Thursday Lunch Lecture

12 | 07 | 2023

Events


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

Joint seminar Freiburg

11 | 27 | 2023

Events


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

News


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

News


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!
Read more...

( 11 | 20 | 2023 )

THURSDAY LUNCH LECTURE

11 | 02 | 2023

Events


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

Events


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"

THURSDAY LUNCH LECTURE

10 | 05 | 2023

Events


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.

Seminar Series Munich

09 | 25 | 2023

Events


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

News


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

News


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

News




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!
Read more...

( 07 | 28 | 2023 )

GRK2727 Vienna Workshop 2023

07 | 10 | 2023

Events


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

Events


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

Events


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

Events


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

Events


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

Events


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

Events


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

IRTG Cafe

06 | 02 | 2023

Events


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

Events


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

Events


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

Events


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

SciencePub

04 | 25 | 2023

Events


Highly recommended!
Read more...

Science Pub

04 | 25 | 2023

Events


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.
Read more...

Gender seminar

04 | 24 | 2023

Events




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

TRR179 Goes Podcast

News


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

Events


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

Events


T cell exhaustion and memory- lessons from chronic viral hepatitis
Read more...

TRR179 Thursday Lunch Lectures

03 | 02 | 2023

Events


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

Events


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

Events


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

TRR179 in the media

News


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

Events


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

Events


TRR179 Alumni Andreas Oswald is sharing his experience.
Read more...

Thursday Lunch Lectures

12 | 01 | 2022

Events


Studying HEV transmission along the gut liver axis
Read more...

TRR179 goes Podcast

News


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!
Read more...

( 12 | 01 | 2022 )

HIGHLY CITED RESEARCHERS 2022

News


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!
Read more...

( 11 | 29 | 2022 )

Baruch S. Blumberg Preis 2023

News


Stephan Urban erhält den Baruch S. Blumberg Preis 2023
Read more...

( 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

Events


"Insights from a subgenome-resolved SARS-CoV-2 RNA interactome"
Read more...

Thursday Lunch Lecture

11 | 03 | 2022

Events




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

News


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.
Read more...

( 10 | 21 | 2022 )

TRR179 Seminar Series - Freiburg

09 | 19 | 2022

Events


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

News


We are happy to announce a new cooperation partner of our consortium, the GRK 2727 InCheck „Innate Immune Checkpoints in Cancer and Tissue Damage"!
Read more...

( 09 | 01 | 2022 )

TRR179 Seminar

08 | 09 | 2022

Events


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

News


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

Events


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

TRR179 Conference Report

News




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

Events


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

News


Stephan Urban (PI TP15) has been awarded with the first Wolfgang Gerok Price of the FALK Foundation 2022
Read more...

( 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

News


Another prestigious award for the speaker of our consortium, Ralf Bartenschlager (Heidelberg).
Read more...

( 05 | 16 | 2022 )

CANADIAN LIVER MEETING 2022

05 | 13 | 2022

Events


CONGRÈS CANADIEN D'HÉPATOLOGIE,
May 13 – 15, 2022 (In-Person & Online)
Read more...

TRR179 NEWSLETTER 7

News


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

News


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"
Read more...

( 05 | 01 | 2022 )

Thursday Lunch Lecture

04 | 07 | 2022

Events


My scientific pandemic side-step: Comparing cell manipulation by HCV and SARS-CoV-2
Read more...

Youth research award winner anno 1980

News


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

News




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)

News


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.
Read more...

( 03 | 30 | 2022 )

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

News


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.
Read more...

( 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

Events


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

TRR179 Lunch Lecture

02 | 03 | 2022

Events


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

News


Appreciation of his services to the transfer of knowledge from basic research to medical application for the treatment of hepatitis C
Read more...

( 02 | 03 | 2022 )

TRR179 Newsletter 6

News


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

( 02 | 02 | 2022 )

TRR179 SEMINAR SERIES Heidelberg

01 | 18 | 2022

Events


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"

DZIF Award 2021

News


This year, the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) honors the physician and clinical virologist Prof. Ulrike Protzer and co-speaker of our consortium (TP14, TP18, TUM Munich) for her scientific achievements with the DZIF Award for Translational Infection Research. Congratulations!

( 12 | 14 | 2021 )

TRR179 - Thursday Lunch Lectures

12 | 02 | 2021

Events


Dirk Wohlleber (TP13) will talk about "Plasticity of T cells in the liver during viral infection" during the lunch lecture.

Canadian Liver Meeting 2022

11 | 25 | 2021

Events




The meeting will take place as hybrid meeting on May 13-15th, 2022. Featured amongst others by our cooperation partners CanHepC!
Read more...

IRTG Cafe

11 | 23 | 2021

Events


Today Marco Binder is open to talk about his career and to answer questions...

TRR179 Seminar Series Freiburg

11 | 22 | 2021

Events


Dr. Enrico Lugli (Rozzano, Italy) will give a talk about "T cell immune responses in human cancer"

Highly cited researchers 2021

News


Recognizing the most influential researchers 2021
Our speaker, Ralf Bartenschlager is also in 2021 among the top one percent of the most cited experts in his field. Even more: Mathias Heikenwälder, one of our PIs also counts to the most highly cited researchers world wide! Congratulations!!Further details can be found here: https://bit.ly/3qEBjxg

( 11 | 18 | 2021 )

TRR179 Seminar Series Munich

11 | 15 | 2021

Events




We would like to cordially invite you to our next seminar held by Prof. Dr. Ulrike Seifert of the Friedrich Loeffler-Institute, University of Greifswald on the following topic: ”Ubiquitination as regulator of the host cell response to bacto-viral infection”

IRTG Cafe

11 | 05 | 2021

Events


Prof. Dr. Ulrike Protzer, who is institute director of the Institute of Virology at Helmholtz Zentrum München and director of the Institute of Virology of TU München and PI of the TRR179 TP14 and TP18, will visit us and talk to us in a relaxed atmosphere

TRR179 THURSDAY LUNCH LECTURE

11 | 04 | 2021

Events


Dr. Maike Hofmann (TP20, Freiburg) will talk about "COVID-19 and CD8+ T cells"

Newsletter 5

News


We are proud to present you the next issue of our newsletter today under the download link
Read more...

