Summer School on Gene Expression across Scales

September 7^th - September 11^th2026 | Harnack-Haus and MPIMG, Berlin, Germany

May 22, 2026

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.

Regisration

TBA

Confirmed speakers

Vivek Bhardwaj (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
Florian Heyd (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)
Boris Lenhard (Imperial College London, UK)
Irma Querques (Max Perutz Labs, Vienna, Austria)
Knut Reinert (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)
Sinem Saka (EMBL, Heidelberg, Germany)
Thiemo Sprink (Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin, Berlin, Germany)
Johannes Stein (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Germany)
Judith Zaugg (University of Basel, Switzerland)

Program

The final program will be provided soon. Stay tuned!

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.