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
Christian Puhr
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 „Searching for New Bioactive Substances with the BiMM Research Platform”
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, 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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