1- 9 March 2008
Hermanus
South Africa

FIRST ADVANCED SUMMER SCHOOL IN AFRICA

Training Course on the Molecular and Cellular Basis of Infection


 

 Programme

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A faculty of local and international scientists will conduct the one week advanced theoretical training course for young scientists interested in the Molecular and Cellular Basis of Infection.  The course will include lectures and tutorials on the topic. 

Areas to be covered include:

  • Cellular Microbiology, Cell Biology
  • Bacterial pathogens, viruses, parasites
  • Microbial toxins
  • Innate host responses, model organisms, in vivo imaging
  • Bacterial genomics, high throughput screens
  • Infection, inflammation and cancers

Participants

The course is open to all nationalities. Selection of the trainees will be on a competitive basis and only outstanding applicants will be selected to participate in the course. Applicants must be senior PhD students, postdoctoral fellows or young academics under the age of 35 who are in possession of a PhD with the appropriate background knowledge and expertise in the area of the course.  

Instructors:

Hélène Bierne
Institut Pasteur, Paris, France 
Jean-Luc Imler
BMC, Strasbourg, France
Frank Brombacher
UCT, Cape Town, South Africa
Elena Levashina
BMC, Strasbourg, France
Roland Brosch
Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Robert Ménard
Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Carmen Buchrieser
Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
M. Iqbal Parker
UCT, Cape Town, South Africa
Virander Chauhan
ICGEB, New Delhi, India 
Lucas Pelkmans
ETH Zurich, IMSB, Switzerland
Pascale Cossart
Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Gisou Van der Goot
Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne, Switzerland
Jean Pierre Gorvel
Centre d'immunologie de Marseille Luminy, France
Matthew Welch
UC Berkeley, California, USA

 

 
European Molecular Biology Organization Federation of European Biochemical Societies International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology United Nations Conference on Trade and Development United Nation Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

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