Programme
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 |
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