APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED!
Come and discover with us a truly interdisciplinary, cross-departmental research adventure during the summer! New learning, new experience, new tools, new knowledge!
Helmholzt Munichis part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, the Germany’s largest scientific organisation, which main mission is to solve the grand challenges of science, society and industry.
This Helmholtz Munich "SUMMER INTERNSHIP ON EPIGENETICS WITHOUT BARRIERS: AI, stem cells, environment and chromatin" is a unique opportunity for students who are interested in pursuing a career in the life sciences. They will experience the daily life of scientists and gain the practical experience working in wet and/or dry laboratories.
Our annual international program welcomes highly talented and motivated undergraduate and first-year master's students to work alongside leading researchers for 2 months on cutting-edge projects.
Techniques will include biochemistry, molecular biology, imaging, stem cell biology, and implementing computational approaches including artificial intelligence algorithms according to the expertise of the host lab.
This programs offers every year an unparalleled experience for students eager to explore the dynamic world of epigenetics and life-long health.
The program offers to the students:
- Projects: Explore a wide range of projects, spanning from fundamental epigenetic mechanisms to cutting-edge applications like deep learning and spatial transcriptomics.
- Experience: Immerse yourself in the daily routine of a prestigious research institution, obtaining hands-on experience in wet and dry lab environments.
- Collaboration: Collaborate with world-leading researchers, contributing to ground-breaking projects over an intensive 2-month period.
- Carrer Development: specially for those enrolled in their masters, this experience will give you the valuable opportunity to continue your research path in the host lab if agreed (this program is not responsible).
- Accommodation & Monthly allowance: find the details in the FAQs section below.
Interns will also learn to:
- think and ask complex scientific questions
- plan and perform productive experiments and/or
- develop and apply leading-edge computational and machine-learning approaches
- discuss your data with our up-to-date experts on the field of epigenetics
Read what some of our previous interns thought about their experience at Helmholtz Munich:
"Science is wonderful, but being part of it is even better."
"Enriching and transformative experience opening doors I could only dream about."
"This incredible program provides such a unique opportunity to learn and grow and has truly been one of the most inspiring summers I’ve ever had!"
Jan Engel - stock.adobe.comHOW TO APPLY?
Follow these steps to apply:
1. READ CAREFULLY below the ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, the LIST OF DOCUMENTS needed to upload, and the application process to ensure a successful application ("APPLICATION INFORMATIONS" section).
We have prepared some answers to the most Frequently Asked Questions for you too.
2. Read the projects further below under "2025 - PROJECTS". During the online application, you will have the chance to CHOOSE, in order of preference, which are the THREE LABS you would like to join during the 2025 summer. We take seriously your preference, so please think well about it.
Your Cover/Motivation Letter (written in English) will stand out and will have more chances of being selected if you EXPLAIN well to us the reasons for choosing those projects, and how you think you can contribute to their lab interests ("2025 - Participating labs").
3. Once you have ALL your documents ready, you can apply online.
Please note that ONLY the applications received through the official APPLICATION PORTAL will be accepted.
If you still have questions, please read the "Application Information" and the "FAQs" section first. If your question is not listed, do not hesitate on email us at epigenetics@helmholtz-munich.de. Our Scientific Coordinator will promptly answer to your doubts.
You can also follow us on LinkedIn, BlueSky to be up-to-date on our news.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 17th February 2025 (17h CET).
Please note: ONLY FULL APPLICATIONS will be taken in consideration,
read carefully the List of Documents needed to upload in your application.
APPLICATION INFORMATION
Eligibility, How to apply, Required documents, & FAQs
Eligibility
You are eligible to apply for our program if you:
∞ will be enrolled at a university DURING THE ENTIRE Summer Internship (July and August) |
∞ have a background in biological sciences, bioinformatics, or related discipline |
∞ have a very good academic record |
∞ have good English language skills (written and spoken) |
∞ are an undergraduate who has completed at least 2 years of university studies at the starting moment of the internship and you can demonstrate that you will still be enrolled during the summer at a university |
∞ or are finishing your bachelor's studies, but you will still be enrolled during the summer at a university (either still at your undergrad studies or in a masters program)|
∞ or you are enrolled on your master's studies still during the 2025 summer |
How to apply
How you can apply for our program:
∞ Only applications submitted throught our ONLINE APPLICATION SYSTEM will be accepted |
∞ Submit your application in English by filling up the online form, you need to choose your 3 preferred labs/projects |
∞ Fill out the contact details (everything marked with a red star is mandatory) |
∞ Desired Salary: put in 0€ |
∞ Upload the required documents (see on the right) combined in ONE pdf file |
∞ We received your application whenever you also got the automated confirmation email.
