Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics

TriRhena Gene Regulation Club Meeting in March 2026.

📍 Location: @igbmc.bsky.social, Strasbourg 🇫🇷
📅 Date: March 18, 2026 | 2:00 PM

🆓 Participation is free of charge, advance registration is required. Register your abstracts for 20-minute research talk.

www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/gene-regulat...

Tread -1- EpiSci - I am very proud to share with you our new study that you can access on @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social (see link below)
"The Interaction with Nanotopographical Environment regulates nuclear mechanoresponse in mESCs via Histone Demethylase KDM3A.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Asifa Akhtar on epigenetics and closing the gender gap What is epigenetics and why do we study it? To find out, we asked Asifa Akhtar, a researcher from Karachi working at Germany’s Max Planck Society. Her work in the field is also helping close the gende...

See this 12 minute video by DW on @asifa-akhtar.bsky.social research in epigenetics and why and how closing the gender gap.

#womeninstem #womeninscience

nanodiag BW receives funding for second implementation phase - nanodiag BW Nanopore technology for next-generation molecular diagnostics: Freiburg innovation network continues development toward clinical application

Fantastic news before we enter the weekend. @nanodiagbw.bsky.social receives funding approval!

The »cluster4future« receives 15 Mio. € for their next phase making nanopore technology usable for the molecular diagnostics. Great success.

Our proteomics facility is part of the cluster. 😍

Seminar announcement for Max Planck Seminar Freiburg titled 'Super-resolution imaging of chromatin in health and disease' with date, time, location, and speaker Melike Lakadamyali from University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia USA

This Friday (today), we’re pleased to welcome Melike Lakadamyali (@melikel.bsky.social) from @upenn.edu.

If you are interested in Super resolution microscopy, cytoplasmic and nuclear organization with a focus on biophysics, then do not miss Prof. Lakadamyali talk in our lecture hall at 13:00. 🤗

PhD application timeline for 2025/26 showing key dates from December 15 online application opening to September 2026 program start with deadlines and interview phases

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Timeline for an IMPRS-EBM PhD application showing key dates and steps from application deadline on February 6, through preselection interview in mid-March 2026, online panel interview from April 10-13, onsite interview from June 22-24, to program start in Freiburg in September 2026

Graphic of a calendar with an exclamation mark next to text announcing the next PhD application call at the end of 2026 and instructions to use the IMPRS-EBM notifier for reminders

Finish now! Only a few hours ⏳ to complete your application for the Max Planck & @uni-freiburg.de Freiburg #PhD program IMPRS-EBM

If you missed this call, feel free to use our 📬 IMPRS-EBM notifier. We will send you a reminder as soon as the next call is waiting.

www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/imprs

Apply now! The 2026 call for the EMBO Young Investigator Programme is now open with a deadline of 1 April 12:00 midday CEST. 🧪

More info here:
https://www.embo.org/funding/fellowships-grants-and-career-support/young-investigator-programme/
#LifeSciences #research #funding

In the first feature of our "SFB 1381´s Female Minds" series in 2026 we talked to Asifa Akhtar, director at the MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics and vice speaker of our SFB.

Find the interview on our web page: www.sfb1381.uni-freiburg.de/sfb-1381s-fe...

@mpi-ie.bsky.social
#womeninstem

Poster for Career Evening 2026 with the motto “Looking Beyond Academia” and a list of speakers from various scientific and industrial fields, event date, time, and location, as well as a QR code for registration. Date: 09.02.2026 & 17:00 c.t. - 20:00 University of Freiburg, Physiology lecture hall Host: IMPRS & SGBM Kontakt: imprs@ie-freiburg.mpg.de Speaker line-up Dr Nikki van Teijlingen Bakker Global Strategy Manager, Olympus Corporation Dr Esen Dogan Senior Manufacturing Process Expert, WuXi Biologics Dr Lukas Denkhaus Trainee Patent Attorney, Maucher Jenkins Dr Monika Puchalska Scientific Consultant, Biognosys Dr Ralph Dahm Scientific Management Director, Institute of Molecular Biology Dr Marc Bayer Scientist, BioNTech

Okay folks, this is getting serious! 🚀

We already have 100 participants registered for “Looking Beyond Academia” – a #Career Evening hosted by our IMPRS‑EBM PhD program together with @sgbmfreiburg.bsky.social.

