prof. Dr Ralf Bartenschlager (cross-field) is on the list of “Highly Cited Researchers” for the eleventh time in a row. Also project leaders Mathias Heikenwälder (TP06) and Bertram Bengsch (TP21) are again on the list of highly cited researchers. Congratulations!
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( 11 | 20 | 2023 )

THURSDAY LUNCH LECTURE

11 | 02 | 2023

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Dr. Anna Kosinska (Technical University of Munich, Institute of Virology) will speak on "Therapeutic vaccination against chronic hepatitis B"

SEMINAR SERIES FREIBURG

10 | 30 | 2023

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PD Dr. Dirk Wohlleber (Institute of Molecular Immunology and Experimental Oncology, TU Munich) will speak on "Control of antiviral CD8 T cell function in the liver"

Lab rotation scholarship

10 | 26 | 2023

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Sarah Prallet, TRR179 TP22 visits Dr. Senjuti Saha at the Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF) in Dhaka, Bangladesh

THURSDAY LUNCH LECTURE

10 | 05 | 2023

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The next Thursday Lunch Lecture will be given by Jochen Wettengel (TP14) about "Recombinant Hepatitis B Virus particles".
We are looking forward to an informative lunch break and many participants.

Flow School 2023

10 | 02 | 2023

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CRC TRR179 IRTG Workshop Advanced Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting/Flow School 2023, TU Munich, October 2023, 9 - 13, Munich

Seminar Series Munich

09 | 25 | 2023

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Prof. Schultz form LIMES-Institute at the University of Bonn will talk about " Single Cell Level Immune Analysis: Are we ready for clinical applications?"

DZIF AWARD 2023

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This year, the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) honors the virologist Prof. Ralf Bartenschlager and speaker of our consortium (and PI TP09, Heidelberg) for his scientific achievements with the DZIF Award for Translational Infection Research. Congratulations!

( 09 | 25 | 2023 )

DGFZ Poster award

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We have some happy news, Frances Winkler from TP21 won the poster award at the DGFZ annual meeting 2023 for her paper "Enolase represents a metabolic checkpoint controlling the differential exhaustion programs of hepatitis virus-specific CD8+ T cells." Congratulations!

( 09 | 22 | 2023 )

WORLD HEPATITS DAY TODAY

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On the occasion of World Hepatitis Day, our Associate Young Scientist Shirin Nkonglo gave an interview on ZDF heute. Important to draw attention to this day!
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( 07 | 28 | 2023 )

GRK2727 Vienna Workshop 2023

07 | 10 | 2023

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We are actively contributing to the common workshop organized by our cooperation partners GRK 2727 and the JakStat consortium taking place on July 10-12th, 2023 ion Vienna.

Thursday Lunch Lecture

07 | 06 | 2023

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Dr. Maike Hofmann, TRR179 TP20 (Department of Medicine II, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Endocrinology and Infectious Diseases, Medical Center University of Freiburg) will speak on "T cell exhaustion and memory - lessons from chronic viral hepatitis". It´s worth joining!

Science Splash

07 | 05 | 2023

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The Alliance Science Splash allows you to present your research, foster new collaborations, and get inspired by three excellent keynote speakers, amongst them project leader of TP16, S. Urban (HD)

Seminar Series Freiburg

06 | 28 | 2023

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Prof. Dr. Jacques Neefjes (Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands) will speak on

"How to detoxify doxorubicin to dramatically improve overall survival of AML patients"

TRR179 seminar series Freiburg

06 | 26 | 2023

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Prof. Dr. Daniel Pinschewer (University of Basel, Department of Biomedicine, Basel, Switzerland) will be our guest. The title will be announced soon.
The colloquium is open to anyone interested.

TRR179 Seminar Series - Heidelberg

06 | 20 | 2023

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Eike Steinmann (Ruhr-University Bochum) will give a talk on ‘Molecular Mechanisms of Hepatitis E Virus Replication’.
The seminar will take in hybrid format.

