Each cell of a multicellular organism contains the entire genetic code for that organism, but not all of those genes are active in every cell. The regulation of gene expression gives rise to different cell types with specialized functions and controls organismal development. Even after a gene has been transcribed, its expression can be regulated by a variety of mechanisms at the level of the transcript or the protein product itself. At the post-transcriptional level, the control of RNA fate and function is an important layer of gene regulation. The Ameres Lab studies the role of RNA and its modifications in this regulation and how aberrant gene expression contributes to human disease.
Stefan, you first joined the Max Perutz Labs, for your PhD studies, at a time when the institute was newly founded. Now, over a decade later, you have returned as a group leader and professor. What´s it like to now be among the “seniors”?
Well, obviously time is flying and I guess it makes me realize that I’m getting old. But beyond that I’m of course very happy about the opportunity to be able to return to the Max Perutz Labs in my new position. I certainly have great memories from my time here as a PhD student. I am particularly excited about the possibility to provide to the younger generation the support and mentorship that I enjoyed in the past here at the Perutz. Particularly, I am really looking forward to many scientific interactions with my colleagues and I hope that in the future we will be able to further contribute to the established status of Vienna as a hotspot for RNA research in Europe and beyond.
If you look back even further, when and why did you decide to become a researcher?
I think that my interest in understanding molecular mechanisms in biology was somehow rooted in my upbringing. My father was an entrepreneur in the engineering field, and I frequently helped out to put machines together. My mother was working as a nurse in a children’s hospital. I guess that this somehow set the basis and the boundaries for my interest in later on systematically trying to dissect molecular machines in a biomedical research setting. But of course, on the way there, there were many influential teachers, lecturers, mentors and colleagues that had an immense impact on my passion for science.
I noticed the guitar in your office so I wondered if music was a career you ever considered?
[laughs] Well early on, sure, but then recognizing my limitations made me choose wisely on my future career. But it’s certainly still a hobby that I have and looking back to my PhD times – I think it was a great time to assemble a band of PhD students and even play on the roof of the Perutz Labs, so those are great memories. And maybe who knows if there will be a chance in the future to assemble a couple of colleagues to revive this.
Let’s talk about your research: you did your PhD in the Lab of Renee Schroeder, an expert in RNA biology and now you are focused on the role of RNA modifications in the regulation of RNA fate and function. What fascinates you about RNA?
RNA in one form or another impacts every process in a cell and this is possible because RNA carries out a very broad range of functions. These range from transmitting the genetic information that codes for molecular machines and the structural building blocks of the cell, to the regulation of gene expression during development, cellular differentiation, and in the reaction to changing environments. These broad functions are rooted in the fact that life on earth may have begun with a simple RNA molecule – this is what the ‘RNA world’ hypothesis suggests. RNA combines the ability to both store genetic information like DNA, and drive chemical reactions like proteins. Many of these versatile functions are still found in current biological systems. And in that way one can really refer to RNA as the central molecule of life and, as such, it has surprised many generations of scientists and will continue to do so.
If we focus on the curiosity driven, basic research part – what do you think are the big open questions in your field?
In contrast to what is frequently portrayed as a static picture that many assays provide when inspecting gene expression, the process is actually a highly dynamic interplay of many steps from RNA synthesis to decay. I think that one of the major challenges is to develop tools that allow us to monitor and measure such highly dynamic processes inside living cells. What we do is we really try to develop and employ novel technologies, such as SLAMseq, that allow us to produce molecular movies of gene expression rather than static images with the goal to capture and quantitate such dynamic processes. And with such assays in hand we are really trying to uncover and dissect fundamental biological processes that control gene expression.
Thinking back to when you did your PhD here at the Perutz and with the experience of more than eight years as a group leader, what would you do differently and what is your advice to students?
Honestly, I am not sure I would do many things entirely different, which certainly does not mean I have made no mistakes – I certainly made many of those. I feel I have learned a lot from my mistakes. My advice to students would be to be really courageous and not fearful of what the future may bring. I think this is probably one of the best times to do science, with endless possibilities. While I acknowledge that competition is very high, particularly in the academic setting, I would say that as long as you do what you are really passionate about and what really fascinates you, there will almost certainly be a path forward.
