ONE-HEALTH MINISYMPOSIUM
FROM ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE TO BIOTECH SOLUTIONS
17 April 2026 | 13pm – 17pm
BOKU University Campus Muthgasse
Armin Szilvinyi Haus – Lecture Hall 1
Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna
PROGRAM
13:00 pm
Welcome note by Diethard Mattanovich | BOKU University
Head of Department of Biotechnology and Food Science
Head of Institute of Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology
MAIN-TALKS
13.05-13.25 pm
Michaela Lackner
Medical University of Innsbruck | Institute of Hygiene and Medical Microbiology
Why do we need to integrate fungal resistance into GAP-AMR?
13:25-13:55 pm
Joseph Heitman
Duke University, USA | Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology
Epimutations evoke transient inheritable antimicrobial resistance
13:55-14:15 pm
Karl Kuchler
Medical University of Vienna | Karl Kuchler Laboratory
Phenotypic plasticity of Candida auris
FLASH-TALKS
14:30-14:45 pm
Christoph Schüller
BOKU University | Core Facility Bioactive Molecules Screening & Analysis
Probiotics to compete Candida – a suggestion
14:45-15:00 pm
Özge Ata
BOKU University | Institute of Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology
Integration of metabolic modeling and synthetic biology for single carbon biotechnology
15:00-15:15 pm
Lirim Kastrati
BOKU University | Institute of Microbial Genetics | BiMM Bioactive Microbial Metabolites
Epigenetic triggers for new bioactive metabolites
15:15-15-30 pm
Joseph Strauss
BOKU University | Institute of Microbial Genetics | BiMM Bioactive Microbial Metabolites
Concluding remarks
From 15:30 pm
Get-together & Networking
Virtual Reality Movie „BiMM inside the cell – in search of new substances“
The Institute of Microbial Genetics and the Bioactive Microbial Metabolites (BiMM) Research Platform together with the Institute of Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology invites to a ONE-HEALTH PERSPECTIVE Minisymposium
FROM ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE TO BIOTECH SOLUTIONS
on Friday, 17 April 2026, 13pm – 17pm
with a scientific program and a subsequent get-together.
Location: BOKU University Campus Muthgasse – Armin Szilvinyi Haus – Lecture Hall 1 Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna
Contact: events@bimm-research.at
REGISTRATION
We would be delighted to welcome you to the Minisymposium. To support our planning, we kindly ask you to confirm your attendance by registering in advance:
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