Events

Location: Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics

Daphna Margolin - Gene Touch

Art exhibition
Daphna Margolin was born in Kibbutz Tel Yosef, Israel and is a leading eco-tech artist. Her arts objects, pictures and photographs of her interactive sculptures examine human senses and deal with the scientific approaches to understand one of the best-kept secrets of the universe - DNA and creation of life. [more]

Nanocourse: Functional Genomics Data Analysis

Fourth nanocourse of the IMPRS-BAC. Lectures followed by the opportunity to gain hands-on experience. [more]
Most of the work in Oded's lab is focused on transgenerational inheritance in general, and how neurons generate heritable memories in particular (see eg. Neuronal Small RNAs Control Behavior Transgenerationally). However, to quote Oded himself: "Everything connects in the end. We try very hard to let our curiosity guide us, and when the muse calls, we don't get in its way. "As a result, his lab has hijacked brain parasites to deliver therapeutic proteins in the brain and collaborated with biblical scholars, ancient DNA and metagenomics experts to piece together Dead Sea Scrolls fragments by sequencing ancient DNA obtained from the animal skin the scrolls are made of. I suggest you check out the paper published recently in Cell, it's certainly a most fascinating paper.Oded is also well-known for the radical ways he tries to transform science communication (see eg. https://www.woodstock.bio/).If you are interested in this virtual Dahlem Colloquium, please drop host Jesse Veenvliet an email to get a link to the meeting. [more]

Nanocourse: Phase Separation

Third nanocourse of the IMPRS-BAC. Introductory lecture on phase separation followed by interactive part. [more]

Nanocourse: Quantitative Light Microscopy

Fourth nanocourse of the IMPRS-BAC. Practical aspects of quantitative light microscopy and what it can do for your research. [more]

Susan Gasser: Stabilizing the genome and cell-type specific gene expression through heterochromatin

Nanocourse: Computational Protein Design

Sixth nanocourse of the IMPRS-BAC. [more]

Elly Tanaka: Cell position and identity during successful and unsuccessful limb regeneration

Dahlem Colloquium
This nanocourse will take place on 28 February, 7 March and 14 March, starting at 9 am. During the first session, you will get an introduction to the philosophy of science and ethics. The second session will focus on the beginning of human life. There will be an introduction to reproductive and therapeutic cloning followed a discussion. The third session will deal with genetic diagnostics, i.e. the use of modern techniques before implantation in artificial insemination as well as diagnostics on the embryo and the born human being, followed by a discussion. [more]

Nanocourse: How the brain is built, how it can break, and how to see inside it

Nanocourses consist of lectures followed by the opportunity to gain hands-on experience. The brain is the foundation for our most advanced mental functions. It is among the most complex and dynamic biological systems. How the brain is built during development is a major open question at the forefront of current scientific research. A better understanding of brain development, how its circuits are wired and synapses are connected, will create a “blueprint” for understanding its normal function, and abnormalities in disorders like autism and schizophrenia. This course will contain a series of discussions on the current big picture questions and key details of brain development, structure, function, and associated disorders. Students will critically analyze foundational experiments and recent literature, with creative exercises in designing future experiments to tackle outstanding questions in the field. The course will also contain hands-on training in high resolution brain imaging and image analysis at multiple scales. [more]

Alexander Stark: Decoding Transcriptional Regulation: DNA Elements and Protein Factors

Dahlem Colloquium

Anders Lund: Tuning the ribosome in health and disease?

Dahlem Colloquium
Get in touch via email to receive a zoom link and attend the talk online. [more]
The Welcome Week is an introduction week for new IMPRS doctoral students recruited at the beginning of the year. It lays the groundwork, introduce the breadth of our research and fosters direct interaction between new doctoral students and IMPRS faculty members. [more]

Hemai Parthasarathy : On building a better future, powered by science

Dahlem Colloquium

Nanocourse: Cancer Genomics

“ Portraits of a tumor: cancer cells and their microenvironment or building a new world in a tissue” [more]

Mikko Taipale: Functional proteomics by induced proximity

Dahlem Colloquium

Meritxell Huch: Human organoids to model disease

Dahlem Colloquium

Joe Nadeau: Developmental plasticity, the missing dimension of phenotypic variation and disease risk

Dahlem Colloquium

Prisca Liberali: Design principles of tissue organization

Dahlem Colloquium

Douglas Higgs: Dissecting and rebuilding a super-enhancer

Dahlem Colloquium

Petra Hajkova: Erasure, stability, and maintenance of the epigenetic information in vivo

Dahlem Colloquium

Barbara Treutlein: Understanding brain development and regeneration using single-cell genomics

Dahlem Colloquium

Dylan Taatjes: Understanding transcription regulation through transcriptomics and biochemical reconstitution

Dahlem Colloquium

Michael Levine: Organization and function of the regulatory genome in the Drosophila embryo and brain

Dahlem Colloquium

Judith Zaugg: How do cells integrate extrinsic signals and intrinsic state? A systems epigenetics approach

Dahlem Colloquium

Katharina Sonnen: Signaling dynamics in the control of embryonic development and tissue homeostasis

Dahlem Colloquium

Kevin Chalut: Extracellular matrix mechanics and its regulation of regeneration

Dahlem Colloquium

Argyris Papantonis: 3D genome organisation transitions between homeostasis, ageing, and malignancy

Dahlem Colloquium
The Welcome Week is an introduction week for new doctoral candidates who started their doctorate this year. It lays the groundwork, introduce the breadth of our research and fosters direct interaction between new doctoral candidates and faculty members. [more]
Learning to write and respond to reviewers' comments are vital skills for early-career researchers to master if they wish to become established scientists. However, these skills are often neglected, forcing researchers to learn them by trial and error. By learning to address reviewers' comments, young researchers not only increase their chances of getting their work published but also learn to think critically about their own research. Equally, by becoming better reviewers, researchers can raise their profiles with journal editors. Becoming an invited reviewer for a prestigious journal is an opportunity for researchers to enhance their academic reputation and improve their career prospects. [more]

Marc Timmers: Basal transcription factor TFIID in neurodevelopment and neurodegeneration

Dahlem Colloquium

Sanja Vickovic: Describing tissue pathogenesis with spatial sequencing

Dahlem Colloquium

Elvan Böke: Mitochondrial and proteostatic adaptations in oocytes

Dahlem Colloquium

Mia Levine: Intra-genomic conflict and the evolution of the genome integrity

Dahlem Colloquium
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