BIOME - Keynote Lectures
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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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? |
Audimax, UKE | Delia.Cosgrove@uk-essen.de |
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28.07.2026 17:00 h |
RTG 2762: Therapeutic Radiation in Cancer & BIOME Radiation Sciences |
Yasmin Dabiri, Technische Universität München, DE Modulating phenotypic plasticity to improve anti-cancer therapy |
Online | lisa.bachmann@uk-essen.de |
|
20.08.2026 16:30 h |
Behavioral & Clinical Neuroscience |
Tamara Schimmele, Universitätsklinikum Ulm, DE Effects of chronic psychosocial stress on bone metabolism and fracture healing |
Library of the Institute of Medical Psychology: IG1, 8th floor | Martin.Hadamitzky@uk-essen.de |
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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 |
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22.09.2026 12:30 h |
ZMB/CRC 1430: Cell State Transitions | Stephanie Panier, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, DE | Online or Room S05 V01 E69, UDE Campus Essen | crc1430@uni-due.de |
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29.09.2026 17:00 h |
TRR 332 NeutroTrain Invited Lecture |
Jose Maria Adrover, Francis Crick Institute London, UK From guardians to foes: host remodelling and neutrophil plasticity in cancer |
Online | TRR332.Neutrotrain@med.uni-muenchen.de |
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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 |
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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 |
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27.10.2026 17:00 h |
TRR 332 NeutroTrain Invited Lecture |
Antal Rot, University of York, UK |
Online | TRR332.Neutrotrain@med.uni-muenchen.de |
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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 |
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17.11.2026 17:00 h |
TRR 332 NeutroTrain Invited Lecture | Steffen Massberg, LMU Klinikum, DE | Online | TRR332.Neutrotrain@med.uni-muenchen.de |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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26.01.2027 17:00 h |
TRR 332 NeutroTrain Invited Lecture | Attila Mocsai, Semmelweis University, Budapest, HU | Online | TRR332.Neutrotrain@med.uni-muenchen.de |
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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 |