If you’re in Freiburg next Monday, feel free to join us: s.gwdg.de/yjlAXo

Seminar poster for Max Planck Seminar Freiburg featuring speaker George Wendt from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center with seminar title and event details

Next Monday, we are happy to welcome George Wendt.

The 🪱 schistosome researcher from the Collins lab at UTSW Medical enter joins our seminar series to present on “An evolutionary approach to studying the human parasite Schistosoma mansoni”. We start at 11AM!

www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/events/43996...

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Person standing behind a lectern with a laptop.

We had a super interesting seminar by Giacomo Cavalli (@cnrs.fr | @umontpellier.bsky.social), today. 🤩

… with exciting data and results by the Cavalli on epigenetic memory of past events that get mediated by Polycomb components & #histone #acetylation. Thanks to @iovino-lab.bsky.social for hosting!

Tomorrow! ☺️

Poster for Career Evening 2026 with the motto “Looking Beyond Academia” and a list of speakers from various scientific and industrial fields, event date, time, and location, as well as a QR code for registration. Date: 09.02.2026 & 17:00 c.t. - 20:00 University of Freiburg, Physiology lecture hall Host: IMPRS & SGBM Kontakt: imprs@ie-freiburg.mpg.de Speaker line-up Dr Nikki van Teijlingen Bakker Global Strategy Manager, Olympus Corporation Dr Esen Dogan Senior Manufacturing Process Expert, WuXi Biologics Dr Lukas Denkhaus Trainee Patent Attorney, Maucher Jenkins Dr Monika Puchalska Scientific Consultant, Biognosys Dr Ralph Dahm Scientific Management Director, Institute of Molecular Biology Dr Marc Bayer Scientist, BioNTech

“Looking Beyond Academia” | Feb 9 | @uni-freiburg.de

One of the most nerve-wracking questions for PhD students: What comes after the doctorate? To ease the transition into the next career phase, we invite you to join the IMPRS @sgbmfreiburg.bsky.social #Career Evening.

Register: s.gwdg.de/yjlAXo

Join our next #DiscoverySeminar by Prof. Elena Conti from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry @mpibiochem.bsky.social. She will talk on "Shaping the message: molecular logic of mRNA-protein assemblies." #protein #RNA

#APPLYNOW
📣 The CIBSS Team is hiring! We are looking for someone passionate about helping early-career researchers develop their skills, qualifications and career prospects🧑🏽🔬🧬
➡️ Coordinator of Early-Career Programs and Diversity Management
🗓️Deadline: Jan 18, 2026
🔗 uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004767/

Seminar poster for a Max Planck Institute special guest lecture on epigenetic memory involving polycomb components and histone acetylation, featuring Giacomo Cavalli from CNRS, University of Montpellier, France, scheduled for 21 January 2026 at MPI-IE, Freiburg, Germany.

Next week, we welcome Giacomo Cavalli from @cnrs.fr | @umontpellier.bsky.social.

He joins our Special Guest Seminar Series to give a talk on »Epigenetic memory of past events mediated by modification of Polycomb components & histone acetylation«

Thanks to @iovino-lab.bsky.social for organizing. 🤗

International Genome Dynamics course in Institut Curie-Paris (April 8-15), experimental and computational methods in multiomics,with a #TE centered session.
Free registration, until Jan 15th
Don’t miss it!
👉https://training.institut-curie.org/courses/Genome-Dynamics-2026
@institutcurie.bsky.social

Fully-funded #PhD positions in #epigenetics, #biophysics & #metabolism, gene regulation, cell biology and more…

Are you already on track to start an exciting research career @maxplanck.de & @uni-freiburg.de?

This is your timeline. Apply by February 6th, 2026
www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/apply-imprs-...

As usual this time of year, started drafting the list of gene regulation conferences for 2026, enjoy! generegulation.org/conferences-...
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We are looking for a Scientist as Application Specialist »Next Generation Sequencing« (m/f/div) to work with cutting-edge tech like AVITI24 & NovaSeq.

