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summer school 2011

   
 

Date:

August 22-25, 2011

Place:

Evangelische Tagungsstätte Löwenstein

Address:
Altenau 57
74245 Löwenstein-Reisach

www.tagungsstaette-loewenstein.de

  2011, the Summer School will again be held in Löwenstein (near Heilbronn) in the Naturpark Schwäbisch-Fränkischer Wald from August 22 - 25. It combines and integrates various activities of the existing Research Training Groups at Frankfurt University/graduate school FIRST (GRK 757 "Roles of Eicosanoids in Biology and Medicine", GRK 1172 "Biologicals" and the Dr. Hans Kröner-Graduiertenkolleg “Eicosanoid and Sphingolipid signalling pathways in inflammation, cancer and vascular diseases”) and its associated institutions such as the Georg-Speyer-Haus and the Paul-Ehrlich-Institute in Langen.

August 22 - 25

Dr. Hans Kröner-Graduiertenkolleg “Eicosanoid and Sphingolipid signalling pathways in inflammation, cancer and vascular diseases” and FIRST

There will be student lectures that focus on recent scientific achievements and overview lectures held by senior scientists. The session will cover:

  • arachidonic acid metabolism (cyclooxygenase and lipoxygenase pathways)
  • CYP-mediated arachidonic metabolism (EETs)
  • nitric oxide pathway
  • sphingolipid metabolism
  • proteomics and lipidomics
  • structural biology of the eicosanoid-related anzymes and receptors

Departure: August 22nd, 2011


A) at the Biozentrum, Campus Riedberg:
  time 12:15
B) at the Hauptbahnhof Frankfurt, Südseite (South side):
  time 12:40
C) at Frankfurt Airport (arrivals area, parking area for coaches),
  time 13:10

 

August 23 - 25

GRK1172, FIRST-Divisions III and IV

Phd students will present their latest achievements and discuss their projects with the supervisor committee. This will be complemented by overview lectures held by senior scientists. Topics include:

  • Biologicals
  • Cancer & Cancer therapies
  • Virology

Departure: August 23rd, 2011, 8:00 a.m. at the Sandhofstr./Blutspendezentrum/Haus 74/75



   

Alternative arrival

If you wish to travel by car or train, rather than by charted bus, see:
www.tagungsstaette-loewenstein.de/wegbeschreibung.htm

By train: From the main railway station in Heilbronn (Heilbronn Hbf) by S-Bahn S4 or train to Obersulm-Willsbach. From there by bus No. 636 direction Willsbach Bahnhof, Obersulm to the Ev.Tagungsstätte (stop: Tagungsstätte). For further details: Deutsche Bahn (www.bahn.de/international/view/en/index.shtml), destination “Ev. Tagungsstätte, Löwenstein”

Social Activities

Swimming, pedal-boat riding, paddling at the Breitenauer See; Walking and Hiking in the surrounding woods and vineyards on Wednesday afternoon

 



 

 


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