Read more about the Ameres Lab.
An optimized system for genome-wide CRISPR screens identifies in vivo dependencies in pancreatic cancer
Date: 2024-09-18, Time: 14:00:00, Speaker: Vivien Vogt, Location: GMI Orange Seminar Room, Type: PhD Defense, Institute: IMP - Zuber Lab, Host: None
Photosynthesis: Harvesting the rainbow and beyond
Date: 2024-09-19, Time: 13:00:00, Speaker: Roberta Croce, Location: GMI Orange Seminar Room, Type: GMI Seminar, Institute: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Host: Magnus Nordborg
Profiling Infection: From Gene Expression to Functional Genomics
Date: 2024-09-19, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Noam Stern-Ginossar, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: VBC Regular Seminar, Institute: Weizmann Institute of Science, Host: Marco Hein
Exosomes and membrane tubular connections in intercellular traffic of proteins and RNA
Date: 2024-09-23, Time: 10:00:00, Speaker: Randy Schekman, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: GMI Seminar, Institute: University of California Berkeley, Host: Silvia Ramundo
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2024-09-23, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: ESTIVILL I CAPARROS Guillem (Obenauf)DA COSTA Barbara (Berger), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Genetic Architects: Understanding How the LINE-1 Retrotransposon Crafts the Human Genome
Date: 2024-09-24, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Akanksha Thawani, Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: IMP GL Interview Seminar, Institute: UC Berkeley, Host: Andrea Pauli
Tales of algae: from fundamental discovery to application
Date: 2024-09-24, Time: 10:00:00, Speaker: Sabeeha Merchant, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: GMI Seminar, Institute: University of California, Berkeley, Host: Silvia Ramundo
Plasmodium Determinants Critical for Immunity Against Liver Stage Infection
Date: 2024-09-26, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Maria Mota, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: VBC Regular Seminar, Institute: University of Lisbon, Host: Joao Matos
Novel actors in chromatin-based control of transposable elements
Date: 2024-09-27, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Deborah Bourc'his, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: Impromptu Seminar, Institute: Institut Curie, Host: Julius Brennecke
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2024-09-30, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: JÄGER Christina (Van der Veeken)SHUKLA Vikas (Berger)RODRIGUEZ TERRONES Diego (Tanaka), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host:
Mechanistic insights into the formation of meiotic DNA double-strand breaks by Spo11
Date: 2024-10-01, Time: 11:30:00, Speaker: Corentin Claeys Bouuaert, Location: Max Perutz Labs SR 1 (6.501), Type: SFB Seminar, Institute: LIBST, Louvain-la-Neuve, Host: Joao Matos
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2024-10-07, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: KANNO Tatsuo (Berger)SCHIMMER Clara (Ellis)DE SANTIS Martina (Rivron), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host:
Nematode oocyte divisions: Unveiling meiotic mysteries
Date: 2024-10-08, Time: 11:30:00, Speaker: Julien Dumont, Location: Max Perutz Labs SR 1 (6.501), Type: SFB Seminar, Institute: Institut Jacques Monod, Host: Alex Dammermann
Hostile takeover - viral strategies to hijack a plant
Date: 2024-10-10, Time: 13:00:00, Speaker: Rosa Lozano Duran, Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: GMI Seminar, Institute: University of Tuebingen, Host: Liam Dolan
Mechanisms regulating tumor states transition
Date: 2024-10-10, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Cedric Blanpain, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: VBC Regular Seminar, Institute: Universite Libres Bruxelles, Host: Stephanie Ellis
How plants sense temperature
Date: 2024-10-11, Time: 11:30:00, Speaker: Philip Wigge, Location: GMI Orange Seminar Room, Type: GMI Seminar, Institute: IGZ Leibnitz, Host: Fred Berger
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2024-10-14, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: GAO Peng (Dagdas)HANDLER Dominik (Brennecke)RAIDERS Stephan (Tanaka), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Title to be announced
Date: 2024-10-17, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Ralf Jungmann, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: VBC Regular Seminar, Institute: LMU, MPI, Host: Alex Stark, Francisco Balzarotti
Characterizing motifs of unknown function from the human proteome
Date: 2024-10-18, Time: 11:30:00, Speaker: Gergo Gogl, Location: GMI Orange Seminar Room, Type: GMI Seminar, Institute: IGBMC, Illkirch, Host: Fred Berger
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2024-10-21, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: KLEINFERCHER Sebastian (Stark)SPENCER Victoria (Dolan)AUGUSTO Pedro (Zimmer), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
The dual lives of pathogenic structures: from functional amyloids to domesticated capsids
