Name: Zoonoses 2023 - International Symposium on Zoonoses Research
Start: 2023-10-09T12:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-10-11T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Mercure Hotel MOA Berlin

Zoonoses 2023 - International Symposium on Zoonoses Research

from Monday, October 9, 2023 (12:00 PM) to Wednesday, October 11, 2023 (5:30 PM)

Monday, October 9, 2023

12:00 PM Session 1 Test
Session 1 Test
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

12:30 PM Break 1
Break 1
12:30 PM - 12:50 PM
Room: https://hotel-moa-berlin.de/?lang=en

1:00 PM Registration / Check in
Registration / Check in
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: Atrium

2:00 PM

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: MOA 4+5
2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: MOA 4+5
Contributions

2:30 PM Statistics on Secondary Data – Traps, Risks and Gains - Göran Kauermann (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich)
3:00 PM Break
Break
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Atrium
3:30 PM
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: MOA 4+5
Contributions

3:30 PM Thirty invasive listeriosis outbreaks and ready-to-eat fish products - Raskit Lachmann

3:45 PM Linking human and veterinary routine data on Campylobacter spp. - A One Health approach using secondary data - Anne Schnepf

4:00 PM Development of forecasts and quality control charts for Campylobacter spp. cases in Lower Saxony, Germany using the One Health Approach - Alina Kirse

4:15 PM Horses as sentinels for the circulation of flaviviruses in eastern-central Germany - M Pfeffer (Universität Leipzig )

4:30 PM Seroprevalence of Crimea-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever in Dromedary Camels and Human Occupational Contacts in the United Arab Emirates - Mohamud Sheek-Hussein (Institute of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University2School of Public Health, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92354, USA.)

4:45 PM Detection of pathogenic Leptospira spp. serogroups in Europe between 2017 and 2020 applying a gene-based molecular approach - Jasmin Wenderlein (LMU München)
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Room: MOA 6
Contributions

3:30 PM Exploring bat innate immune cell responses to filoviruses - Ivet A. Yordanova (Robert Koch Institute)

3:45 PM Toxoplasma gondii attenuated by low energy electron irradiation induces protective immune responses - Julia Finkensieper (Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology)

4:00 PM Mice immunized with different recombinant West Nile virus proteins show varying levels of serological cross-reactivity and protection from infection - Rebecca Weiß (Fraunhofer Institut für Zelltherapie und Immunologie)

4:15 PM Neutralization of the hepatitis E virus by porcine serum antibodies in a cell-culture based assay - Nele Gremmel

4:30 PM Improving Clinical Trials for Candidate Vaccines Against AMR Infections: Perspectives from the COMBINE Project - Linda Marchioro (Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Section Data Science and Methods)

4:45 PM Consequences of Ascaris-Salmonella co-infection on immune functions in the pig - Ankur Midha
5:00 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Room: Atrium

5:30 PM

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Room: MOA 4+5
6:30 PM
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Room: MOA 4+5
Contributions

6:30 PM Identification of possible peripheral routes for borna disease virus 1 (BoDV-1) infection - Kore Schlottau (Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut Bundesforschungsinstitut für Tiergesundheit)

6:45 PM Zoonotic potential of animal sarbecoviruses related to SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 - Lu Zhang (Germany)

7:00 PM In vivo models for rustrela virus (RusV) infection in potential reservoir and spill-over hosts - Dennis Rubbenstroth (Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut)

7:15 PM Omicron subvariant BA.5 efficiently infects lung cells - Stefan Pöhlmann

7:30 PM Less Pronounced Immunopathological Responses Following Oral Butyrate Treatment of Campylobacter jejuni-Infected Mice - Stefan Bereswill (Charité-Universitätsmedizin)

7:45 PM Using population dynamics and transposon-directed insertion site sequencing (TraDIS) to identify bacterial factors essential for the egress from the neonate epithelial cell - Christine Lemke
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Room: MOA 6
Contributions

