IVANO-FRANKIVSK

IVANO-FRANKIVSK SUMMER SCHOOL SCHEDULE

Program: Summer School in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine / June, 30 - July, 6, 2019
Address: st. Shevchenko, 57, Ivano-Frankivsk, 76018
Local: Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Site: https://kbb.pnu.edu.ua/german-ukrainian-summer-school/

Contacts in Ivano-Frankivsk:

Ouliana Djaman ouliana04@gmail.com +380964748050

Time	30 June Sunday	01 July Monday	02 July Tuesday	3 July Wednesday	04 July Thursday	05 July Friday	06 July Saturday
09:00 - 10:30		Lecture T. Yevsa (Hannover, Germany) Cancer vaccines and immunotherapeutic approaches in liver cancer (90 min)	Lecture V. Umansky (Heidelberg, Germany) Tumor escape: immunosuppression and chronic inflammation (90 min)	Lecture F. Kühnel (Hannover, Germany) Oncolytic viruses; versatile tools to fight cancer (90 min)	Lecture J. Utikal (Heidelberg, Germany) Advanced malignant melanoma – new treatment options in recent years (90 min)	Lecture R. Offringa (Heidelberg, Germany) Development of immuno-oncology drugs (90 min)	Lecture V. Lushchak (Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine) Reactive species and metabolic aspects in brain aging (90 min)
10:30 - 11:00		Coffee break	Coffee break	Coffee break	Coffee break	Coffee break	Coffee break
11:00 - 12:30		Lecture O. Lushchak (Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine) Nutrition and cancer (90 min)	Lecture R. Bilyy (Lviv, Ukraine) Neutrophil extracellular traps in immune response and cancer (90 min)	Lecture H. Semchyshyn (Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine) Carbonyl/oxidative stress: relevance to metabolic disorders (90 min)	Lecture A. Cerwenka (Mannheim, Germany) Cell therapy of cancer (90 min)	Lecture A. Luzhetskyy (Saarbrücken, Germany) Natural products as drug leads (90 min)	Lecture C. Schaich (Berlin, Germany) How to apply for research money? Proposal writing, selection criteria, Dos and Don`ts (45 min) Feedback from students Concluding remarks Closing of the Summer School
12:30 - 14:00		Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Social event	Lunch	Transfer to Lviv / main railway station
14:00 - 15:30	Registration / Welcome	Practical course / Tutoring: D. Gospodaryov, N. Mosiichuk (Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine) Biochemical research methods: measurement of enzyme activities (90 min)	Practical course / Tutoring: O. Lushchak (Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine) Western blotting and ELISA techniques for evaluation of stress response (90 min)	Practical course / Tutoring: A. Luzhetskyy, Y. Rebets (Saarbrücken, Germany) DNA-protein interaction as a tool for anticancer drug discovery (90 min)	An informal meeting of Students and Speakers. Excursion to the Carpathian Mountains	Lecture R. Luxenhofer (Würzburg, Germany) Drug delivery and Nanomedicine: fundamental biological and nanotechnological aspects (90 min)
15:30 - 16:00	Registration / Welcome	Coffee break	Coffee break	Coffee break		Coffee break
16:00 - 18:00	OPENING CEREMONY T. Yevsa (Hannover, Germany) (15 min) O. Seumenicht (Berlin, Germany) German-Ukrainian Academic Society (15 min) Lecture V. Umansky (Heidelberg, Germany) Modern aspects of cancer immunotherapy (90 min)	Practical course / Tutoring: O. Seumenicht (Berlin, Germany) Basics of grant writing (45 min) O. Seumenicht (Berlin, Germany) Funding opportunities to support academic mobility (45 min)	Practical course / Tutoring: L. Bengtsson (Berlin, Germany) Open Science and your research (45 min) L. Bengtsson (Berlin, Germany) How to plan your career (45 min)	Practical course / Tutoring: T. Yevsa (Hannover, Germany) Modern immunological techniques and immunization routes/animal experiments (90 min)		Practical course / Tutoring (work in small groups): R. Luxenhofer (Würzburg, Germany) Ways into academia, a personal example (90 min) O. Seumenicht (Berlin, Germany) "CV clinic" - individual advice on CV writing (please bring your recent CV, printed or on a laptop, with you) (90 min) C. Schaich (Berlin, Germany) Germany`s science system: financing, funding schemes and programs (90 min)
18:00 - 20:00	Welcome / Get together (for Summer School participants only)	Free time	Free time	Free time	Free time	Free time

DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY INFORMATION

The department of biochemistry was founded at the Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University in 2002 by professor Volodymyr Lushchak. The department has been always aiming at forming its capacity mostly in the international context, and more specifically at:

* attracting the Western Universities for as many collaborative projects as possible;

* getting international financing for its research and educational projects;

* publishing mostly in the English-language peer-reviewed journals;

* stimulating its staff and students to master English language.

The department has been conducting research on biochemistry of plants, animals, and microorganisms. Most of the efforts are currently focused on the following topics:

* Interaction between nutrition, aging, and metabolic abnormalities. Development of the correctional mechanisms for the metabolic dysfunctions.

* Molecular mechanisms for the trans-generational reprogramming of the metabolism.

* Microclonal propagation of plants.

* Hybridoma technology for obtaining monoclonal antibodies.

The head of the department Volodymyr Lushchak is the member of the Science Board of the National Science Foundation of Ukraine. In this capacity, he is involved in the policy development for granting financial support to research and technology in Ukraine. That said, the department of biochemistry is one of the most active departments on the national level in the efforts of reforming the domain of science in Ukraine.

Starting in 2013, the department has been organizing the scientific summer schools on its premises. The address is: Ivano-Frankivsk, Halytska Street 201.

The departmental staff and students are all waiting for each annual summer school in anticipation of new contacts, ideas, and opportunities. We are ready to help all potential participants of the DAAD summer school 2019 with the accommodation in the city of Ivano-Frankivsk for the duration of the event.

To learn more about the scientific summer schools at the department of biochemistry of the Precarpathian National University and about the department itself, please go at https://kbb.pnu.edu.ua/ .