TRR179 - Seminar Series Freiburg

06 | 19 | 2023

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Prof. Dr. Yohei Yamauchi will speak on "Decoding the Molecular Dance between Influenza Virus and Host Cells"
Guests are welcome!
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IRTG Cafe

06 | 02 | 2023

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This time, Dr. Katrin Böttcher, MD, PhD, who is principal investigator and research group leader at Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, will talk about her career path and more!

Thursday Lunch Lecture

06 | 01 | 2023

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Dr. Immanuel Andrä (Z03, Flow Cytometry Unit CyTUM MIH, Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology und Hygiene, Technical Universtity Munich) will speak on "FACS based high-throughput cell isolation methods for single cell assay readouts and data – options, limitations and caveats"

Thursday Lunch Lecture

05 | 04 | 2023

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Prof. Dr. Tobias Böttler, TRR179 TP04 (Department of Medicine II, Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Endocrinology and Infectious Diseases, Freiburg) will speak about "Clinical courses of acute and chronic viral hepatitis"

Seminar series Munich

05 | 01 | 2023

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Todays seminar will be given by Prof. Christian Lange about „Inflammation in liver cirrhosis : driver of failed liver regeneration and impaired cellular immunity”.
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SciencePub

04 | 25 | 2023

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Highly recommended!
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Science Pub

04 | 25 | 2023

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We are happy to announce that M. Binder an L. Dao Thi will talk about "Viral Hepatitis and Beyond - Basic Research and Cure" in the Cafe Leitstelle in a relaxed atmosphere. Everybody is welcome to come over and have a beer.
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Gender seminar

04 | 24 | 2023

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We will have a follow up seminar by Karin Greiner-Simank on "Profit by difference", also known as Arrogance training.
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TRR179 Goes Podcast

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The already sevens episode of our podcast is dealing with "Therapeutic Vaccination of HBV". Enjoy listening: HERE

( 04 | 13 | 2023 )

IRTG Cafe

03 | 17 | 2023

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Volker Lohmann, PI of the TRR179, TP17 and Deputy Head of the Department "MOLECULAR VIROLOGY“, Department of Infectious Diseases, CIID, at Heidelberg University Hospital, will talk in relaxed atmosphere about his career and more!

„How I became a virologist“

Thursday Lunch Lecture

03 | 16 | 2023

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T cell exhaustion and memory- lessons from chronic viral hepatitis
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TRR179 Thursday Lunch Lectures

03 | 02 | 2023

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Prof. Dr. Volker Lohmann , TRR179 TP17 (Department of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, CIID Heidelberg)
will speak on "Determinants of HCV immune response and pathogenesis"

TR179 Seminar Series Munich

02 | 09 | 2023

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Dr. Carl-Philipp Hackstein (University of Oxford) will talk about "Chronic hepatic injury, microbes and cytokines: Impact on adaptive immunity in the liver and beyond."

Thursday Lunch Lecture

02 | 02 | 2023

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Our speaker Ralf Bartenschlager will talk about "Commonalities and Differences between hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus"

TRR179 in the media

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TRR179 conducts public relations work to bring the research topic closer to the general public.
We are happy to share a the broadcast with U. Protzer of the Roman Herzog Institute! "How will we control infectious diseases in the future?"


Enjoy watching!!!

( 01 | 26 | 2023 )

TRR179 Seminar series Freiburg

01 | 24 | 2023

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Dr. Upkar Gill (Barts Liver Centre in London) will give a talk about "Probing the immune response to optimise treatment strategies for Chronic Hepatitis B"

IRTG Cafe

12 | 02 | 2022

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TRR179 Alumni Andreas Oswald is sharing his experience.
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Thursday Lunch Lectures

12 | 01 | 2022

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Studying HEV transmission along the gut liver axis
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TRR179 goes Podcast

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In today's episode, our PhD- and MD-students present the integrated graduate school of the TRR. A very varied and informative compilation. Enjoy listening!
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( 12 | 01 | 2022 )

