
EMBL Courses and Conferences during the Coronavirus pandemic
With the onsite programme paused, many of our events are now being offered in virtual formats.
Registration is open as usual for many events, with back-up plans in place to move further courses and conferences online as necessary. Registration fees for any events affected by the COVID-19 disruption are fully refundable.
More information for participants of events at EMBL Heidelberg can be found here.
Programme
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Time | Speaker | Location |
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10:40 |
Bus departure to EMBL Heidelberg |
Holiday Inn ExpressHeidelberg - City Centre |
11:00 - 12:00 |
Arrival and registrations with light lunch |
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12:00 - 12:15 |
Welcome & introduction |
Flex Lab A & B |
12:15 - 13:00 |
Lecture: Humanized mice: from academia to a global market |
Flex Lab A & B |
13:00 - 15:00 |
5 min flash talks by speakers |
Flex Lab A & B |
15:00 - 17:00 |
5 min flash talks by participants |
Flex Lab A & B |
17:00 |
Bus departure to Neckarmünzplatz |
EMBL bus stop |
17:30 - 20:00 |
Guided tour of Heidelberg and casual dinner (reservation for 19:30) |
Urban Kitchen |
Time | Speaker | Location |
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08:25 |
Bus departure to EMBL Heidelberg |
Holiday Inn ExpressHeidelberg - City Centre |
Part 1: Reconstructing the human immune system in vivo |
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09:00 - 09:45 |
Lecture: HSCs and human hematopoiesis in vivo |
Flex Lab A & B |
09:45 - 10:30 |
Lecture: New strains, immunity and autoimmunity |
Flex Lab A & B |
10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee break |
Flex Lab A & B |
11:00 - 11:45 |
Lecture: T and NK cell development |
Flex Lab A & B |
11:45 - 12:30 |
Lecture: Human adaptive T and B immunity |
Flex Lab A & B |
12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch break |
EMBL Canteen |
13:30 - 14:00 |
Lecture: Tools and optimized workflows for the analysis of human cells from humanized mouse models |
Flex Lab A & B |
14:00 - 14:30 |
Lecture: Multicolor flow cytometry |
Flex Lab A & B |
14:30 - 18:00 |
Practical: Selection of human hematopoietic stem cells, T cells, monocytes for humanization, harvest tissues from humanized mice and analyses of immune reconstitutions by FACS |
Training Lab B |
18:00 - 19:00 |
Dinner |
EMBL Canteen |
19:00 - 21:00 |
Poster Session (Odd Numbers) |
top of Helix B |
21:00 |
Bus departure to Holiday Inn ExpressHeidelberg - City Centre |
EMBL bus stop |
Time | Speaker | Location |
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08:25 |
Bus departure to EMBL Heidelberg |
Holiday Inn ExpressHeidelberg - City Centre |
Part 2: Infections with human pathogens |
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09:00 - 09:45 |
Lecture: EBV and KSV infections |
Flex Lab A & B |
09:45 - 10:30 |
Lecture: Adenovirus and Ebola virus infections |
Flex Lab A & B |
10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee break |
Flex Lab A & B |
11:00 - 11:45 |
Lecture: B cell responses against HIV |
Flex Lab A & B |
11:45 - 12:30 |
Lecture: Gene therapy against HIV |
Flex Lab A & B |
12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch break |
EMBL Canteen |
13:30 - 14:00 |
Lecture: Histopathology |
Flex Lab A & B |
14:00 - 14:30 |
Lecture: Quantitative PCR |
Flex Lab A & B |
14:30 - 18:00 |
Practical: RNA samples obtained from mice with infections ( HIV, AdV, EBV,HCMV, Ebola) analyzed by real time quantitative PCR for quantification of infections. Pre-fixated tissue sections and cells analyzed for detection of viral antigens by microscopy |
Training Lab B |
18:00 - 21:00 |
Pizza and Poster Session (Even Numbers) |