Required documents
For you application, you need to provide the following documents:
∞ Evidence of current & SUMMER enrolment |
∞ Motivation letter |
∞ Curriculum vitae |
∞ Transcript of records / Academic Transcript |
Please read the full information in the link below before applying
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to all your questions about:
∞ When will the call for the 2025 program open? |
∞ I don't have all the documents in English. What shall I do? |
∞ Do I need to submit reference letters? |
∞ When will the internship take place? |
∞ Which activities are planned during the internship period? |
∞ Will accommodation be provided? |
To see more frequent Q&A, click below:
2025 - PROJECTS
INTERROGATING ENHANCER-PROMOTER INTERACTIONS
The complex regulation of gene expression involves dynamic interplays among cis-acting regulatory components, such as promoters, enhancers, and silencers. The mechanisms underlying the communication between these elements to regulate cellular function and development are still not completely understood.
In this project, we aim to understand how interactions between enhancer and promoter sequences, as well as their relative linear positions, influence gene expression. To investigate this, the student will generate a ‘landing pad’ within the mouse embryonic stem cell genome to integrate enhancers and analyze their gene expression patterns.
During this project, the student will gain hands-on experience in culturing and manipulating mouse embryonic stem cells, genome editing using CRISPR-Cas9 technology, and basic molecular biology techniques (PCR, cloning etc) to uncover the dynamics of enhancer-promoter communication.
The student will join a highly motivated and international research team. They will regularly interact with and learn from experienced mentors and peers through weekly lab meetings, journal clubs, and collaborative troubleshooting sessions. The student will be encouraged to actively contribute ideas, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating environment.
ROLE OF HETEROCHROMATIN SPATIAL ORGANIZATION IN THE RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS
In our lab, we are interested in understanding how environmental perturbations affect chromatin organization with consequences for organismal health.
The sequestration of heterochromatin, the silenced portion of the genome, at the nuclear periphery is conserved from yeast to man, and altered in cancer, laminopathies, and aging. However, the function of 3D heterochromatin organization remains largely unknown due to the inability to perturb it while leaving other nuclear processes unaltered.
For this summer internship program, the student joining our group will use C. elegans, the only multicellular organism where a protein acting as a perinuclear anchor for heterochromatin was described to date, to investigate the role of heterochromatin spatial positioning. Specifically, he/she will assist a PhD student in testing our hypothesis that 3D genome organization plays a critical role in the response to unscheduled transcriptional stimuli induced by environmental stress.
During the internship, the student will actively participate in stress survival assays and live-imaging experiments to evaluate the effects of stress exposure in both wild-type and chromatin mutant strains. Additionally, the internship will provide training in essential C. elegans laboratory techniques, including maintaining and synchronizing worm populations and performing crosses.
Group Leader: Dr. Daphne Cabianca
Institute: Institute of Functional Epigenetics
UNDERSTANDING LEUKEMIA AND PRE-LEUKEMIC CONDITIONS THROUGH MULTI-MODAL SINGLE-CELL INTEGRATIVE ANALYSIS
Recent advancements in single-cell technologies and computational approaches have enhanced the ability to dissect the molecular mechanisms underlying leukemia and pre-leukemic conditions, at unprecedented resolution.
This project focuses on applying state-of-the-art computational pipelines to analyze multi-modal single-cell data of human blood from both diseased and healthy donors. As our summer intern, you will perform scRNA-seq and scATAC-seq data analysis, covering data preprocessing, cell cluster annotation, differential expression analysis, gene set enrichment analysis, and cell-to-cell communication analysis. You will also explore chromatin accessibility, perform motif accessibility analysis, and infer gene regulatory networks.
You will learn and implement the best practices for single-cell analysis as described by Heumos et al., ensuring reproducible workflows. Tools such as Scanpy, scVI tools, ArchR, and CellChat will be utilized to process and integrate datasets.
IMPORTANT: Requirements
- Working knowledge of Python (MANDATORY)
- Familiarity with R (recommended)
- Experience with single-cell data analysis (recommended)
BEFORE APPLYING FOR THIS PROJECT, PLEASE READ HERE ITS DETAILS.
