At the 6th Infect-Net network meeting on 24 & 25 September 2025, we will focus on sequencing and diagnostics in infection research
We are pleased to invite all Infect-Net experts and interested parties to our sixth network meeting. We will meet on 24 and 25 September 2025 at the Friedrich Schiller University at Ernst-Abbe-Platz in Jena, directly after the annual conference of the DGHM. This time we will be focussing on sequencing and diagnostics in infection research.
The meeting will be kindly hosted by our steering board member Prof Dr Bettina Löffler and her team. Bettina Löffler is director of the Institute for Medical Microbiology at the University Medical Center Jena and steering board member of the DGHM.
This sixth network meeting will also be the final event of our BMFTR-funded network initiative. However, this is not the end of Infect-Net and our mission, as we will continue to work as an independent association for more visibility and a say in science policy for female infection researchers in Germany.
Programme Preview
Subject to change
Wedensday, Sep 24, 2025
- 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm: Arrival and registration
- 3:30 pm - appr. 6:30 pm: Scientific talks
- from appr. 6:30 pm on: Get together
- from appr. 8:30 pm: Sundowner
Thursday, Sep 25, 2025
- from 8:30 am: scientific talks
- from 11:15 om: Infect-Net organisational meeting
- 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm: Lab tour
Our network meeting will directly follow the DGHM annual meeting and will start on Wednesday afternoon. We are looking forward to starting the scientific framework with a keynote speech by Lia van der Hoek.
Following the founding of the "German Association of Women in Infection Research" during our last meeting in Munich in March, this time we will introduce the individual teams and their tasks in the organisation of Infect-Net. In particular, we want to emphasise the opportunities for active participation in shaping our mission.
For hands on knowledge transfer we offer a lab tour through the diagnostic and sequencing stations at the University Medical Center Jena on Thursday afternoon.
Keynote speech
- Prof Lia van der Hoek | Virus Discovery, Amsterdam UMC, Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention
Further scientific talks by
- PD Dr Stefanie Deinhardt-Emmer | Jena University Medical Center
- PD Dr Susanne Krasemann | Hamburg Eppendorf University Medical Center
- Prof Dr Manja Marz | Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- PD Dr Geraldine Nouailles | Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
- Dr Sandra Reuter | Freiburg University Medical Centre
- Dr Romy Skusa | Institute for Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, Rostock University Medical Center
The detailed programme will follow shortly.
Registration
Registration is possible from now until 10 August 2025 via this online form (hosted on an RWTH server). Please note that the form is in German. If you won't receive an automatic confirmation of your registration or if you have any questions don't hesitate to contact us.
Venue
Wedensday, Sep 24, 2025
Friedrich Schiller University Jena at Ernst-Abbe-Platz
In the venue of the annual conference of the DGHM
Thursday, Sep 25, 2025
Jena University Medical Center, Jena-Lobeda
Hotel
We have reserved a contingent of rooms at the B&B Hotel Jena for our conference guests and are able to reimburse travel expenses. When you register, we will let you know how you can gain access to this contingent and organise your stay.
Am Anger 32, 07743 Jena
jena@hotelbb.com
Phone: 03641 / 638969-0 | Fax: 03641 / 638969-9
Host
Prof Dr Bettina Löffler | Institute for Medical Microbiology, Jena University Medical Center
Organisation
- René Lesnik | RWTH Aachen University
- Dr Vera Voltersen | Jena University Medical Center
- PD Dr Stefanie Deinhardt-Emmer | Jena University Medical Center
René Lesnik | Coordination Infect-Net
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