Welcome
The aim of this two-week course is to introduce students to the latest techniques of in vivo infection and ex-vivo/in vitro interaction models between the human pathogen Candida albicans and the host.
The course is aimed at PhD students, postdocs and young independent investigators and it is limited to 16 participants.
The training will combine practical and tutorial sessions. Time will also be scheduled for open discusions with invited speakers. The practical training (see preliminary programme) focuses on Candida albicans infection systems in the mouse model, and the latest molecular techniques to analyse the host-pathogen interaction responses. The in vivo systems of infection will include vaginitis infection, intestinal infection, and systemic infection. In vivo biofilm formation will also be performed. The ex-vivo based experiments will focus on the interaction (adhesion or phagocytosis) between C. albicans and primary cell lines (macrophages, dendritic and buccal cells) and other cell line cultures such as HT29 intestinal, HSC-2 cells and J774 cells. The molecular analyses will include FACS analysis, quantitaive PCR, and proteomic/genomic demonstrations.
The course will take place at the excellent facilities of the Universidad Complutense Madrid.
The guidelines for application can be found here.
Organizers
Prof. Patrick Van Dijck
VIB Department of Molecular Microbiology,
K.U. Leuven
Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology
Institute of Botany and Microbiology
Kasteelpark Arenberg 31
PO Box: 2438
B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
Prof. Rosalia Diez-Orejas
Departamento de Microbiología II
Facultad de Farmacia
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Plaza de Ramón y Cajal s/n
28040 Madrid, Spain