Conveners
Keynote Lecture: Martin Beer
- Marcus Fulde (Freie Universität Berlin)
Keynote Lecture: Ilse Jacobsen
- Fereshteh Ghazisaeedi (Freie Universität Berlin)
- Roberto La Ragione (University of Surrey)
Keynote Lecture: Kristin Heenemann
- Anika Friese (Freie Universität Berlin)
- Konstantinos Papageorgiou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
Keynote Lecture: Elke Genersch
- Flavia Zendri (University of Liverpool)
- Raffaele Scarpellini (University of Bolgona)
Keynote Lecture: Asisa Volz
- Anna Salvaggiulo (University of Bari "Aldo Moro")
- Nicola Decaro (University of Bari - Dept of Veterinary Medicine)
Keynote Lecture: Martin Wagner
- Thomas Alter (Freie Universität Berlin)
Keynote Lecture: Jennie Fischer
- Cátia Marques (Universidade Lusófona)
- Els Broens (Utrecht University)
Keynote Lecture: Dennis Rubbenstroth
- Francesco Pellegrini (University of Bari Aldo Moro)
- Felix Reich (BfR)
Keynote Lecture: Ralph Goethe
- Uwe Rösler (Freie Universtität Berlin)
- Alessandro Bellato (Università di Torino)
Keynote Lecture: Marta Kuźmińska-Bajor
- Istvan Szabo (Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung)
- Jasmin Wenderlein (Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung)
Viral zoonoses pose a persistent and evolving threat to public health in Germany, where various animal reservoirs harbor significant pathogens. Wild birds play a central role in the ecology of highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses, such as H5N1. Recurrent outbreaks affect wild birds and domestic poultry, and spillover infections in different mammalian species occur. Swine are important...
Paramyxoviruses have significant impact on veterinary medicine and global public health. The family Paramyxoviridae includes significant pathogens such as the Measles virus (the causative agent of measles) and Rinderpest virus, which has now been eradicated worldwide. The relevance of these enveloped, single-stranded RNA viruses is further highlighted by the global impact of Canine Distemper...
Candida albicans is a pathobiont in warm-blooded animals that can cause various mucosal infections as well as life-threatening disseminated disease. Diagnosis of systemic candidiasis is challenging due to unspecific symptoms, low sensitivity of blood culture, and lack of standardized biomarkers differentiating colonization and infection. Delayed diagnosis and limited treatment options result...
Modified Vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) is a licensed third-generation smallpox vaccine and a potent vector platform for developing vaccines against infectious diseases and cancer. Developed by serial passage in chicken cells, MVA lost replication ability in mammalian hosts and many orthopoxvirus virulence genes, enhancing its safety profile. MVA-based vaccines have demonstrated safety,...
American foulbrood (AFB) is one of the most important and devastating infectious diseases of the Western honey bee Apis mellifera. It is caused by the gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium Paenibacillus larvae, which not only kills the brood of a colony but also the entire colony as the disease progresses. Since P. larvae is highly infectious and contagious, the disease spreads very easily...
Listeria monocytogenes poses a significant risk, especially in ready-to-eat (RTE) foods, as it can grow at refrigeration temperatures, unlike many other pathogens. This species survives in a variety of harsh environments, including the food processing environment. Long-term survival of Listeria is usually addressed as persistence and the mechanisms are still unelucidated. One trigger of...
Rustrela virus (RusV; species Rubivirus strelense) is a recently discovered relative of the human rubella virus and causes usually fatal non-suppurative meningoencephalomyelitis in a broad range of mammals, including felids, canids, mustelids, rodents and even marsupials. The virus was first identified in zoo animals from northeastern Germany, in 2019. Meanwhile, it has been found also in...
Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has attracted the attention of experts in various fields for decades. Due to the development of new and highly efficient sequencing technologies, sequencing costs per genome have drastically decreased in the last decade, making WGS a powerful and widely used application for diverse scientific questions. In modern bacterial diagnostics there is also a...
Mycobacterium avium is the most important mycobacterial species with medical relevance besides M. tuberculosis and M. bovis. It is a slow-growing non-tuberculous mycobacterium divided into four subspecies (ssp.): M. avium ssp. avium (MAA), M. avium ssp. silvaticum (MAS), M. avium ssp. paratuberculosis (MAP) and M. avium ssp. hominissuis (MAH). Despite high genetic identity, they differ in...
The accelerating emergence of antimicrobial resistance in animal production poses a growing threat to both veterinary medicine and public health worldwide, demanding innovative and sustainable alternatives to antibiotics.
Bacteriophages are viruses that specifically infect and lyse bacteria and are increasingly recognized as a natural and highly promising solution against pathogenic bacteria....
