Teachers of the Summer School

Anja Betz

Institute of Phytomedicine
Department of Applied Entomology

Academic course coordinator

Topics of lectures:

Insect herbivory
Plant toxins as a defence against insect herbivores
Insect adaptations to host plant toxins
Sequestration of plant toxins as a driver of insect-plant interactions

Carina Schneider

Department of Parasitology

Academic course coordinator

Dr. Alice Charalabidis

L'institut Agro, Montpellier SupAgro
Centre for Population Biology and Management

Topic of lecture:

Climate change on pests and interactions with predators

Prof. Dr. Fabian Commichau

Department of Molecular Microbiology
Institute of Biology

Topics of the lectures

Human pathogenic bacteria
Minimal genomes

Prof. Dr. Ludwig. E. Hoelzle

Institute of Environmental and Animal Hygiene, Veterinary Medicine with Animal Clinics

Topics of the lectures:

Animal pathogens and hosts
Host adaption and immune evasion in haemotrophic mycoplasma

Prof. Dr. Thomas A. Kufer

Department of Immunology (180b)
Institute for Nutritional Medicine

Topics of the lectures:

Basic principles of immunity in mammals
Innate immune recognition of pathogens in mammals
Subversion of immune responses by enteroinvasive bacterial pathogens

Prof. Dr. Ute Mackenstedt

Department of Parasitology (190p)

Topics of the lectures:

Parasites: Introduction
Host resistance to parasites
Host adaptations of parasites
Parasite-induced host behaviour

Prof. Dr. Georg Petschenka

Institute of Phytomedicine
Department of Applied Entomology (360c)

Topics of the lectures:

Insect herbivory
Plant toxins as a defence against insect herbivores
Insect adaptations to host plant toxins
Sequestration of plant toxins as a driver of insect-plant interactions

Dr. Thomas Romig

Department of Parasitology (190p)
Institute for Zoology

Topics of the lectures:

Lifecycles of parasites
Ecology of selected parasites

Prof. Dr. Jana Seifert

Department of Functional Microbiology of Livestock

Topic of the lecture:

Molecular methods to detect microorganisms in complex samples

Prof. Dr. Johannes Steidle

Animal Ecology

Topics of the lectures:

Introduction to parasitoids
Host finding of parasitoids
“Born to kill” (movie)
Host-parasitoid coevolution

Dr. Kirsten Traynor

State Institute for Apiculture University of Hohenheim

Topics of the lectures:

Pathogens of honey bees

Prof. Dr. Ralf Voegele

Dean Faculty of Agricultural Sciences (300)
DMD Institute of Phytomedicine (360)
Department of Phytopathology (360a)

Topics of the lectures:

Bacterial pathogens of plants
Fungal pathogens of plants
Recognition of plant pathogens

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Dr. Thorben Schilling

Institute of Environmental and Animal Hygiene, Veterinary Medicine with Animal Clinics

Topics of the lectures:

Animal pathogens
Virulence mechanisms of bacteria

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