Past events

Started in 2012 at the MPI-IE, the “Forschung höchstpersönlich” talk series offers a platform for our scientists to present their research to non-scientific staff, enhancing understanding and collaboration. Held quarterly and conducted in German, the talks are hosted by the institute's Public Relations Office, fostering a deeper connection within the institute. [more]

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Berufsorientierung zum Zukunftstag 2026 am Max-Planck-Institut für Immunbiologie und Epigenetik (MPI-IE) im Rahmen der bundesweiten Girls’ Day- und Boys’ Day-Initiativen. Am 23. April 2026 stehen die Türen des MPI-IE interessierten Mädchen und Jungen offen, um in die spannende Welt der Molekularbiologie einzutauchen. [more]

The tri-national "Gene Regulation Club" is a half-day symposium that brings together chromatin, epigenetics, and transcription groups from within the Strasbourg (IGBMC), Freiburg (MPI-IE), and Basel (FMI) area. With an informal but high-quality atmosphere, the meeting aims to foster discussion and inspire new and strengthen existing collaborations. The meeting encourages PhD students and Postdocs to present their work. [more]

Marcelo Nollmann joins our lectures series and will present a talk on “Inspecting the roles of chromatin organization in transcription revealed by spatial genomics”. [more]

Founded in 2012 at the MPI-IE, the “Forschung höchstpersönlich” talk series offers a platform for our scientists to present their research to non-scientific staff, enhancing understanding and collaboration. Held quarterly and conducted in German, the talks are hosted by the institute's Public Relations Office, fostering a deeper connection within the institute. [more]

Join us for an evening of inspiring talks by successful bioscience professionals, followed by a networking session with snacks and refreshments. All are welcome! [more]

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Eugene Kim is biophysicist at the MPI for Biophysics in Frankfurt where she heads a research group on the »Structure and Dynamics of Chromosomes« [more]

George Wendt is a Postdoc in the lab of Jim Collins at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, USA. He joins our Max Planck Seminar end of January to present a talk on “An evolutionary approach to studying the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni”. [more]

Giacomo Cavalli is Research Director at CNRS and Principal Investigator at the Institute of Human Genetics in Montpellier, France. [more]

Dr. Ozren Bogdanovic is currently Principal Scientist at the Andalusian Centre for Developmental Biology (CABD). He joins the MPI-IE Lecture Series with a talk on “Beyond the CpG: Dissecting the function of atypical DNA methylation during animal development”. [more]

Prof Dr Philipp Korber leads a research group on “Nucleosome positioning and remodeling in yeasts” at the BMC of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Talk title: The role of DNA sequence, chromatin remodelers, barriers and their intrinsically disordered regions in nucleosome positioning. [more]

Bei Forschung höchstpersönlich präsentieren Wissenschaftler:innen des MPI-IE ihre Forschung Gästen und nicht-wissenschaftlichen Kolleginnen und Kollegen des Instituts. Die Vorträge betten die Forschung in einen größeren Rahmen ein und geben teilweise recht persönliche Einblicke zu wissenschaftlichen Themen, Fragen und dem Alltag am Institut. Die Vorträge werden auf deutsch gehalten. Sie richten sich explizit auch an ein nicht-wissenschaftliches Publikum. [more]

The tri-national "Gene Regulation Club" is a half-day symposium that brings together chromatin, epigenetics, and transcription groups from within the Strasbourg (IGBMC), Freiburg (MPI-IE), and Basel (FMI) area. With an informal but high-quality atmosphere, the meeting aims to foster discussion and inspire new and strengthen existing collaborations. The meeting encourages PhD students and Postdocs to present their work. [more]

David A. Garfield is currently Principal Scientist at Genentech, USA (Roche). He will gave a talk on “Computational Approaches for Interpreting and Designing Cis-Regulatory Elements”. [more]

Phillip D. Zamore, Ph.D., the Gretchen Stone Cook Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, and Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, is Chair of the RNA Therapeutics Institute, which was established at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in 2009. [more]

To enhance the exchange and interaction among people working on biophysics in Freiburg, we are organizing the Biophysical Coffee Meeting Freiburg, which will take place on July 4, 2025 at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics. [more]

Prof. Bing Zhu, PhD is investigator at Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He joins the Max Planck Freiburg Special Guest Lecture Series in May 2025. [more]

The tri-national "Gene Regulation Club" is a half-day symposium that brings together chromatin, epigenetics, and transcription groups from within the Strasbourg (IGBMC), Freiburg (MPI-IE), and Basel (FMI) area. With an informal but high-quality atmosphere, the meeting aims to foster discussion and inspire new and strengthen existing collaborations. The meeting encourages PhD students and Postdocs to present their work. [more]