Group Leader: Prof. Carsten Marr
CONSEQUENCE OF MITOCHONDRIAL DNA COPY NUMBER CHANGES ON CELL FUNCTION
Mitochondria of almost all eukaryotic cells contain their own genome, the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), which encodes for several proteins that are essential for oxidative phosphorylation. Typically, cells contain multiple copies of mtDNA, which are distributed throughout the mitochondrial network. mtDNA copy number is regulated according to external and internal cues, including cell type and nutrient availability. Accordingly, misregulation of mtDNA copy number is associated with severe diseases and aging. However, the mechanisms through which mtDNA copy number affects mitochondrial and cell function are surprisingly poorly understood.
Recently, we identified cell-size dependent regulation as a key mechanism controlling mtDNA copy number in budding yeast (Seel et al., 2023). We found that mtDNA copy number is set by the abundance of key limiting nuclear encoded factors, including the mitochondrial DNA polymerase Mip1, and the packaging factor Abf2. Genetic manipulation of the concentration of these factors leads to a proportional increase or decrease of mtDNA copy number, providing a unique opportunity to investigate the consequence of such mtDNA copy number changes on cell function.
In this project, you will use this powerful model system and a combination of yeast genetics, molecular biology and quantitative live-cell imaging to investigate how mtDNA copy number affects mitochondrial organization and function, how it affects expression of mitochondrial encoded genes, and how cells cope with these changes.
TRANSCRIPTIONAL MEMORY AT THE SINGLE-CELL LEVEL
Upon repetitive exposure to the same stimulus certain genes can adapt their subsequent responses. This so-called transcriptional memory is important for the adaptation of gene expression during repetitive environmental stresses. Transcriptional memory could have important consequences on cell survival and for disease progression and innate immunity in humans. Thus, a comprehensive understanding of transcriptional memory is important from fundamental perspective, as well as for potentially developing better treatment for associated diseases.
The project for the summer student will focus on understanding of how long transcriptional memory at the single-cell can be maintained. More specifically how long can single cells “remember” that they experienced a similar stimulus before, and which perturbation might “erase” this memory. The project will be performed together with an experienced supervisor.
This internship includes the possibility to be part of a very dynamic and international team, learn state of the art technologies (single-cell imaging, single-cell microfluidics, neural network-based data analysis, etc.) and get novel inside into transcriptional memory and fundamental questions behind it. Join us to harness new and exciting knowledge to move forward fundamental science and potentially contribute to a healthier society in a rapidly changing world!
Group Leader: Prof. Robert Schneider
Institute: Institute of Functional Epigenetics
EXPLORING THE GENOMIC AND SPATIAL DYNAMICS OF FATE DECISION IN OLFACTORY SENSORY NEURONS
Odorant detection is a complex biological process involving coordination across tissues and scales[1]. Olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) achieve this by expressing only one allele of an olfactory receptor (OR) gene from a repertoire of over one thousand options[2]. While OR choice is stochastic, it is influenced by the spatial location of the neuron within the olfactory epithelium, which is divided into distinct zones with unique OR compositions[3, 4, 5]. Additionally, OR genes are organized into clusters distributed across almost all chromosomes, creating a complex genomic architecture[2, 6].
This project aims to investigate the relationship between the genomic organization of OR genes and the macroscopic spatial organization of their expression patterns. The student will analyze single-cell and spatial transcriptomic data to determine how specific OR gene clusters are differentially expressed across zones in the olfactory epithelium.
During this internship, the student will gain hands-on experience in machine learning and programming, learning to process, analyze, and visualize complex transcriptomic datasets. As part of a dynamic, international research team working at the forefront of computational biology, the student will develop valuable technical and research skills while contributing to a fundamental question in epigenetics.
[1] Monahan, K. & Lomvardas, S. Monoallelic Expression of Olfactory Receptors. Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology 31:721-740, (2015).
[2] Yusuf, N. & Monahan, K. Epigenetic programming of stochastic olfactory receptor choice. genesis 62, e23593 (2024).
[3] Ruiz Tejada Segura, M. L. et al. A 3D transcriptomics atlas of the mouse nose sheds light on the anatomical logic of smell. Cell Reports 38, 110547 (2022).
[4] Bashkirova, E. V. et al. Opposing, spatially-determined epigenetic forces impose restrictions on stochastic olfactory receptor choice. eLife 12, RP87445 (2023)
[5] Tan, L. & Xie, X. S. A Near-Complete Spatial Map of Olfactory Receptors in the Mouse Main Olfactory Epithelium. Chemical Senses 43, 427–432 (2018).
