10 Years of Networked Zoonotic Research in Germany – A Reason to Celebrate
The National Symposium on Zoonoses Research brought together a large number of participants from different disciplines. © TMF
For ten years, the German government has been actively promoting interdisciplinary networking in zoonotic research, particularly the collaboration between human and veterinary medicine. With the funding of various research networks and the establishment of the National Research Platform for Zoonoses, important structures have been built, which have contributed significantly to building trust among stakeholders. These structures and scientific as well as personal networks form the basis on which new health challenges in the interaction of humans, animals, and the environment can be addressed in line with the "One Health" concept.
During the Zoonotic Symposium, current scientific findings and successes, as well as new structures such as the newly established "Research Network Zoonotic Infectious Diseases," will be presented. With the renewal of the research agreement for zoonoses in 2016, in which a total of four federal ministries* are involved, zoonotic research in Germany is consistently aligned with the "One Health" concept, which is one of the central themes of Global Health.
The objectives of Global Health are implemented in Germany at national, regional, and local levels. The National Research Platform for Zoonoses supports these goals. In addition to research, public health services and veterinary medicine are particularly involved in practice. Strengthening collaboration between these areas is an important task for the future. The Zoonotic Symposium 2017 will highlight this aspect in its program.
Prof. Jakob Zinsstag from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Basel, Switzerland) will explain in his concluding keynote on Friday, October 13th, that "One Health" is more than just a catchphrase and requires a comprehensive societal perspective.
* Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), Federal Ministry of Health (BMG), Federal Ministry of Defense (BMVg)
At a Glance: National Symposium on Zoonotic Research 2017
Date
October 12th/13th, 2017
Conference Languages
English and German
Venue
Best Western Premier Hotel Steglitz International
Albrechtstraße 2, 12165 Berlin
Hotel-Website
Contact
National Research Platform for Zoonoses
Dr. Ilia Semmler
Phone: 030 − 22 00 24 772
Email: info@zoonosen.net
Congress Opening, Plenary Sessions, and Keynotes
October 12th, 2017
10:00 AM Opening Remarks:
10 Years of Interdisciplinary Zoonoses Research in Germany Stephan Ludwig, Münster, Germany
Welcome Note of the Federal Government
Andrea Spelberg, BMBF, Berlin, Germany
10:30 AM Keynote:
Ecological and Genomic Drivers of Zoonotic Infections
Simone Sommer, Ulm, Germany
11:15 AM Keynote:
Global Health Security Agenda: Antimicrobials, Zoonoses und Biosafety/Biosecurity
Mika Salminen, Helsinki, Finland
4:00 PM Plenary Session:
Diverse Zoonotic Research in Germany
October 13th, 2017
9:00 AM Plenary Session:
Research Network Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
2:30 PM Keynote:
Bornavirus infection: a new model of evolution and coexistence of RNA viruses
Keizo Tomonaga, Kyoto, Japan
3:15 PM Keynote:
One Health – (Not) Just a Buzz-Word
Jakob Zinsstag, Basel, Switzerland
Press Contact and Accreditation
Antje Schütt
Phone: 030 – 2200247-31
Mobile: 0173 6141663
E-mail: presse@tmf-ev.de
Dr. Ilia Semmler
Phone: 030 - 2200247-72
E-mail: info@zoonosen.net
National Research Platform for Zoonoses
Research on zoonoses—i.e., research on infectious diseases that can be transmitted between animals and humans—takes place in Germany at many different locations and institutions: at universities and federal institutes, in small workgroups, and in large alliances. Knowledge and experience from human and veterinary medicine, infectious biologists, and scientists from other disciplines are of great importance. Therefore, interdisciplinary collaboration is necessary.
The National Research Platform for Zoonoses, an infrastructural and scientific organization, enables and supports this networking. The platform's task is to link biomedical basic research more closely with human and veterinary medicine to make zoonotic research in Germany more effective. The Zoonoses Platform is jointly supported by the University of Münster, the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, and the TMF. The annual National Symposium on Zoonotic Research is significantly funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
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