6:30 PM Cross-talk between glyphosate resistance, bacterial stress response and pathogenicity traits in Salmonella enterica - Olga Makarova (Institute of Animal Hygiene and Environmental Health, Centre for Infection Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany and Unit of Veterinary Public Health & Epidemiology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria )

6:45 PM Cell-intrinsic genomic reassortment of pandemic H1N1 2009 and Eurasian avian-like swine influenza viruses results in potentially zoonotic variants - Marcel Edgar Friedrich

7:00 PM Multivesicular bodies and the hepatitis E virus life cycle – more than just release? - Mirco Glitscher (Virologie, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut)

7:15 PM Cryo-electron tomography of influenza A and Ebola virus cell infection - Petr Chlanda (Heidelberg University Hospital)

7:30 PM A study of the interaction of insect-specific viruses from Bunyavirales with the mosquito host and the mosquito-transmitted Rift Valley Fever Virus - Swati Jagtap (Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine)

7:45 PM NETosis during Influenza: A potential risk factor for severe bacterial co-infection in pigs? - Simon Lassnig (University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation)
8:00 PM

8:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Room: MOA 4+5
9:00 PM
9:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Room: Atrium
Contributions

9:00 PM Imported food-products in Germany - a relevant source for PVL-positive Staphylococcus aureus? - Sven Maurischat

9:01 PM Mapping TBE – A Literature Research of TBE in Germany - Claudius Malerczyk (Pfizer Pharma GmbH)

9:02 PM UnCoVar: A Reproducible and Scalable Workflow for Transparent and Robust SARS-CoV-2 Variant Calling and Lineage Assignment - Alexander Thomas

9:03 PM Detection of Bartonella quintana in lice collected from cloth of Ethiopian homeless - Sven Poppert (private)

9:04 PM Kidney Involvement in Schistosomiasis - Alex S. Siebner (University clinic Tübingen - Institute of Tropical Medicine)

9:05 PM Go With the Flow: Streptococcus canis Affects Endothelial Cell Migration in the Microfluidic Circulation - Anna Kopenhagen (TU Braunschweig, Institut für Mikrobiologie, Braunschweig, Germany)

9:06 PM Shifting towards the small cell variant form allows intracellular C. burnetii to withstand adverse microenvironmental conditions - Faiza Asghar (Mikrobiologisches Institut, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany)

9:07 PM Human microbiota-associated IL-10-/- mice: a valuable enterocolitis model to dissect the interactions of Campylobacter jejuni with host immunity and gut microbiota - Nizar Shayya (Institute of Microbiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology (I-MIDI) Charité - Universitaetsmedizin Berlin)

9:08 PM Neuropathogenicity of an atypical anthrax causing bacterium – Bacillus cereus biovar anthracis - Tobias Gräßle (Helmholtz Institute for One Health, Greifswald, Germany)

9:09 PM Plasmid conjugation in E. coli field isolates exposed to biocides - David Attuy Vey da Silva (Department of Biological Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Berlin, Germany)

9:10 PM Inhibition of p38 MAPK during hyperinflammatory virus infections – achievements and challenges in vivo - Aileen Faist (Institute of Virology Münster)

9:11 PM CRISPRi based gene silencing for the analysis of Burkholderia virulence factors in cellular infection assays - Mirko Himmel (University of Hamburg)

9:12 PM Impact of the M-like protein of Streptococcus equi ssp. zooepidemicus on the adherence to cardiac endothelial cells - Dorothea Meyland (FU Berlin, Institut für Mikrobiologie und Tierseuchen)

9:13 PM The role of TMPRSS2 and other proteases in activation of influenza A virus in avian hosts - Elisa Heidenfels (Institute of Virology, Philipps University Marburg)

9:14 PM Quantification of extended spectrum beta-lactamases producing Escherichia coli in broilers manure - Nunzio Sarnino (FU Berlin)

9:15 PM Shiga toxin-encoding Escherichia coli from South American Camelids in Germany – prevalence and stx gene subtype distribution - Christian Berens (Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut)

