Day 1: Monday, October 5, 2026
8:30 REGISTRATION
9:00 OPENING
Prof. Rainer Haag | Spokesperson of the CRC 1449 Freie Universität Berlin
SESSION - INTERACTIONS WITH BARRIERS IN THE LUNG
Chair: Marcus A. Mall09:15 Clinical features of mucus plug-high asthma and COPD and strategies to treat them
Prof. John Fahy | University of California, San Francisco, USA
10:00 Using glycosaminoglycans to guide precision medicine in the intensive care unit
Prof. Eric Schmidt | Harvard Medical School & Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
10:45 COFFEE BREAK
SESSION – MUCUS HYDROGELS AND GLYCOCALYX
Chair: Beate Koksch11:15 Modulating the permeability of mucin gels with nanoparticles – nanoplastics vs nanomotors
Prof. Oliver Lieleg | Technische Universität München, D
11:40 Organized surface layers on the apical surface of the alveolar epithelium: Ultrastructure, composition, and component-driven barrier function
Dr. Shailey Twamley (B01) | Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
12:05 Role of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in mucus dysfunction in bronchiectasis
Dr. Christine Wong (C04) | Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
12:30 LUNCH BUFFET
SESSION – MUCINS AND GLYCOSYLATION
Chair: Christian Hackenberger13:30 Mucus Hydrogels – Polymerization and Glycosylation in Models of Lung Disease
Prof. Christopher Evans | University of Colorado Anschutz, USA
14:15 Chemical Precision Tools to Track the Cellular Activity of Glycosyltransferases
Prof. Benjamin Schumann | Technische Universität Dresden, D
14:40 Overcoming barriers - a cell-permeable nanobody to restore CFTR activity in cystic fibrosis
Dr. Luise Franz (C05) | Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie Berlin, D
15:15 SPEED LECTURES from selected posters
16:15 COFFEE BREAK & POSTER SESSION
- only with registration -
Location: Alter Krug Dahlem, Königin-Luise-Straße 52, 14195 Berlin
Website: Alter Krug Berlin - Biergarten, Restaurant und Veranstaltungen in Berlin
How to get there:
Leave the Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry via the main entrance (Arnimallee 22), turn left until you reach Fabeckstraße. Turn right and follow the street until you reach Königin-Luise-Straße. The restaurant is located directly at the corner of Fabeckstr./Königin-Luise-Straße. The walking distance is approx. 550 m.