Summer School on Gene Expression across Scales
September 7th - September 11th 2026 | Harnack-Haus and MPIMG, Berlin, Germany
Welcome!
The IMPRS Summer School on "Gene Expression across Scales" offers a series of research talks by invited speakers, lectures on cutting-edge technologies and uniquely designed workshops that bridge various methodological scales for studying the regulation of gene expression. Topics range from systems biology and big data analysis to mechanistic structural biology and high-resolution imaging. A key part of this summer school is the interaction between invited speakers and student participants. Accordingly, all participants will have to present their research in a poster format, and some participants will be selected to give a talk based on their poster abstract.
The summer school is a collaboration between the International Max Planck Research School for Biology and Computation (IMPRS-BAC, MPIMG, Berlin) and the International Max Planck Research School for Genome Science (IMPRS-GS, MPINAT, Göttingen) graduate programs.
Dates
07.09.2026 – 11.09.2026
Main venues
- Harnack-Haus, Ihnestraße 16-20, 14195 Berlin
- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestraße 63-73, 14195 Berlin
Participants
The number of seats is limited, and priority will be given to doctoral candidates from both IMPRS-BAC and IMPRS-GS.
Registration
Registrations are closed.
Confirmed speakers
- Vivek Bhardwaj (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
- Daria Bunina (Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin, Berlin, Germany)
- René Buschow (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Germany)
- Boris Lenhard (Imperial College London, UK)
- Sedona Murphy (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Germany)
- Irma Querques (Max Perutz Labs, Vienna, Austria)
- Knut Reinert (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)
- Sinem Saka (EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany)
- Jonas Schulte-Mattler (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)
- Sameer Singh (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin)
- Thiemo Sprink (Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin, Berlin, Germany)
- Johannes Stein (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Germany)
Program
The final program can be downloaded here.
Fees
There is no registration fee, and meals will be provided. Accommodation for participants from the IMPRS-GS (double rooms) has already been organised at the Harnack Haus, and their travel and accommodation costs will be covered.
Application deadline
Registrations closed
Extended to Sunday, 19th of July 2026 (23:59 CEST)
If you have any questions, please contact the organization team: summerschool2026@molgen.mpg.de.