9:17 PM In vivo determination of pathophysiological oxygen levels in ferret lung tissue during SARS-CoV-2 infection - Katrin Wirz (Research Center for Emerging Infections and Zoonoses and Institute for Biochemistry, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover)

9:18 PM Lack of potent inflammasome activation might prevent efficient C. burnetii clearance - Manuela Szperlinski

9:19 PM Occurrence of multidrug-resistant high-risk clonal Escherichia coli lineages in the Baltic Sea with simultaneous low antimicrobial selection pressures - Phillip Lübcke

9:20 PM The Importance of the RGD motif of Streptococcal protein IdeC in Streptococcus canis infection - Saoirse Walsh (Freie Universität Berlin)

9:21 PM Profiling the glucocorticoid receptor activation during SARS-CoV-2 infection - Annika Dohme (Institute of Virology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany)

9:22 PM Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 2 (SPI2) effectors facilitate enterocyte transmigration in neonatal non-typhoidal Salmonella infections - Kira van Vorst (1Department of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany)

9:23 PM Unravelling the mechanisms of heteroresistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus - Sana Khan (Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany)

9:24 PM Antimicrobial profiles, pathogenic potential, and phylogenetic analysis of Escherichia coli isolated from slaughterhouses in Benin-City, Nigeria - Abeni Beshiru (German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Unit Product Hygiene and Disinfection Strategies, Department of Biological Safety, Max-Dohrn-Str. 8-10, 10589 Berlin Germany; Department of Microbiology, Western delta University, Oghara Nigeria.)

9:25 PM Prevalence of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase Producing Enterobacteriaceae Among Clinical Isolates From Dogs Admitted to a Veterinary Hospital in Vienna - Pia M. Saria (University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)

9:26 PM Panton-Valentine leucocidin (PVL)-producing S. aureus in a cat and its human owners – A case report - Astrid Bethe

9:27 PM Isolation attempts of neurotropic rustrela virus - Sophie-Celine Weinert (Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut)

9:28 PM RNA-based immunity against flaviviruses in arthropods and mammalian cells (RIFLAVIRAM) - Cara Leonie Ebert (Institute for Parasitology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany; Research Center for Emerging Infections and Zoonoses, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany )

9:29 PM The Relevance of Pim and Src kinase inhibitors in the ZIKV life cycle - Nuka Ivalu Benz (Paul-Ehrlich-Institut)

9:30 PM PCMV glycoprotein B epitope mapping for a peptide-based detection of PCMV directed antibodies in pig - Antonia W. Godehardt (Paul-Ehrlich-Institut)

9:31 PM The role of epidermal growth factor receptor in the viral life cycle of the hepatitis E virus. - Kathrin Woytinek (Paul-Ehrlich-Institute, Department of Virology)

9:32 PM Nasal Staphylococcus aureus colonization of horses and associated humans in the community and the question of mutual transmission - Christiane Cuny (deutsch)

9:33 PM Differential impact of SEC61B on the processing and function of filovirus glycoproteins - Katharina Decker (German Primate Center, Infection Biology Unit, Göttingen, Germany)

9:34 PM Makorin Ring Finger Protein 2 as a target of SARS-CoV-2 Nsp3 protein - Yue Ma-Lauer (AG von Brunn)

9:35 PM Hidden antimicrobial resistances in Vibrio parahaemolyticus: Environmental bacteria as sources or vehicles for the spread of plasmid encoded clinically important antimicrobial resistances - Claudia Jäckel (German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment)

9:38 PM Small molecule inhibitors of HSP70 chaperones influence tick-borne flavivirus infectivity and NS1 protein secretion - Lea Blank

9:39 PM The immunomodulatory role of flavivirus sNS1 protein on monocyte-derived dendritic cells - Uriel Enrique Aquino Ruiz (Institute of Biochemistry, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany.)

