ICA-Symposium Summer 2015

ICA-Symposium Summer 2015
Organized by ICA
and the Departments of Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Organismic Biology
2nd – 3rd of July 2015, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Hellbrunnerstr. 34, Salzburg, Austria
Opening: Thursday 2nd of July, 9:00, Lecture Hall “Green” (HS 403)
Thursday, 2nd of July
9:00
Welcome: Josef Thalhamer
9:15 - Plenary talk
Chair: Richard Weiss
Polly Matzinger
How the immune system determines the kind of immune response it makes
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Bethesda, MD, USA
Progress reports of doctoral students
Chair: Iris Gratz
10:15
Douglas Pinheiro
Antigen dose defines T cell fate in vivo: effector versus regulatory T cells
Supervision: Iris Gratz and Josef Thalhamer
10:30
Almedina Isakovic
The immune response against Phl p 5 in non-allergic humans
Supervision: Richard Weiss and Josef Thalhamer
10:45
Florian Zauner
Characterization of legumains – proteins with dual protease-ligase activities
Supervision: Hans Brandstetter and Elfriede Dall
11:00 Coffee break
11:30 - Plenary talk
Chair: Jutta Horejs-Höck
Mathias Müller
Changing faces of TYK2 - from non-canonical immune surveillance to bona fide oncogene
University of Veterinary Medicine
Institute for Animal Breeding and Genetics
Vienna, Austria
Progress reports of doctoral students
Chair: Silja Wessler
12:30
Theresa Neuper
Impact of NOD1 on IL-10 signaling
Supervision: Jutta Horejs-Höck and Albert Duschl
12:45
Linda Krisch
Functional characterization of Helicobacter pylori CagA in B cells
Supervision: Silja Wessler and Fritz Aberger
13:00
Johannes Weinberger
The promise and challenge of high-throughput immune repertoire profiling
Supervision: Richard Weiss and Sandra Scheiblhofer
13:15 Lunch break
14:15 - Plenary talk
Chair: Iris Gratz
Reinhard Obst
“Timed antigen presentation and T cell responses”
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
Institute for Immunology
Munich, Germany
Progress reports of doctoral students
Chair: Albert Duschl
15:15
Isabella Radauer-Preiml
Safety assessment of nanoparticle and allergen conjugates
Supervision: Albert Duschl and Martin Himly
15:30
Heidi Hofer
Pollen-food syndrome - an innovative way to adress the disease
Supervision: Fatima Ferreira and Michael Wallner
15:45
Martin Wolf
Molecular insights in Ragweed allergy
Supervision: Fatima Ferreira and Michael Wallner
16:00 Coffee break
Progress reports of doctoral students
Chair: Fritz Aberger
16:15
Pedro José del Burgo Martínez
GLI transcription factors in tumor-initiating cancer cells
Supervision: Fritz Aberger and Wolfgang Gruber
16:30
Evelyn Hutterer
The Role of Integrins, Trisomy12 and the Microenvironment in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
Supervision: Richard Greil and Tanja Hartmann
16:45
Thomas Schmidt
Role of E-cadherin in Helicobacter pylori-associated carcinogenesis
Supervision: Silja Wessler and Fritz Aberger
17:00
Melanie Rammer
Stage specific miRNA expression in colon cancer
Supervision: Holger Rumpold and Barbara Krammer
Friday, 3rd of July
9:00 Welcome
9:05 - Plenary talk
Chair: Ulrike Berninger
Anton Post
The Molecular Ecology of Phytoplankton, a tale of two extremes
Coastal Resources Center
University of Rhode Island
Rhode Island, USA
Progress reports of doctoral students
Chair: Hans-Peter Comes and Nicolaus Bresgen
10:00
Josie Antonucci Di Carvalho
Environmental change, temporal heterogeneity and fragmented habitats: Effects of multiple stressors
on biodiversity in a model ecosystem
Supervision: Stephen Wickham
10:15
Talmo Rodrigues
Testing alternative scenarios of parapatric and allopatric speciation in Iris sect. Oncocyclus (= the
Royal Irises) from the Near East by integrating phylogenetic, population genetic and bio-climatic
methods
Supervision: Hans-Peter Comes
10:30
Qamile Sinanaj Rexhaj
Water pollution in Kosovo: Genotoxicological properties of water from Sitnica River
Supervision: Peter Eckl and Nicolaus Bresgen
10:45 Coffee break
Progress reports of doctoral students
Chair: Hannelore Breitenbach-Koller and Raimund Tenhaken
11:00
Barbara Mayr
Effects of physical exercise on circulating microRNA expression in human plasma with focus on
vascular functions.
Supervision: Hannelore Breitenbach-Koller and Josef Niebauer
11:15
Melanie Schürz
Exocytosis in primary hepatocytes
Supervision: Nicolaus Bresgen and Peter Eckl
11:30
Kathrin Mikkeleit
The role of UGD-Glucose-Dehydrogenase for cell wall sugar synthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana
Tenhaken
Supervision: Raimund Tenhaken and Anja Geretschläger
11:45
Eva Kavkova
Plant nucleotide sugars - salwage pathways
Supervision: Raimund Tenhaken and Marion Höpflinger
12:00
Robert Behmüller
The role of arabinokinase in carbon supply for plant cells
Supervision: Raimund Tenhaken and Roland Reischl
12:15
Maria Köhler
Analysis of galactinol in A. thaliana
Raimund Tenhaken and Holger Bohlmann
12:30 - Lunch break
Progress reports of doctoral students
13:30
Jaros Ursula
Spatial patterns of genetic diversity in Bulbophyllum occultum (Orchidaceae) indicate long-term
refugial isolation in Madagascar and long-distance colonization effects in La Réunion
Supervision: Hans-Peter Comes and Gunter Fischer
Chair: Hans-Peter Comes
13:45
Lavinija Matakovic
Defects in riboflavin metabolism
Supervision: Johannes Mayr and Barbara Kofler
Chair: Barbara Kofler
14:00
Bettina Dunkelmann
Influence of age and sex in human germline mutations
Supervision: Franz Neuhuber and Fabio Monticelli
Chair: Franz Neuhuber
14:15
Maria Karolin Streubel
In search of methusalem genes
Supervision: Klaus Richter and Mark Rinnerthaler
Chair: Klaus Richter
14:30
Igor Petkovic
In vitro skin aging of human fibroblasts: Age-dependent antioxidant geneexpression, 4hydroxynonenal (HNE) metabolism, and HNE cytotoxicity
Supervision: Peter Eckl and Nikolaus Bresgen
Chair: Nikolaus Bresgen
14:45
Susanne Schaller
Analysis of NGS-Data of B and T Cell Receptors Using ImmunExplorer
Supervision: Peter Lackner and Stephan Winkler
Chair: Peter Lackner
15:00
Christof Regl
Comparison of ERLIC with a new mixed-mode strategy using WCX-RPC for phosphopeptide
separation prior to MS
Supervision: Christian Huber and Therese Wohlschlager
Chair: Christian Huber
15:15
Sara Huber
Monitoring the induction of blocking antibodies towards Bet v 1 and associated food allergens during
birch pollen AIT
Supervision: Fatima Ferreira and Michael Wallner
15:30 Consultation of the jury
15:35 “Best Talk” award ceremony
15:40 End of the Symposium

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