Scientific colloquium by Prof. Dr. Ben Shen, The Scripps Research Institute, Florida, USA

All members of the VAAM special group “Biology of bacteria producing natural products” and all researchers working in the field of microbially produced natural products are cordially invited. A focus will be on the biosynthesis and synthetic biology of bioactive natural compounds. We cordially invite submissions from all fields of natural product research and encourage especially young scientists to register and present their research.

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As a new networking and career event, the Photonics Days Jena – which emerged from the Jena Optics Talks – combine the tradition of Jena as an optics location with the dynamics of the modern optics and photonics industry.
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"The Aspergillus fumigatus CrzA and ZipD transcription factors are involved in calcium metabolism and the caspofungin paradoxical effect" by Prof. Dr. Gustavo Henrique Goldman, Universidade de São Paulo

Doctoral researchers are encouraged to submit a poster and participate in a 1-minute pitching competition.

Keynote: Science in the media by Kai Kupferschmidt

The Systems Biology of Microbial Infection aims to understand the interaction between hosts and pathogens by the integrative combination of experiment and theory. The focus of this symposium is on the interaction between the immune systems of humans or animals and bacterial or fungal pathogens.

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