9:40 PM Indications of transmission of mcr-1.26 IncX4 plasmids along the poultry food chain to humans - Ulrike Binsker (Department Biological Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment)

9:41 PM Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in E. coli from ducks and duck meat in Germany - Bernd-Alois Tenhagen (zoonosenplattform)

9:42 PM SARS-CoV-2 induces vital NET formation independent of available oxygen - Timo Henneck (Institute for Biochemistry & Research Center for Emerging Infections and Zoonoses (RIZ), University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover)

9:43 PM Clostridioides difficile in Honduras, Central America: an updated genomic and phenotypic characterization. - Mauricio Andino-Molina (1. Grupo de Investigación en Enfermedades de Etiología Microbiana (GIEEM), Instituto de Investigaciones en Microbiología (IIM), Escuela de Microbiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras. 2. Institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health (Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut), Jena, Germany. 3. Institute for Infectious Diseases and Infection Control, Jena University Hospital-Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany.)

9:44 PM Endogenous bornavirus-like genetic elements in insectivores (order Eulipotyphla) - Jana Müller (Institute of Veterinary Pathology)
Tuesday, October 10, 2023

10:30 AM

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Room: MOA 4+5
11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: MOA 4+5
Contributions

11:00 AM Establishment of an endemic West Nile virus maintenance cycle in Berlin - Corinna Patzina-Mehling (Institute of Virology, Charité Berlin)

11:15 AM Human land-use change alters immunogenetic-pathogen links in a generalist rodent and zoonotic reservoir - Ramona Fleischer

11:30 AM Role of a novel pilus protein in DNA uptake and natural transformation of Campylobacter jejuni - Julia Golz

11:45 AM Mathematical modeling of mosquito borne diseases in Germany - Pride Duve (Berhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Germany)

12:00 PM Human-to-human transmission of Andes hantavirus modeled in the Syrian hamster - Silke Riesle Sbarbaro (Robert Koch Institute)

12:15 PM Integrative early-warning modelling of West Nile virus transmission in Germany - Sara Margarida Martins Afonso (Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM))
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Room: MOA 6
Contributions

11:00 AM Advancing European research on viral zoonoses through the new One-Health-driven programme, “Integrated Services for Infectious Disease Outbreak Research” (ISIDORe) - Jonathan Ewbank

11:15 AM Mosquito ID: sequencing out of the mobile suitcase lab as an early warning system for emerging infectious diseases - Arianna Ceruti

11:30 AM Strengthening One Health research capacity in Guinea through characterization of acute febrile illness of unknown etiologies - Charlotte Hammer

11:45 AM Seroprevalence of anti TBE-IgG and anti-NS1-IgG in blood donors in a highly endemic TBE area in south-eastern Germany - Gerhard Dobler (Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology)

12:00 PM Assessment of treatments to reduce the amount of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in chicken manure - Aleksandra Atanasova

12:15 PM Knowledge, attitudes and behavior towards tick prevention and tick-borne diseases – a survey among Lyme borreliosis cases in Bavaria in 2019 - Stefanie Böhm (Bayerisches Landesamt für Gesundheit und Lebensmittelsicherheit)
12:30 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Room: Atrium
1:00 PM
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: MOA 4+5
Contributions

1:00 PM Investigating the biomarker potential of host proteins and development of lateral flow assays to detect Mycobacterium bovis infection - Hamza Khalid (The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, EH25 9RG, UK)

1:15 PM Emerging crop pathogenic fungi Fusarium threats hatching success in freshwater turtles – The impact of healthy egg microbiomes in pathogen resistance - Ana Sofia Carranco (Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, Ulm University)

1:30 PM MERS-CoV‒Specific T-Cell Responses in Camels after Single MVA-MERS-S Vaccination - Christian Meyer zu Natrup

1:45 PM Biological attack causing plague? Yersinia pestis used in simulation exercise for the investigation of an alleged use of biological weapons. - Anja Blasse (Robert Koch Institute)

