Campus Martinsried

06.10.2025 11:00

MPI for Biological Intelligence

MPI-BI Institute Seminars

Hiroaki Matsunami
Duke University of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Durham NC, USA

Structural and Evolutionary Insights into Odorant Receptor Diversity in Mammals and Birds

MPI for Biological Intelligence, Martinsried
Room NQ 105 and streamed to MPI BI Seewiesen, house 5, seminar room 0.23

Host: Meng-Ching Ko

06.10.2025 17:00

Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience

Brent Doiron
University of Chicago

Shunting conductance at stimulus onset quenches neuronal variability

LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.019

Host: Julijana Gjorgjieva

07.10.2025 13:00

LMU Biocenter, Faculty of Biology

Symposium (LMU)

Dora Mahecic
Harvard Medical School, Boston

Robustness and variability in plasmid copy number control

LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.027

Host: H. Stibor

07.10.2025 13:40

LMU Biocenter, Faculty of Biology

Symposium (LMU)

Simon van Vliet
University of Basel

From molecular interactions to emergent properties: quantifying the dynamics of multispecies biofilms

LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.027

Host: H. Stibor

07.10.2025 14:40

LMU Biocenter, Faculty of Biology

Symposium (LMU)

Severin Schink
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität

Biophysics of starvation, stress, and survival in microbes and microbial communities

LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.027

Host: H. Stibor

07.10.2025 15:20

LMU Biocenter, Faculty of Biology

Symposium (LMU)

Johannes Stein
Wyss Institute, Brookline MA

Decoding the molecular mechanisms of nuclear organization via multiplexed nanoscopy

LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.027

Host: H. Stibor

08.10.2025 09:00

LMU Biocenter, Faculty of Biology

Symposium (LMU)

Anna Erzberger
EMBL Heidelberg

How geometry shapes life across scales

LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.027

Host: H. Stibor

08.10.2025 09:40

LMU Biocenter, Faculty of Biology

Symposium (LMU)

Johannes M. Keegstra
ETH Zürich

The bacterial behaviors that control carbon storage in the ocean

LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.027

Host: H. Stibor

09.10.2025 11:00

SFB 1064 Chromatin Dynamics

LMU Seminar

Raffaele Teperino
Institute of Experimental Genetics (IEG), Helmholtz Munich

The intergenerational impact of paternal preconceptional health

Biomedical Center (BMC)
Room N02.017

Host: Stefan Stricker

10.10.2025 12:00

Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience

Michael Deistler
MPI for Biological Intelligence

Machine learning for inference in biophysical neuroscience simulations

LMU Biocenter
Room D00.003

Host: Julijana Gjorgjieva

14.10.2025 11:00

MPI for Biological Intelligence

MPI-BI Keynote Lecture

Joseph Parker
California Institute of Technology

Retracing the evolutionary steps towards symbiosis

MPI for Biological Intelligence, Martinsried
Large lecture hall, T-building and streamed to MPI BI Seewiesen, house 4, seminar room 4/0.07 and 4/0.08

Host: Maude Baldwin

16.10.2025 11:00

SFB 1064 Chromatin Dynamics

LMU Seminar

Alfred Cortés
ISGlobal Barcelona

Epigenetic regulation of sexual conversion in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

Biomedical Center (BMC)
Room N02.017

Host: Anna Barcons Simon and Nicolai Siegel

20.10.2025 13:00

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Research Department Cellular and Molecular Biophysics

MPIB Seminar (intern)

Eugene Kim
MPI of Biophysics, Frankfurt/M.

