Keynote Speakers
Program 2023
Thursday, March 23
| Time | ||
|---|---|---|
| 09:00 am | Registration | Main entrance |
| Welcome coffee | Lounge, 3rd floor | |
Session I: Clinical Epidemiology | Chair: Jürgen May
| Time | Speaker | Affiliation | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 am | Keynote Lecture: Quique Bassat | Barcelona, Spain | Strategies to improve Malaria outcomes: From the individual patient to the community |
| 10:45 am | Victoria Ingham | Heidelberg, Germany | Insecticide resistance and vector competence: is there a link? |
| 11:00 am | Andreas Kudom | Cape Coast, Ghana | Vector control situation in Cape Coast Ghana: unlocking the human factor in malaria control |
| 11:15 am | Nicole Struck | Hamburg, Germany | Pre- and perinatal determinants of child health and development in the first year of life in Ghana |
| 11:30 am | Pride Duve | Hamburg, Germany | A Mathematical model of malaria disease dynamics with vaccination and influx of infected immigrants |
DZIF Session: Clinical research & Translation | Chairs: Michael Ramharter & Ayôla Akim Adegnika
| Time | Speaker | Affiliation | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:45 am | Keynote Lecture: Timothy Wells | Geneva, Switzerland | Priorities and new approaches to malaria control and elimination |
| 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm | Lunch |
| 1:45 pm | Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma | Hamburg, Germany | The clinical development of next generation antimalarial drugs – current updates |
| 2:00 pm | Ayola Akim Adegnika | Lambaréné, Gabon | Multi-Drug Combination-Therapies to Prevent the Development of Malaria Drug Resistance. The MultiMal study. |
| 2:15 pm | Johannes Mischlinger | Hamburg, Germany | Efficacy and safety of Praziquantel for treatment of Plasmodium falciparum infection in asymptomatic Gabonese adults |
| 2:30 pm | Dorothea Ekoka Mbassi | Lambaréné, Gabon | Efficacy and safety of ivermectin for the treatment of Plasmodium falciparum infections in asymptomatic Gabonese adults |
| 2:45 pm | Rolf Fendel | Tübingen, Germany | PfSPZ Vaccine induces focused humoral immune response malaria-naive and pre-exposed study populations |
| 3:00 – 3:30 pm | Coffee break |
Session II: Immunology (Part 1) | Chair: Thomas Jacobs
| Time | Speaker | Affiliation | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3:30 pm | Keynote Lecture: Faith Osier | London, United Kingdom | Mechanisms of Immunity against P.falciparum Malaria |
| 4:15 pm | Borko Amulic | Bristol, UK | Neutrophils as protagonists in malaria pathogenesis |
| 4:30 pm | Timo Reiß | Aachen, Germany | The two faces of FHR-1: How FHR-1 deficiency affects the malaria pathogen Plasmodium falciparum |
| 4:45 pm | Christine Hopp | Hamburg, Germany | Plasmodium infection-induced perturbation of the bone marrow B cell compartment and its impact on malaria immunity |
| 5:00 pm | Nishanth Gopala Krishna | Hamburg, Germany | Sequestration of infected red blood cells and reduced venous efflux precede inflammation in experimental cerebral malaria |
| 5:15 – 7:00 pm | Poster session and „Grab a beer“ conference room, new building, 2nd floor |
| 7:00 pm | Conference Dinner (Copperhouse) |
Friday, March 24
Session II: Immunology (Part 2) | Chair: Christine Hopp
| Time | Speaker | Affiliation | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 am | Mary Lopez-Perez | Copenhagen, Denmark | Sickle cell trait and naturally acquired immunity to malaria |
| 9:15 am | Christiane Steeg | Hamburg, Germany | Differential expression of co-stimulatory/ co-inhibitory molecules on T cells in children with different forms of severe malaria |