2:00 PM The bat-borne influenza A virus H9N2 exhibits a set of unexpected pre-pandemic features - Lea Hamberger
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Room: MOA 6
Contributions

1:00 PM Bridging the research gaps on antimicrobial resistance in sub-Saharan Africa - A One Health approach - Rea Kobialka

1:15 PM From heteroresistance to resistance: a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) homogenizes population plasticity of gene amplification based heteroresistance - Johannes Kupke (Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, FU-Berlin)

1:30 PM Pim-kinase inhibitors as antivirals against SARS-CoV-2 - Eberhard Hildt (Virologie, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut)

1:45 PM Investigating conjugative AMR plasmid maintenance using CRISPR-Cas-based plasmid curing - Fabian D. Conradi (Institute for Animal Hygiene and Environmental Health, Department for Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin)

2:00 PM Joint analysis of antimicrobial resistance data from human and veterinary sector - results from the project Connect One Health Data - Katja Hille (Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Public Health Agency of Lower Saxony)

2:15 PM Pathology as read-out for efficacy testing of the benzothiazinone BTZ-043 against Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) model - Jan Schinköthe
2:30 PM
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: Atrium
Contributions

2:30 PM Tularemia in Germany — A rare disease? - Klaus Heuner (Robert Koch Institut)

2:31 PM Black-headed gulls as a reservoir for multidrug-resistant high-risk clonal Enterobacterales - Jana Brendecke (University of Greifswald, Institute of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Germany)

2:32 PM Single Point Mutations in the Outer Capsid Protein VP4 Improve Rescue of Simian Rotavirus Reassortants Carrying Antigens of a Human Rotavirus - Roman Valusenko-Mehrkens (Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung)

2:33 PM The evolution of ecological niches between 2000-2020 of Aedes albopictus and six Anopheles species within the extended Mediterranean area due to land use and climate change - Christian Merkenschlager (Universität Augsburg)

2:34 PM Comparison of neutralising activity of vaccine-induced TBEV antibodies against 10 genetically different TBEV strains of the European subtypes - Alexander Lindau (University of Hohenheim, Institute for Biology, Department of Parasitology)

2:35 PM Listeria monocytogenes in biofilms under conditions simulating the meat processing environment - Thalia Preuß (German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Berlin, Germany)

2:36 PM Control of Coxiella burnetii in a dairy goat herd by vaccination of the offspring - Ben Bauer (Clinic for Swine and Small Rumiannts, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation, Germany)

2:37 PM Development of an artificial intelligence-based workflow for the reliable identification of mosquito species by non-expert user groups - Kristopher Nolte (Bernhard-Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine)

2:38 PM The influence of single amino acid exchanges on the sensitivity of rapid antigen tests illustrated by the example of the N protein of SARS-CoV-2 - Markus Keller (Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, INNT)

2:39 PM Surface and wastewater as reservoirs for a broad spectrum of health related klebsiellae? Insights into the diversity and potential impact of isolates from natural and human-associated sources in Haïti - Jens Andre Hammerl (Department Biological Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Berlin, Germany )

2:40 PM Everything under control – Effects of combining an insect-specific virus and an insecticide in mosquito larvae to control mosquito populations - Mareike Heinig-Hartberger (Institute for Parasitology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover)

2:41 PM A mechanistic model to predict spatial-temporal patterns of Culex pipiens s.s./Cx. torrentium in Germany - Leif Rauhöft (Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany)

2:42 PM Immunogenicity and efficacy of a MVA vaccine expressing spike and nucleocapsid antigens against SARS-CoV-2 challenge infection in the k18-hACE2 mouse model - Sabrina Clever (Department of Virology, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany)

2:43 PM Expansion of raccoons (Procyon lotor) threatens already endangered native animal species and poses health risks for humans - Norbert Peter (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Integrative Parasitology and Zoophysiology)

2:44 PM Raccoon Dogs as Zoonotic Vectors - Anna Viktoria Schantz

2:45 PM Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence among Seasonal Field Workers in Lower Saxony – Risk-Perception and Protective Behaviour - Christiane Klier (Public Health Agency of Lower Saxony)