[6] Pourmorady, A. D. et al. RNA-mediated symmetry breaking enables singular olfactory receptor choice. Nature 625, 181–188 (2024).
REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION IN PLURIPOTENT AND TOTIPOTENT CELLS
The project proposed aims at delving into the epigenetic mechanisms that allow early embryonic cells to acquire their identity and plasticity. Cellular plasticity is the capacity of a cell to give rise to different cell types upon differentiation.
In particular, the student will work with cell culture models to identify the function of cis-regulatory regions and non-coding elements in the genome. They will implement cell biology and molecular biology approaches to understand the function and structure of genomic elements to regulate gene expression in pluripotent and totipotent cells.
The student will be able to grow and culture embryonic stem cells and manipulate the cells with transfection and/or CrisprCas9-based epigenetic engineering and ectopic expression of chromatin modifiers.
Overall, the project proposed aims to uncover the epigenetic mechanisms behind the establishment of totipotency and to provide insights into the origin of first pluripotent stem cells to form.
Group Leader: Prof. Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla
Institute: Institute for Epigenetics and Stem Cells
INTERROGATING ENHANCER-PROMOTER INTERACTIONS
The complex regulation of gene expression involves dynamic interplays among cis-acting regulatory components, such as promoters, enhancers, and silencers. The mechanisms underlying the communication between these elements to regulate cellular function and development are still not completely understood.
In this project, we aim to understand how interactions between enhancer and promoter sequences, as well as their relative linear positions, influence gene expression. To investigate this, the student will generate a ‘landing pad’ within the mouse embryonic stem cell genome to integrate enhancers and analyze their gene expression patterns.
During this project, the student will gain hands-on experience in culturing and manipulating mouse embryonic stem cells, genome editing using CRISPR-Cas9 technology, and basic molecular biology techniques (PCR, cloning etc) to uncover the dynamics of enhancer-promoter communication.
The student will join a highly motivated and international research team. They will regularly interact with and learn from experienced mentors and peers through weekly lab meetings, journal clubs, and collaborative troubleshooting sessions. The student will be encouraged to actively contribute ideas, fostering a supportive and intellectually stimulating environment.
ROLE OF HETEROCHROMATIN SPATIAL ORGANIZATION IN THE RESPONSE TO ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS
In our lab, we are interested in understanding how environmental perturbations affect chromatin organization with consequences for organismal health.
The sequestration of heterochromatin, the silenced portion of the genome, at the nuclear periphery is conserved from yeast to man, and altered in cancer, laminopathies, and aging. However, the function of 3D heterochromatin organization remains largely unknown due to the inability to perturb it while leaving other nuclear processes unaltered.
For this summer internship program, the student joining our group will use C. elegans, the only multicellular organism where a protein acting as a perinuclear anchor for heterochromatin was described to date, to investigate the role of heterochromatin spatial positioning. Specifically, he/she will assist a PhD student in testing our hypothesis that 3D genome organization plays a critical role in the response to unscheduled transcriptional stimuli induced by environmental stress.
During the internship, the student will actively participate in stress survival assays and live-imaging experiments to evaluate the effects of stress exposure in both wild-type and chromatin mutant strains. Additionally, the internship will provide training in essential C. elegans laboratory techniques, including maintaining and synchronizing worm populations and performing crosses.
Group Leader: Dr. Daphne Cabianca
Institute: Institute of Functional Epigenetics
UNDERSTANDING LEUKEMIA AND PRE-LEUKEMIC CONDITIONS THROUGH MULTI-MODAL SINGLE-CELL INTEGRATIVE ANALYSIS
Recent advancements in single-cell technologies and computational approaches have enhanced the ability to dissect the molecular mechanisms underlying leukemia and pre-leukemic conditions, at unprecedented resolution.
This project focuses on applying state-of-the-art computational pipelines to analyze multi-modal single-cell data of human blood from both diseased and healthy donors. As our summer intern, you will perform scRNA-seq and scATAC-seq data analysis, covering data preprocessing, cell cluster annotation, differential expression analysis, gene set enrichment analysis, and cell-to-cell communication analysis. You will also explore chromatin accessibility, perform motif accessibility analysis, and infer gene regulatory networks.
