TUESDay 3 December
19:00
Get together and networking event @ Restaurant Urban Kitchen (Poststr. 36/5 in Heidelberg)
WEDNESDAY 4 December
9:00–10:30
Session 1
9:00-9:30 Welcome & Introduction of DG-GT and of the Academy concept
Hildegard Büning, Hannover Medical School and Dirk Nettelbeck, NCT Heidelberg
9:30-10:30 Scientific & mentoring Talk
Hildegard Büning, Hannover Medical School
10:30-11:00
Coffee break & organisation of chairs / order of talks
11:00-12:30
Session 2
11:00-11:30 Student presentation 1
11:30-12:00 Student presentation 2
12:00-12:30 Student presentation 3
12:30-13:30
Lunch
13:30-14:30
Session 3
13:30-14:30 Florian Kühnel, Hannover Medical School
Molecular retargeting and immunoactivation in adenovirotherapy
14:30-15:00
Coffee break
15:00-16:00
Session 4
15:00-15:30 Student presentation 4
15:30-16:00 Student presentation 5
17:00-19:00
Guided tour of the city
19:00-20:00
Dinner on Heidelberg Christmas market
20:00-21:00
Drinks
THURsday 5 December
9:00–10:30
Session 5
9:00-10:00 Dirk Nettelbeck, DKFZ, Heidelberg
Adenovirotherapy approaches – multi-tasking and personal
10:00-10:30 Student presentation 6
10:30-11:00
Coffee
11:00-12:30
Session 6
11:00-12:00 Jenifer Altamonte, TUM, Munich
Chimeric oncolytic VSV-NDV for syncytia-mediated immunogenic cell death and systemic immune activation
12:00- 12:30 Student presentation 7
12:30-14:00
Lunch
14:00-15:00
Session 7
14:00-14:30 Student presentation 8
14:30-15:00 Student presentation 9
15:00- 18:00
Visit of National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT) Heidelberg
Focus on clinical translation of immunovirotherapy in Heidelberg
Hosts: Guy Ungerechts and Mathias F. Leber
18:30-21:00
Surprise activity
FRIDAY 6 December
9:00–10:30
Session 8
9:00-10:00 Anja Ehrhardt, Universität Witten/Herdecke
Exploration of human adenovirus diversity for virotherapy: Engineering platforms to improve oncolytic adenoviruses
10:00-10:30 Student presentation 10
10:30-11:00
Coffee
11:00-12:30
Session 9
11:00- 11:30 Student presentation 11
11:30-12:30 Per Sonne Holm
12:30-13:30
Lunch and farewell