RTG 2046/1: Parasite Infections: From Experimental Models to Natural Systems (SP A02)

With a steady increase due to drug resistance, global warming and increasing international travel, parasitic diseases are distributed world-wide in human and animal populations. The RTG aims to install a cutting edge and integrative curriculum to educate the next generation of parasitologists. In an interdisciplinary approach, graduates are trained in molecular approaches, cellular interactions and organismic studies on key parasites of model organisms, free-ranging animals and humans. The research topics focus on four parasite groups: Plasmodium, Toxoplasma, Giardia and Helminths. In accordance with the “One Health” concept the different parasite infections are studied from the biological, medical, and translational perspectives.