You will learn and implement the best practices for single-cell analysis as described by Heumos et al., ensuring reproducible workflows. Tools such as Scanpy, scVI tools, ArchR, and CellChat will be utilized to process and integrate datasets.
IMPORTANT: Requirements
- Working knowledge of Python (MANDATORY)
- Familiarity with R (recommended)
- Experience with single-cell data analysis (recommended)
BEFORE APPLYING FOR THIS PROJECT, PLEASE READ HERE ITS DETAILS.
Group Leader: Prof. Carsten Marr
CONSEQUENCE OF MITOCHONDRIAL DNA COPY NUMBER CHANGES ON CELL FUNCTION
Mitochondria of almost all eukaryotic cells contain their own genome, the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), which encodes for several proteins that are essential for oxidative phosphorylation. Typically, cells contain multiple copies of mtDNA, which are distributed throughout the mitochondrial network. mtDNA copy number is regulated according to external and internal cues, including cell type and nutrient availability. Accordingly, misregulation of mtDNA copy number is associated with severe diseases and aging. However, the mechanisms through which mtDNA copy number affects mitochondrial and cell function are surprisingly poorly understood.
Recently, we identified cell-size dependent regulation as a key mechanism controlling mtDNA copy number in budding yeast (Seel et al., 2023). We found that mtDNA copy number is set by the abundance of key limiting nuclear encoded factors, including the mitochondrial DNA polymerase Mip1, and the packaging factor Abf2. Genetic manipulation of the concentration of these factors leads to a proportional increase or decrease of mtDNA copy number, providing a unique opportunity to investigate the consequence of such mtDNA copy number changes on cell function.
In this project, you will use this powerful model system and a combination of yeast genetics, molecular biology and quantitative live-cell imaging to investigate how mtDNA copy number affects mitochondrial organization and function, how it affects expression of mitochondrial encoded genes, and how cells cope with these changes.
TRANSCRIPTIONAL MEMORY AT THE SINGLE-CELL LEVEL
Upon repetitive exposure to the same stimulus certain genes can adapt their subsequent responses. This so-called transcriptional memory is important for the adaptation of gene expression during repetitive environmental stresses. Transcriptional memory could have important consequences on cell survival and for disease progression and innate immunity in humans. Thus, a comprehensive understanding of transcriptional memory is important from fundamental perspective, as well as for potentially developing better treatment for associated diseases.
The project for the summer student will focus on understanding of how long transcriptional memory at the single-cell can be maintained. More specifically how long can single cells “remember” that they experienced a similar stimulus before, and which perturbation might “erase” this memory. The project will be performed together with an experienced supervisor.
This internship includes the possibility to be part of a very dynamic and international team, learn state of the art technologies (single-cell imaging, single-cell microfluidics, neural network-based data analysis, etc.) and get novel inside into transcriptional memory and fundamental questions behind it. Join us to harness new and exciting knowledge to move forward fundamental science and potentially contribute to a healthier society in a rapidly changing world!
Group Leader: Prof. Robert Schneider
Institute: Institute of Functional Epigenetics
EXPLORING THE GENOMIC AND SPATIAL DYNAMICS OF FATE DECISION IN OLFACTORY SENSORY NEURONS
Odorant detection is a complex biological process involving coordination across tissues and scales[1]. Olfactory sensory neurons (OSNs) achieve this by expressing only one allele of an olfactory receptor (OR) gene from a repertoire of over one thousand options[2]. While OR choice is stochastic, it is influenced by the spatial location of the neuron within the olfactory epithelium, which is divided into distinct zones with unique OR compositions[3, 4, 5]. Additionally, OR genes are organized into clusters distributed across almost all chromosomes, creating a complex genomic architecture[2, 6].
This project aims to investigate the relationship between the genomic organization of OR genes and the macroscopic spatial organization of their expression patterns. The student will analyze single-cell and spatial transcriptomic data to determine how specific OR gene clusters are differentially expressed across zones in the olfactory epithelium.
During this internship, the student will gain hands-on experience in machine learning and programming, learning to process, analyze, and visualize complex transcriptomic datasets. As part of a dynamic, international research team working at the forefront of computational biology, the student will develop valuable technical and research skills while contributing to a fundamental question in epigenetics.
[1] Monahan, K. & Lomvardas, S. Monoallelic Expression of Olfactory Receptors. Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology 31:721-740, (2015).
[2] Yusuf, N. & Monahan, K. Epigenetic programming of stochastic olfactory receptor choice. genesis 62, e23593 (2024).
