MEDICA LABMED FORUM

Agenda 18 November 2019

10:30 – 10:45 h
Microbiome analysis – Bridging the gap between traditional and novel microbiology
PD Dr. med. Beniam Ghebremedhin, Universität Witten / Herdecke, HELIOS Universitätsklinikum Wuppertal

10:45 – 11:00 h
Microbiological aspects of microbiome analysis
Prof. Dr. med. Dr. rer. nat. André Gessner, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, Institut für Mikrobiologie und Hygiene

11.00 – 11:15 h
Microbiome analysis in cancer patients
Prof. Dr. med. Ernst Holler, Universitätsklinikum Regensburg, III. Med. Klinik

11:15 – 11:30 h
Mind the microbes – How gut bacteria may shape cognitive and affective processes
Dr. med. Laura Steenbergen, Cognitive Psychology Unit & Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition, Leiden University, The Netherlands

11:30 – 11:45 h
Microbiome findings in the context of Parkinson's disease
Dr. med. Jean-Pierre Trezzi, University of Luxembourg

11:45 – 12:00 h
Big data analysis and bioinformatics issues
Prof. Dr. Frank Klawonn, HZI Braunschweig, Dept. Statistics and Bioinformatics

12:00 – 12:30 h
Round-table discussion on microbiology 1
Ghebremedhin, Gessner, Holler, Steenbergen, Trezzi, Klawonn


13:00 – 14:00 h
Industry slots

14:00 – 14:15 h
Breathomics: Spectrophotometric and sensory microbial analysis
PD Dr. med. Beniam Ghebremedhin, Universität Witten / Herdecke, HELIOS Universitätsklinikum Wuppertal

14:15 – 14:30 h
Sniffing the chemical language of pathogens
Dr. Simona Cristescu, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherland

14:30 – 14:45 h
Technical approaches to breath analytics for tuberculosis and malignancies
Prof. Dr. med. Wieland Voigt, MIM Steinbeis-Hochschule, Berlin

14:45 – 15:00 h
Volatile organic compounds in gastrointestinal disorders
Dr. Agnieszka Smolinska, Pharmacology and Toxicology Department, Maastricht University, Belgium

15:00 – 15:15 h
Ion mobility spectrometry for rapid microbial detection
Dr. Wolfgang Vautz, ION-GAS GmbH, MST.factory dortmund

15:15 – 16:00 h
Round-table discussion on microbiology 2
Ghebremedhin, Cristescu, Smolinska, Vautz, Voigt


[Version: 23 July 2019, subject to changes]

Agenda 19 November 2019

10:30 – 10:45 h
Innovative biomarkers and risk indicators for cardiovascular diseases – Introduction
Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Holdenrieder, Deutsches Herzzentrum München

10:45 – 11:00 h
News on cardiac tissue engineering care
PD Dr. med. Markus Krane, Deutsches Herzzentrum München

11:00 – 11:15 h
Mesenchymal stem/stromal cell-derived extracellular vesicle, a potential new tool in regenerative medicine
Prof. Dr. Bernd Giebel, Universitätsklinikum Essen

11:15 – 11:30 h
Biomarkers for heart insufficiency in children
PD Dr. med. Oktay Tutarel, Deutsches Herzzentrum München

11:30 – 11:45 h
Standardization of biomarker data
Prof. Dr. Frank Klawonn, HZI Braunschweig

11:45 – 12:30 h
Round-table discussion on cardiology 1
Holdenrieder, Krane, Giebel, Tutarel, Klawonn


13:00 – 14:00 h
Industry slots on cardiology

14:00 – 14:15 h
Small and smart diagnostics in sports medicine – Introduction
Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Holdenrieder, Deutsches Herzzentrum München

14:15 – 14:30 h
Cell-free DNA diagnostics in sports medicine
Prof. Dr. med. Perikles Simon, Universitätsklinikum Mainz

14.30 – 14.45 h
Biomarkers in prevention and sports medicine
Prof. Dr. med. Johannes Scherr, Universität Zürich

14.45 – 15:00 h
Monitoring for personalized training prescription
Prof. Dr. med. Billy Sperlich, Uni Würzburg

15:00 – 15:15 h
How the new IVD regulation affects the development of quantified self-tests and health apps
Dr. Sebastian Grömminger, Johner-Institut, Konstanz

15:15 – 16:00 h
Round-table discussion on cardiology 2
Holdenrieder, Simon, Scherr, Sperlich, Grömminger