Date: 2024-10-22, Time: 11:30:00, Speaker: Luke Berchowitz, Location: Max Perutz Labs SR 1 (6.501), Type: SFB Seminar, Institute: Columbia University, Host: Joao Matos
Title to be announced
Date: 2024-10-24, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Andrea Ablasser, Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: VBC Regular Seminar, Institute: EPFL, Host: Moritz Gaidt
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2024-10-28, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: GOMEZ SEGALAS Alba (Balzarotti)MILOJKOVIC Lidija (Urban)PRADHAN Saurabh (Rivron), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2024-11-04, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: SCHEPERS Sandra (Knoblich)BUSETTO Virginia (Falk)DMITRIEV Vladimir (Goloborodko), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host:
Understanding how the DNA-loop-extruding protein complex
Date: 2024-11-05, Time: 11:30:00, Speaker: Pascal Bernard, Location: Max Perutz Labs SR 1 (6.501), Type: SFB Seminar, Institute: ENS de Lyon, Host: Franz Klein
VBC PhD Symposium
Date: 2024-11-07, Time: 09:00:00, Speaker: , Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Symposium, Institute: None, Host: None
Title to be announced
Date: 2024-11-07, Time: 15:00:00, Speaker: Caren Norden, Location: Lecture Hall A, VBC5, Type: Impromptu Seminar, Institute: Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (IGC), Host: Diana Pinheiro
Title to be announced
Date: 2024-11-08, Time: 11:30:00, Speaker: Assaf Vardi, Location: GMI Orange Seminar Room, Type: GMI Seminar, Institute: Weizmann Institute of Science, Host: Yasin Dagdas
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2024-11-11, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: GARCIA GALLARDO Maria (Bücker)HARVEY Zachary (Berger)SAKALLI Enes (Von Haeseler,Menche), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host:
7th Annual Austrian Cryo-EM (ACE) Symposium
Date: 2024-11-12, Time: 13:00:00, Speaker: , Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Symposium, Institute: None, Host: None
Transcriptional regulation of heart development and disease
Date: 2024-11-14, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Benoit Bruneau, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: VBC Regular Seminar, Institute: Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, UCSF, Host: Sasha Menjdan
Title to be announced
Date: 2024-11-15, Time: 11:30:00, Speaker: David Stern, Location: GMI Orange Seminar Room, Type: GMI Seminar, Institute: HHMI, Janelia Research Campus, Host: Yan Ma
Title to be announced
Date: 2024-11-18, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Lacramioara Bintu, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: Impromptu Seminar, Institute: Stanford University, Host: Alex Stark
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2024-11-18, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: FESSELET Jeanne (Kovarik)PAPAREDDY Ranjith (Dagdas)SHEN Jingyi (Obenauf), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Multilayered control of recombination and diversity in the mammalian germline
Date: 2024-11-19, Time: 11:30:00, Speaker: Florencia Pratto, Location: Max Perutz Labs SR 1 (6.501), Type: SFB Seminar, Institute: GBB, Bethesda, Host: Irene Thiemann Boege
Title to be announced
Date: 2024-11-21, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Martin Jinek, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: VBC Regular Seminar, Institute: University of Zurich, Host: Irma Querques
Title to be announced
Date: 2024-11-22, Time: 11:30:00, Speaker: Dimitris Petroutsos, Location: GMI Orange Seminar Room, Type: GMI Seminar, Institute: Uppsala University, Host: Silvia Ramundo
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2024-11-25, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: BOREIKAITE Vytaute (Plaschka)SRINIVASAN Navaneeth (Peters)DODOMANI Ananya (Campbell), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host:
Title to be announced
Date: 2024-11-28, Time: 18:00:00, Speaker: David Baker, Location: Zoom, Type: VBC Regular Seminar via Zoom, Institute: UW Dept. of Biochemistry, Host: Alwin Köhler
Understanding starch granule biosynthesis in plants using insights from natural variation
Date: 2024-11-29, Time: 11:45:00, Speaker: David Seung, Location: GMI Orange Seminar room, Type: GMI Seminar, Institute: John Innes Centre, Norwich, Host: Yan Ma
Exploring the cell biology that enables efficient photosynthesis in C4 plants
Date: 2024-11-29, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Tina Schreier, Location: GMI Orange Seminar Room, Type: GMI Seminar, Institute: University of Oxford, Host: Yan Ma
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2024-12-02, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: SOMMER Theresa (Rivron)KRACHT Laura (Knoblich)MAIR Zahar (Dolan), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Title to be announced
Date: 2024-12-05, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Ian Hickson, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: VBC Regular Seminar, Institute: University of Copenhagen, Host: Joao Matos
