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

27.04.2026

17:00 h

Cellular & Molecular Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Tumour & Signalling

Florian Perner, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, DE

Menin-inhibition in AML: Resistance and persistence limiting long-term responses

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

28.04.2026

17:00 h

RTG 2762: Therapeutic Radiation in Cancer & BIOME Radiation Sciences

Helen Moore, University of Florida, US

Title pending

Room T03 R02 D26, UDE Campus Essen lisa.bachmann@uk-essen.de

05.05.2026

16:00 h

CRC 1430: Cell State Transitions

Florian Wilfling, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Frankfurt, DE

Title pending

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

11.05.2026 

17:00 h

Cellular & Molecular Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Tumour & Signalling

Jianxu Chen, Leibniz-Institut für Analytische Wissenschaften, Dortmund, DE  

Title pending

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

19.05.2026

16:00 h

CRC 1430: Cell State Transitions

Joost Holthuis, Universität Osnabrück, DE

Title pending

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

01.06.2026

17:00 h

Cellular & Molecular Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Tumour & Signalling

Stephan Ludwig, Universität Münster, DE 

Towards a novel host-targeted strategy against hyperinflammatory respiratory viral diseases 

Deichmann Auditorium, UKE

Delia.Cosgrove@uk-essen.de

01.06.2026

16:00 h

Sex & Gender-Sensitive Medicine

Raphael Hirtz, Helios Universitätsklinikum Wuppertal, DE

Differences in sex development and variations in sex characteristics

LVR-Universitätsklinik Essen, Seminar Room 1st Floor (Room 1.74) luisa.rajcsanyi@uk-essen.de

15.06.2026

17:00 h

Cellular & Molecular Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Tumour & Signalling

Bin Qu, Universität OsnabrückDE

Title pending

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

16.06.2026

17:00 h

RTG 2762: Therapeutic Radiation in Cancer & BIOME Radiation Sciences

Mohamed Altai, Lund University, SE

Title pending

To be announced lisa.bachmann@uk-essen.de

24.06.2026

16:00 h

Sex & Gender-Sensitive Medicine

Georgios Paslakis, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, DE

Sex differences in eating disorders

LVR-Universitätsklinik Essen, Seminar Room 1st Floor (Room 1.74) luisa.rajcsanyi@uk-essen.de

29.06.2026

17:00 h

Cellular & Molecular Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Tumour & Signalling

Philip Kolb, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, DE

Title pending

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

30.06.2026

17:00 h

RTG 2762: Therapeutic Radiation in Cancer & BIOME Radiation Sciences

Lorenz Kretschmer, Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, UK

Decoding antigen-specific T cell immunity one cell at a time

Online lisa.bachmann@uk-essen.de

13.07.2026

17:00 h

Cellular & Molecular Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Tumour & Signalling

Tobias Bald, Universität Bonn, DE

Cellular immunotherapies meet AI-based protein design: New opportunities for the treatment of cancer?

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

28.07.2026

17:00 h

RTG 2762: Therapeutic Radiation in Cancer & BIOME Radiation Sciences

Yasmin DabiriTechnische Universität München, DE

Title pending

To be announced lisa.bachmann@uk-essen.de

13.10.2026

16:00 h

CRC 1430: Cell State Transitions

Helle UlrichIMB Mainz, DE

Title pending

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