2021

December 2

13th International PhD Symposium 
HZI Graduate School 

November 30

Course: Good Clinical Practice
Aim & Content: The workshop will explain structure and setup of clinical trials for pharmaceuticals. Here especially different authorities such as BfArM, Paul-Ehrlich-Institute, EMA or FDA are involved. Based on the example of BioNTech’s mRNA vaccine against COVID-19 the group will establish an own clinical trial which will be inspected by participants acting as EMA/FDA inspectors.
Lecturer: Dr. Christian Grote-Westrick 

November 23 – 24

Course: Plan B – Leaving academia – How to find a job on the non-academic labour market
Aim & Content: In the workshop we will first find out which competencies you have gained up until now. Based on the competencies we will explore the labour market and develop ideas for job profiles that fit you. You will receive an introduction  to  the  job  search.  Furthermore,  we  will discuss if it might be an alternative to start your own business. In addition, we will consider at what point “Plan B“ should begin: Up until when can one successfully leave academia? 
Course Leader: Dr. Matthias Schwarzkopf

November 3

Course: Biotech Quality Manager
Aim & Content: The workshop will illustrate business activities in quality management in pharma and medical device industry. The job of a quality manager represents a popular access position to industry since legal GMP requirements are constantly increasing and need for quality managers is equally emerging.
Lecturer: Dr. Christian Grote-Westrick 

October 18

INEU Lecture: Immune signaling in the brain and treatment options for chronic neuroinflammation
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Martin Korte, HZI/TU-BS

October 18 – 19

Course: Good Scientific Practice
Aim & Content: Good scientific practice, data management, publication practice and authorship, responsible mentoring, cooperation in science and conflicts of interest, scientific misconduct, managing conflicts.
Course Leader: Dr. Julia Verse; Institute for Systemic Medicine and Organizational Ethics, Berlin

October 11

INEU Lecture: Respiratory viral infections and associated neurological manifestations
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Martin Korte, HZI/TU-BS

October 7

Course: Industrial Pharma Management
Aim & Content: The workshop presents all relevant departments of a pharmaceutical company and illustrates potential job opportunities and everyday situations for academics. The participants actively develop a concept for a GMP-compliant drug, which is audited by the participants in a simulation.

October 4

INEU Lecture: Single-cell RNA sequencing analysis of brain resident immune cells during viral encephalitis
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Kalinke, HZI/Twincore

September 27

INEU Lecture: Recruitment of peripheral immune cells to the infected CNS
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Kalinke, HZI/Twincore

September 20

INEU Lecture: Neurotropic Flavivirus Infection
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Andrea Kröger, HZI/OvGU

September 13

INEU Lecture: Induction of IFN responses and microglia activation during viral encephalitis
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Kalinke, HZI/Twincore

September 6

INEU Lecture: How pathogens overcome brain barriers, general mechanism and examples

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Andrea Kröger, HZI/OvGU

August 30

INEU Lecture: Opening Lecture: Infection, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration 
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Martin Korte, HZI/TU-BS

July 18 - 21

HZI/DZIF Summer School on SARS-CoV-2

July 9

Assessment RVIR Lecture
HZI Graduate School 

July 5 - 7

Course: Intercultural Communication
Aim & Content: Developing transferable intercultural competence for the international workplace

July 5

RVIR Lecture: Vaccines
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Carlos Guzman, HZI

June 28

RVIR Lecture: Virus evolution and emergence
Lecturer: PD Dr. Jens Bohne, MHH

June 24

Course: Mental Health Workshop

June 21

RVIR Lecture: Antivirals
Lecturer: Dr. Katharina Rox, HZI

June 14

RVIR Lecture: SARS-CoV-2
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Luka Cicin-Sain, HZI

June 7

RVIR Lecture: RSV
Lecturer: Dr. Sibylle Haid, TWINCORE

May 31

RVIR Lecture: Influenza
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Dunja Bruder, HZI/OvGU

May 17

RVIR Lecture: RNA viruses
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Thomas Pietschmann, HZI/TWINCORE

May 10

RVIR Lecture: Foundations: Viruses and the infectious cycle
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Thomas Pietschmann, HZI/TWINCORE

May 7

Assessment MICO Lecture
HZI Graduate School 

May 4 - 6

12th Annual Retreat 
HZI Graduate School 

May 3

MICO Lecture: Crosstalk of microbiota and immune system
Lecturer: Dr. Mangge Zou, HZI

April 26

MICO Lecture: CrisprCas – Natural defense and tool for molecular biology
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Chaise Beisel, HIRI

April 20 - 21

Course: Good Scientific Practice
Aim & Content: Good scientific practice, data management, publication practice and authorship, responsible mentoring, cooperation in science and conflicts of interest, scientific misconduct, managing conflicts.

April 19

MICO Lecture: Avoiding collateral damage: Improved delivery of antibiotics
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Gregor Fuhrmann, HIPS

April 12

MICO Lecture: Colonization Resistance
Lecturer: Dr. Lisa Osbelt, HZI

March 29

MICO Lecture: Bacteriophages 
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Johannes Wittmann, DSMZ

March 24 - 26

Workshop: Getting started
Aim & Content: Guidelines on how to cope with the most common challenges involved in researching and writing a PhD, time management.

March 22

MICO Lecture: Towards molecular insights into the human microbiome
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Alexander Westermann, HIRI

March 15

MICO Lecture: Bioinformatic analysis of microbial communities
Lecturer: Adrian Fritz, HZI/BRICS

March 8

MICO Lecture: Microbial Communites – an overview
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Till Strowig, HZI

March 5

Assessment AMR Lecture
HZI Graduate School

March 1

AMR Lecture: Biosynthesis, bioengineering and synthetic biotechnology of fungal natural products
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Russell Cox, Leibniz University Hannover

February 22

AMR Lecture: Biotechnological production and downstream processing of anti-infective natural products
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Marc Stadler, HZI

February 15

AMR Lecture: Structure elucidation of anti-infective natural products
Lecturer: Dr. Frank Surup, HZI

February 8

AMR Lecture: Fungi and bacteria as producers of anti-infective secondary metabolites
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Marc Stadler, HZI

February 2 - 3

Course: Good Scientific Practice
Aim & Content: Good scientific practice, data management, publication practice and authorship, responsible mentoring, cooperation in science and conflicts of interest, scientific misconduct, managing conflicts.

February 1

AMR Lecture: Circumventing resistance by pathoblockers: inhibitors of toxins, secretion systems, and quorum sensing
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Mark Brönstrup, HZI

January 25

AMR Lecture: Antibiotic mode of action and resistance mechanisms - Part 2: protein synthesis and DNA/RNA processing inhibitors
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Mark Brönstrup, HZI

January 18

AMR Lecture: Antibiotic mode of action and resistance mechanisms - Part 1: cell wall inhibitors and membrane-acting antibiotics
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Mark Brönstrup, HZI

January 11

AMR Lecture: Introduction to antimicrobial resistance: Definition, diagnostic techniques, lab experiments
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Mark Brönstrup, HZI