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2024-12-09, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: BREHM Martin (Falk)PLATZER Sebastian (Hein)RAFANEL Baptiste (Brennecke), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Consequences (and causes) of mitotic checkpoint dysfunction
Date: 2024-12-10, Time: 11:30:00, Speaker: Gerben Vader, Location: Max Perutz Labs SR 1 (6.501), Type: SFB Seminar, Institute: Cancer Center Amsterdam, Host: Christopher Campbell
Title to be announced
Date: 2024-12-12, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Stephen West, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: VBC Regular Seminar, Institute: The Francis Crick Institute, Host: Joao Matos
Title to be announced
Date: 2024-12-13, Time: 10:00:00, Speaker: Teresa Rayon, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: Impromptu Seminar, Institute: Babraham Institute, Host: Diana Pinheiro, Andi Pauli
Title to be announced
Date: 2024-12-13, Time: 11:30:00, Speaker: Fay-Wie Li, Location: GMI Orange Seminar Room, Type: GMI Seminar, Institute: Cornell University/Boyce Thompon Institute, Host: Fred Berger
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2024-12-16, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: DAHAN Tal (Nordborg)CHUGUNOVA Anastasia (Pauli)VON WIREN Julius (Kovarik), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Title to be announced
Date: 2025-01-09, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Uri Ben-David, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: VBC Regular Seminar, Institute: Tel Aviv University, Host: Anna Obenauf
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-01-13, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: KRASNOVID Filipp (Mari-Ordonez)ROTHE Patricia (Plaschka)KROGULL Daniel (Burga), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host:
Title to be announced
Date: 2025-01-16, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Stan Brouns, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: VBC Regular Seminar, Institute: Delft University of Technology, Host: Irma Querques
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-01-20, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: VICIC Ziga (Jachowicz)GRÜNEWALD Jakob (Obenauf)MANOLOVA Toni (Falk), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host:
Title to be announced
Date: 2025-01-23, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Anne Bertolotti, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: VBC Regular Seminar, Institute: MCR Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Host: Egon Ogris
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-01-27, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: SCARAMUZZA Federico (Tessmar) WALTER Mateusz (Querques)WILLIAMS Thomas (Clausen), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host:
Title to be announced
Date: 2025-01-29, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Jan Brosens, Location: GMI Orange Seminar Room, Type: Impromptu Seminar, Institute: University of Warwick, Host: Nicolas Rivron
Title to be announced
Date: 2025-01-30, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: VBC Regular Seminar, Institute: Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Host: Julius Brennecke
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-02-03, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: CRUZ Joseph (Gerlich)GHEORGHITA Andreea (Clausen)GALUSKA Philipp (Djinovic), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host:
Title to be announced
Date: 2025-02-06, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Thibaut Brunet, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: VBC Regular Seminar, Institute: Institut Pasteur, University Paris-Cite, Host: Fred Berger
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-02-10, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: GRIGOREVA Elizaveta (Nordborg)KOHOUTKOVA Eliska (Clausen)STEINACKER Thomas (Gerlich), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Title to be announced
Date: 2025-02-13, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Jeff Boeke, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: VBC Regular Seminar, Institute: NYU Langdone Health, Host: Fred Berger
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-02-17, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: RAFFL Gerald (Ameres)VULIN Milica (Obenauf)FISCHER Andre (Tanaka), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Title to be announced
Date: 2025-02-20, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Gaia Novarino, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: VBC Regular Seminar, Institute: ISTA, Host: Dea Slade
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-02-24, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: BAYERL Jonas (Zuber)ZABOLOCKI Michael (Knoblich)EDER Stephanie (Zimmer), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Title to be announced
Date: 2025-02-27, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Cedric Feschotte, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: VBC Regular Seminar, Institute: Cornell University, Host: Joanna Jachowicz
