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

16.09.2026

12:30 h

ZMB/CRC 1430: Cell State Transitions Amir Aharoni, National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev (NIBN), IL Online or Room S05 V01 E69, UDE Campus Essen crc1430@uni-due.de

13.10.2026

16:00 h

ZMB/CRC 1430: Cell State Transitions

Helle Ulrich, IMB Mainz, DE

Ubiquitin, SUMO and genome maintenance

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

20.10.2026

12:30 h

ZMB/CRC 1430: Cell State Transitions

Hiroaki Suga, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, JP

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

27.10.2026

17:00 h

TRR 332 NeutroTrain Invited Lecture

Antal Rot, University of York, UK

Online TRR332.Neutrotrain@med.uni-muenchen.de

02.11.2026

17:00 h

Cellular & Molecular Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Tumour & Signalling

 Felix Meissner, Universität Bonn, DE

Rewiring of inflammatory signalling at proteome scale 

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

16.11.2026

17:00 h

Cellular & Molecular Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Tumour & Signalling

Tim Lämmermann, Universität Münster, DE

Fast runners and lazy couch-potatoes – the spectrum of migrating immune cells 

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

17.11.2026

17:00 h

RTG 2762: Therapeutic Radiation in Cancer & BIOME Radiation Sciences

Jana Wolf, Max-Delbrück-Centrum für Molekulare Medizin, Berlin, DE

Computational modeling of signal transduction and gene expression in cancer; from information processing to patient-specific models

Online lisa.bachmann@uk-essen.de

17.11.2026

17:00 h

TRR 332 NeutroTrain Invited Lecture Steffen Massberg, LMU Klinikum, DE Online TRR332.Neutrotrain@med.uni-muenchen.de

24.11.2026

12:30 h

ZMB/CRC 1430: Cell State Transitions Janine Kirstein, Biochemistry of Aging, Fritz Lipmann Institute, Jena, DE Online or Room S05 V01 E69, UDE Campus Essen crc1430@uni-due.de

24.11.2026

17:00 h

TRR 332 NeutroTrain Invited Lecture

Matteo Napoli, LMU Klinikum, DE

Neutrophil recruitment under in vivo conditions

Online TRR332.Neutrotrain@med.uni-muenchen.de

01.12.2026

17:00 h

RTG 2762: Therapeutic Radiation in Cancer & BIOME Radiation Sciences

Miguel Reis Ferreira, King’s College London, UK

From head to gut: a story about the microbiome in cancer

Online lisa.bachmann@uk-essen.de

01.12.2026

17:00 h

TRR 332 NeutroTrain Invited Lecture

Maximilian Buser, Helmholtz Munich, DE

Machine learning workflows for flow cytometry in cancer diagnostics

Online TRR332.Neutrotrain@med.uni-muenchen.de

08.12.2026

12:30 h

ZMB/CRC 1430: Cell State Transitions Marius Lemberg, CMMC Cologne, DE Online or Room S05 V01 E69, UDE Campus Essen crc1430@uni-due.de

14.12.2026

17:00 h

Cellular & Molecular Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Tumour & Signalling  Abel Viejo-Borbolla, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, DE  Deichmann Auditorium, UKE Delia.Cosgrove@uk-essen.de

15.12.2026

17:00 h

TRR 332 NeutroTrain Invited Lecture

Hafid Ait-Oufella, French Institute of Health and Medical Research, Paris, FR

Trained immunity and post-ischemic cardiac remodeling

Online TRR332.Neutrotrain@med.uni-muenchen.de

19.01.2027

17:00 h

TRR 332 NeutroTrain Invited Lecture

Arturo Zychlinsky, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology Berlin, DE

Neutrophil extracellular traps

Online TRR332.Neutrotrain@med.uni-muenchen.de

18.01.2027

17:00 h

Cellular & Molecular Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Tumour & Signalling

Damya Laoui, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, BE

cDC2s: Emerging players in anti-cancer immunity  

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

26.01.2027

17:00 h

TRR 332 NeutroTrain Invited Lecture Attila Mocsai, Semmelweis University, Budapest, HU Online TRR332.Neutrotrain@med.uni-muenchen.de

01.02.2027

17:00 h

Cellular & Molecular Immunology, Infectious Diseases, Tumour & Signalling Thomas Stamminger, Universitätsklinikum Ulm, DE Deichmann Auditorium, UKE Delia.Cosgrove@uk-essen.de

02.02.2027

17:00 h

TRR 332 NeutroTrain Invited Lecture Young-Min Hyun, Yonsei University Seoul, KR Online TRR332.Neutrotrain@med.uni-muenchen.de
16.02.2027

17:00 h

TRR 332 NeutroTrain Invited Lecture

Niels Riksen, Radboud University, Nijmegen, NL

Innate immune reprogramming in the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis

Online TRR332.Neutrotrain@med.uni-muenchen.de