2:46 PM Pool party? West Nile virus neuroinvasive disease in a captive common seal (Phoca vitulina) - André Schüle (Berlin Zoological Garden, Berlin, Germany)

2:47 PM Chances and limitations of environmental sample matrices in avian influenza virus surveillance - Ann Kathrin Ahrens (Institute of Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Isle of Riems, Germany)

2:48 PM Tick-borne encephalitis virus in ticks from Latvia - Lidia Chitimia-Dobler (Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany)

2:49 PM Host cell entry efficiency and neutralization sensitivity of SARS-CoV-2 XBB sublineages - Prerna Arora (Infection Biology Unit, German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany Faculty of Biology and Psychology, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany)

2:50 PM Geographic distribution of animal aggressions in the Selva Maya region of Mexico - Ivonne Morales (Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany)

2:51 PM Detection of “VBNC-Campylobacter” in Broiler Farm Environments: Insights from PMA-qPCR Analysis - Anika Friese (Institute of Animal Hygiene and Environmental Health, Veterinary Centre for Resistance Research – TZR, School of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany)

2:52 PM Rapid assembly of MERS-CoV genomes using a yeast-based reverse genetics system - Annika Beyer

2:53 PM Evolutionary inferences of P. vivax Duffy Binding Protein II (Pvdbp-II): The Indian setting - Sonalika Kar (ICMR-NIMR)

2:54 PM Commensal rodent pathogens - Calvin Mehl (Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany. German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel- Riems, Germany.)

2:55 PM Host preference of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) collected in Germany - Helge Kampen (Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health)

2:56 PM Taenia martis in a white-headed lemur (Eulemur albifrons) from a Zoological Park in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. - Zaida Renteria (Institut für Parasitologie, Veterinärmedizinische Fakultät, Universität Leipzig)

2:57 PM Comparison of Illumina and Oxford Nanopore Technology for genome analysis of Francisella tularensis, Bacillus anthracis, and Brucella suis - Jörg Linde

2:58 PM Puumala orthohantavirus monitoring in bank voles to assess the epidemiological situation in Germany - Stephan Drewes (Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute of Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany)

2:59 PM Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study from April to June 2022 in Kumasi - George Agyei* (Department of Clinical Microbiology, Kwame Nkrumah of University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana)

3:00 PM Prion Protein Gene Diversity in German, Danish and Polish deer species - Sonja Ernst (Institute of Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Isle of Riems, Germany)

3:01 PM Antigenic cartography using variant-specific hamster sera reveals substantial antigenic variation among Omicron sub-variants - Barbara Mühlemann (Institute of Virology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin)

3:02 PM Molecular characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae strains circulating at the human-wildlife interface in tropical sub-Saharan Africa - Moritz J.S. Jochum (Helmholtz Insitute for One Health)

3:03 PM Impact of host genetics in the house mouse hybrid zone on microbiome composition and antimicrobial resistance - Víctor Hugo Jarquín-Díaz (Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), Berlin, Germany)

3:04 PM Patterns of mosquito species biodiversity in Europe based on current and future environmental suitability - Ridwan Adeyemi Shittu

3:06 PM Characterization of Shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli isolated from food harbouring the rare Shigatoxin subtype stx2i - Michaela Projahn

3:08 PM Synergistically targeting pyrimidine metabolism and RNA integrity for the treatment of respiratory diseases caused by zoonotic influenza A viruses - David Scheibner (Institute of Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Germany)
3:30 PM

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Room: MOA 4+5

4:00 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: Atrium

4:30 PM

4:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Room: MOA 4+5

8:00 PM

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Room: MOA 8+9
Wednesday, October 11, 2023

9:00 AM

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Room: MOA Eat (restaurant of the event’s venue site)
10:30 AM
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: MOA 6
Contributions

