Fraunhofer Life Science Symposium 2017: Latest Developments in the Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases

The annual symposium wants to view the topic of »Latest Developments in the Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases«.

The main topics are:

• Point-of-care diagnostic
• Nucleic acid based diagnostics
• Serology bases diagnostics
• Sepsis diagnostics
• Diagnosis of emerging infections
• Biomarker development for diagnostic use
• Veterinary diagnostics
• Next generation sequencing in diagnostics

We want to invite you to present your scientific work and also to meet renowned keynote speakers as well as other scientists from the exciting field of infectious diseases. This symposium offers you the opportunity to present, hear about and discuss new scientific developments, encounter new people, and meet old friends and colleagues.

Our keynote speakers are:

• Luisa Barzon, University of Padova, Italy
• Ralf Ehricht, Alere Technologies GmbH, Germany
• Eugen Ermantraut, Blink dx GmbH, Germany
• Marion Koopman, Erasmus MC, The Netherlands
• Jürgen Popp, Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology, Germany
• Konrad Reinhart, Jena University Hospital, Germany
• Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Germany
• Heike Sichtig, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, USA

With the industrial exhibition you will surely find a good platform to communicate your expectations and needs for your research with business partners.

We are looking forward to meeting you in the beautiful city of Leipzig!

The symposium is organised by the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology IZI.