Topics
Cellular Infection Systems
Molecular Basis of Pathogenicity
Current Methods in Molecular Infection Biology
Join us for invited talks, short talks with awards, a poster session and networking at the symposium dinner.
Programme
WEDNESDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER 2025
15:00-17:00 Registration and Setup Posters
17:00-17:05 Welcome Martin Aepfelbacher
17:05-17:40 Welcome Talk: Holger Sondermann Introduction CSSB
18:00-20:00 Welcome Reception including Poster Session
THURSDAY, 11 SEPTEMBER 2025
Bacteria I chair: Aymelt Itzen
9:00-09:45 Key Note Lecture Ivan Dikic – Ubiquitination at the Host-Pathogen interface
09:45-10:15 Michal Sharon – Redefining Proteasome Function: From Cellular Housekeeping to Bloodstream Surveillance
10:15-10:45 Trude Helen Flo – Cell death of human macrophages infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis
10:45-11:15 Coffee Break
Bacteria II chair: Stefan Linder
11:15-11:45 Jost Enninga – Mechanoporation of endomembranes by the type 3 secretion system
11:45-12:15 Marcia Goldberg – Innate interactions during bacterial infection of human macrophages
12:15-13:15 short talks:
Susanne Kulnik – Spatiotemporal dynamics of NLRC4-inflammasome activation by Y. enterocolitica in primary human macrophages
Lei-Jie Jia – Convergent evolution of a fungal effector enabling phagosome membrane penetration
Ole Kelting – A pathoblocker of Pseudomonas aeruginosa affects microbe-microbe interactions
María Fernanda González – Helicobacter pylori outer membrane vesicles trigger astrogliosis through urease-mediated TLR2/NF-κB activation
13:15-14:30 Lunch Break
14:30-16:00 Poster Session and Coffee
Parasites chair: Tim Gilberger
16:00-16:30 Ross Waller – Resolving the spatial proteome of Plasmodium falciparum asexual stages and their interaction with the erythrocyte
16:30-17:15 short talks:
Anna-Lena Rossmann – Characterization of the endosomal pathway in Plasmodium falciparum
Yvonne Sokolwski – Host cell membrane lysis mediates signaling for efficient genome uptake during Plasmodium gamete formation
Guilherme Farias – Building a merozoite: How Plasmodium utilizes the GTPases Rab5a and Rab11b for specialized organelle biogenesis
18:00 Bus Shuttle from CSSB (main entrance) to Networking Dinner
18:30-22:30 Networking Dinner @ Restaurant Überquell
FRIDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER 2025
Viruses I chair: Jens Bosse
9:00-09:30 Kay Gruenewald – Conformational flexibility and molecular plasticity in herpesvirus entry and egress
9:30-10:00 Maya Topf – Modelling and Validating Macromolecular Assemblies in the Alphafold Era
10:00-10:30 short talks:
Olinda Pinto Veiga – Characterization of TMEM62 as a novel restriction factor of Hepatitis E virus entry
Clara Husser – Characterisation of BKPyV-Specific Small Inhibitory Molecules in Primary Renal Proximal Tubular Epithelial Cells
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break
Viruses II chair: Charlotte Uetrecht
11:00-11:30 Noam Stern-Ginossar – mRNA translation – a tag war during viral infection
11:30-12:00 Ana Joaquina Jimenez – Phase Separation, Subcompart-mentalization, and Trafficking: A Multiscale View of RSV Replication
12:00-12:15 short talks
Lathika Valliyott – Visualization of Chikungunya virus-host cell interactions through multimodal microscopy approaches
12:15-12:30 Closing Remarks and Awards
12:30-13:30 Lunch (also to go)
Networking dinner
Reserve your seat for dinner during the registration process (capacity is limited)!
The networking dinner will take place at Restaurant Ueberquell (Sankt Pauli Fischmarkt 28 · 20359 Hamburg).
A three-course buffet dinner (with vegetarian and vegan options) and beverages are included.
A shuttle bus will be provided from the CSSB to the restaurant.