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Founded in 1622 by Prince Archbishop Paris Lodron and re-established in 1962, today the PLUS is the largest educational institution in Salzburg.
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Science Communication Science to Science – Invited Lectures
Year
Title
2021
33. Mainzer Allergie Workshop – Frühjahrstagung der DGAKI; Einleitungsreferat “Bet v 1 ligands modulating protein stability, antigen processing and presentation“DGAKI
2018
UNIKA-T, Augsburg, Deutschland; Talk: The birch pollenome”
Science to Science Oral Presentations – since 2015
Year
Title
2020
World Immune Regulation Meeting (WIRM) 2020: online conference, 4 ¬¬– 7 October 2020; Oral talk: “Birch pollen extracts program dendritic cells to induce mixed Th2 and tolerogenic immune responses”
2019
EAACI annual congress 2019: Lisbon, Portugal, 1 – 5 June 2019; Poster: “Assessment of preclinical blocking activity of a hypoallergenic birch pollen vaccine candidate” VIB conference: Type 2 Immunity in Homeostasis and Disease; Bruges, Belgium, 21-22 February 2019; Poster: “The influence of pollen-derived ligands of the major birch pollen allergen Bet v 1 in shaping allergen-specific immune responses”
2018
EAACI annual congress 2018: Munich, Germany, 26 – 30 May 2018; Poster: “The hypoallergenic birch pollen allergy AIT candidate BM4 induces cross-reactive IgG antibodies towards Bet v 1 and associated food allergens”
2017
ISMA 2017: Luxemburg, Luxemburg, 9 – 11 November 2017; Poster: “Induction of cross-reactive Bet v 1-specific IgG antibodies by BM4, a hypoallergenic candidate for AIT of birch pollen allergy”
2016
EAACI annual congress 2016: Vienna, Austria, 11 – 15 June 2016; Posters: “Development of an aptamer-based tool for quality control of a birch pollen immunotherapy vaccine” and “Immunologic evaluation of the hypoallergenic birch pollen AIT vaccine candidate BM4 during toxicity testing”
2016
3rd Oxford Symposium on Aptamers: Oxford, United Kingdom, 4 – 5 April 2016; Poster: “Development of an enzyme-linked apta-sorbent assay (ELASA) for the quality control of a birch pollen immunotherapy vaccine”
2015
ÖGMBT 2015: 7th ÖGMBT (Austrian Association of Molecular Life Sciences and Biotechnology) Annual Meeting “Salzburg goes Science” Salzburg, Austria, 9 – 11 September 2015; Poster: “The influence of ligand-binding on the stability of the major birch pollen allergen Bet v 1”
2015
EAACI annual congress 2015: Barcelona, Spain, 6 – 10 June 2015; Poster: “Ligand-binding influences the physicochemical properties of the major birch pollen allergen Bet v 1”
Science to Public/Pupils
Since 2018, annual courses for pupils at the Internationale Akademie Traunkirchen, Klosterpl. 2, 4801 Traunkirchen, Austria