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This year's talks feature speakers from DKFZ, IMBA Vienna, COS, Uniklinikum, Ginkgo Bioworks and more!

Our Speakers

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Felix Hol

30.09.2025

Assistant professor at Radboud University studying mosquito behavior and disease transmission

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Karen Stetter

07.10.2025

Program lead at

Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.

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Elisabeth Seebach

14.10.2025

Project leader at Uniklinikum focusing on interactions between bone cells and the immune system

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Duncan Odom

20.10.2025

Group leader at DKFZ studying regulatory genomics and cancer evolution

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Venera Weinhardt

28.10.2025

Project leader at COS developing X-ray-based imaging tools for biomedical applications

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Ralph Grand

04.11.2025

Junior group leader at ZMBH studying mammalian gene regulation

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Marieke Essers

11.11.2025

Group leader at DKFZ/hi-STEM investigating inflammation in hematopoietic stem cells

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Julieta Alfonso & Lázaro Centanin

18.11.2025

Associate editor at Nature Cancer & professor at COS studying stem cell dynamics in medaka fish

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Charlotte Kirchhelle

25.11.2025

Group leader at ENS Lyon investigating the role of the cell edge in plant signalling, mechanotransduction and morphogenesis

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Hans-Georg Kräusslich

02.12.2025

Group leader at Uniklinikum focusing on the interaction of retroviruses with their host cells

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Kristina Stapornwongkul

09.12.2025

Group leader at IMBA Vienna investigating the role of metabolism in development 

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Moritz Mall

16.12.2025

Junior group leader at DKFZ studying cellular plasticity in cancer and neurodevelopmental disorders

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