Program: Summer School in Odesa, Ukraine / July, 7-13, 2019
Address: Faculty of Biology, Shampansky Lane, 2, Odesa, 65058
Local: Department of Microbiology, Virology and Biotechnology
Site:  http://onu.edu.ua/en/structure/faculty/bio/microbio

Contacts in Odesa:

Olena Sashchuk Sashchuk@gmail.com +380501322695

Tetiana Ivanytsia t.ivanytsia@gmail.com +380677533305  

Time

09:00

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10:30

Lecture

R. Offringa
(Heidelberg, Germany)

Development of immuno-oncology drugs
(90 min)

Lecture

R. Offringa
(Heidelberg, Germany)

Immunotherapeutic strategies for countering recurrence in patients with primary resectable PDAC
(90 min)

Lecture

F. Kühnel
(Hannover, Germany)

Oncolytic viruses; versatile tools to fight cancer
(90 min)

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

V. Umansky
(Heidelberg, Germany)

Immune surveillance of cancer
(90 min)

10:30

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11:00

11:00

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12:30

Lecture

A. Cerwenka
(Mannheim, Germany)

Cell therapy of cancer
(90 min)

Lecture

A. Cerwenka
(Mannheim, Germany)

NK cells in transplantation settings in leukemia
(90 min)

Lecture

A. Luzhetskyy
(Saarbrücken, Germany)

Natural products as drug leads
(90 min)

Lecture

N. Limanska
(Odesa, Ukraine)

Pathogenesis of tumor formation in plants: oncological process in plant tissues caused by Agrobacterium tumefaciens
(90 min)

Lecture

R. Luxenhofer
(Würzburg, Germany)

Drug delivery and Nanomedicine: fundamental biological and nanotechnological aspects
(90 min)

Short lecture

G. Feldmann
(Berlin, Germany)

IRIA ”German-Ukrainian partner project - strengthening the health system in Ukraine by promoting
health sciences and effective bilateral collaboration”
(15 min) 

Feedback from students

Concluding remarks

Closing of the Summer School

12:30

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14:00

14:00

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15:30

Lecture

J. Utikal
(Heidelberg, Germany)

Stem cells in regenerative medicine and oncology
(90 min)

Social event

An informal meeting of Students and Speakers.

Excursion to the Harbor of Odesa.

Practical course / Tutoring:
A. Ostapchuk
(Odesa, Ukraine)

Basics of chromato-graphy; GC, HPLC, CE and hyphenated techniques in natural products analysis
(90 min)

Practical course / Tutoring:
T. Ivanytsia
(Odesa, Ukraine)

Isolation and purification of bacte-riophage T4, and T7
(90 min)

Practical course / Tutoring
(in groups):
M. Galkin
(Odesa, Ukraine)

Methods of biofilms and quorum sensing research
(90 min)

N. Limanska
(Odesa, Ukraine)

Detection of pathogenic Agrobacterium tumefaciens in plant tissues: PCR
(90 min) 

15:30

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16:00

16:00

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18:00

OPENING CEREMONY

T. Yevsa
(Hannover, Germany)
(15 min) 

O. Seumenicht
(Berlin, Germany)
German-Ukrainian Academic Society
(15 min)

Lecture
J. Utikal
(Heidelberg, Germany)

Advanced malignant melanoma – new treatment options in recent years
(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)

O. Seumenicht
(Berlin, Germany)

"CV clinic" - individual advice on CV writing (please bring your recent CV, printed or on a laptop, with you)
(45 min)

Practical course / Tutoring:

L. Bengtsson
(Berlin, Germany)

How to plan your career
(45 min)

C. Schaich
(Berlin, Germany)

Germany`s science system: financing, funding schemes and programs
(45 min)

Practical course / Tutoring (work in small groups):

L. Bengtsson
(Berlin, Germany)

Open Science and your research
(90 min)

C. Schaich
(Berlin, Germany)

How to apply for research money? Proposal writing, selection criteria, Dos and Don`ts
(90 min)

R. Luxenhofer
(Würzburg, Germany)

Ways into academia, a personal example
(90 min)

Practical course / Tutoring:

T. Yevsa
(Hannover, Germany)

Modern immunological techniques and immunization routes/animal experiments
(90 min)

Short lecture

I. Dekhtiarenko
(Braunschweig, Germany)

Cytomegalovirus as a vaccine vector: factors of optimal immune responses
(30 min)

18:00

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20:00