Looping the genome with SMC complexes: insights from single-molecule analysis

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Small Lecture Hall

Host: Petra Schwille

more info

21.10.2025 11:00

MPI for Biological Intelligence

MPI-BI Keynote Lecture

Miriam Liedvogel
Carl-von-Ossietzky University, Oldenburg & Institute of Avian Research, Wilhelmshaven

Blackcap migration - adaptation in time and space

MPI for Biological Intelligence, Seewiesen
Seewiesen, Haus 4, Seminarraum 4/0.07, Streaming in NQ105, MPI BI

Host: Clemens Küpper

28.10.2025 11:00

MPI for Biological Intelligence

MPI-BI Emerging Scientist Series

Mohammad Khallaf
Max Delbrück Center, Berlin

A queen odour mediates reproductive suppression in a eusocial mammal

MPI for Biological Intelligence, Martinsried
Small Lecture Hall

Host: Oliver Griesbeck

28.10.2025 11:00

Biomedical Center (BMC), LMU

Trailblazer Lecture

Giulio Superti-Furga
Research Center for Molecular Medicine (CeMM) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna and Medical University of Vienna

Membrane transporters as mediators of physiology across cells and ecosystems

Biomedical Center (BMC)
Small Lecture Hall N 02.040

Host: Michael Kiebler, Biomedical Center

Evolution of human-seeking in mosquitos

LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.019

Host: Nadine Gogolla

06.11.2025 11:00

SFB 1064 Chromatin Dynamics

LMU Seminar

Martin Sos
LMU Dept of Translational Oncology - MU08, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)

Exploiting molecular dependencies in treatment-refractory tumors

Biomedical Center (BMC)
Room N02.017

Host: Axel Imhof

11.11.2025 15:00

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

Gerhard Wagner
Harvard Medical School

TBA

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Small Lecture Hall

Host: Brenda Schulman

11.11.2025 17:15

LMU Biocenter, Institut of Microbiology

Seminar Series (LMU)

Bork Berghoff
Universität Ulm

Engineering of synthetic small RNAs

LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.027

Host: J. Lassak

more info

11.11.2025 19:00

Max Planck Institutes, Martinsried

Vortragsreihe: Was Wissen schafft

Anneli Peters
Biomedizinisches Centrum der LMU

Überraschende Zusammenhänge: Darmbakterien als Auslöser der Multiplen Sklerose?

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Hybrid: Vor Ort und online: ONLINE PRESENTATION

Host: Henrike Klinker

13.11.2025 16:00

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

IMPRS Lecture Series

Wolfgang Zachariae
MPIB

Can yeast count? How to do two divisions in meiosis.

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Hybrid: vor Ort und online ONLINE PRESENTATION (Passcode: 371556)

20.11.2025 16:00

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

IMPRS Lecture Series

Kikue Tachibana
MPIB

Molecular mechanisms that initiate the start of life

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Hybrid: vor Ort und online ONLINE PRESENTATION (Passcode: 371556)

25.11.2025 11:00

MPI for Biological Intelligence

MPI-BI Emerging Scientist Series

Sara Mederos
Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, UCL London

Prethalamic Mechanisms Underlying Flexible Behavior in Aversive Contexts

MPI for Biological Intelligence, Martinsried
Room NQ 105

Host: Mark Hübener

25.11.2025 17:15

LMU Biocenter, Institut of Microbiology

Seminar Series (LMU)

Natalia Tschowri
Leibniz Universität Hannover

Signalling in Streptomyces: unique second messenger functions and relevance for the biotechnology

LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.027

Host: J. Lassak

more info

26.11.2025 11:00

MPI for Biological Intelligence

MPI-BI Institute Seminars

Jon Sakata
McGill University, Montreal

Universality of ”universals”: prevalence of common music patterns within bird songs

MPI for Biological Intelligence, Seewiesen
Seewiesen, Haus 4, Seminarraum 4/0.07, Streaming in NQ105, MPI BI

Host: Daniela Vallentin

27.11.2025 16:00

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

IMPRS Lecture Series

Andreas Ladurner
LMU

How sugars promote fat production – A human transcriptional receptor for glucose-6-phosphate

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Hybrid: vor Ort und online ONLINE PRESENTATION (Passcode: 371556)

01.12.2025 17:00

LMU Munich Center for Neuroscience (MCN)

Munich Neuroscience Lectures

Michael Brecht
Humboldt-Universität, Berlin

Large-brain-neuroscience in elephants

LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.019

Host: Benedikt Grothe

04.12.2025 11:00

MPI for Biological Intelligence

MPI-BI Keynote Lecture

Dayu Lin
NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Neural plasticity supporting parenthood

