Symposium on Cellular Underpinnings in Host-Microbe Crosstalk

The Symposium on Cellular Underpinnings in Host-Microbe Crosstalk addresses a significant knowledge gap in the metaorganism research: the cellular-level interactions between hosts and microbes. While much research has focused on molecular and organismal levels, the intricate dynamics at the cellular interface remain underexplored.

Host cells and their surfaces are pivotal in the initial contact, adhesion, and selection of microbes, playing a central role in maintaining metaorganism homeostasis. These surfaces serve as the crucial sites where host-microbe specificity is either upheld or overridden, ultimately determining the establishment and persistence of an interaction.

Advancements in methodologies, including single-cell atlases, enhanced single-cell proteomics, and high-resolution spatial imaging, now allow unprecedented insight into cellular processes. This symposium aims to bring together scientists from diverse disciplines to explore the cellular mechanisms underpinning host-microbe crosstalk.

Key Questions:

• What role does phagocytosis play in conferring specificity in host-microbe interactions?
• Can holobiont interactions be resolved at the single-cell level?
• How does innate immunity influence host-microbe interactions?

Date

15-16 May 2025

Location

GEOMAR East Shore

Scientific Program Committee

• Sebastian Fraune (University of Düsseldorf, Germany)
• Jinru He (University of Kiel, Germany)
• Ute Hentschel Humeida (GEOMAR, Germany)

Confirmed speakers

• Manuel Aranda (KAUST, Saudi Arabia)
• Detlev Arendt (EMBL Heidelberg, Germany)
• Tyler Carrier (UNC Charlotte, USA)
• Guillaume Charriere (University of Montpellier, France)
• Katja Dierking (Kiel University, Germany)
• Sebastian Fraune (University of Düsseldorf, Germany)
• Guido Grossmann (University of Düsseldorf, Germany)
• Liz Hambleton (University of Vienna, Austria)
• Jinru He (University of Kiel, Germany)
• Ute Hentschel Humeida (GEOMAR, Germany)
• Manuel Liebeke (Kiel University, Germany)
• Spencer Nyholm (University of Connecticut, USA)
• Claudia Pogoreutz (University of Perpignan, France)

Program

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Registration

Please register here by February 14th.

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