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-03-03, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: KROETENHEERDT Eva (Leonard)RÖHSNER Josef (Pauli)RIABOV Daria (Plaschka), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-03-10, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: CHO Chung Hyun (Berger)SEIDL Carina (Tanaka)MIGOTTI Mario (Konrat), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-03-17, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: CHEN Shenzhi (Stark)BINDL Michael (Leeb)JÄGER Martin (Obenauf), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Title to be announced
Date: 2025-03-20, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Geert Kops, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: VBC Regular Seminar, Institute: Hubrecht Institute, Host: Joao Matos
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-03-24, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: MAYA Juan (Balzarotti)DOSA Anna (Clausen)KOBER Julia (Ramundo), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Title to be announced
Date: 2025-03-27, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Martin Beck, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: VBC Regular Seminar, Institute: Max Planck Institute for Biophysics, Host: Alwin Köhler
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-03-31, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: HOLZER Elisabeth (Martens)THEMANN Jan (Knoblich)GROSS Angelina (Dagdas), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Title to be announced
Date: 2025-04-03, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Rotem Sorek, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: VBC Regular Seminar, Institute: Weizmann Institute, Host: Sebastian Falk
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-04-07, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: GROH Roan (Dagdas)CHAO Victor (Huis)KHANDEKAR Ameya (Ellis), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
"Tiles of Life" Symposium
Date: 2025-04-10, Time: 09:00:00, Speaker: , Location: IMP Lecture Hall , Type: Symposium, Institute: None, Host: SMICH community
Tiles of Life - Student Symposium
The symposium will explore the intricate "tiles" that form the vast and diverse fields of molecular biology and aims to foster discussions and inspire collaborations by bringing the “tiles of life” together. The program includes several talks by esteemed and international speakers sharing their latest findings to link the molecular mosaic of the cell - from structures to organisms. Additionally, we will highlight the research of the SMICH community on campus by complementing the program with student talks.
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-04-14, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: OKUN Anastasia (Karagöz)COLLISON Robert (Ramundo)WELZL Paul (Balzarotti/Plaschka), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Title to be announced
Date: 2025-04-24, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Maria Cristina Gambetta, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: VBC Regular Seminar, Institute: University of Lausanne, Host: Anton Goloborodko
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-04-28, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: SUWITA Johannes (Pauli)GRABARCZYK Daniel (Clausen)PANDA Aswini (Falk), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-05-05, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: KIM Olena (Knoblich)JOB Nikhil (Dolan)ADELMANN Leonie (Raible), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Microsymposium on Small RNA Biology
Date: 2025-05-07, Time: 09:00:00, Speaker: , Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Symposium, Institute: None, Host: None
Microsymposium on RNA Biology
Date: 2025-05-07, Time: 09:00:00, Speaker: , Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Symposium, Institute: None, Host: None
EMBO meeting on RNA meets Protein decay
Date: 2025-05-11, Time: 14:00:00, Speaker: , Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Symposium, Institute: None, Host: None
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-05-12, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: SCIBISZ Grzegorz (Karagöz)VAN GENDEREN Emiel (Rivron)BOZKURT Miray (Tanaka), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Title to be announced
Date: 2025-05-15, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Chuna Ram Choudhary, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: VBC Regular Seminar, Institute: University of Copenhagen, Host: Alex Stark
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-05-19, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: POTTENDORFER Elisabeth (Obenauf)WALLNER Eva-Sophie (Dolan)BECKER Moritz (Leeb), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Title to be announced
Date: 2025-05-22, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Manuel Leonetti, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: VBC Regular Seminar, Institute: CZ Biohub San Francisco, Host: Elif Karagöz
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-05-26, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: DIMITROVA Polina (Van der Veeken)STRAVS Ana (Knoblich)SCHÖNLEIN Martin (Obenauf), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-06-02, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: SABATH Kevin (Plaschka/Stark)MANCHENO JUNCOSA Estela (Mendjan)HORENKAMP Simone (Tanaka), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Title to be announced