| 9:30 am | Henriette Hoffmann-Veltung | Copenhagen, Denmark | Monoclonal B cell cross-reactivity with allelic variants of VAR2CSA domains following natural exposure to placental malaria |
| 9:45 am | Johannes Brandi | Hamburg, Germany | Expression of co-inhibitory molecules on CD8+ T cells is a sign for increased functionality in acute experimental Malaria |
| 10:00 am | Lea Kaminski | Hamburg, Germany | The composition of different regulatory PD-1+FoxP3-CD4+ T cell subsets in malaria patients might influence the outcome of disease |
| 10:15 – 10:45 pm | Coffee break |
Session III: Molecular Medicine and Parasitology | Chairs: Iris Bruchhaus & Anna Bachmann
| Time | Speaker | Affiliation | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10:45 am | Keynote Lecture: Volker Heussler | Bern, Switzerland | The Plasmodium Parasitophorous Vacuole Membrane: from Autophagic Targeting to Signaling Platform |
| 11:15 am | Alyssa Ingmundson | Berlin, Germany | The host isoprenoid synthesis pathway is required for Plasmodium liver-stage development |
| 11:30 am | Lars Hviid | Copenhagen, Denmark | The rapid and spontaneous post-partum clearance of Plasmodium falciparum is related to expulsion of the placenta |
| 11:45 am | Kapil Pareek | Erlangen, Germany | Investigating the effect of parasite density on parasite metabolism and epigenetic modifications |
| 12:00 pm | Joachim Matz | Hamburg, Germany | The role of Plasmodium V-ATPase in vacuolar physiology and antimalarial drug uptake |
| 12:15 – 1:15 pm | Lunch |
| 1:15 pm | Vitória Baptista | Braga, Portugal | Plasmodium falciparum heme species dynamics under antimalarial exposure |
| 1:30 pm | Myriam Jeninga | Erlangen, Germany | The bromodomain protein PfBDP1 is a central coordinator of the transcriptional program during gametocytogenesis in P. falciparum |
| 1:45 pm | Yannick Höppner | Hamburg, Germany | Impact of increasing host immunity on P. falciparum var gene expression |
| 2:00 pm | Yifan Wu | Hamburg, Germany | Human brain endothelial cell activation during Plasmodium falciparum infection |
| 2:15 – 2:45 pm | Coffee break |
| 2:45 pm | François Korbmacher | Barcelona, Spain | Stem cell-derived microvascular infection models for cerebral malaria studies |
| 3:00 pm | Alexandros Hadjulaou | Hamburg, Germany | Brain endothelial necroptosis influences the outcome of cerebral malaria |
| 3:15 pm | Nahla Metwally | Hamburg, Germany | Role of endothelial cells and miRNA in the pathogenesis of human malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum infection |
| 3:30 pm | Farewell address / end of 15th Malaria Meeting |
Registration & Abstract Submission
You can register and submit abstracts via our registration form. Registration is closed since February 10th.
Fees:
- Non-members: 150 Euro
- Members: 100 Euro
- Students: 50 Euro
- Conference dinner: 30 Euro
Scientific Committee
Iris Bruchhaus, Research Group Host Parasite Interaction, BNITM
Tim Gilberger, Cellular Parasitology Department, BNITM
Thomas Jacobs, Research Group Protozoa Immunology, BNITM
Jürgen May, Infectious Disease Epidemiology Department, BNITM
Michael Ramharter, Clinical Research Department, BNITM
Tobias Spielmann, Research Group Malaria Cell Biology, BNITM
Accomodations nearby
Arrival
You will find the directions on our submenu page "contact" .
In association with
Eckdaten
Malaria Meeting 2023
23 March, 10 am - 24 March, 4 pm
The Malaria Meeting has developed into a scientific event that is respected beyond the borders of Germany, where both clinicians and non-clinical natural scientists present their results on current malaria research.
Ansprechperson
Dr. Eleonora Schönherr
Scientific Coordination
Telefon : +49 40 285380-269
E-Mail : presse@bnitm.de
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