Sonstiges Linking Hamburg Infection Research to Industry

...the University of Hamburg, together with partners (including DESY, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Leibniz Institute of Virology, Research Center Borstel and the UKE), is applying for a fifth Cluster of Excellence of the German Research Foundation: “Gateways to Health: How pathogens shape global life”. The first hurdle has been cleared and work is now underway on the main application. The final funding decision will be made in 2025. The new federal and state funding line will begin in 2026 and run for seven years.

An interdisciplinary workshop with industrial companies will take place on February 6, 2025 (16:00-20:00, CSSB) in order to involve potential partners at an early stage. The workshop will enable exchange between leading minds from life sciences, medicine, ethics, politics, industry and society, bringing together biomedical and humanities perspectives for a holistic view of infectious diseases.

Possible topics of the workshop:

• New research on the prevention and treatment of viruses, bacteria and parasites
• Artificial intelligence and machine learning in the research of pathogens
• Social and ethical implications of infectious diseases

Participation in the workshop is possible in various ways and at this stage potential participants from academia and industry are being contacted.

Planned agenda:
16:00-16:10 - Welcome and greetings
16:10-16:50 - Presentation of research groups and companies and their needs and offers
16:50-18:00 - Five 10-minute presentations plus short discussion; 3 presentations from academia, 2 presentations from industry
18:00-20:00 - Networking, optional poster presentation