Student talks

International meetings

• K. Börner, E. Kienle, A. Sacher, M. Müller, H.-G. Kräusslich & D. Grimm. "Peptide-mediated retargeting of 12 AAV serotypes". Annual meeting of the European Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ESGCT). Madrid, Spain, 2013.

• K. Börner, D. Niopek, D. Gilbert, K. Streetz, H.-G. Kräusslich & D. Grimm. "Robust RNAi enhancement via human Argonaute-2 overexpression from plasmids, viral vectors or cell lines". Annual meeting of the European Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ESGCT). Madrid, Spain, 2013.

• K. Börner, E. Kienle, A. Sacher, M. Müller, H.-G. Kräusslich & D. Grimm. "Peptide-mediated retargeting of 13 AAV serotypes". International Symposium on Synthetic Biology. Heidelberg, Germany, 2013.

• E. Senis & D. Grimm. "Engineering of an endogenous miRNA locus as a novel strategy for controlled expression of therapeutic shRNAs". International Symposium on Synthetic Biology. Heidelberg, Germany, 2013.

• T. Michler, U. Protzer & D. Grimm. "Enhancing safety and efficacy of RNAi-based gene therapy for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B". International Symposium on Synthetic Biology. Heidelberg, Germany, 2013.

• K. Börner, D. Niopek, D. Gilbert, K. Streetz, H.-G. Kräusslich & D. Grimm. "Robust RNAi enhancement via human Argonaute-2 overexpression from plasmids, viral vectors or cell lines". Annual meeting of the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT). Salt Lake City (UT), USA, 2013. (Travel award)

• N. Schürmann, L. Trabuco, C. Bender, R. Russell & D. Grimm. "Directed evolution-based dissection of the four human Argonaute proteins". Annual meeting of the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT). Salt Lake City (UT), USA, 2013.

• C. Hammerschmidt-Kamper, F. Hentzschel, K. Heiss, K. Börner, A.-K. Müller & D. Grimm. "AAV/RNAi-mediated improvement of anti-malaria vaccination strategies". Annual meeting of the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT). Salt Lake City (UT), USA, 2013.

• E. Senis & D. Grimm. "An AAV vector toolbox for iPS cell reprogramming and purging". Annual meeting of the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT), Philadelphia (PA), USA, 2012. (Travel award)

• K. Börner, C. Hammerschmidt-Kamper, A. Kretzschmar, E. Fischer, M. Hartmann, P. Schnitzler, H.-G. Kraeusslich, A.-K. Mueller & D. Grimm. "Battle of the midgets - novel insights into the interplay of viruses & pathogens with the host RNAi machinery". Annual meeting of the German Society of Cell Biology (DGZ). Jena, Germany, 2011.

• D. Niopek, R. Berrens, K. Börner, E. Kienle, R. Eils & D. Grimm (on behalf of the iGEM team Heidelberg 2010). "Synthetic miRNA Switches for Deliberate Fine-tuning of Gene Expression." International Conference of Systems Biology (ICSB). Heidelberg/Mannheim, Germany, 2011.

• S. Mockenhaupt & D. Grimm. "Alleviation of potentially adverse shRNA off-targeting via AAV-vector encoded sense strand decoys". HBIGS International Summer School on "Regulatory RNAs in physiology, development and disease". Boppard, Germany, 2011

• D. Niopek & A. Mathur, R. Eils & D. Grimm (on behalf of the iGEM team Heidelberg 2010). "miBricks - DNA is not enough". International genetically engineered machines competition (iGEM). Boston (MA), USA, 2010.

• S. Mockenhaupt & D. Grimm. "Alleviation of potentially adverse shRNA off-targeting via AAV-vector encoded sense strand decoys". Annual meeting of the American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy (ASGCT). Washington (DC), USA, 2010.

• N. Schürmann, E. Wiedtke, G. Meister, L. Wang & D. Grimm. "Directed molecular evolution of chimeric Argonaute proteins as potent new approach to elucidate structure-function relationships of human RISC". Keystone symposium on RNA Silencing: Mechanism, Biology and Application. Keystone (CO), USA, 2010.

National meetings

• E. Senis & D. Grimm. "Viral vectors and miRNA networks in induced pluripotency." Heidelberg Young Scientist Life Forum. Heidelberg, Germany, 2012.

• E. Kienle, M. Bechtle & D. Grimm. "Rational AAV capsid engineering via peptide insertion reveals critical roles of the underlying vector serotype". Gene therapy workshop during Annual Meeting of the German Society for Virology. Cologne, Germany, 2011.