February 2020

Institute of Theoretical Physics

10.2.2020 Prof. Johannes Feist
"Cavity-induced modification of molecules"

Seminar series “CRC 1279 and beyond”:

 

03.02.20 Prof. Marcus Fändrich
“Structure and formation of amyloid fibrils in human diseases - lessons learned from cryo-EM”
(Internal)

10.02.20 Prof. Ehud Gazit, University of Tel Aviv
“Peptide and Metabolite Self-Assembly: Physiology, Pathology, and Nanotechnology”
(Host: Prof. Jan Münch)

17.02.20 Prof. Frank Sobott, University of Leeds
“Mass spectrometry of biomolecules”
(Host: Prof. Marcus Fändrich)

24.02.20 Prof. Vanesa Gottifredi, Instituto Leloir, Buenos Aires
“A 26aa peptide mimics full-length p21 in preventing recruitment of
TLS polymerases to replication factories and proliferation inhibition”
(Host: Prof. Lisa Wiesmüller)

 

Unless specified otherwise, the presentations will take place at 3:00 pm in the Multimedia Room, N27, Life Science Building. The duration of the presentations is ~45 minutes plus ~15 minutes of discussion. Everybody who is interested is welcome. Students and Postdocs have the opportunity for further discussion with external speakers’ right after the seminar.

 

January 2020

Institute of Theoretical Physics

13.1.2020 Prof. Valentina Parigi
"Continuous variables quantum complex networks"

20.1.2020 Prof. Gerardo Adesso
"Quantum resources and how to use them"

27.1.2020 Prof. Ulrich Schollwoeck
"Escaping the models: what tensor networks tell us about the real world?"

Seminar series “CRC 1279 and beyond”:

 

13.01.20 Prof. Dierk Niessing, Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Ulm University
“What can we learn from structural and biophysical studies? mRNA regulation as showcase”
(Host: Prof. Ute Kaiser)

 

Unless specified otherwise, the presentations will take place at 3:00 pm in the Multimedia Room, N27, Life Science Building. The duration of the presentations is ~45 minutes plus ~15 minutes of discussion. Everybody who is interested is welcome. Students and Postdocs have the opportunity for further discussion with external speakers’ right after the seminar.

 

December 2019

Seminar series “CRC 1279 and beyond”:

 

02.12.19 Prof. Jeremy Luban, University of Massachusetts Medical School
“Innate immunity to HIV-1 and other retroviruses”
(Host: Prof. Frank Kirchhoff)

09.12.19 Prof. Paul Walther, Dr. Clarissa Read
“Electron microscopy of cells interacting with virus, fibrils, and nanoparticles”
(internal)

16.12.19 Dr. Christopher Russo, University of Cambridge
Title to be announced
(Host: Prof. Ute Kaiser)

 

Unless specified otherwise, the presentations will take place at 3:00 pm in the Multimedia Room, N27, Life Science Building. The duration of the presentations is ~45 minutes plus ~15 minutes of discussion. Everybody who is interested is welcome. Students and Postdocs have the opportunity for further discussion with external speakers’ right after the seminar.

 

November 2019

Seminar series “CRC 1279 and beyond”:
 

04.11.19 Dr. Dominik Bucher, TU München
“Diamond quantum sensors as a new tool for biology”
(Host: Dr. Konstantin Sparrer)

11.11.19 no seminar

18.11.19 Herr Jonas Löbert, re-root Ulm
“Smart scientists need good stress management -promote fit scientists-“
(Host: Dr. Christina Stürzel)

25.11.19 Prof. Meytal Landau, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa
“Functional Protein Fibrils in Infectious and Neurodegenerative Diseases”
(Host: Ms. Desiree Schütz)
Please note that this seminar will take place in Building N25 Room H9

October 2019

Seminar series “CRC 1279 and beyond”:
 

07.10.19   CRC 1279 Young Investigator Awardees
Presentations about their awarded projects
(Host: Prof. Frank Kirchhoff)

14.10.19    Prof. Bruno Sainz, University of Madrid
“Crosstalk between cancer cells and the microenvironment: Mixing endogenous human, viral and bacterial peptides”
(Host: PD Dr. Dr. Patrick Hermann)

21.10.19  no seminar

28.10.19   Dr. Christian Pfaller, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen
“Double-edged sword: ADAR1 controls autoimmunity but weakens the antiviral response”
(Host: Dr. Konstantin Sparrer)

September 2019

Seminar series “CRC 1279 and beyond”:
 

09.09.19         Prof. Karsten Rippe, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg

title to be announced

(Host: Prof. Frank Kirchhoff)

16.09.19         Prof. Stefan Pöhlmann, Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Göttingen

“Novel approaches to target respiratory viruses: DIPs and protease inhibitors”

(Host: Prof. Jan Münch)

23.09.19        Prof. Yuxian Hu, Center for AIDS Research, Beijing, China

title to be announced

(Host: Prof. Frank Kirchhoff)

 

July 2019

Institute of Theoretical Physics

 

 08.07.19 - Physics Colloquium - Dr. Erik Gauger, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK

"Harnessing non-equilibrium effects in bio-inspired and engineered quantum networks”

Seminar series: CRC 1279 and beyond
 

Microbiology, Virology, Oncology,  Immunology & Biotechnology

 

 01.07.19         Prof. Rasmus Schröder,  Heidelberg University

“Acto-myosin’s elusive states - and how Cryo Electron Microscopy may help to visualise them”

 (Host: Prof. Ute Kaiser)

 

08.07.19         Prof. Shu Sin Chng, National University of Singapore

“Bacterial lipid trafficking and outer membrane homeostasis”

 (Host: Prof. Jan Münch)

 

15.07.19        Prof. Zachary Hunter, Dana Faber Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston

                     Title to be announced

 (Host: Prof. Christian Buske)

 

22.07.19         Prof. Beatrix Hahn, University of Pennsylvania

“Coming full circle: Exploiting the ape precursors of HIV-1 for AIDS vaccine design”

                       (Host: Prof. Frank Kirchhoff)

 

29.07.19        Prof. Dr. Dieter Willbold, Düsseldorf University and Forschungszentrum Jülich

                        “Do we need anti-prionics to treat Alzheimer's disease”

 (Host: Prof. Marcus Fändrich)

June 2019

Seminar series: CRC 1279 and beyond

Microbiology, Virology, Oncology,  Immunology & Biotechnology

 

 03.06.19         Dr. Simone Ruggeri, University of Cambridge

“Nanoscale Spectroscopy for the Characterisation of the Biomolecules of Life in vitro and in vivo”

 (Host: Prof. Tanja Weil)

   

24.06.19         Dr. Christopher Synatschke, Max Planck Institut, Mainz

                        Title to be announced

  (Host: Prof. Tanja Weil)

 

May 2019

Seminar series: CRC 1279 and beyond

Microbiology, Virology, Oncology,  Immunology & Biotechnology

 06.05.19         Prof. Eberhard Hildt, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen

“Infection research about hepatitis B virus: from basic research to the development of novel therapeutic strategies”
(Host: Prof. Daniel Sauter)

  13.05.19         Dr. Barbara Adler, Max von Pettenkofer-Institut, München

“Cytomegalovirus entry complexes –
a complex story“
(Host: Prof. Christian Sinzger)

  20.05.19         Prof. Yves Muller Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen

“Insight into human cytomegalovirus replication from protein structures”
(Host: Prof. Thomas Stamminger)