Meetings/Workshops on Molecular Biology in Germany

The major aim of the course is to allow participants to experience modern cell biology at work: not only to see but also to try out in practice how cutting-edge technologies can be used to answer questions at the frontiers of cell biology. It is a tradition that the entire faculty of the Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit of EMBL teaches the course to cover a broad spectrum of techniques. In addition, being embedded in the collaborative environment at EMBL, the course provides an excellent opportunity for participants and course faculty to discuss current and future challenges in cell biology.

EMBL Events;     Phone: [+49 6221 387 8797];     Email: events@embl.de

cell biology, biophysics, data analysis, bioinformatics, imaging, microscopy, sample preparation, image analysis, mechanobiology

Biology,    Biochemistry and Medicinal Chemistry, Toxicology

Microbiology, Virology & Pathogens | Systems Biology

Biology,    Systems Biology and Computational Biology

13th Symposium of the VAAM Special Group "Biology and Biotechnology of Fungi", 1st Joint Meeting with the GeneAG "Fungal Genetics" of the German Genetics Society. The MBF2019 will be the 13th event in a successful series and addresses all members of the VAAM special group “Biology and Biotechnology of Fungi” as well as all researches working in the field of fungal biology.

Plant Pathology, Cell Biology, Multicellular Development, Pathogenesis of Infectious Diseases, Sensing the Environment, Sensing and Signaling

Systems Biology | Genomic & Computational Biology

Systems Biology and Computational Biology,    Genomics and Bioinformatics

Liquid biopsies have the advantage of being largely non-invasive and providing a vast amount of information for the detection and monitoring of diseases such as cancer. This course will provide hands-on experience in the most common techniques to detect and analyse circulating tumor cells (CTCs), cell free tumor DNA (ctDNA) and/or extracellular vesicles (exosomes) while also bringing in clinical aspects. Participants will have the opportunity to learn all aspects ranging from proper sampling through error free sequencing to data analysis.

EMBL Events;     Phone: [+49 6221 387 8797];     Email: events@embl.de

disease detection, cancer, clinical research, data analysis, detect cells, analyse cells, extracellular vesicles

DECHEMA, Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie e.V.

Die Veranstaltung vermittelt in Theorie und Praxis die Modellierung von Proteinstrukturen und die Untersuchung von Protein-Ligand-Interaktionen. Mittels Chimera soll eine bekannte Proteinstruktur visualisiert und potentielle Bindetaschen für einen Liganden identifiziert werden. Dabei wird der Schwerpunkt auf die Behandlung von globulären Proteinstrukturen als makroskopischer Interaktionspartner gelegt. Anschließend werden Protein-Ligand-Dockings durchgeführt und diese mit verschiedenen Scoring-Funktionen bewertet, um die wahrscheinlichste Konformation und Orientierung des Liganden in der Bindetasche zu finden. Ein weiterer Schwerpunkt des Kurses liegt in der automatisierten Behandlung einer großen Zahl möglicher Liganden in Form eines virtuellen high-throughput Screenings einer zu erstellenden Substanzbibliothek. Hierzu werden Möglichkeiten vorgestellt, wie man auf einfache Art und Weise eine Vielzahl von Berechnungen automatisiert vorbereiten, durchführen und analysieren lassen kann.

Phone: [+49 69 7564-253];     Email: kurse@dechema.de

Protein-Ligand Docking, Virtuelles Screening, Substanzbibliothek

Systems Biology and Computational Biology,    Genomics and Bioinformatics

In 2019, we will be organizing the GBM / DGZ Herbsttagung as a thematic meeting focusing on molecular mechanisms of age-related human diseases with about 350 scientists and more than 20 prestigious speakers from across the globe.

Phone: [+49 341 30 88 84 79];     Email: swolf@eventlab.org

Zellbiologie, Metabolismus, Neurodegeneration, Molekularbiologie, Biochemie, Krebs

Cellular Metabolism

Structural Biology & Biophysics | Membranes & Transport

The symposium will bring together the leading developers of imaging methods with cutting edge applications that illustrate how imaging can answer biological questions. We will place emphasis on methods that are able to capture the dynamics of life, spanning the whole range from molecular resolution to imaging of whole organisms. Everybody interested in the latest imaging technologies and their applications in the life sciences should attend. The symposium provides many opportunities for presentations, discussions and interactions between students, postdocs, junior as well as senior investigators.