( 10 | 28 | 2021 )

TRR179 goes Podcast

News


In the meantime we have two more episodes of our Podcast available.
Read more...

( 10 | 28 | 2021 )

CanHepC and TRR179 exchange program - call for application open

News


CanHepC and the German TRR179 Network are 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.
Read more...

( 10 | 19 | 2021 )

Post-doc position (f/m/d) in the field of antiviral immunology

Jobs


In a DFG-funded project on infection of the liver with hepatitis B viruses, we are characterizing the immune determinants for control of infection vs failure to control of infection. The focus of the project is on virus-specific CD8 T cells and the local hepatic regulation of their effector functions through environmental and cytokine-induced signals. The AG Wohlleber is looking for a Post-doctoral researcher to investigate the regulation and dynamics of CD8 T cell immunity and identify mechanisms or pathways that will decide whether an HBV infection will develop into acute or chronic infection.
Read more...

OPEN POSITION for a postdoctoral fellow in the research group of Ralf Bartenschlager at Heidelberg University

Jobs


The Bartenschlager group is studying the interaction between plus-strand RNA viruses such as Dengue and Zika virus, SARS-CoV-2 and Hepatitis C virus and their host cells. One major focus is the cell biology underlying virus – host cell interactions aiming to understand how viruses reprogram cells for robust viral replication with the goal to identify possible drug targets for antiviral therapy.
Read more...

Award winners

News


The Distinguished Award in Hepatitis B Research was presented to Michael Nassal and Stephan Urban. Both gave well-received presentation on their groundbreaking work during the HBV meeting 2021.

( 10 | 15 | 2021 )

TRR179 Thursday Lunch Lecture

10 | 07 | 2021

Events


Prof. Dr. Sabrina Schreiner will be on stage this time.

TRR179 - Seminar Series Heidelberg

09 | 21 | 2021

Events


Konstantin Sparrer, Ulm University, on ‘SARS-CoV-2 vs. Innate Immunity’

Seminar Series FREIBURG

09 | 20 | 2021

Events


Determining the essential functions of distinct pro-survival BCL-2 family members by using gene-swap mice

SAVE THE DATE 30./31.05.2022: Intl. Conference of the TRR179

News


We are delighted to invite you to our International Conference "Viral hepatitis and beyond: from basic science to cure" in Freiburg from May, 30-31, 2022.
Read more...

( 07 | 20 | 2021 )

TRR179 Seminar series Freiburg

07 | 05 | 2021

Events


Dr. Paola FISICARO (Laboratory of Viral Immunopathology, Azienda-Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma) will talk about "From transcriptomic to functional characterization of virus-specific CD8 T cells in chronic hepatitis B to identify novel molecular targets for therapeutic T cell reconstitution strategies”.

Hepatitis researcher honored

News




Junior research group leader Dr. Maike Hofmann (TP21) has been honored...
Read more...

( 07 | 02 | 2021 )

TRR179 seminar series Munich

06 | 30 | 2021

Events


Seminar talk given by Prof. Dr. Maura Dandri (UKE Hamburg and DZIF) as guest in Munich on
June 30th 2021 at 03:30 pm about “HBV cccDNA silencing: a key step towards functional cure?“

IRTG-Cafe 02. July 2021

06 | 23 | 2021

Events


IRTG Cafe with Ulrike Protzer
Read more...

TRR179 seminar series

06 | 14 | 2021

Events


Professor Maini (UCL Division of Infection and Immunity, London) will talk about “Rescuing HBV-specific CD8 T cells from the tolerogenic liver niche“

TRR179 Seminar series

05 | 18 | 2021

Events


Dr. Paul Ahlquist (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) will talk about "Mechanistic insights from structure-function studies of positive-strand RNA virus replication complexes"

TRR179 goes Podcast

News


We are happy to share our first TRR179 podcast with you!


Enjoy listening!!!
Read more...

( 05 | 12 | 2021 )

CONGRATULATION

News


NEW graduate school funded by DFG
Read more...

( 05 | 11 | 2021 )

TRR179 - seminar series Heidelberg

04 | 20 | 2021

Events


Our next guest, Dr. Volker Thiel will talk about "SARS-CoV2: From Genome to Function" online on Tuesday, April 20 at 17:15.
We are looking forward to get the latest information of his research findings.

Thursday Lunch Talk

04 | 15 | 2021

Events


Prof. Dr. Prof. Dr. Adelheid Cerwenka (TP07) will talk about "TNK cells and anti-viral immunity"

Seminar Series Heidelberg

04 | 01 | 2021

Events


Dr. Florian Krammer (Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, USA)
‘Antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination’

Virtual Meeting

TRR179 - Online Seminar

04 | 01 | 2021

Events


Our guest, Dr. John Schoggins from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas, USA) will talk about "Host-based antiviral mechanisms targeting coronavirus and flavivirus"