November 14, 2025 (lecture hall U1.131)
"Progress in defining cellular routines that construct multicellular tissues"
Guest speaker: Prof. Alex Dunn
Stanford University
Host: Alex Schier
The generation and detection of mechanical force is a central aspect of cell and developmental biology. The goal is to understand how cells generate, detect, and respond to tension at the molecular level. |
November 21, 2025 (lecture hall U1.131)
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Dr. Fengjie Wu (group Sebastian Hiller)
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Dr. Stefan Imseng (CEO, Aukera Therapeutics)
Flash Talk
Stella Stefanova (FACS Facility) |
December 5, 2025 (lecture hall U1.131)
"Nuclear pores as guardians of the genome"
Guest speaker: Prof. Martin Beck
Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt a. Main, Germany
Hosts: Rod Lim / Birthe Fahrenkrog
The Beck lab studies how molecular modules act in concert to generate complex cellular functions. |
December 12, 2025 (lecture hall U1.131)
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Dr. Raul Ortiz (group Peter Scheiffele)
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Dr. Meric Ataman (group Mihaela Zavolan) |
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January 30, 2026 (lecture hall U1.131)
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Dr. Sedat Dilbaz (group Christoph Handschin)
“Single molecule kinetics from latent space cryo-EM data”
Mette Roesgaard (group Jan Pieter Abrahams) |
POSTPONED TBD (lecture hall U1.131)
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Guest speaker: Prof. Klaus-Robert Müller
Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Host: Attila Becskei
Klaus-Robert Müller is most noted for his work in machine learning and brain-computer interfaces. His team works on a diverse set of areas in methodology and application, including Explainable AI, Modeling many-body problems and Brain-Body Monitoring. |
February 13, 2026 (lecture hall U1.131)
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Guest speaker: Dr. Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Research Campus
Host: Anne Spang
Lippincott-Schwartz lab wants to understand how the different cells comprising an organ operate individually and interdependently to allow an organ to develop, remodel, heal and compute. |
February 20, 2026 (lecture hall U1.131)
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Dr. Cris Tocchini (group Susan Mango)
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March 6, 2026 (lecture hall U1.131)
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Guest speaker: Prof. Suliana Manley
EPFL, Lausanne
Host: Anissa Kempf
Manley's research goal is to reveal the biophysical principles underlying the dynamic organization of cellular organelles and protein assemblies. |
April 10, 2026 (lecture hall U1.131)
"Conserved signals dictate symmetry breaking and regeneration of multilayered epithelia"
Guest speaker: Dr. Silvia Fre
Institut Curie, Paris
Host: David Brückner
The main focus of Fre's research is understanding how tissue-specific stem cells engage in differentiation while retaining self-renewal potential and plasticity. |
April 17, 202g (lecture hall U1.131)
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Dr. Alexey Baldin (group Jean Pieters)
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NN (group Anissa Kempf) |
May 29, 2026 (lecture hall U1.131)
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Guest speaker: Dr. Tâm Mignot
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Marseille
Host: Christoph Dehio
Using interdisciplinary approaches, his group studies the spatio-temporal organization of the Myxococcus lifecycle. |
September 4, 2026 (lecture hall U1.131)
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Guest speaker: Prof. Naama Barkai
Weizman Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Host: Alex Schier
Her work on deciphering mechanisms of control in complex biological systems combining experimental work with mathematical modelling shaped the field of systems biology. |
September 18, 2026 (lecture hall U1.131)
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Guest speaker: Prof. Roy Parker
University of Colorado Boulder
Host: Maria Hondele
The Parker lab focuses on understanding the expression, location, and function of eukaryotic RNAs and their connection to human disease. |
October 9, 2026 (lecture hall U1.131)
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Guest speaker: Prof. Darren Gilmour
University of Zurich
Host: Alex Schier
The Gilmour lab takes an integrative, multi-scale approach to study how dynamic cell behaviours, like motility, regulate the assembly and disassembly of organs. |
October 16, 2026 (lecture hall U1.131)
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Guest speaker: Prof. Xavier Trepat
Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
Host: David Brückner
In his research, Trepat's aims to understand how physical forces and molecular control modules cooperate to drive biological function. |
October 30, 2026 (lecture hall U1.131)
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Guest speaker: Dr. Marta Zlatic
University of Cambridge, UK
Host: Alex Schier
The Zlatic lab aims to understand the relationship between the structure of the nervous system and its function and to discover the basic principles by which neural circuits implement fundamental computations. |
December 4, 2026 (lecture hall U1.131)
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Guest speaker: Prof. Aleksandra Walczak
Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
Host: Anne Moor
Walczak's main interest lies in understanding the link between function, development and evolvability in living systems. |