EMBL Events;     Phone: [+49 6221 387 8797];     Email: events@embl.de

microscopy, imaging, image analysis, probes and biosensors, biology

Microscopy ,    Biology

Computation is an integral part of today's research as data has grown too large or too complex to be analysed by hand. An ever-growing fraction of science is performed computationally and many wet-lab biologists spend part of their time on the computer. Many scientists struggle with this aspect of research as they have not been properly trained in the necessary set of skills. The result is that too much time is spent using inefficient tools when progress could be faster. This workshop provides training in several key tools, with a focus on good development practices that encourage efficient and reproducible research computing.

EMBL Events;     Phone: [+49 6221 387 8797];     Email: events@embl.de

research computing, git, GitHub, Python, Jupiter, data analysis

Biology,    Training in Computer Science, Courses

This symposium will explore the diverse, dynamic and multifaceted roles of RNA across a spectrum of cellular processes. It will provide an interdisciplinary discussion of the roles of non-coding RNAs in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes, with the aim of enhancing our understanding of gene regulation and function.

EMBL Events;     Phone: [+49 6221 387 8797];     Email: events@embl.de

RNA, cell biology, cellular processes, gene regulation, mRNA biogenesis, cell viability, cell function, prokaryotic genomes, eukaryotic genomes

20% of the course programme covers lectures and tutorials on microinjection and corresponding microscopy techniques by experts in the field. 80% focuses on hands on practical work organised in small groups. This course is aimed at technicians and scientists interested in microinjection into adherent cells. Participants should have basic experience with cell culture and microscopy.

EMBL Events;     Phone: [+49 6221 387 8797];     Email: events@embl.de

microinjection, microscopy, adherent cells, cell culture, sample preparation

Biology,    Microscopy

A fundamental property of genomes is their topological organisation in the 3D space of the cell nucleus. Methodological advances in microscopy and genomics have paved new ways for studying the genome architecture at unprecedented spatial resolution. Emerging evidence has uncovered basic principles of genome organisation and pointed to its key roles in gene expression, genome maintenance and human disease, yet, the genome structure-to-function relationship remains elusive. This three-day conference will bring together experts focusing on: (i) the mechanistic basis of chromatin interactions and structure, (ii) the recent advances in modeling chromosome organization and dynamics, and (iii) the contribution of nuclear organisation in health and disease.

Phone: [+49 (0) 6131 39-21569];     Email: events@imb.de

genetics, epigenetics, chromosome structure, chromosome organisation, gene regulation, genomics, microscopy, modelling, disease, development, ageing, aging, genomic instability, cancer, neurodegenerative disease, Hi-C

Molecular Medicine | Immunology

Biochemistry and Medicinal Chemistry, Toxicology,    Immunology and Allergic Diseases

Structural Biology & Biophysics

This conference will provide an opportunity to learn about and keep up to date with the rapidly progressing area of cancer genomics. It will cover presentations from cancer genome projects, the areas of cancer functional genomics, systems biology, cancer immunogenomics and epigenomics, cancer mouse models and the translation and clinical impact of scientific results obtained. The meeting will bring together leading scientists from across these areas for a unique opportunity to interact and stimulate further integration of these efforts.

EMBL Events;     Phone: [+49 6221 387 8797];     Email: events@embl.de

cancer, systems biology, cancer immunogenomics, epigenomics, translation, clinical impact, single-cell, medicine

Biology,    Medicine (in general)

This course on the fundamentals of high-end cell sorting will enable scientists to properly use the global upstream technology of cell sorting with high confidence. Cell sorting is essential to many studies, but researchers outside of core facilities have very limited knowledge how exactly sorting works and unknowingly produce erroneous samples or even scientifically crippling data. The course is intended for PhD students and postdocs who are starting to use, or already using flow cytometry based cell sorting in their research projects. Applicants with some previous active knowledge of basic principles of flow cytometry and a regular use of flow cytometers in daily research will profit most from the content of the course.

