New challenges: spread of zoonoses and phage technologies in the One Health context

 

Seminar fee

Participation in the seminars is free of charge for scientists, university staff, and students throughout Germany. Please register using your university email address.

The project is funded by the GO-Bio initial program of the BMFTR.

Please note that your registration is binding. You can cancel your registration up to one week before the course begins without giving a reason.

Target audience

This project is suitable for master's students, doctoral candidates, postdoctoral researchers, and all academic staff in the life and natural sciences, medicine, and related fields who want to further develop their applicable ideas or inventions, ideally to the point of commercialization.

Program

The program and invitation to the seminar can be found here as a PDF file.

Speakers

Prof. Dr. Leendertz is the founding director of the Helmholtz Institute for One Health (HIOH) in Greifswald and professor of One Health at the University of Greifswald since 2021. He led the investigation into the origin of the Ebola outbreak in 2014 and was a member of the WHO expert group investigating the origin of SARS-CoV-2. In recognition of his commitment to implementing the One Health concept, he was awarded the UNEP Champion of the Earth Award and honoured with the Hamburg Science Prize for his groundbreaking achievements in the field of zoonotic infectious diseases using the One Health concept.

Dr Kittler research is focused on the targeted use of bacteriophages to develop pioneering antimicrobial solutions against zoonoses and foodborne diseases. She was awarded the Academy for Animal Health's sponsorship award for her commitment to ensuring food quality and preserving animal and human health in line with the One Health approach.

Location

The seminar will take place online via the BigBlueButton (BBB) web conferencing system. You can open BBB via a link in your web browser. All you need to do is click on the link to join the seminar. We will send you the link by email in good time. Access will be open from 12:50 p.m.