Lecture topics:

Introduction to Evolutionary Medicine: concepts of Evolution, going to the roots and why are we susceptible? (Ulrich Steiner)
Lifestyle diseases (Katja Nowick)
Phage therapy(Hochberg)
Resistance evolution (Jens Rolff)
Antibiotic resistance (Marcus Fulde)
Tolerance (Sophie Armitage)
Parasite-host evolution  (Charlotte Rafaluk Mohr)
Evolution of sexual differentiation (Peter Hammerstein)

Life history evolution (Jessica Metcalf)
Evolution of aging (Ulrich Steiner)
Evolution viruses (Benedikt Kaufer)
Leaky vaccines (Dino McMahon)

Students will gain insights into evolutionary theoretic concepts and their application in modern medicine to understand health and disease. They will apply fundamental evolutionary concepts across disciplines and derive understanding why such cross disciplinary approach generates deeper knowledge in medicine.

Deeper insights into application of evolutionary theories in modern medicine through applied examples. Topics covered, include viral evolution, evolution of antibiotic resistance, evolutionary roots of lifestyle diseases, evolution of sexual differentiation, aging, and immunity and evolutionary arms races. The adjacent seminar trains to understand topic scpecific scientific publications, to discuss those topics in the context of the current scientific understanding and to present them in a scientific manner. Discussion of selected scientific articles, presentation of ideas, hypotheses and results.

Content:

The lecture and seminar covers general questions in evolutionary medicine. In the seminar and on online platforms current topics in evolutionary medicine will be presented, and critically and controvertially discussed.

Learning objectives:

The lecture links evolutionary theories to and their application in modern medicine. Thereby, the lecture helps to understand health, and how to prevent and treat disease. Topics covered, include viral evolution, evolution of antibiotic resistance, aging, and genetic variability in humans. The adjacent seminar trains to understand topic scpecific scientific publications and to discuss those topics in the context of the current scientific understanding.