Horizons in Molecular Biology

The 22nd Horizons in Molecular Biology was unforgettable! 🌟 Huge thanks to our speakers, MPI-NAT Media Service, tech support, MPI-NAT Choir & all participants. From career fair to lectures, posters & speed dating, every event inspired us. Thank you all & see you next year! 🙌 #Horizons2025

📢We’re excited to welcome Dr. Evangelia Petsalaki (@epetsalaki.bsky.social from @ebi.embl.org) to Horizons 2025! Her lab develops data-driven tools to reveal how cells adapt signaling to their state and environment. Don’t miss her talk on decoding cell signaling logic!

⏰ As Horizons 2025 approaches, we would like to thank our donors for their generous support. 🌟 Meet them at our exhibition booths, explore the latest innovations, and connect with industry leaders shaping the future of science. Don’t miss it! #Horizons2025 #MPI_NAT #Göttingen

📣We’re honored to welcome Prof. Michael Heneka (LCSB, Luxembourg) to Horizons 2025! A leading voice in neurodegeneration, his work on Alzheimer’s disease is reshaping dementia research. Don’t miss his talk on neuroinflammation!
👉 Register: bit.ly/4j5kioh
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📢We’re excited to welcome Prof. Alexander Walter (Univ. of Copenhagen), IMPRS alum, to Horizons 2025! His lab explores how synapses adapt during learning, stress & metabolic change using Drosophila. Don’t miss his talk on neural plasticity!
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📣We’re excited to welcome Prof. Angelika Harbauer (MPI for Biological Intelligence & TU Munich) to Horizons 2025! Her work reveals how mitochondria-ER contact sites coordinate mitophagy in neurons. Don’t miss her talk!
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📢We’re excited to welcome Dr. David Haselbach (Vienna) to Horizons 2025 for an @embo.org Young Investigator Lecture! His lab uses cryo-EM to reveal how theproteasome responds to stress and differentiation. Don’t miss his talk!
👉 Register: bit.ly/4j5kioh
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📢We’re proud to welcome Prof. Dr. Martin Beck (MPI of Biophysics, Frankfurt) to Horizons 2025! A leader in structural biology, his work reveals the architecture and dynamics of nuclear pores in its native environment. Don’t miss his talk!
👉 Register: bit.ly/4j5kioh
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📢We’re excited to welcome Dr. @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social (MPI of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden) to Horizons 2025! His lab uses stem-cell-derived models to explore mammalian development. Don’t miss his insights into embryo modeling! 👉 Register: bit.ly/4j5kioh
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📢We’re thrilled to welcome Prof. Dr. Patrick Müller (University of Konstanz), IMPRS alum, to Horizons 2025! His research is at the intersection of developmental biology, systems biology & AI to uncover how embryos self-organize. Don’t miss his talk!
👉 Register: bit.ly/4j5kioh
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📣We’re happy to welcome Prof. Simona Giunta (Sapienza Univ. of Rome) to Horizons 2025! A leader in centromere biology and genome stability, her work bridges genomics and diseases. She is also a passionate voice for science communication and gender equity.
👉 Register: bit.ly/4j5kioh
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Your PhD opens more doors than you think!
📢Join career workshops with Elena Hoffer, PhD (CEO, Alma.me) at Horizons 2025. Learn to craft your CV, build your network & explore careers beyond academia.
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👉 Register: bit.ly/4j5kioh
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📣We’re excited to welcome Dr. @juliusbrennecke.bsky.social Brennecke (Vienna) to Horizons 2025! A pioneer in piRNA research, his work reveals how small RNAs defend genomes in germ cells.
Don’t miss his talk about RNA-based genome surveillance!
👉 Register: bit.ly/4j5kioh
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📢We’re delighted to welcome Prof. Dr. Kenneth Zaret (University of Pennsylvania) to Horizons 2025! A pioneer in gene regulation and cell fate, his work drives advances in development, reprogramming, and regenerative medicine. Don’t miss his talk!
👉 Register: bit.ly/4j5kioh
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📣We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. @sinemsaka.bsky.social (EMBL Heidelberg), IMPRS alumna, to Horizons 2025! A pioneer in spatial omics and DNA nanotechnology tools, her work is reshaping how we visualize molecular biology. Don’t miss her talk!
👉 Register: bit.ly/4j5kioh
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Your night out with science: Join us on June 21 at the Night of Science @ndw-goe.bsky.social 🌙🦉 in Göttingen! 🎯 What to expect (3/5): 👇#ndwgoe

🚨 Deadlines for Horizons 2025 (Göttingen, Sep 8–11):

🔬 Student Talks – Apply by June 16 (€100 prize)

✈️ Travel Grants – Apply by June 16 (cover full costs)

📌 Poster Prize – Abstracts due July 31 (€100 + certificate)

📝 Free Registration – Deadline August 15
Join us & spread the word! #Horizons2025

📢We’re honored to welcome Prof. Dr. Sabeeha Merchant (UC Berkeley) to Horizons 2025! A pioneer in chloroplast biology and trace element metabolism, her work bridges plant science, biogeochemistry, and human nutrition. Don’t miss her insights!
👉 Register: bit.ly/4j5kioh
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📣We’re excited to welcome Dr. Gabriella Ficz (Barts Cancer Institute, London) and an IMPRS alumna to Horizons 2025! A leader in cancer epigenetics, her lab reveals parallels between development and cancer. Don’t miss her talk!
👉 Register: bit.ly/4j5kioh
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📣We’re honored to welcome Prof. Dr. Susan Mango (University of Basel) to Horizons 2025! Her work on nuclear organization in early embryos is reshaping our understanding of developmental biology. Don’t miss her talk!
👉 Register: bit.ly/4j5kioh
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📢We’re excited to welcome Prof. Dr. Jonas Ries (Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna) to Horizons 2025!
Learn how cutting-edge super-resolution microscopy reveals cellular machinery involved in endocytosis.
👉 Register: bit.ly/4j5kioh
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📣We’re excited to welcome Prof. Onn Brandman, Professor of Biochemistry and Systems Biology at Stanford University, to Horizons 2025! Hear insights on how cells sense and respond to stress. Don’t miss it!
👉 Register: bit.ly/4j5kioh
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We’re delighted to welcome Prof. Christian Münch (‪@cmunch.bsky.social‬) as a speaker at Horizons in Molecular Biology 2025!
He explores protein aggregation, cellular quality control, and the mitochondrial unfolded protein response.
👉 Register now: bit.ly/4j5kioh
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📣Excited to welcome Prof. Anne Willis to Horizons in Molecular Biology 2025! She is the Director of the MRC Toxicology Unit at the University of Cambridge and explores RNA and gene regulation in cancer and toxicology.

👉 Register: bit.ly/4j5kioh

📣We’re happy to welcome Prof. Thomas Südhof as the keynote speaker at Horizons in Molecular Biology 2025!
He received the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discoveries on the molecular basis of synaptic transmission.
Learn more about how neurons communicate at Horizons!
👉 Register now: bit.ly/4j5kioh

📢We are happy to announce that registration for Horizons 2025 is now open!
📍At the MPI-NAT Göttingen, September 8th-11th.
✅ If you want to apply for the awarded student talks, travel grants, or present your research in a poster, please check out the poster👇
👉Register now: bit.ly/4j5kioh