Meetings/Workshops on Molecular Biology in Germany

Genomic and proteomic approaches have enabled breakthrough advances in the understanding of chromatin biology. This course attempts to integrate these omics approaches to understand the principle of chromatin operation and its biological relevance. Using a murine embryonic stem cells as a tractable model system, this course aims to analyse the composition and variation of chromatin components, and the “epigenetic landscape” at key time points following the induction of cellular differentiation.

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

chromatin biology, stem cell, data analysis, neural development, genomic analysis, proteomic analysis, genomic approaches, proteomic approaches, epigenetics

With the increasing appreciation of the integration between different steps of gene expression, the conference will explore the connections between translation, mRNA turnover, nonsense-mediated decay, RNA localisation, splicing, etc. Finally, many alternatives to the classical “one message makes one protein” concept are being unraveled which increase the potential for regulation. These alternatives will be featured, as well as the role of translational regulation in diseases as diverse as cancer, neurological disorders or infectious diseases.

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

neurobiology, cell physiology, disease, synthetic biology, systems biology, RNA translation, translation, gene expression, infectious diseases, epitranscriptomics, non-coding RNA

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

The Horizons in Molecular Biology is organized by PhD students of the MSc/PhD Molecular Biology Program - International Max Planck Research School at the University of Göttingen. The aim of the conference is to bring together senior scientists and young researchers from different fields to promote scientific exchange and to provide exciting insights into the frontiers of Molecular Biology.

Horizons Participants Team;     Email: horizonsmolbio@gmail.com

Keynote (K) Michael Rosbash Structural Dynamics (SD) Sjors Scheres, Gaia Pigino, John Briggs Bioinformatics (BI) Leonie Ringrose, Christopher Vollmers, Naama Barkai Cell Biology (CB) Leo James, Needhi Bhalla, Pavel Tomancak Developmental Biology (DB) Margaret McCarthy, Miki Ebisuya, Michael Levine Membrane Biology (MB) Randy Hampton, Robert Ernst Biophysics (BP) Suliana Manley Gene Expression (GE) Asifa Akhtar, Zoya Ignatova, James Williamson Synthetic Biology (SB) Max Cryle, Jen Heemstra

The Beilstein Enzymology Symposium 2019 will bring together biochemists, enzymologists and systems biologists with experts in bioinformatics and computer sciences.

Email: enzymology@beilstein-institut.de

insights into the activity of macromolecules using cryo-EM, regulation and control of information transfer, lipid metabolism, nutrition and diseases, pseudoenzymes - evolution and transformation of protein function, cofactors in metabolism and regulation, systems biology and metabolic pathway analysis, computational biology

Biochemistry and Medicinal Chemistry, Toxicology,    Catalysis

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

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)