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WiSe 23/24: S Evolutionary Medicine

Sophie Armitage, Dino McMahon, Katja Nowick, Charlotte Rafaluk-Mohr, Jens Rolff, Ulrich Steiner

Hinweise für Studierende

10 Plätze für MSC Biologie-, 4 Plätze für MSc Biochemie, 2 PLätze für Veterinärmedizin und 10 Plätze für BUA-Studierende

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): 3

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Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen

Deeper knowledge in the life sciences, primarily acquired through modules attended in life sciences and related fields during the first four semesters, or acquired during a completed bachelor degree. Qualifikationsziele: Die Studentinnen und Studenten erlangen einen Einblick in evolutionstheoretische Konzepte und ihre Anwendung in der modernen Medizin, um Gesundheit und Krankheiten zu verstehen. Sie können fundamentale Konzepte über Fächergrenzen anwenden und ein Verständnis entwickeln, weshalb solch ein multidisziplinärer Ansatz vertieftes Wissen in der Medizin generiert. Inhalte: Vertiefter Einblick in exemplarische Anwendung von Evolutionstheorien in der Medizin und die Bedeutung evolutiver Prozesse für die moderne Medizin. Dies beinhaltet u.a. die Virulenzevolution von Viren, Antibiotikaresistenz, Altern, und die Evolution von Tumoren. Kritische Analyse von Originalarbeiten. Synthesen ausgewählter Fachliteratur. Diskussion von Ideen, Hypothesen und Ergebnissen. Schließen

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Lecture topics:

Introduction to Evolutionary Medicine: concepts of Evolution, going to the roots and why are we susceptible? (Ulrich Steiner)
Lifestyle diseases (Katja Nowick)
Phage therapy(Hochberg)
Resistance evolution (Jens Rolff)
Antibiotic resistance (Robin Michelet)
Tolerance (Sophie Armitage)
Parasite-host evolution (Charlotte Rafaluk Mohr)
Evolution of sexual differentiation (Peter Hammerstein)

Life history evolution (Jessica Metcalf)
Evolution of aging (Ulrich Steiner)
Evolution of emerging viruses (Sandra Junglen)
Leaky vaccines (Dino McMahon)

Students will gain insights into evolutionary theoretic concepts and their application in modern medicine to understand health and disease. They will apply fundamental evolutionary concepts across disciplines and derive understanding why such cross disciplinary approach generates deeper knowledge in medicine.

Deeper insights into application of evolutionary theories in modern medicine through applied examples. Topics covered, include viral evolution, evolution of antibiotic resistance, evolutionary roots of lifestyle diseases, evolution of sexual differentiation, aging, and immunity and evolutionary arms races. The adjacent seminar trains to understand topic scpecific scientific publications, to discuss those topics in the context of the current scientific understanding and to present them in a scientific manner. Discussion of selected scientific articles, presentation of ideas, hypotheses and results.

Inhalte:
The lecture and seminar covers general questions in evolutionary medicine. In the seminar and on online platforms current topics in evolutionary medicine will be presented, and critically and controvertially discussed.

Qualification goals:
The lecture links evolutionary theories to and their application in modern medicine. Thereby, the lecture helps to understand health, and how to prevent and treat disease. Topics covered, include viral evolution, evolution of antibiotic resistance, aging, and genetic variability in humans. The adjacent seminar trains to understand topic scpecific scientific publications and to discuss those topics in the context of the current scientific understanding. Schließen

14 Termine

Regelmäßige Termine der Lehrveranstaltung

Mi, 16:30 - 19:00 14 Termine

Mi, 25.10.2023 16:30 - 19:00

Dozenten:
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jens Rolff
Dr. Sophie Armitage
Dr. Charlotte Rafaluk-Mohr
Prof. Dr. Dino McMahon
Dr. Ulrich Steiner
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Katja Nowick