On Wednesday, 02.10.2024 at 12:30, Inge Depoortere will be the speaker of our 'Gut, Liver and Friends' seminar. Inge Depoortere is Professor of  Translational Research in Gastrointestinal Disorders at the University of Leuven, Belgium. Her talk will be entitled: "Role of bitter taste receptors in the human intestine in the regulation of metabolism and innate immunity during [...]

On Wednesday, 09.10.2024 at 12:30, Dr. Martin Vaeth will be the speaker of our ‘Gut, Liver and Friends‘ seminar. Dr. Martin Vaeth is a Junior Group Leader at the Max-Planck Research Group for Systems Immunology at the Julius-Maximilians University of Würzburg. His research focuses on unraveling the complex interactions between cellular metabolism, signal transduction, and the regulation [...]

On Wednesday, 16.10.2024 at 12:30, Prof. Dr. Jan Hengstler will be the speaker of our ‘Gut, Liver and Friends‘ seminar. Prof. Dr. Jan G. Hengstler is head of the Systems Toxicology department at IfADo (Leibniz Institut für Arbeitsforschung an der TU Dortmund). He will talk about "Functional imaging of cholestatic liver diseases – ductular reaction and cholemic [...]

Title: “Microbiota at the Crossroads: Unveiling the Interplay Between Diet, Inflammation, and Infection”

On Wednesday, 04.12.2024 at 12:30, Dr. Elton Dajti will be the speaker of our 'Gut, Liver and Friends' seminar. Dr. Elton Dajti, University of Bologna, is a researcher with expertise in hepatology, focusing on non-invasive diagnostic methods for liver-related diseases. His talk is titled: “Non-invasive diagnosis of portal hypertension in the MASLD era: are [...]

On Wednesday, 22.01.2025 at 12:30, Ass.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Vogl will be the speaker of our ‘Gut, Liver and Friends‘ seminar. Thomas Vogl is Assistant Professor in “Microbiome in Cancer Immunology” under the tenure-track model at the Medical University of Vienna. He investigates which microbial and tumor factors are crucial for successful cancer therapies. His expertise [...]

On Wednesday, 05.02.2025 at 16:00, Professor Prakash Ramachandran will be the speaker of our ‘Gut, Liver and Friends‘ seminar. Professor Prakash Ramachandran is a renowned researcher based at the University of Edinburgh in the Centre for Inflammation Research, where he is also Chair of Experimental Hepatology. Professor Ramachandran’s work has provided several new insights into the biology [...]

On Wednesday, 12.02.2025 at 15:30, we will have two speakers for our ‘Gut, Liver and Friends‘ seminar: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Lisa Maier and Dr. Nassos Typas. Lisa Maier is a Professor for Microbiome-Host-Interactions at the University of Tübingen. Her lab investigates how medicinal drugs from various therapeutic classes interact with gut microbes and their [...]

On Wednesday, 12.03.2025 at 16:00, Benjamin Ruf, M.D., will be the speaker of our ‘Gut, Liver and Friends‘ seminar. Benjamin Ruf is a physician-scientist focusing on tumor immunology and immunotherapy in gastrointestinal cancers. Benjamin received his M.D. from studies at the University of Tübingen, King’s College London and the University of Aberdeen. After graduation, he started residency in [...]