Date: 2025-06-12, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Stefan Mundlos, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: VBC Regular Seminar, Institute: Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Host: Julius Brennecke
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-06-16, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: BERGER Sonja (Goloborodko)KOWALD Saskia (Gaidt)KAPRAL Thomas (Zagrovic), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-06-23, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: BUCHERON Chloe (Menche)KRUMWIEDE Luisa (Gaidt)PACHANO Tomas (Stark), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Title to be announced
Date: 2025-06-26, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: VBC Regular Seminar, Institute: Yale University, Host: Joris Van der Veeken
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-06-30, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: SCHINDLER Lukas (Schlögelhofer)MANDLBURGER Nikolaus (Stark)OTTO Magdalena (Leonard), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Title to be announced
Date: 2025-07-03, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Matthias Mann, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: VBC Regular Seminar, Institute: Max-Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Host: Marco Hein
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-07-07, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: TRUS Palina (Peters)KOBAKHIDZE George (Dong)KONGSTED Thea (Dolan), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Title to be announced
Date: 2025-07-10, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Simon Alberti, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: VBC Regular Seminar, Institute: TU Dresden, Host: Erinc Hallacli
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-07-14, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: RUSCH Emma (Golobordko)VELIKOV Daniel (Matos)VOGEL Alexander (Clausen/Yudushkin), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Title to be announced
Date: 2025-07-17, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Vishva Dixit, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: VBC Regular Seminar, Institute: Genentech, Host: Moritz Gaidt
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-07-21, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: ANGELOPOULOU Eleni (Ellis)SCHAFFER Petra (Grade)RAMIREZ America (Köhler), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-07-28, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: DIMITRIADI Anna (Mendjan)LEITNER Moritz (Martinez), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-08-04, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: LI Wenxin (Zimmer)FISCHER Felix (Zagrovic)ABESAMIS Kim Ivan (Dong), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-08-11, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: KLEIFELD Justus (Urban)MCATEER Tara (Pinheiro)BHATTACHARYA Mrinnanda (Zimmer), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-08-18, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: BELL Lillie (Clausen)MIHAILOVIC Milica (Karagöz)GUYNES Keroshini (Jachowicz), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-08-25, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: BOHL VIALLEFONT Gregoire (Nordborg)MARCHIORI Elisa (Van der Veeken)JAHNEL Stefan (Mendjan), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-09-01, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: KIRCHGATTERER Paul (Gaidt)ACHLEITNER Sonja (Martens)KAYA Oguzhan (Knoblich), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-09-08, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: HUTH Michelle (Leeb)RADHAKRISHNA PILLAI Balashankar (Brennecke)REN Kaike (Otsuka), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-09-15, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: GONZALEZ ALVARADO Maria Nazareth (Grade)KASHKO Nataliia (Matos)OBERHUEMER Michael (Leeb), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Title to be announced
Date: 2025-09-18, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Katja Wassmann, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: VBC Regular Seminar, Institute: Institute Jacques Monod, Host: Joao Matos, Peter Schlögelhofer
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-09-22, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: KONSTANTINOU Andri (Obenauf)HARTMANN Felix (Matos)JENTOFT Ida (Pauli), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Title to be announced
Date: 2025-09-25, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Fabian Theis, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: VBC Regular Seminar, Institute: Computational Health Center, Helmholtz Munich, Host: Alex Stark
