We are very pleased with the successful outcome of our international scientific symposium on infection research held at the Futurium in Berlin on 1 and 2 October 2024!
Under the title ‘Microbes – Connecting Environment and Health’, RESIST researchers met with researchers from the clusters of excellence ‘Balance of the Microverse’ (Friedrich Schiller University Jena) and ‘Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections’ (University of Tübingen) to share perspectives and present current findings.
Among the high-profile speakers were Prof. Dr. Dusan Bogunovic from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Prof. Dr. Wolf-Dietrich Hardt from ETH Zurich and Prof. Dr. Maria Vehreschild from the University Hospital Frankfurt. The symposium focused on the following topics: Antimicrobial resistance and new solutions, resilience of microbial communities, susceptibility to infections and microbiome & health. More information can be found here: https://microbes2024.de
A public discussion event also took place as part of the symposium: Under the title ‘Infection Research in the Service of Health: A Dialogue between Science, Society & Politics’, Cluster of Excellence experts discussed with representatives from society and politics on 1 October from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
The discussion panel consisted of Prof. Dr. Bodo Grimbacher (RESIST), Prof. Dr. Heike Brötz-Oesterhelt (CMFI) and Prof. Dr. Ilse Jacobsen (Microverse) as well as Prof. Dr. Veronika von Messling (BMBF), Volker Stollorz (Science Media Center) and Prof. Dr. Lothar Wieler (Hasso Plattner Institute). Michael Pelzer moderated the evening. The discussion took place in an interactive fishbowl format. This means that the audience was warmly invited to join in the discussion. You can watch the discussion on the YouTube channel of the Hannover Medical School (MHH) by clicking on this link: Live: Fishbowl discussion – current challenges in infection research (youtube.com)
The first photo shows (from left to right): Prof. Förster (RESIST spokesperson), Prof. Kirsten Küsel (spokesperson for Balance of the Microverse) and Prof. Peschel (spokesperson for Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections) with the symposium logo. The second photo shows the Futurium. The third photo shows RESIST researchers Dr Saskia Stein and Marie Schulze with guests of the RESIST exhibit watching a VR film about herpes virus infection. Here you can view more photos by the photographer Svea Pietschmann