HIGHLY CITED RESEARCHERS 2022

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The list of “Highly Cited Researchers” that has just appeared. Our speaker Prof. Dr Ralf Bartenschlager (cross-field) is on the list of “Highly Cited Researchers” for the tenth time in a row. Also project leader Mathias Heikenwälder (TO06) is on the list of highly cited researchers. Congratulations!
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( 11 | 29 | 2022 )

Baruch S. Blumberg Preis 2023

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Stephan Urban erhält den Baruch S. Blumberg Preis 2023
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( 11 | 18 | 2022 )

Thursday Lunch Lecture

11 | 10 | 2022

Events


Marcus Rosenblatt (TP10) will talk about "From Data Alignment over Parameter Estimation to Model Selection and Predictions - The Daily Life as a Modeler" in our Thursday Lunch Lecture.

TRR179 - Seminar Series Freiburg

11 | 07 | 2022

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"Insights from a subgenome-resolved SARS-CoV-2 RNA interactome"
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Thursday Lunch Lecture

11 | 03 | 2022

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Jens Timmer (TP10) will give insights into the HBV infection cycle and cross talk to host cell response

CANHEPC AND TRR179 EXCHANGE PROGRAM - CALL FOR APPLICATION OPEN

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CanHepC and the German TRR179 Network are again offering the opportunity for one CanHepC trainee and one student from the German TRR179 Hepatitis Network to do a 2-6 months internship with one the of PIs affiliated to the other network.
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( 10 | 21 | 2022 )

TRR179 Seminar Series - Freiburg

09 | 19 | 2022

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Dr. Stefan Jordan, the Head of the Laboratory of Microbiology, Metabolism and Inflammation (LoMMI), Institute of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin in Berlin will speak on "Microbiome, Metabolism, Inflammation: Dietary Energy in Immunoregulation and Inflammatory Disease". You are welcome to join in the Hörsaal Virologie, Haus C, EG, Hermann-Herder-Str. 11, Freiburg.

Cooperation started GRK2727

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We are happy to announce a new cooperation partner of our consortium, the GRK 2727 InCheck „Innate Immune Checkpoints in Cancer and Tissue Damage"!
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( 09 | 01 | 2022 )

TRR179 Seminar

08 | 09 | 2022

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Prof. Dr. Volker Lohmann (University of Heidelberg, Department of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Virology, CIID and TP17) will talk about "Assessing the RNA replication fitness of HCV isolates in cell culture: The return of the ISDR” in the lecture hall in Freiburg (Int. medicine)

World Hepatitis Day

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World Hepatitis Day (WHD) takes places every year on 28 July bringing the world together under a single theme to raise awareness of the global burden of viral hepatitis and to influence real change. In 2022 the theme is ‘I Can’t Wait’. It’s also a day to celebrate the progress we have made and to meet the current challenges and an opportunity for us to jointly facilitate prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

( 07 | 28 | 2022 )

TRR179 Thursday Lunch Lecture

06 | 30 | 2022

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U. Protzer will talk about "Strategies to cure HBV"!

TRR179 Conference Report

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We thank all speakers and participants of the conference for their contributions, which made the conference a memorable and worthwhile visiting event for all. To get some impressions and a wrap up, you are warmly invited to listen to our Podcast.

Enjoy listening!!!

( 06 | 23 | 2022 )

TRR179 Seminar Series - Heidelberg

06 | 21 | 2022

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Dr. Justin Bailey (Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA) will talk about "Convergent evolution of human bNAb lineages associated with control of HCV infection"

Wolfgang - Gerok Preis 2022

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Stephan Urban (PI TP15) has been awarded with the first Wolfgang Gerok Price of the FALK Foundation 2022
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( 06 | 20 | 2022 )

Thursday Lunch Lecture

05 | 26 | 2022

Events


PD Dr. Carolin Mogler (Institute of Pathology, TUM School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich ), TP Z02
will speak on Infectious Hepatitis of men and mice!