MPI for Biological Intelligence, Martinsried
Room NQ 105

Host: PhD representatives

04.12.2025 16:00

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

IMPRS Lecture Series

Jürg Müller
MPIB

Molecular mechanisms for maintaining cell fate decisions

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Hybrid: vor Ort und online ONLINE PRESENTATION (Passcode: 371556)

09.12.2025 17:15

LMU Biocenter, Institut of Microbiology

Seminar Series (LMU)

Djamel Drider
Université de Lille, France

Enterocin DD14: a model of leaderless two-peptide bacteriocins: understanding regulation, transport, immunity, and its applications.

LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.027

Host: S. Heilbronner

more info

15.01.2026 16:00

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

IMPRS Lecture Series

Karen Alim
TUM

Non-neural information processing

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Hybrid: vor Ort und online ONLINE PRESENTATION (Passcode: 371556)

22.01.2026 16:00

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

IMPRS Lecture Series

Ralf Jungmann
MPIB

From DNA Nanotechnology to Biomedical Insight: Towards Single-Molecule Spatial Omics

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Hybrid: vor Ort und online ONLINE PRESENTATION (Passcode: 371556)

27.01.2026 17:15

LMU Biocenter, Institut of Microbiology

Seminar Series (LMU)

Holger Sondermann
CSSB Hamburg

Dinucleases - At the interface of dinucleotide signaling and RNA degradation

LMU Biocenter
Lecture Hall B 01.027

Host: Daniel Unterweger

29.01.2026 16:00

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

IMPRS Lecture Series

Don C. Lamb
LMU

The Fluorescence Suite including: Dance of the Proteins, Waltz of HIV and March of the Mitochondria

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Hybrid: vor Ort und online ONLINE PRESENTATION (Passcode: 371556)

05.03.2026 16:00

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

IMPRS Lecture Series

Roland Beckmann
LMU

Structural biology of translational quality control and stress signaling

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Hybrid: vor Ort und online ONLINE PRESENTATION (Passcode: 371556)

12.03.2026 16:00

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

IMPRS Lecture Series

Elena Conti
MPIB

Molecular mechanisms of RNA degradation

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Hybrid: vor Ort und online ONLINE PRESENTATION (Passcode: 371556)

18.03.2026 13:00

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

Distinguished Visitor Lecture Series

Nobel Prize Laureate

Thomas R. Cech
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Colorado Boulder

The Magic of RNA: New Medicines, Immortality, and the Power to Control Evolution

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Large Lecture Hall

Host: Matthias Mann

more info

19.03.2026 16:00

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

IMPRS Lecture Series

John Briggs
MPIB

Cryo-electron microscopy and tomography for “in situ” structural biology

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Hybrid: vor Ort und online ONLINE PRESENTATION (Passcode: 371556)

26.03.2026 16:00

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

IMPRS Lecture Series

Michael Sattler
TUM

Integrative structural biology reveals the dynamic regulation of protein-RNA interactions

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Hybrid: vor Ort und online ONLINE PRESENTATION (Passcode: 371556)

30.04.2026 16:00

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

IMPRS Lecture Series

Maria Robles
LMU

Proteomics approaches to understand circadian- and sleep-driven processes

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Hybrid: vor Ort und online ONLINE PRESENTATION (Passcode: 371556)

21.05.2026 16:00

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

IMPRS Lecture Series

Johanna Klughammer
LMU

Spatial expression profiling in complex tissues – a view on tools and technologies

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Hybrid: vor Ort und online ONLINE PRESENTATION (Passcode: 371556)

28.05.2026 16:00

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

IMPRS Lecture Series

Matthias Mann
MPIB

Spatial proteomics at single cell type resolution: Technologies and clinical applications

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Hybrid: vor Ort und online ONLINE PRESENTATION (Passcode: 371556)

11.06.2026 16:00

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

IMPRS Lecture Series

Thierry Nordmann
MPIB

Precision Dermatology in era of OMIC technologies

Max Planck Institutes, T-Building
Hybrid: vor Ort und online ONLINE PRESENTATION (Passcode: 371556)