Medicine Program Supplementary to Microbiology Congress

1.  Professor Willem van Leeuwen - One and Half Days- Shanbeh and Yekshanbeh (Shahrivar 01 and 02- August 23rd and 24th)
   1. PCR (primer/probe design, DNA extraction, validation of a new PCR, interpretation of the curves, QA/QC)- One day workshop (Download Paper and Presentation)
   2. How to submit a paper- Half day workshop (Download Presentation)
   3. PCR validation (Download Presentation)
   4. Real-Time PCR (Download Presentation)
   5. Introduction to PCR isolation of nucleic acids (Download Presentation)
   6. PCR contamination issues (Download Presentation)

2. Professor Hakenbeck - One day of Lectures-Yekshanbeh (Shahrivar 02 - August 24^th)
   1. Human pathogens- Molecular biological level- morning
   2. Antibiotic Resistance:  epidemiology, mechanism of resistance with emphasis on strep pneumonia, and genomics- afternoon

Lectures / Course Regine Hakenbeck

Morning:  9:00-12:00 hrs

old and new diseases

emerging diseases - Clostridium difficile; Borrellia; multiple drug resistant bacteria; genetics of bacteria/ mechanism of penicillin resistance (MRSA Staphylococcus aureus; PRSP Streptococcus pneumoniae)

Lunch:  12:00-13:00 hrs

Afternoon:   13:00-16:00 hrs- Computer Lab

epidemiology and genome analysis

multi locus sequence typing MLST - see http://www.mlst.net/

BLAST analysis http://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi

genomics

Artemis / ACT

programmes can be downloaded on https://www.sanger.ac.uk/resources/software/

3. Professor Reinhard Funfstuck - One Lecture- Shanbeh (Shahrivar 08-August 30^th)-  9:00-10:30
   1. Diabetic nephropathy-Diabetic Nephropathy (pathogenesis,diagnostic, and therapeutic strategies).- 9:00-10:30 (Download Presentation)