Talks and Seminars organized by the IMPRS on Cellular Biophysics
Guest Speaker Talks
Our IMPRS on Cellular Biophysics Student Committee regularly invites guest speakers for scientific talks in the field of biophysics.
All guest speaker seminars take place in the lecture hall of the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics (room 0.01).
Feb 16, 2023, 5 pm: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Sandro Keller (University of Graz, Austria) - New Native Nanodiscs for Membrane-Protein Biophysics
Mar 2, 2023, 2 pm: Prof. Dr. Peter Hegemann (Humboldt University Berlin, Germany) - Mystery and Optogenetic Potential of Microbial Rhodopsins
Mar 16, 2023, 10 am: Prof. Dr. Mark Sansom (University of Oxford, United Kingdom) - Lipid Interactions of Membrane Proteins: Insights from Molecular Simulations
Oct 5, 2023, 11 am: Prof. Dr. Ricardo Henriques (Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Lisbon, Portugal)
Career Track Talks
To offer our students some insights into different career paths for scientists, the IMPRS on Cellular Biophysics invites speakers from different fields, such as industry, academia, science management or science communication.
All career track talks take place in the lecture hall of the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics (room 0.01).
May 24, 2023, 11 am: Dr. Karoline Bopp, European and German Patent Attorney at Kador & Partner - How to Become a Patent Attorney in the Intellectual Property World
June 14, 2023, 10 am: Dr. Sascha Vogel, Science Communicator and Founder of Science Birds - From Science to Science Communication
July 13, 2023, 2 pm: Dr. Ruben Ragg, Editor-in-Chief, ChemBioChem (Wiley-VCH) - Getting Published in 2023 and Beyond: How to Adapt to a Rapidly Changing Publication Landscape
Student Seminar
Our student seminar offers IMPRS-CBP students room for exchange about their research topics and the progress of their PhD projects.
Furthermore, our students invite renowned speakers from the field of Cellular Biophysics.
April 13, 2023
Halle Andrews-ClarkGroup of Dr. Melanie McDowell, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main
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Napyin Ho
Group of Dr. Christian Münch, Goethe University Medical Center, Frankfurt am Main
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Srilakshmi Kalathil
Group of Prof. Dr. Volker Dötsch, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, and Group of Prof. Dr. Gerhard Hummer, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main
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April 27, 2023
Cellular Biophysics Journal ClubMay 25, 2023
Borna MarkusicGroup of Prof. Dr. Ivan Dikic, Goethe University Medical Center, Frankfurt am Main
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Büsra Yüksel
Group of Prof. Dr. Volker Dötsch, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main
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Rachita Sharma
Group of Prof. Dr. Alexander Gottschalk, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, and Group of Prof. Dr. Gerhard Hummer, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics
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June 22, 2023
Ainara ClaverasGroup of Prof. Dr. Gerhard Hummer, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main
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Markus Schreiber
Group of Dr. Beata Turonova, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main
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Ermanno Uboldi
Group of Dr. Melanie McDowell, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main
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Aug 17, 2023
Marius JungGroup of Prof. Dr. Edward Lemke, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
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Quinn Waselenchuk
Group of Dr. Julian Langer, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main, in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Erin Schumann, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt am Main
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Aug 31, 2023
Cellular Biophysics Journal ClubNovember 3, 2022
Cellular Biophysics Journal ClubNovember 17, 2022
Dr. Katharina KäferIMPRS-CBP Program Coordinator
Introduction to IMPRS Student Seminar and PhD course
January 19, 2023
Dr. Katharina KäferIMPRS-CBP Program Coordinator
Conflict Resolution
February 2, 2023
Cellular Biophysics Journal ClubFebruary 16, 2023
Univ-Prof. Dr. Sandro KellerInstitute of Molecular Biosciences (IMB), Graz, Austria
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March 2, 2023
Prof. Dr. Peter HegemannInstitute of Biology, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
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March 16, 2023
Marius JungGroup of Prof. Dr. Edward Lemke, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
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Quinn Waselenchuk
Group of Dr. Julian Langer, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main
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March 30, 2023
Katharina GeißlerGroup of Dr. Martin Beck, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main
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José Rosas
Group of Prof. Dr. Gerhard Hummer, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main
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Damla Tetiker
Group of Dr. Eugene Kim, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main
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April 28, 2022
Henry KimGroup of Prof. Dr. Gerhard Hummer, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main
Molecular Simulations and Modelling of Protein Condensates and Their Interactions with Lipid Membranes
Soohyen Jang
Group of Prof. Dr. Mike Heilemann, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
Live-cell Super-Resolution Imaging with Non-covalent Tag
May 12, 2022
Varsha Venkatesha MurthyGroup of Prof. Dr. Achilleas Frangakis, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
Deciphering the Effect of Beta-amyloid Fibrils on the Cell-cell Junctions of Endothelial Cells in the Blood Brain Barrier Using Cryo-EM
Jan Philipp Kreysing
Group of Dr. Martin Beck, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main
In situ Structural Biology
June 2, 2022
Cellular Biophysics Journal ClubAugust 11, 2022
Cellular Biophysics Journal ClubAugust 25, 2022
Cellular Biophysics Journal ClubSeptember 22, 2022
Cellular Biophysics Journal ClubJanuary 20, 2022
Cellular Biophysics Journal ClubFebruary 3, 2022
Serena ArghittuGroup of Dr. Roberto Covino, Frankfurt Institute of Advanced Studies
Mechanistic Insights into the Activation Mechanism of the c-MET Receptor by Internalin-B
Julian von Ehr
Group of Dr. Andreas Schlundt, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
Structural Characterization of Different Isoforms of Serine/Arginine-rich Splicing Factor 6 (SRSF6)
February 17, 2022
Ellen OkudaGroup of Prof. Dr. Michaela Müller-McNicoll, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
Understanding the Nuclear Architecture in Different Spatial and Temporal Gene Expression
Victor Dubach
Group of Dr. Bonnie Murphy, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main
Single Particle cryo-Electron Microscopy
March 3, 2022
Valerie SürthGroup of Prof. Dr. Amparo Acker-Palmer, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
The Blood Brain Barrier as a Target in Stress Resilience and Susceptibility
Lukas Schartel
Group of Prof. Dr. Edward Lemke, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Synthetic Organelles in Mammalian Cells
March 17, 2022
Joshua VollrathGroup of Dr. Julian Langer, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt am Main / Group of Prof. Dr. Ivan Đikić, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
HDX-MS/XL-MS Method Development for Structural Proteomics on Autophagy-related Interactions