Program
Wednesday, September 25th, 2019
| from 13:00 | Arrival and Registration | 
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Welcome and Opening Prof. Dr. Christian Menge | 
| Opening Lecture Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Thomas C. Mettenleiter | |
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| 15:30 - 16:30 | Information event : “FLI graduate school” Dr. Bianca M. Bußmann | 
| 16:30 - 17:15 | Keynote Lecture “Challenges in prevention and eradication of infection“ Dr. Oliwia Makarewicz (Institut für Infektionsmedizin und Krankenhaushygiene, Jena) | 
| 17:15 - 18:00 | Guided tour on FLI campus, informations about planned building work Prof. Dr. Christian Menge | 
Social Event
| from 20:00 | Get together at “Café Wagner” (City Center) Special Guest: Prof. Mettenleiter | 
Thursday, September 26th, 2019
| 09:00 - 10:00 | Keynote Lecture “Acceptance of scientific advancement” Dr. Christiane Hohensee (Menschen für Tierrechte – Bundesverband der Tierversuchsgegner e.V., Erkrath) | 
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| 10:15 - 10:45 | Oral presentations: Animal Welfare 
 Welfare through physical enrichment in captive red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in the context of an oral rabies vaccine study Verena Schöler, ITT 
 Trade-offs between pig welfare, economy of production and farmer wellbeing Juliane Helmerichs, ITT 
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| 11:00 - 12:00 | Oral presentations: Molecular Genetics 
 Evolution of antibiotic resistance of coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from healthy turkeys in Egypt: First report of linezolid resistance Amira A. Moawad, IBIZ 
 Tacaribe virus induces classical intrinsic apoptosis by activating BH3-only proteins Julia Holzerland, Junior Research Group Arenavirus Biology 
 
 
 Development of a Replicon System for Rabbit Hepatitis E Virus, Filip Cierniak, INNT 
 The knockout of the HMG domain of the porcine SRY gene by CRISPR/Cas RNP microinjection causes sex reversal in gene-edited pigs Stefanie Kurtz, ING 
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| 13:00 -13:45 | Keynote Lecture “Scientific and ethical challenges in animal experimentations” S. Carlstedt, M.Sc. (Junior Research Group Mosig INSPIRE, Jena) | 
| 13:45 - 14:30 | Oral presentations: Diagnostics 
 An animal model for herpes simplex virus induced encephalitis Julia Sehl, IMVZ 
 Coxiella burnetii escapes cellular self-defense of infected NK cells Svea Matthiesen, IfI 
 Rabies Virus Cell Tropism in 3D – Comparison of Attenuated, Lab and Field Strains Madlin Potratz, IMVZ 
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| 15:00 - 15:45 | Oral presentations: Epidemics 
 Update of bovine brucellosis at livestock farms in Punjab, Pakistan Tariq Jamil, IBIZ 
 Hunting for Answers: A Participatory Approach on African Swine Fever in the Baltic States Nico Urner, IfE 
 Vector Competence of field-collected and laboratory reared floodwater mosquitoes for West Nile virus Lineages 1 and 2 Elisabeth Wöhnke, IMED 
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| 15:45 - 16:30 | Keynote Lecture „Changes in the climate – new challenges in health“ Prof. Dr. Martin Pfeffer (Institut für Tierhygiene und Öffentliches Veterinärwesen, Leipzig) | 
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| 16:45 - 17:30 | Oral presentations: Other Topics 
 Impact of phytogenic substances on ammonia reduction and nitrogen utilization in monogastric animals Elisabeth Hahn, ITE 
 Kinetics of local and systemic immune cell responses in whirling disease infection and resistance in rainbow trout Ruth Montero, IfI 
 Development and application of a core genome-based multilocus sequence typing system for C. perfringens Mostafa Y. Abdel-Glil, IBIZ 
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Social Events
| until 19:00 
 | Barbecue (FLI campus) | 
| 20:00 - 21:30 | Guided tour - City Center Tourist Information Jena | 
Friday, September 27th, 2019
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Poster Session | 
| 10:30 - 11:30 | Keynote Lecture „Challenges in healthcare system – solutions for diagnostic“ Dr. Konrad Sachse (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena) | 
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Election of doctoral representatives, Poster Award and Farewell Organisation Team, Prof. Dr. Christian Menge | 