EMBL Events;     Phone: [+49 6221 387 8797];     Email: events@embl.de

cell sorting, flow cytometry, single cell, sequencing

Molecular Medicine | Systems Biology

Biochemistry and Medicinal Chemistry, Toxicology,    Systems Biology and Computational Biology

RNA | Genomic & Computational Biology

Genomics and Bioinformatics,    Systems Biology and Computational Biology

Metabolism and Epigenetics are intricately linked, playing a key role in development, cancer, immune signaling and aging. This symposium brings together world-leading researchers exploring this nexus. The symposium will focus in particular on how metabolites and metabolic networks impact gene regulation, on recently discovered roles of metabolites in disease and how this open novel therapeutic avenues. We will highlight enabling tools linking metabolites, their localisation within tissues and cells with the regulation of chromatin structure, gene activity and epigenetic inheritance.

EMBL Events;     Phone: [+49 6221 387 8797];     Email: events@embl.de

metabolism, epigenetics, cancer, immune signaling, gene regulation, disease, immunometabolism

With the molecular understanding we already have at the cellular and organismal levels, and new tools and quantitative approaches, this symposium will address how genotype and the environment bring about phenotypes at the population level.

EMBL Events;     Phone: [+49 6221 387 8797];     Email: events@embl.de

biodiversity, ecology, population dynamics, environmental change, genetics, evolution

Biology,    Ecosystems, Environment and Sustainable Development

The aim of this conference is to provide a comprehensive overview of these aspects of stem cell biology. The cellular and molecular properties of normal tissue stem cells will be discussed, as will the properties of the niches that maintain them.

EMBL Events;     Phone: [+49 6221 387 8797];     Email: events@embl.de

Regenerative medicine, stem cell, tissue damage, degenerative diseases, cancer, ageing, malignant transformation, disease treatment

Biology,    Stem-cell Research & Therapy

This symposium will bring together latest advances in the fields of genomics, microscopy and modelling to foster their integration towards a comprehensive spatial and temporal understanding of the functional four-dimensional organisation of the eukaryotic genome.

EMBL Events;     Phone: [+49 6221 387 8797];     Email: events@embl.de

Chromosome Engineering, Gene Regulation, Modelling Genome Organisation, DNA Replication and Repair, Chromosome Segregation, Meiotic Chromosomes, Imaging and High-throughput Technologies, Chromosome Compartment

Biology,    Genomics and Bioinformatics

6th Event of the biennial 3D Cell Culture conference series on 3D cell cultures as advanced model systems for understanding of diseases, compound testing, successful translation from models to clinical and industrial solutions, and on enabling technologies.

DECHEMA, Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie e.V.

This conference will address fundamental questions of the biology of the malaria parasite, its vector, the (immune) response of the host and the disease that it causes, and will showcase the latest technological approaches. The use of “big data” and computational approaches to tackle fundamental biological questions will be assessed.

EMBL Events;     Phone: [+49 6221 387 8797];     Email: events@embl.de

Vector biology and transmission, immunology and vaccine development, development and differentiation, cell and molecular biology, host-parasite interaction, drug development and resistance, big data and new tools

Biology,    Immunology and Allergic Diseases

In recent years, interdisciplinary approaches embracing cell biology, genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry, biophysics, structural biology and mathematical modelling have made a tremendous impact on the microtubule field. The progressive diversification of the microtubule field into subdomains has created the need for a strong meeting that unifies the community and brings together researchers from different disciplines interested in microtubule research.

EMBL Events;     Phone: [+49 6221 387 8797];     Email: events@embl.de

Microtubule cytoskeleton, cellular functions, chromosome segregation, directed vesicle, organelle transport, cell motility, cell polarity, human diseases, cancer and neurodegenerative disorders

Biology,    Applied Mathematics (in general)