Friday, 9 May 2025, 09:00–17:30

Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/egXh7hWjXOg

8:30-9:00 — Registration & welcome coffee

Opening

09:00–09:05 — Opening
Stefanie Dimmeler (Frankfurt am Main), Werner Seeger (Gießen)

09:05–09:15 — Welcoming address
Veronika von Messling (Berlin, BMBF)

Session 1: Cardiovascular Disease / DZHK

Chair: Philipp Wild (Mainz), Stefanie Dimmeler (Frankfurt am Main)

09:15–09:30 — Myoflame-19 – RCT to improve cardiac symptoms and exercise tolerance by targeting endothelial dysfunction
Valentina Puntmann (Frankfurt am Main)

09:30–09:45 — Thrombo-inflammation in COVID-19
Konstantin Stark (München)

09:45–10:00 — Heart failure and myocarditis in the context of long COVID and post-vaccination: Risks, mechanisms, and clinical insights
Carsten Tschöpe (Berlin)

Session 2: Metabolic Disease / DZD, DKTK

Chair: Silke Andrich (Düsseldorf)

10:00–10:15 — Persistent symptoms in post-COVID-19 two years after infection: EPILOC study results
Alexandra Nieters (Freiburg)

10:15–10:30 — Diabetes and postinfectious syndromes
Stefan Bornstein (Dresden)

10:30–10:45 — SARS-CoV-2 NSP1 inhibits insulin granule biogenesis and secretion granules but not MHC-class I expression and traffic in beta-cells
Klaus Knoch (Dresden)

10:45–11:15 - Coffee break

Session 3: Neurological and Immunological Aspects of Long COVID / DZNE

Chair: Anna Aschenbrenner, Marc Beyer (both Bonn)

11:15–11:30 — Clinical insights into neurological post-COVID syndrome: Findings from the NEUROCOV project
Omid Shirvani (Bonn)

11:30–11:45 — Towards precision medicine: Single-cell omics and biomarker development in NEUROCOV
Marc Beyer (Bonn)

11:45–12:00 — Immune dysregulation in long COVID and ME/CFS: Insights from single-cell RNA-sequencing studies
Anna Aschenbrenner (Bonn)

Session 4: Mental Health and Sleep Disorders / DZPG

Chair: Martin Walter (Jena)

12:00–12:15 — Ability to work after COVID-19: A machine learning model based on clinical parameters
Tarek Jebrini (München)

12:15–12:30 — SLEEP-NEURO-PATH: Contribution of sleep-related biomarkers to the pathophysiology of ME/CFS
Claudia Schilling (Mannheim)

12:30–12:45 — FEDORA: Post-COVID soon no longer a blind spot?
Martin Walter (Jena)

12:45–13:45 — Lunch break

Young Investigator Session

13:45–14:15
Speakers to determind

Session 5: Pulmonary Complications of Long COVID / DZL

Chairs: Susanne Herold (Gießen), Rembert Koczulla

4:15–14:25 — Deep clinical phenotyping
Natascha Sommer (Gießen)

14:25–14:35 — Mass spectrometry-based profiling of autoantibodies post-viral infections
Herbert Schiller (München)

14:35–14:45 — Diagnostic
Jens Vogel-Claussen (Hannover)

14:45–14:55 — COVIDOM+
Jan Heyckendorf (Kiel)

Coffee break  — 15:00–15:20

Session 6: Immunology and Infection Research in Long COVID / DZIF

Chair: Hans-Georg Kräusslich (Heidelberg)

15:20–15:35 — Challenges in the conduct of clinical trials on post COVID syndrome
Maria Vehreschild (Frankfurt am Main)

15:35–15:50 — Immunological aspects of long COVID depending on initial infection severity before vaccination
Christine Falk (Hannover)

15:50–16:05 — Long-term innate and adaptive immune alterations in systemic and tissue-resident compartments following COVID-19
Clara Lehmann (Köln)

Session 7: Pediatric and Adolescent Health in Long COVID / DZKJ

Chair: Klaus-Michael Debatin (Ulm)

16:05–16:20 — Multisystem inflammatory syndrome is linked to viral reactivation
Tilmann Kallinich (Berlin)

16:20–16:35 — Health and well-being of children and adolescents during and after the COVID-19 pandemic
Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer (Hamburg)

16:35–16:50 — Long COVID in pediatrics: What's new?
Nicole Töpfner (Dresden)

Panel Discussion

16:55–17:30 — Die Zukunft der Long-COVID-Forschung – Was brauchen Patientinnen und Patienten?

Panelists:

• Johanna Theobald (Long COVID Deutschland)

• Martin Walter (Ärzte- und Ärztinnenverband Long COVID)

• Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler der DZG

Moderation:
Stefanie Dimmeler, Werner Seeger

Senckenberg Museum, Festsaal im Jügelhaus

Location and directions
The 2nd Long COVID Symposium will take place at the Senckenberg Museum (Festsaal im Jügelhaus), located in the heart of Frankfurt am Main. The museum is renowned for its world-class natural history exhibitions and provides an inspiring setting for scientific exchange.

Address:
Senckenberg Museum, Festsaal im Jügelhaus
Senckenberganlage 25
60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
https://museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de

How to get there:

• By public transport: The Senckenberg Museum is easily accessible via Frankfurt's public transport network. Take the U-Bahn (line U4) to the station "Bockenheimer Warte." From there, it’s a 5-minute walk to the museum.
• By car: If you are arriving by car, parking is available at nearby parking garages, such as "Palmengarten" or "Bockenheimer Warte."
• From Frankfurt Airport: The museum is approximately 20 minutes away by taxi or accessible via the S-Bahn (lines S8 or S9) to Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof, followed by the U4 to "Bockenheimer Warte."

Accommodation:
Participants are requested to arrange their accommodation independently. Frankfurt offers a wide range of hotels and guesthouses suitable for all budgets. Due to high demand, early booking is recommended.

Participation is open to all interested researchers, with priority given to members of the German Centers for Health Research.
Attendance is free of charge.

The confirmation email you receive upon registration also serves as your final confirmation of participation.