Rohit V. Pappu is the Director of the Center for Biomolecular Condensates (CBC), Washington University in St. Louis. He joins the Max Planck Freiburg Special Guest Lecture Series. [more]

Dr. Anu Bashamboo is currently a Group Leader in the lab for Human Developmental Genetics (PI: Kenneth McElreavey) at the Institut Pasteur, Paris. The lab aims to understand the mechanism governing cell fate choice during embryonic development using human sex-determination. [more]

Danny Leung is the lead investigator for the Hong Kong Epigenome project and serves as director of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Center for Epigenomics Research. He is currently an associate professor in the Division of Life Science, HKUST. His lab’s research focuses on the interplay between epigenetic pathways in the regulation of non-coding DNA. [more]

Apoorva Baluapuri earned his PhD at the Cancer Systems Biology Lab at University of Würzburg (Elmar Wolf now in Kiel), Germany in 2021. He received a Walter Benjamin Fellowship from German Research Council (DFG) to study of mRNA synthesis in the lab of Karen Adelman at Harvard Medical School. In Boston, Apoorva investigates the mechanisms and modularity of gene regulation by the Integrator complex and applying these findings to cancer therapeutics. [more]

We are delighted to invite you to to the second symposium, “Epigenetics of Early Mouse Development”, taking place on April 24, 2025, at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Freiburg. [more]

Dr. Stefanie Grosswendt, head of a BIH junior research group in the joint research focus “Single Cell Approaches for Personalized Medicine” of the Berlin Institute of Health (BIH), the MDC and Charité, Berlin, joins our lecture series to present a talk on “Cell communication uncovered in single-cell resolved neighborhoods”. [more]

Werde für einen Tag zur Forscherin! Wir geben Mädchen einen Einblick in den Arbeitsalltag eines Forschunginstitut. Am 03.04.2025 stehen die Türen des MPI-IE für Mädchen offen, um in die spannende Welt der Biophysik, Bioinformatik und Molekularbiologie einzutauchen. [more]

Dr. Ana Marija Jakšić is a researcher in evolutionary neurobiology and »EPFL Life Sciences Early Independent Research« (ELISIR) scholar who merges experimental evolutionary biology and neuroscience in her lab at EPFL School of Life Science, Brain Mind Institute in Switzerland. [more]

Bei Forschung höchstpersönlich präsentieren Wissenschaftler:innen des MPI-IE ihre Forschung Gästen und nicht-wissenschaftlichen Kolleginnen und Kollegen des Instituts. Die Vorträge betten die Forschung in einen größeren Rahmen ein und geben teilweise recht persönliche Einblicke zu wissenschaftlichen Themen, Fragen und dem Alltag am Institut. Die Vorträge werden auf deutsch gehalten. Sie richten sich explizit auch an ein nicht-wissenschaftliches Publikum. [more]

Dr. Natalia Rodriguez-Muela leads a research on “Selective Neuronal Vulnerability in Neurodegenerative Diseases” at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZND) in Dresden, Germany. We are looking forward to an inspiring talk on “Brain organoids to unveil mechanisms of selective neural vulnerability in neurodegenerative diseases” in the Lecture hall at the MPI. [more]

The Lagha lab uses quantitative imaging to uncover the mechanisms regulating gene expression in space and time during development. Mounia will give talk entitled: “Lighting up the central dogma to dissect how sharp developmental patterns are established”. [more]

Wayo Matsushima is an EMBO/JSPS Postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Didier Trono at EPFL. He studies regulatory evolution driven by transposable elements. [more]

The tri-national "Gene Regulation Club" is a half-day symposium that brings together chromatin, epigenetics, and transcription groups from within the Strasbourg (IGBMC), Freiburg (MPI-IE), and Basel (FMI) area. With an informal but high-quality atmosphere, the meeting aims to foster discussion and inspire new and strengthen existing collaborations. The meeting encourages PhD students and Postdocs to present their work. [more]

David Coda is a HPFS postdoctoral researcher in the Graeff lab at EPFL, where he has been working since 2019. He completed his PhD at the Francis Crick Institute, UK, under the supervision of Dr. Caroline Hill. Davide Coda has a long-standing interest in epigenetics, with his early research focusing on its role in cell fate specification and development. Currently, his work investigates the epigenetic mechanisms underpinning learning and memory, combining his expertise in epigenetics with molecular neuroscience. His projects employ in vivo CRISPR-based editing approaches alongside advanced NGS techniques to uncover novel insights into these processes. [more]

The international meeting on the broad area of epigenetics and chromatin takes place at the MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Freiburg on 4 - 6 December 2024. [more]