Programme

Innate and adaptive immunity and vaccine strategies in viral infections

PRELIMINARY Programme

Innate and adaptive immunity and vaccine strategies in viral infections. Schmerlenbach. October 12-14, 2026

Scientific Organizers: Dr Hannes Vietzen & Prof Dr Janis Müller

Monday, 12. October 2026

12:00 Arrival and Check-in

13:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks

Session I

Coffee Break

Emerging virus infections and intervention strategies (Ab Osterhaus)

Dinner 

 

Tuesday, 13. October 2026

Breakfast

Cell-intrinsic virus-sensing – safeguarding against pathogenic infection and so much more (Marco Binder)

Session Innate Immunology

 Coffee Break

Immune responses in blood and airways during human influenza virus infection (Anna Smed-Sörensen)

Session Interphase of Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses

Lunch

HCMV – Old Virus, New Vulnerabilities: Decoding Antibody-Mediated Protection (Matthias Zehner)

Coffee Break

Session Adaptive Immune Responses

Dinner

Wednesday, 14. October 2026

Breakfast

Session Vaccines

Impact of COVID-19 vaccines and sterilizing antiviral immunity (Klaus Überla)

Coffee Break

Best Presentation Award (Alternative: Session VI)

Closing Remarks (Alternative: Session VI)

Lunch