[3] Ruiz Tejada Segura, M. L. et al. A 3D transcriptomics atlas of the mouse nose sheds light on the anatomical logic of smell. Cell Reports 38, 110547 (2022).
[4] Bashkirova, E. V. et al. Opposing, spatially-determined epigenetic forces impose restrictions on stochastic olfactory receptor choice. eLife 12, RP87445 (2023)
[5] Tan, L. & Xie, X. S. A Near-Complete Spatial Map of Olfactory Receptors in the Mouse Main Olfactory Epithelium. Chemical Senses 43, 427–432 (2018).
[6] Pourmorady, A. D. et al. RNA-mediated symmetry breaking enables singular olfactory receptor choice. Nature 625, 181–188 (2024).
REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION IN PLURIPOTENT AND TOTIPOTENT CELLS
The project proposed aims at delving into the epigenetic mechanisms that allow early embryonic cells to acquire their identity and plasticity. Cellular plasticity is the capacity of a cell to give rise to different cell types upon differentiation.
In particular, the student will work with cell culture models to identify the function of cis-regulatory regions and non-coding elements in the genome. They will implement cell biology and molecular biology approaches to understand the function and structure of genomic elements to regulate gene expression in pluripotent and totipotent cells.
The student will be able to grow and culture embryonic stem cells and manipulate the cells with transfection and/or CrisprCas9-based epigenetic engineering and ectopic expression of chromatin modifiers.
Overall, the project proposed aims to uncover the epigenetic mechanisms behind the establishment of totipotency and to provide insights into the origin of first pluripotent stem cells to form.
Group Leader: Prof. Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla
Institute: Institute for Epigenetics and Stem Cells
Leigh Prather - stock.adobe.comAPPLICATION REVIEW TIMELINE
We will commence the selection process immediately following the application deadline (from 18th February 2025 onwards).
- First, applications will be filtered based on eligibility criteria and completeness (ensuring all required documents were uploaded and/or ammended).
- Successful applications will then undergo a detailed review. This process will take approximately 2 weeks, resulting in the following:
- PROVISIONAL list of students per lab.
- FINAL list of selected students per lab: available by mid March.
Selected students will be contacted directly via email for confirmation of selection.
Due to the high volume of applications, we regret to inform that we will only be able to contact those who have been selected. If you do not hear from us by the end of March, please understand that you have not been selected this time.
GOOD LUCK!
PREVIOUS EDITIONS
2024
The 2024 program finished last 31st August, and it was exceptionally diverse, covering also a wide spectrum of research areas within epigenetics (e.g., histone modifications, environmental stress, nuclear architecture, image processing, metabolic diseases, cell fate decisions, deep learning, AI, totipotency and spatial transcriptomics).
This year, eight talented students were selected to join the volunteered labs on this program. They arrived from different countries and cities, and started on 1st July on their respective labs to work with a designated directed supervisor under the Group Leader direction.
Read what they had to say about the program:
"My summer internship at Helmholtz Munich was an unforgettable journey. Being immersed in cutting-edge research, and surrounded by passionate minds, has deepened my understanding of molecular biology and shaped my future ambitions. I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunity to contribute to groundbreaking projects in such a world-renowned research institute"
"I am grateful to Helmholtz for the research experience I gained, but most importantly, for the new friends I made and for becoming part of the amazing IFE community! This internship was definitely about people supporting, encouraging and inspiring each other. And as my supervisor once told me, "You came here to learn, not to be perfect. Two month is a short period of time to learn and try something new!"
| INTERN | DIRECT SUPERVISOR | GROUP LEADER | INSTITUTE |
| Anton Emil Wagner | Veronica Finazzi | Antonio Scialdone | IES / IFE |
| Anna Natalia Behrendt | Sarah Christine Pereira de Oliveira | Robert Schneider | IFE |
| Ludvig Keim | Shruta Pai | Raffaele Teperino | IEG |
| Pietro Silvoni | Federico Pecori | Maria Elena Torres-Padilla | IES |
| Luis David Ramirez Enriquez | Fernanda Rezende | Daphne Cabianca | IFE |
| Rashik Abdulrazack | Atiqa Sajid | Stephan Hamperl | IES |
| Aiman Jalmukhambetova | Francesco Padovani | Kurt Schmoller | IFE |
| Nichanok Auevechanichkul | Amirhossein Kardoost | Carsten Marr | AIH |
