Sharing Highlights - An Invitation

The members of BIOME's wider academic community are cordially invited to join any of these upcoming BIOME keynote talks of broader interest to be given by internationally-acclaimed guest speakers. Please get in touch with the indicated contact person or use the contact address provided for further details, remembering to mention your UDE or BIOME affiliation while doing so.

Current Programme

Overview of principal keynote speakers and their talks:

When BIOME Core Host Speaker/Institution/Topic Venue Contact/Registration

10.10.2025

14:00 h

RTG 2989: TCI repAMI

Jürgen Schrader, Molecular Cardiology, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, DE

Modifizierte RNAs in der Artzeneimittelforschung (lecture in German)

Lecture Hall, Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, UKE grk2989@uk-essen.de

13.10.2025

17:00 h

Cellular & Molecular Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Tumour & Signalling

 Eleftheria E. Kampouri, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, CA / Lausanne University Hospital, CH  

Famous and Obscure Trolls of Cellular Therapies: A Shifting Landscape

IG1 Anbau Seminarraum (Ground Floor), UKE Delia.Cosgrove@uk-essen.de

27.10.2025

17:00 h

Cellular & Molecular Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Tumour & Signalling

Harsharan S. Bhatia, Helmholtz Center Munich, DE 

Beyond the surface – 3D spatial molecular maps in optically cleared whole organism

IG1 Anbau Seminarraum (Ground Floor), UKE  Delia.Cosgrove@uk-essen.de

28.10.2025

17:15 h

CRC 1430: Cell State Transitions

Viktor Korolchuk, Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, UK

Online or Room S05 V01 E69, Campus Essen crc1430@uni-due.de

03.11.2025

16:00 h

CRC 1430: Cell State Transitions

Roland Schwarz, Institute for Computational Cancer Biology, University of Cologne, DE

Online or Seminar room, ground floor, WTZ-Stationenhaus, UKE crc1430@uni-due.de

24.11.2025

17:00 h

Cellular & Molecular Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Tumour & Signalling

Oya Cingöz, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, DE 

Translation competence of incoming retroviral RNA genomes

Audimax, UKE 

Delia.Cosgrove@uk-essen.de

08.12.2025

17:00 h

Cellular & Molecular Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Tumour & Signalling

Tom Lüdde, Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, DE

A decision point between cell death and transdifferentiation in GI oncology 

Deichmann Auditorium, UKE  Delia.Cosgrove@uk-essen.de

09.12.2025

17:15 h

CRC 1430: Cell State Transitions

Christian Ungermann, Center of Cellular Nanoanalytics, Osnabrueck University, DE

Online or Room S05 V01 E69, Campus Essen crc1430@uni-due.de

26.01.2026

17:00 h

Cellular & Molecular Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Tumour & Signalling

Sandrine Sander, Universitätsmedizin Greifswald, DE 

T cell-based mechanisms of immune evasion in B cell lymphomas 

Online  Delia.Cosgrove@uk-essen.de