10:30 AM From Bits to Insights: Leveraging Multidisciplinary Data for Modern Epidemiological Surveillance and Risk Assessment - Juliane Boenecke (Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine)

10:45 AM Compatibility of WGS data from Illumina and Ion Torrent technology in genome comparison analysis of Listeria monocytogenes - Stefanie Lüth (German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment)

11:00 AM Development of an efficient reverse genetics system for HEV genotype 1 for use in comparative studies with zoonotic genotype 3 - Alexander Falkenhagen (Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung)

11:15 AM Genomic analysis of Streptococcus suis isolated from healthy and diseased birds - Muriel Dresen (Institute for Microbiology, Center for Infection Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Germany; Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK)

11:30 AM Phenotypic and genotypic antimicrobial resistance of Streptococcus uberis isolated from bovine mastitis in Thuringia, Germany - Christine Thomas (Institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute)

11:45 AM Towards reliable prediction of significant changes in microbial communities based on time series data - Ann-Kathrin Brüggemann
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Room: MOA 4+5
Contributions

10:30 AM Lessons Learned from the Old and New World: Exploring the Interplay between Biodiversity and Zoonotic Diseases in Wildlife - Magdalena Meyer (Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, Ulm University)

10:45 AM Linking immunogenetics to tuberculosis susceptibility and progression in wild meerkats - Nadine Müller-Klein

11:00 AM Small but powerful - decoding the virome of selected crocidurine shrew species - Viola Haring (Institute of Novel and Emerging Infectious Diseases, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health)

11:15 AM Unraveling the Molecular Evolution of Usutu Virus in Germany using Nanopore Sequencing - Cora M. Holicki

11:30 AM Viral interaction between West Nile virus and Usutu virus during simultaneous co-infections in frequent German mosquito species - Christin Körsten (Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut – Federal Research Institute for Animal Health (FLI), Institute for Infectology, Insel Riems, Germany )

11:45 AM Proximity loggers to study rodent spatial behaviour and pathogen transfer in farming environments - Florian Huels (Julius Kühn-Institut - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants)
12:00 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Room: Atrium
12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: MOA 4+5
Contributions

12:30 PM MHC genes regulate host gut microbiome in bats with acute coronavirus infections - Dominik W. Schmid (University Ulm)

12:45 PM The bat-derived influenza A viruses H18N11 infects and replicates in leukocytes - Susanne Kessler (Institute of Virology, Medical Center University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. )

1:00 PM Therapeutic Oral Application of Carvacrol Alleviates Acute Campylobacteriosis in Mice Harboring a Human Gut Microbiota - Markus Heimesaat

1:15 PM Differential autophagy and immune signaling in human and Rhinolophus bat cells during SARS-CoV-2 infection - Ivan Nombela (Institute of Virology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany)

1:30 PM Zapnometinib – A MEK1/2-inhibitor with broad anti-SARS-CoV-2 activity, synergistic potential and a reduced risk of resistance introduction - André Schreiber

1:45 PM Mosquito-specific viruses interfere with Culex-borne arboviruses - Sarah Gothe (Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine)
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Room: MOA 6
Contributions

12:45 PM Novel paramyxoviruses are common in South African small mammals - Wolfgang Preiser (University of Stellenbosch)

1:00 PM Host-species barriers affecting LASV infection in M. natalensis - Chris Hoffmann (Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany)

1:15 PM Virulence factors and phylogenetic relationships in Staphylococcus aureus from wild ungulates in Brandenburg, Germany - Tobias Lienen (German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment)

1:30 PM Hepatitis E virus in wild boars in Brandenburg, Germany, 2018 - 2022 - Katja Schilling-Loeffler (German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment)

1:45 PM Comparison of human- and rat-derived strains of rat hepatitis E virus in cell lines of both hosts - Jessica Panajotov (Bundeinstitut für Risikobewertung)
2:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Room: Atrium

3:00 PM

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Room: MOA 4+5

3:30 PM

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Room: MOA 4+5