TRR179 Seminar series Heidelberg

05 | 17 | 2022

Events


Dr. Michael Diamond (Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, USA) will talk about ‘Innate and adaptive immune protection against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants’

Ernst Jung-Preis for Medicine 2022

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Another prestigious award for the speaker of our consortium, Ralf Bartenschlager (Heidelberg).
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( 05 | 16 | 2022 )

CANADIAN LIVER MEETING 2022

05 | 13 | 2022

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CONGRÈS CANADIEN D'HÉPATOLOGIE,
May 13 – 15, 2022 (In-Person & Online)
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TRR179 NEWSLETTER 7

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Just check the latest issue of our newsletter to get a wrapped up information about our consortium.

( 05 | 04 | 2022 )

Else-Kröner Scholarship of Excellence

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Tobias Böttler (TP04) has been awarded with the Else Kröner Scholarship of Excellence from the Else Kröner Foundation for the project "Influence of antigen exposure and immunosuppression on pathogen-specific follicular T helper cells"
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( 05 | 01 | 2022 )

Thursday Lunch Lecture

04 | 07 | 2022

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My scientific pandemic side-step: Comparing cell manipulation by HCV and SARS-CoV-2
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Youth research award winner anno 1980

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Undoubtedly a success story of our project leader Stephan Urban (TP15), which is highlighted in the artikel here https://www.stern.de/panorama/wissen/jugend-forscht--die-spannendsten-preistraeger-erzaehlen-ihre-geschichte-31721492.html

( 04 | 05 | 2022 )

Therapeutic vaccines for HBV

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Read the views of Ulrike Protzer (TP14, TP18), Stephan Urban (TP15) and other leading experts in Nature's feature story on HBV cure. They discuss how to develop a curative therapy for people living with chronic hepatitis B by combining antivirals or stimulating the immune system using e.g. a therapeutic vaccine: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35327662/

( 04 | 04 | 2022 )

German Cancer Award 2022 to Mathias Heikenwälder (TP06)

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Another success story from our TRR that we are all very happy about. Prof. Dr. Mathias Heikenwälder, receives the German Cancer Award 2022 in the category "Experimental Cancer Research" for his outstanding basic research on chronic inflammation and liver cancer.
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( 03 | 30 | 2022 )

Dr. Maike Hofmann receives the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize of the DFG

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This was decided by a selection committee set up by the DFG and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. The prize is considered the most important award for young scientists in Germany.
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( 03 | 09 | 2022 )

Thursday Lunch lecture

03 | 03 | 2022

Events


Volker Lohmann (TP17) will talk about "Innate immune response to HAV and HCV infection"

TRR179 Seminar Series Freiburg

02 | 25 | 2022

Events


Prof. Susanne Herold (Gießen) will talk about "Macrophage (re-)programming in viral pneumonia: role in lung injury and stem-cell-mediated repair"

TRR179 Seminar Heidelberg

02 | 15 | 2022

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Barbara Rehermann (NIH) will talk about "Immunology of Chronic Hepatitis B and D: Beyond Virus-Specific T Cells"

TRR179 Lunch Lecture

02 | 03 | 2022

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The TRR179 Thursday Lunch Lecture in February 2022 will be held on Thursday, February 3, 2022 at 12.00 pm as Zoom meeting.

Prof. Dr. Dr. Andreas Pichlmair (TP11, TUM Munich) will talk about "Viral nucleic acids: their interactions with cellular proteins and degradation mechanisms"

Honorary doctoral degree of Mainz University Medicine for Professor Dr. Ralf Bartenschlager

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Appreciation of his services to the transfer of knowledge from basic research to medical application for the treatment of hepatitis C
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( 02 | 03 | 2022 )

TRR179 Newsletter 6

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Just check the latest issue of our newsletter to get a wrapped up information about our consortium.
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( 02 | 02 | 2022 )

TRR179 SEMINAR SERIES Heidelberg

01 | 18 | 2022

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Dr. Wolfgang Schamel from Freiburg University will talk about ‘Blocking the virus-induced translation shutdown in CoV-infected cells’ on Tuesday, January 18 2022 at 17:15 in our virtual meeting

IRTG Lunch Lecture

01 | 13 | 2022

Events


Today Macro Binder will talk about "The winner takes it all, and COVID19 likes to win – the dynamics of viral replication vs. cell-intrinsic immunity"