Symposium "Personalized Preventive and Curative Medicine Enabled by Intelligent Sensing Systems and Smart Materials" and Partnership with KIIT/KISS, India

The Danube Private University invites to a symposium on June 18th, 2025 at the Athenaeum, House of Medicine, Art and Culture, Unterloiben 51, 3601 Dürnstein. 

Program

10.00 a.m.   Welcome of the guests: Robert Wagner, Director of Strategic University Planning,
                       Management and Science at the DPU

                       Introduction: Axel R. Pries, Vice-Rector, DPU 

Morning Session, Chair: Wolfgang Knoll

10.30 a.m. Curt Frank, Stanford University
                   “Structure and Dynamics of Responsive Hydrogels”
11.00 a.m.  Frank Rosenau, University of Ulm/DPU
                    “Specific Aptamer-Mediated Quantification of Bacteria in the Human Gut, Oral Cavity and Other Microbiomes”
11.30 a.m.  Roberto Corradini, University of Parma
                   “Peptide Nucleic Acids as Multifaceted Tools for Nanomedicine”
12.00 a.m. Ines C. Weber, Stanford University
                   “From Nanomaterials to Personalized Health Monitors”
12.30 p.m. Hossam Haick, Technion/DPU
                    “Non-Invasive Diagnostics and Chemical Imaging through Smart Materials and AI-Powered Sensors”

01.00 p.m. to 02.30 p.m. Lunch Break

Afternoon Session, Chair: Christoph Kleber

02.30 p.m. Ramona Woitek, Danube Private University
                     “From Bench to Algorithm – The Evolution of Personalized Medicine”
03.00 p.m. Alice Stanton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
                     “Engineered Avatars Towards Personalized Treatment Discovery and Testing”
03.30 p.m. Peter Rappl, biovis Diagnostik MVZ GmbH, Limbug-Eschhofen, Germany
                      “Decoding Immune Aging: A Preventive Perspective on Cellular Senescence”
04.00 p.m. Jörg Kriegsmann, Danube Private University
                     “Genetics in the Preventive Medicine”
04.30 p.m.  Buddy Ratner, University of Washington
                     “Portable and Wearable Artificial Kidney”
05.00 p.m.  End

On Thursday, June 19th, 2025, 3.30 p.m. the Danube Private University celebrates the institutional partnership with  

the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) and
the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), India

in the Athenaeum - House of Medicine, Arts and Culture, Unterloiben 51, 3601 Dürnstein. 

After the official ceremony Varun Suthra, Director International Relations, KIIT/KISS, India, will hold a Lecture as part of the intercultural exchange: 

“Ayurveda and the Future of Precision Health: Integrating Ancient Biomarkers with Intelligent Sensing Systems”

followed by a piano concert with Paul Gulda
                  Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 11, KV 413 in F major
                  Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 13, KV 415 in C major