[Version: 30 August 2019, subject to changes]

Agenda 20 November 2019

10:30 – 10:45 h
Digital pathology and artificial intelligence – Introduction
Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Holdenrieder, Deutsches Herzzentrum München

10:45 – 11:00 h
Digital pathology is picking up speed
Dr. Nicolas Weiss, Precipoint

11:00 – 11:15 h
The microscope as intelligent scanner
Dr. Volker Bruns, Fraunhofer IIS, Erlangen

11:15 – 11:30 h
Artificial intelligence and deep learning
Prof. Dr. Frank Klawonn, HZI Braunschweig

11:30 – 12:00 h
Algorithm for longitudinal tumor biomarker assessment in lung cancer – going beyond reference change values
Dr. Dr. Huub van Rossum, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital Amsterdam

11:45 – 12:30 h
Round-table discussion on oncology 1
Holdenrieder, Weiss, Bruns, Klawonn, van Rossum


13:00 – 14:00 h
Industry slots on oncology

14:00 – 14:15 h
Liquid biopsy and liquid profiling – Introduction
Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Holdenrieder, Deutsches Herzzentrum München

14:15 – 14:30 h
Liquid profiling: State of the art
Prof.. Dr. med. Nicola Normanno, University of Naples / Italy

14:30 – 14:45 h
Tissue and blood-complementary approaches
Prof. Dr. med. Christopher Poremba, Pathologie Nord, München

14:45 – 15:00 h
Clinical applications of single cell sequencing
Prof. Dr. med. Bernhard Polzer, Universität Regensburg

15:00 – 15:15 h
Requirements for blood TMB testing for immune therapy stratification
Dr. med. Verena Haselmann, UMM Universitätsmedizin Mannheim

15:15 – 16:00 h
Round-table discussion on oncology 2
Holdenrieder, Normanno, Poremba, Polzer, Haselmann


[Version: 23 July 2019, subject to changes]

Agenda 21 November 2019

(in cooperation with DGKL e.V. and VDGH e.V.)

10:30 – 10:45 h
Emerging fields and talents in biosciences and medicine – Introduction
Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Holdenrieder, Deutsches Herzzentrum München

10:45 – 11:00 h
Bioinformatics – The bottleneck for new massive parellel diagnostic technologies
Dr. Dr. med. Christoph Winter, Technische Universität München

11:00 – 11:15 h
Liquid profiling of head and neck cancer patients with plasma and saliva
Romina Rösch, Technische Universität München

11:15 – 11:30 h
Immune checkpoint markers for in vivo sensitivity monitoring in cancer patients
Kimberly Krüger, Deutsches Herzzentrum München

11:30 – 11:45 h
LCMS-based approaches for characterization of epigenetic histone modifications
Vida Ungerer, Deutsches Herzzentrum München

11:45 – 12:00 h
Introduction of a digital laboratory based decision support system to increase patients safety
PD Dr. med. Thorsten Kaiser, Institut für Laboratoriumsmedizin, Unversitätsklinik Leipzig

12:00 – 12:15 h
Pharmacometric modelling & simulation for an increased understanding of CAR-T cell therapy in cancer patients
Anna Müller-Schöll, Freie Universität Berlin

12:15 – 12:30 h
Exposure-response pharmacometric modelling and simulation to improve treatment ouctome in advanced NSCLC
Francis Ojara, Freie Universität Berlin


13:00 – 14:00 h
Industry slots

14:00 – 14:15 h
Young scientists meet innovative industry – Opening remarks
Prof. Dr. med. Stefan Holdenrieder, Deutsches Herzzentrum München

14:15 – 14:30 h
Professional perspectives for young scientists – The academic view
Dr. rer. nat. Ronald Biemann, Universität Leipzig, Institut für Laboratoriumsmedizin

14:30 – 14:45 h
Professional perspectives for young scientists – The industry view
Dr. rer. nat. Peter Quick, VDGH e. V. Life Science Research

14:45 – 15:00 h
How to keep the balance between career and family
PD Dr. med. Verena Haselmann, UMM Universitätsmedizin Mannheim

15:00 – 15:15 h
What is key for modern leadership management
Dr. rer. nat. Susanne Huber, VDGH e.V., Life Science Research

15:15 – 16:00 h
Roundtable discussion on young scientists perspectives
Holdenrieder, Biemann, Quick, Haselmann, Huber


[Version: 23 August 2019, subject to changes]