Tumor Immunology meets Oncology XIX (TIMO XIX) Workshop & Symposium 2025
Two GLACIER grantees from Halle, Dr. Ilianet Palmero Álvarez and MSc Arturo Liñan Torres, attended the TIMO 2025 Symposium in Brandenburg, Germany.
Course on Chemical Technologies for Vaccine Development, 28 May 2025
The development of vaccines has been one of the greatest advances in the history of medicine, transforming the prevention of infectious diseases over the past two centuries. Vaccines stimulate the immune system to provide protection in the absence of disease, which has reduced morbidity and mortality from diseases caused by microbial pathogens.
With the aim of introducing the different chemical technologies that have been used in the development of preventive antiviral and antibacterial vaccines, Dr. Daniel García Rivera (University of Havana-GLACIER) will present the course “Chemical Technologies for Vaccine Development” at the Institute of Chemistry, UNAM (Mexico City, Mexico) on 28 May 2025.
The course will be divided into three sections:
- Introduction to vaccine development and the different vaccine platforms.
- Recombinant and glycoconjugated protein vaccine technology.
- Messenger RNA vaccine technology and non-viral gene delivery systems.
The course will address issues related to the development of site-selective protein modification methods and the conjugation of carrier proteins to antigenic peptides, proteins and oligosaccharides of viral or bacterial origin. Progress in lipid nanoparticle technology for the delivery of nucleic acids, essential for the development of messenger RNA vaccines, will also be described.
Visit of Prof. Dr. Ludger Wessjohann to the University of Panama
On 7 February 2025, Prof. Dr. Ludger Wessjohann visited the University of Panama. During his visit, Prof. Dr. Wessjohann gave three lectures at the Vice Rectorate and the Faculty of Pharmacy on GLACIER, Drug Development and Bioactives Database and Cloud.
As part of the activities, a collection of medicinal plants for research was conducted. The team consisted of botanists, pharmacists and medicinal chemists from Panama and Germany.
A cooperation agreement was also signed between the University of Panama and The Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (Prof. Dr. Pablo Solis and Prof. Dr. Ludger Wessjohann).
PACE-UP Hybrid Workshop: Emerging Infectious Diseases & Biosafety Training
PAN ASEAN Coalition for Epidemic and Outbreak Preparedness is pleased to announce its upcoming hybrid workshop on Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases and Biosafety Training, taking place May 19-23, 2025, at VG-CARE, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Members of the Global Health Centers are invited to participate online.
This workshop will feature two modules:
Module 1 covers the epidemiology of emerging and re-emerging viruses, outbreak detection, infection control, antimicrobial resistance, and zoonotic diseases.
Module 2 provides hands-on training in biosafety principles (BSL-I, II, III), safe pathogen handling, infection control practices, and the use of a BSL-2 mobile laboratory with a BSC-III cabinet for outbreak response.
For more details about the modules and the experts involved, please click the button below.
Socioeconomic determinants potentially underlying differential global SARS-CoV-2 testing capacity: an ecological study
This study, conducted by Dr. Andrés Moreira-Soto, Dr. Jan Felix Drexler (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin) and colleagues, examined how economic and social factors influence the number of COVID-19 tests performed (testing capacity) in 109 countries between 2020 and 2021. They found that socioeconomic and gender inequalities play a critical role in shaping testing capacity, highlighting the need for equitable access to healthcare and targeted public health interventions.