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-09-29, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: PAVLOVA Anzhela (Matos)FILINA Olga (Clausen)VETRANO Pamela (Ramundo), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-10-06, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: WIGHARD Sara Sylvia (Burga)PRLESI Ines (Gerlich)BECHT Nanette (Gaidt), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Title to be announced
Date: 2025-10-09, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Alexander van Oudenaarden, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: VBC Regular Seminar, Institute: Hubrecht Institute, Host: Elly Tanaka
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-10-13, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: PIECH Lucas (Leonard)NABIH MOSTAFA Amena (Pauli)GREMMELMAIER Constanze (Plaschka), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Title to be announced
Date: 2025-10-16, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Anne Brunet, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: VBC Regular Seminar, Institute: Stanford University, Host: Andrea Pauli
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-10-20, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: KYPRIANOU Christos (Rivron)MOYSIADOU Sofia (Obenauf)GALLAGE CHANUKA POSHITHA Fernando (Zimmer), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Title to be announced
Date: 2025-10-23, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Aydan Bulut-Karslioglu, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: VBC Regular Seminar, Institute: MPI Berlin, Host: Joanna Jachowicz, Martin Leeb
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-10-27, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: KNIEST Judith (Haselbach)LAROVENKO Svetlana (Brennecke)HIDAKA Takuya (Gerlich), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Title to be announced
Date: 2025-10-30, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Kresten Lindorff-Larssen, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: VBC Regular Seminar, Institute: University of Copenhagen, Host: David Haselbach
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-11-03, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: DIAS Ana Beatriz (Slade)VALERI Erika (Gaidt)CHATZIANGELOU Myrto (Stark), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-11-10, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: FRASZ Lisa-Maria (Obenauf)MYLARSHCHIKOV Dmitry (Gerlich)SAHA Sayantan (Huis), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Title to be announced
Date: 2025-11-13, Time: 11:00:00, Speaker: Jamie Hackett, Location: IMBA/GMI Lecture Hall, Type: VBC Regular Seminar, Institute: EMBL Rome, Host: Joanna Jachowicz, Martin Leeb
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-11-17, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: PITASI Mattia (Leeb)FORBES Rebecca (Görke)MATURI Samuele (Grade), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-11-24, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: HEINZL Monika (Stark)MARTZIOS Panagiotis (Huis)BASTOS VENTURA Guilherme (Pinheiro), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-12-01, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: JONASSON Mattias (Bücker)KNAUDT Hannah (Haselbach)GUPTA KHESKANI Niyati (Martens), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2025-12-15, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: BERKUN Kathleen (Hallacli)WOLFF Uyen Le Phuong (Jantsch)GRAF Max (Plaschka), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2026-01-12, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: BOHAUMILITZKY Lena (Pinheiro)SPEICHERT Katarzyna (Martens)NG Hing Pan (Ma), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2026-01-19, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: FARAWAY Rupert (Plaschka)ETHIER Elizabeth (Hallacli)RAINA Shiviya (Dammermann), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2026-01-26, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: WULF Paul Oliver (Tessmar)MISHRA Sachin (Stark)OGZUC Olivia (Querques), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2026-02-02, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: COSTANTINI Elena (Tanaka)VIOHL Niklas (Köhler)LEON-RUIZ Jesus (Dolan), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2026-02-09, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: MIOCIC-STOSIC Fran (Zagrovic)BELL Caelan (Gerlich)KLEINWAECHTER Ava (Slade), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2026-02-16, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: HOFMANN Maura (Van der Veeken)SEN Zeynep Begüm (Ma)ZEN PETISCO FIORE Ana Paula (Urban), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2026-02-23, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: JANKOWSKA Julia (Ameres)DOCAVO GARCIA Antonio (Jachowicz)HAONAN Bao (Dolan), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2026-03-02, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: RUSSETT Colleen (Berger)ZEILER Christine (Kovarik)HOLLAUS David (Gaidt), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None
Monday Seminar (Internal)
Date: 2026-03-09, Time: 12:30:00, Speaker: GUZMAN PEREZ Sebastian (Martinez)ROFFAY Chloe (Pinheiro)BHARDWAJ Vishakha (Schlögelhofer), Location: IMP Lecture Hall, Type: Monday Seminar, Institute: Open only to IMP/IMBA/GMI/Max Perutz Labs, Host: None