Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics

Dahlem Colloquia in Molecular Genetics

As part of the Dahlem Colloquia, the MPIMG regularly invites internationally recognized scientists from all over the world to present their work. All Dahlem Colloquia are held in English. Everybody is welcome!

Host: Denes Hnisz, Department of Genome Regulation

Maria Llorens Martin: Human adult hippocampal neurogenesis – How things started; How things are going

Dahlem Colloquium

Date: Mar 20, 2023
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Maria Llorens Martin
CBM, CSIC Madrid
Location: Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
Room: Seminar room 1
Host: Denes Hnisz, Department of Genome Regulation
Contact: dc-register@molgen.mpg.de

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Mina Gouti: Building advanced human neuromuscular organoids to study development and disease

Dahlem Colloquium

Date: Mar 6, 2023
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Mina Gouti
BIMSB/MDC
Location: Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
Room: Seminar room 1
Host: Denes Hnisz, Department of Genome Regulation
Contact: dc-register@molgen.mpg.de

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Tuuli Lappalainen: Functional variation in the human – lessons from the transcriptome

Dahlem Colloquium

Date: Feb 27, 2023
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Tuuli Lappalainen
NYGC & KTH & SciLifeLab
Location: Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
Room: Seminar room 1
Host: Denes Hnisz, Department of Genome Regulation
Contact: dc-register@molgen.mpg.de

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

Dahlem Colloquium

Date: Feb 20, 2023
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Petra Hajkova
Imperial College London
Location: Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
Room: Seminar room 1
Host: Denes Hnisz, Department of Genome Regulation
Contact: dc-register@molgen.mpg.de

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Prisca Liberali: Design principles of tissue organization

Dahlem Colloquium

Date: Jan 23, 2023
Time: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prisca Liberali
Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
Location: Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
Room: Seminar room 1
Host: Denes Hnisz, Department of Genome Regulation
Contact: dc-register@molgen.mpg.de

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Kathrin Lang : Expanding the genetic code – new chemistries and tools for biology

Dahlem Colloquium

Date: Dec 14, 2022
Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Kathrin Lang
ETH Zürich, Switzerland. Website of the Lang Lab
Location: Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
Room: Seminar room 1
Host: Denes Hnisz, Department of Genome Regulation
Contact: dc-register@molgen.mpg.de

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Emma Farley: Regulatory principles governing enhancers in development and disease

Dahlem Colloquium

Date: Dec 9, 2022
Time: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Emma Farley
UC San Diego, USA. Website of the Farley Lab
Location: Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
Room: Seminar room 1
Host: Denes Hnisz, Department of Genome Regulation
Contact: dc-register@molgen.mpg.de

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Lacramioara Bintu: High-throughput discovery and characterization of human and viral transcriptional regulators

Dahlem Colloquium

Date: Nov 14, 2022
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Lacramioara Bintu
Website of the Bintu Lab
Location: Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
Room: Seminar room 1
Host: Denes Hnisz, Department of Genome Regulation

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Verena Ruprecht: Morphodynamic cell and tissue plasticity in the early embryo

Dahlem Colloquium

Date: Nov 8, 2022
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Verena Ruprecht
Website of the Ruprecht Lab
Location: Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
Room: Seminar room 1
Host: Denes Hnisz, Department of Genome Regulation
Contact: dc-register@molgen.mpg.de

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Ana Pombo: Specialization of 3D genome structure in different cell types and states

Dahlem Colloquium

Date: Sep 27, 2022
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Ana Pombo
Website of the Pombo Lab
Location: Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
Room: Seminar room 1 & online
Host: Denes Hnisz, Department of Genome Regulation
Contact: dc-register@molgen.mpg.de

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Paola Picotti: Proteomes in 3D

Date: Sep 6, 2021
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Paola Picotti
Institute for Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zürich
Location: online
Host: Denes Hnisz, Department of Genome Regulation
Contact: dc-register@molgen.mpg.de

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Thomas Zwaka: The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Embryogenesis and Pluripotency: Mechanism and Mechanics of Cellular Conflicts

Date: Jan 16, 2020
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Thomas Zwaka
Department of Cell, Developmental and Regenerative Biology Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
Location: MPIMG, seminar room 1
Host: Denes Hnisz, Department of Genome Regulation

Thomas is a leading stem cell researcher who has been doing some really original work on the roles of transposon-derived transcription factors in stem cell control. He is also the editor in chief for Stem Cell Research. [more]