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Helmholtz Munich | Amelie J. Kraus

MUNICH
EPIGENETICS SPOTLIGHT MEETING

Come and join us!

This meeting provides a valuable platform to discuss recent findings with the local Epigenetics Community.

This meeting provides a valuable platform to discuss recent findings with the local Epigenetics Community.

9th EDITION: October 16th, 2025


On Thursday, October 16th 2025 from 14.00 to 19.00, Dr. Maria Elena Torres-Padilla (Director, IES) and Dr. Robert Schneider (Director, IFE) invite fellow researchers from the Munich Epigenetics Community to the 9th Munich Epigenetics Spotlight Meeting, hosted by the Stem Cell Center at Helmholtz Munich.

This meeting is a great opportunity to discuss recent exciting findings in chromatin biology, histone and DNA/RNA modifications, and mechanisms of different epigenetic phenomena, from and with, the local Epigenetics Community.

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Dr. Giacomo Cavalli

Group Leader at the Chromatin and Cell Biology Lab, Institute of Human Genetics, CNRS and University of Montpellier (France).

Dr. Marc Bühler

Group Leader at the Epigenetic Gene Regulation Lab, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel (Switzerland).

 

TALKS

Additional to the Keynote speakers, senior PhD students and Postdocs from the local Epigenetics Community are invited to present their work in front of the expert audience and apply for one of the four presentation slots (15min presentation +10min Q&A).

If you are interested in submitting an abstract to be considered for Oral Presentation, please email directly to Dr. Robert Schneider (robert.schneider@helmholtz-munich.de) with the subject "Abstract - 2025 Munich Epigenetics Spotlight Meeting".

Deadline: 25 September 2025.

 

VENUE

Stem Cell Center, hosted by the Institute of Epigenetics and Stem Cells (IES) at Helmholtz Zentrum Munich (Marchioninistraße 25, 81377, Munich (Germany)).

To get there by public transport, stop at Großhadern U-bahn station (U6 line) and walk to the IES, or use the 166 Bus.

 

DATE

October 16th, 2025 (14h - 19h)

8th EDITION: 2024 Spotlight Meeting


Last year, on the 23rd of October 2024, we had a great event with more than 120 attendees.

Our Keynote speakers Dr. Mounia Lagha  (Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, Montpellier, France) and Dr. Frédéric Berger (Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria) gave two splendind talks to the audience.

Four additional fantastic speakers were selected over the applications to present their research:

- Beyza Dedepglu (Dr. Jürg Müller's lab)

- Meghana Oak (Dr. Eva Hörmanseder’s lab)

- Marcel Wener (Dr. Stephan Hamperl's lab)

- Vera Manelli (Dr. Boyan Bonev's lab)