Researchers Beer – Lockere Gespräche über Forschung für Alle | Researchers

In cooperation with: Academia Raetica | Free admission.

EXPERIENCE | CONVERSATION

At the "Researchers Beer" in the foyer of the Kulturplatz Davos on the first Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m., scientists and those thirsty for knowledge meet to exchange ideas and get to know each other



Special Guest



Phage therapy – medicine goes viral. Viruses as hope against antibiotic resistance.

Dr. Thomas Häusler studied biochemistry at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel and at the Center for Molecular Biology at the University of Heidelberg. He also studied journalism at the Berlin School of Journalism. He has been working as a science journalist for print media, radio and television for around 25 years. In the last 15 years of his journalistic career, he worked as a science editor and reporter at Swiss Radio SRF. He has received several awards for his work.

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Early in his career, he came across phage therapy, which was a very exotic topic at the time. He has been pursuing this field for over 20 years, has written two books and numerous articles on the subject, and has produced radio reports and a film on behalf of the Swiss Academy of Sciences. He is currently co-managing the Phage Forum (phagenforum.ch) project, which is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. Since 2022, he has been working at WWF Switzerland as Senior Manager for International Projects.



The event will be held in English.



On the first Tuesday of the month at 18:30, scientists and anyone with a thirst for knowledge meet at the "Researchers Beer" in the foyer of the Kulturplatz Davos to socialize and exchange ideas.

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Special Guest



Phage therapy - medicine goes viral. Viruses as hope againstantibiotic resistance

Dr. Thomas Häusler studied biochemistry at the biocenter of the university of Basel and at the center of molecular biology of the university of Heidelberg. He has a degree in journalism from the Berlin Journalism School. He has worked for 25 odd years as a science journalist in print, radio and TV. The last 15 years of his journalistic career he was as a science reporter and editor of Swiss National Radio SRF. He has won several awards for his work. Early on in his career he came across phage therapy, which was a very exotic topic at the time. He has followed this field for more than 20 years, has written two books and many articles about the subject and has realized radio reports and a film commissioned by the Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences. Currently, he co-leads the project Phagenforum (phagenforum.ch) funded by the Swiss National Foundation. Since 2022 he works for WWF Switzerland as a senior manager of international projects.

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Contact:

Academia Raetica

Daniela Heinen

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