Morning Session
8:00- 8:30 Registration and Coffee
8:30-8:45 Welcome (A. Jenke)
8:45-9:15 Clinical and epidemiological features of the Covid-19 pandemic (M. Gasparetto)
9:15-9:45 SARS-CoV2 - diagnostic challenges (R. Elling)
9:45-10:15 Challenges in clinical gastroenterology during the Covid-19 pandemic (R. Melchior)
10:15-10:45 Coffee break
10:45-11:15 How to discriminate the good from the bad papers in times of Covid-19 (M. Zilbauer)
11:15-11:45 Cutting edge technology to tackle SARS-CoV2 - from nano-pore sequencing to organoids (J. Mann)
11:45-12:15 Transfection/Expression systems from AAV vector systems to CRISPR/Cas9 (F. Kreppel)
12:15-12:30 Questions – Discussions (All faculty)
12:30-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:05 Developing research questions based on clinical observations (A.Jenke)
14:05-14:40 From hypothesis to a project in realisation (G. Trauernicht)
14:40-15:00 Preparation of Afternoon break out session (A.Jenke)
Afternoon break out session
Delegates will be divided in 5 groups (n=5 delegates (total of n=25))
14:30 – 17:30 Using lessons from Covid-19 in gastrointestinal research (including a 15 minutes coffee break)
Description: A global focus on Covid 19 has led rapid advances across a range of associated fields, spanning epidemiology, clinical trials, translational science, and genomics. As we move into the second year of the global pandemic we should consolidate our learning to date and reflect on what novel aspects can be implemented in future projects. The aim of the working groups:
- Assessment of the current state of knowledge based on the current scientific evidence. The literature should be critically questioned.
- Definition of the most important gastrointestinal-related question that needs to be addressed using techniques/learning from the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Development of a project plan.
The developed project needs to be prepared for presentation in the ‘Science Dragon Den’. Briefly, in the Dragon’s Den, the group will have to convince dragons to fund their research project. They will be given 10-15 minutes presentation time followed by questions from the dragons. The group are allowed to modify the abstract (e.g. change methodologies, patient cohort etc) if they feel that this improves the quality of the project.
The aim is to critically assess research projects and prepare for funding and/or publication. The Dragon’s den session will be held on Friday.
- Epidemiology of paediatric GI diseases
- Viral pathophysiology
- Novel diagnostic systems
- Role of ACE-System(teleconference)
- Novel diagnostic systems
Evening: Dinner in historical College Dining Hall