top of Helix B |
21:00 |
Bus departure to Holiday Inn ExpressHeidelberg - City Centre |
EMBL bus stop |
Time | Speaker | Location |
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08:25 |
Bus departure to EMBL Heidelberg |
Holiday Inn ExpressHeidelberg - City Centre |
Part 3: Patient derived transplants (PDX) for oncology research |
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09:00 - 09:45 |
Lecture: Ossicle implants for engraftment of hematopoietic stem cells and leukemia |
Flex Lab A & B |
09:45 - 10:30 |
Lecture: PDX models combined with human immune system |
Flex Lab A & B |
10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee break |
Flex Lab A & B |
11:00 - 11:45 |
Lecture: Minimal Information for Patient-Derived Tumor Xenograft Models |
Flex Lab A & B |
11:45 - 12:30 |
Lecture: Population-scale studies with PDX for precision medicine for colorectal cancer research |
Flex Lab A & B |
12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch break |
EMBL Canteen |
13:30 - 14:30 |
Lecture: In silico genomics analyses |
Flex Lab A & B |
14:30 - 18:00 |
Practical: In silico genomics analyses of mutations and tumor heterogeneity analyses, representative examples |
Computer Training Lab |
18:00 - 19:00 |
Dinner |
EMBL Canteen |
19:00 - 21:00 |
Selected short talks (4x) and round table discussion: challenges in the field |
Flex Lab A & B |
21:00 |
Bus departure to Holiday Inn ExpressHeidelberg - City Centre |
EMBL bus stop |
Time | Speaker | Location |
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08:25 |
Bus departure to EMBL Heidelberg |
Holiday Inn ExpressHeidelberg - City Centre |
Part 4: Immuno-oncology and transplantation |
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09:00 - 09:45 |
Lecture: Genetic heterogeneity of AML and pancreatic cancer |
Flex Lab A & B |
09:45 - 10:30 |
Lecture: Immuno-oncology of breast cancer |
Flex Lab A & B |
10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee break and Group Photo |
Flex Lab A & B |
11:00 - 11:45 |
Lecture: Application of PDX for triple negative marker breast cancer research |
Flex Lab A & B |
11:45 - 12:30 |
Lecture: Humanized mice and organoids in transplantation research |
Flex Lab A & B |
12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch break |
EMBL Canteen |
13:30 14:30 |
Lecture: Video |
Flex Lab A & B |
14:30 - 18:00 |
Practical: Humanized mice implanted with patient-derived malignancies |
Training Lab B |
18:00 |
Bus departure to Holiday Inn ExpressHeidelberg - City Centre |
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19:00 |
Bus departure to Wirtshaus zum Nepomuk (walk from the Old Bridge) |
Old Bridge |
19:30 |
Dinner Downtown |
Wirtshaus zum Nepomuk |
Time | Speaker | Location |
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08:25 |
Bus departure to EMBL Heidelberg |
Holiday Inn ExpressHeidelberg - City Centre |
Part 5: Regenerative medicine and the regulatory perspective |
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09:00 - 09:30 |
Lecture: Human liver chimeric mouse models – the chances & challenges |
Flex Lab A & B |
09:30 - 10:00 |
Lecture: Overcoming liver injury through regenerative medicine |
Flex Lab A & B |
10:00 - 10:30 |
Lecture: Tissue immunophenotyping and cell quantifications |
Flex Lab A & B |
10:30 - 11:00 |
Coffee break |
Flex Lab A & B |
11:00 - 11:45 |
Lecture: Humanized mice in drug discovery |
Flex Lab A & B |
11:45 - 12:30 |
Lecture: The regulatory perspective of the FDA |
Flex Lab A & B |
12:30 - 13:30 |
Lunch break |
EMBL Canteen |
13:30 - 14:30 |
Round table discussion and closing remarks |
Flex Lab A & B |
14:30 |
Bus departure to Hauptbahnhof, Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn Express Heidelberg City Centre |
EMBL bus stop |