CRC 1182-International Conference: "Horizons in Metaorganism Research"

International Conference of the Collaborative Research Center 1182

  • October 2 – 6 2023, Kiel University   
  • Organizers: Thomas Bosch & Hinrich Schulenburg
  • Venue: Maritim Hotel Bellevue Kiel

The “Horizons in Metaorganism Research” conference is a premier, international scientific conference concentrating on the latest developments in the field of host-microbiome interaction research. The conference will be the final academic highlight of the 2nd funding period of the CRC 1182. The aim of the CRC 1182 is to understand why and how microbial communities enter into long-term connections with their host organisms and what functional consequences these interactions have.

Confirmed Speakers:

  •     Gloria Dominguez Bello, Rutgers University, USA
  •     Takema Fukatsu, University of Tsukuba, Japan
  •     Naama Geva-Zatorsky, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
  •     Tom Gilbert, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
  •     Mark Hanson, University of Exeter, UK
  •     Kevin Kohl, University of Pittsburgh, USA
  •     Manuel Liebeke, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology Bremen, Germany
  •     Katharina Ribbeck, MIT Cambridge, USA
  •     Carolina Tropini, University British Columbia Vancouver, Canada (online)
  •     Dario R. Valenzano, Fritz Lipmann Institute Jena, Germany
  •     Christian Voolstra, University of Konstanz, Germany
  •     Karina Xavier, Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Oeiras, Portugal


Please save the date! More Information and registration soon, please contact the CRC 1182 office:
office@metaorganism-research.com