Scientific Program

Monday, October 11th, 2010

18:15 - 19:15Keynote LectureTitle
18:15 - 18:30 Welcome Addresses
18:30 - 19:15 Keynote Lecture
Neil Gow

Aberdeen
Interactions between the Candida Cell Wall and the Innate Immune System
from 19:00 Get together

Tuesday, October 12th, 2011

9:00 - 10:30Session I DERMATOPHYTES TAXONOMY AND GENOMICSTitle
Chair: Yvonne Gräser / Johannes Wöstemeyer
9:00 - 9:30 Sybren deHoog
Utrecht
Evolution and Taxonomy of Dermatophytes
9:30 - 10:00 Ted White
Seattle
Generating and Testing Molecular Hypotheses in the Dermatophytes
10:00 - 10:30 Axel Brakhage
Jena
Lessons from the Dermatophyte Genome Project
10:30 - 11:00 Coffe break
11:00 - 12:30 Session II VIRULENCE OF DERMATOPHYTES Title
Chair: Carsten Lüder / Ilse Jacobsen
11:00 - 11:30 Peter Staib
Jena
Identification and Analysis of Pathogenicity Mechanisms in dermatophytes
11:30 - 12:00 Michel Monod
Lusanne
Secreted Proteases in Dermatophytes
12:00 - 12:30 Bernard Mignon
Liége
Infection Models for Dermatophytes research
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch breakPoster
13:30 - 15:30 Session III SUPERFICIAL INFECTIONS BY YEAST-LIKE FUNGI Title
Chair: Steffen Rupp / Peter Staib
13:30 - 14:00 Bernhard Hube
Jena
Interaction of C. albicans with Mucosal Surfaces
14:00 - 14:30 Louis de Repentigny
Montreal
Mucosal candidiasis in mice expressing the HIV-1 transgene
14:30 - 15:00 Christophe D'Enfert
Paris
Biofilm Formation in C. albicans
15:00 - 15:30 Gerhard Haase
Aachen
Black Yeasts in Superficial Infections
10:30 - 11:00 Coffe breakPoster
16:00 - 17:30 Session IV CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPY OF SUPERFICIAL INFECTIONS Title
Chair: Hans Christian Korting / Martin Schaller
16:00 - 16:30 Matthias Brock
Jena
Clinical Aspects and Theraphy of Subcutaneous Fusariosis
16:30 - 17:00 Sebastian Bergmann/b>
Jena
Diagnostics of Dermatophyte Infections
17:00 - 17:30 Oliver Kurzai
Jena
Manifestation of Systemic Infections in the Skin
17:30 - 19:00 Session V SELECTED ORAL PRESENTATIONS BY YOUNG RESEARCHERS Title
Chair: Neil Gow / Christophe D’Enfert
17:45 - 18:00 Maria GrumbtPoster #8
18:00 - 18:15 Susann Schindler Poster #10
18:15 - 18:30 A. MathyPoster #17
18:30 - 18:45 Francois Mayer Poster #11
18:45 - 19:00 Martin Zavrel Poster #13
19:00 FORUM DINNER

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

9:00 - 11:00 Session VI IMMUNOLOGY IN SUPERFICIAL FUNGAL INFECTIONS Title
Chair: Reinhard Würzner / Mihaly Jozsi
9:00 - 9:30 Martin Schaller
Tübingen
Immune Response in Mucosal Infections
9:30 - 10:00 Julian R. Naglik
London
Sensing of Candida albicans by epithelial cells
10:00 - 10:30 Jens Schröder
Kiel
Antimicrobial Peptides: Local Host Response Elements
10:30 - 11:00 Coffe break
11:00 - 12:30 Session VII FUNGI AND ALLERGY Title
Chair: Frank Ebel / NN
11:00 - 11:30 Peter Zipfel
Jena
Complement in Superficial Fungal Infections
11:30 - 12:00 Reto Crameri
Zürich
Malassezia, Allergens, the Skin and Atopic Dermatitis: an Intriguing Situation
12:00 - 12:30 Carlos Guzman
Braunschweig
Immune Modulators and Vaccine Design
12:30 Conclusion/Perspectives
12:45 farewell