15–16 Sept 2022 In-Person Event
Europe/Berlin timezone

Scientific Programme

ThursdaySeptember 15th
Time Title Speaker
Session 1: Chair Dr. Artur Yakimovich
8:30 - 9:00 Symposium Opening - Welcome Address Dr. Artur Yakimovich (CASUS HZDR, Germany)
9:00 - 9:30 Overview talk: the rise of artificial intelligence in infection biology Dr. Artur Yakimovich (CASUS HZDR, Germany)
9:30 - 10:30 Understanding virus infection variability by AI-guided single cell biology Prof. Urs Greber (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break + Discussions
Session 2:Student Chair Gabriel della Maggiora
11:00 - 12:00 Biomedical NLP: opportunities and challenges Dr. Elif Ozkirimli (Roche Pharma, Switzerland)
12:00 -13:00 Inferring spatio-temporal models from imaging data Prof. Ivo Sbalzarini (TU Dresden, Center for Systems Biology Dresden, Germany)
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break + Discussions
Session 3:Student Chair Rui Li
14:00 - 15:00 Predicting mutations with AI in Genomics Prof. Anna Poetsch (TU Dresden, Germany)
15:00 - 16:00 Structures of membrane protein complexes in situ by cryo electron tomography: current state and future developmetns Prof. Mikhail Kudryashev (Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Germany)
16:00 - 17:00 Data-driven approach to early estimate the inflection points of infected cases in Saxony, Germany Dr. Kai Fan (CASUS, Where2Test team)
17:00 - 19:00 Conference Dinner + Networking
19:00 - 22:00 Flash Talks

FridaySeptember 16th
Time Title Speaker
Session 4:Chair Dr. Artur Yakimovich
8:30 - 9:00 Symposium Day 2 Opening Dr. Artur Yakimovich (CASUS HZDR, Germany)
9:00 - 10:00 How to build a Poxvirus Prof. Jason Mercer (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom)
10:00 - 11:00 Machine Learning in Microscopy of Virus Infections Prof. Yohei Yamauchi (ETH Zürich, Switzerland and University of Bristol, UK)
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break + Discussions
Session 5:Chair Dr. Artur Yakimovich
11:30 - 12:30 Use of the cytoskeleton to control Shigella infection Prof. Serge Mostowy (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom)
12:30 - 13:00Capturing the heterogeneity of Shigella infection with high content microscopyDr. Ana Lopez Jimenez (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom)
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break + Discussions
14:00 - 14:30 Flash Talks
Session 6:Student Chair Trina De
14:30 -15:30 Studying virus infection in 3D nasal epithelia Dr. Giuseppe Balistreri (University of Helsinki, Finland)
15:30 - 16:30 Studying the dynamics of virus-host interaction by live imaging Dr. I-Hsuan Wang (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
16:30 - 17:30 Developing an image-based machine learning platform to diagnose urinary tract infection Dr. Harry Horsley (University College London, United Kingdom)
17:30 - 18:00 Closing remarks Dr. Artur Yakimovich (CASUS HZDR, Germany)
18:00 - 18:30 Coffee break + Discussions + Transition to the public talk venue
18:30 - 19:30 Public talk: “Mit den ‘Augen’ eines Virus - tiefe Einblicke in Viren & Zellen” Prof. Urs Greber (University of Zurich, Switzerland)