Part 2: You will play a key role in advancing the broard portfolio of NGS methods to support ambitious research projects at our institute. Use cutting-edge sample preparation and deep sequencing technology including short- and long-read sequencing systems • AVITI24, NovaSeq6000, Nanopore Sequencing and more • Robotic liquid handling device Biomek i7

We offer A full-time position in a stimulating, international interdisciplinary research environment within the Max Planck Society and much more! Apply by February 2nd, 2026

🧬 Join our Deep Sequencing Facility! 🧬

We are looking for a Scientist as Application Specialist »Next Generation Sequencing« (m/f/div) to work with cutting-edge tech like AVITI24 & NovaSeq.

📍 Freiburg, Germany 🇩🇪
📅 Apply by Feb 2, 2026
🔗 jobs.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/jobposting/d...

Ibrahim Cisse, Nicola Iovino and Asifa Akhtar during the Max Planck Freiburg Christmas Apéro

Ibrahim Cisse, Nicola Iovino and Asifa Akhtar in front of the MPI-IE team during the Max Planck Freiburg Christmas Apéro on Dec. 11.

Ayele Denboba and Juliane Glaser enjoying some mulled wine

Results of our 2025 Christmas wreath competition – using only laboratory materials and equipment to create your lab christmas decoration

🎄🌟 Season’s greetings from the entire team of the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Freiburg … with a few impressions from our Winter Cookie Fair on December 11. ❄️

We wish you Happy Holidays and best wishes for 2026!

Poster calling for applications for fully funded Max Planck PhD positions in Freiburg, Germany, listing research areas and benefits, deadline February 6, 2026.

Our PhD program IMPRS-EBM of #Epigenetics, #Biophysics & #Metabolism will open for applications next week. 📢

Want to work at the forefront of epigenetic research at an MPI? Looking for a fully-funded #PhDposition at Max Planck? Here is your chance: www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/IMPRS-PhD-Pr...

Event tip! ⬇️

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Registration open for ➡️"Summer School on Chromatin Biology" Our 2 weeks hands on expedition 🧪👩‍💻August 2026. 3. edition. Learn CUT@Tag, CUT@Run, ChIPseq, ATACseq AND to analyse your own data at @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social Daily letures by experts in the field !

▶️ shorturl.at/jrA8i

Join us for tomorrow´s 📢 CIBSS Seminar Series

🗓 09 Dec 2025 | 12:00–13:00
👩‍🔬 @julianeg.bsky.social, (@mpi-ie.bsky.social)
🎙 Endogenous retroviruses and mouse developmental malformations
📍 Lecture Hall, Institute of Biology I, Hauptstr. 1

See more: kurzlinks.de/iplv

#CIBSS #Science #Immunobiology

Starter Pack: Max Planck scientists on Bluesky

Many Max Planck scientists have started sharing their #research findings on #BlueSky. Follow their posts and join the conversation! 👋 go.bsky.app/BYcBy6R #StarterPack

Seminarankündigung des Max-Planck-Instituts Freiburg mit Thema zur DNA-Sequenz und Chromatin, Datum, Uhrzeit und Ort, Porträt von Philipp Korber. MPS: Philipp Korber - The role of DNA sequence, chromatin remodelers, barriers and their intrinsically disordered regions in nucleosome positioning Max Planck Seminar DATE: Nov 20, 2025 TIME: 01:00 PM SPEAKER: Philipp Korber AFFILIATION: Biomedical Center (BMC) of LMU Munich, Germany LOCATION: MPI-IE ROOM: Lecture Hall HOST: Nicola Iovino

This Thursday, we’re pleased to welcome Philipp Korber.
Prof Korber leads a research group on “Nucleosome Positioning & Remodeling in Yeasts” at the @bmc-lmu.bsky.social in Munich. His work has identified ATP-dependent chromatin remodelers as major determinants of nucleosome positioning.

Join us!

And there is also our Institute starter pack in which we collect all members, employees – but also alumni. Feel free to check it out as well.

bsky.app/starter-pack...

Here are a few must-haves we highly suggest: @denbobalab.bsky.social, @flurylab.bsky.social, @julianeg.bsky.social

In case you missed it. @natsmb.nature.com is currently offering all its reviewers the opportunity to invite an early career researcher to formally co-review manuscripts with them.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...