Michael Wagner
Director of Research of FWF Cluster of Excellence "Microbiomes drive Planetary Health", University of Vienna, Austria
"Chemical imaging-based insights into the human gut microbiome drug interaction network"
Microverse Seminar Series
The Jena Excellence in Microbiology Seminar (JEMS) seminar features internationally renowned scientists presenting leading-edge microbiology research. Alternating with the Microverse Seminar, which highlights emerging talent, guests of the Beutenberg Campus, and internal speakers, the series fosters scientific exchange, sparks new collaborations, and encourages interdisciplinary dialogue. Occasionally, we also offer career talks for our early career scientists.
Our upcoming seminars are announced in our monthy newsletter and in our event calendar.
Everyone interested is welcome!
Jena Excellence in Microbiology Seminar (JEMS)
Yen-Ping Hsueh
Director at the Max Planck Institute of Biology Tübingen, Germay
"Predatory Fungal–Nematode Interactions Across Scales"
Julia Frunzke
Head of Bacterial Networks and Interactions, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
"Bacterial multicellular behaviour in antiviral defense"
Tanmay Bharat
Structural Studies Division, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
"Multi-scale, correlated imaging reveals principles of bacterial biofilm formation"
Michael Zimmermann
Group Leader “Metabolic microbiome–host interactions”, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Heidelberg, Germany
"Identifying gut microbial contributions to drug metabolism and carcinogen toxicity"
Judith Behnsen
Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois Chicago, College of Medicine, USA
"Cross-Kingdom Interactions: How a Gut Commensal Fungus Promotes Salmonella Virulence"
Rotem Sorek
Professor at the Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
"The immune system of bacteria: Beyond CRISPR"
Iqbal Hamza
Professor at the Department of Pediatrics, Center for Blood Oxygen Transport and Hemostasis, University of Maryland, USA
"Lessons from Bloodless Worms: Heme Trafficking in Eukaryotes"
Alfred Spormann
Stanford University, USA and Aarhus University, Denmark
"Cellular Resource Allocation in CO2-metabolizing Microbes"
Michael Feldbrügge
Head of Institute of Microbiology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
"Endosomal RNA transports meets mitochondrial physiology"
Microverse Seminar
Max Yao Wang
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
"Gut protective microbiota species promoting microbiota recovery and pathobiont clearance while preventing inflammation"
Karina Xavier
Group Leader “Bacterial Signalling”, Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine (GIMM), Portugal
"Gut protective microbiota species promoting microbiota recovery and pathobiont clearance while preventing inflammation"
Amelia Barber
Microverse Internal Seminar
Group Leader "Fungal Informatics", Cluster 'Balance of the Microverse', University of Jena, Germany
"From Ecology to Genomes: Unraveling Fungal Pathogenicity Across Scales"
Evi Stegmann
Group leader “Molecular genetics of natural producers”, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine (IMIT), Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany
"Principles of natural product biosynthesis: New insights"
Rob Edwards
Matthew Flinders Professor in Bioinformatics, College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Australia
"Decoding the Dark Matter of Phage Genomes: What AI Can Tell Us That BLAST Can’t"
Michael Habig
Center for Fundamental Research in Translational Evolutionary Biology, Kiel University
"Horizontal Transfer of Transposable Elements, Starships, and Entire Chromosomes in Fungal Pathogens"
José Martins
Professor of Chemistry, Ghent University, Belgium
"Infusing Structure into Pseudomonas Lipipeptide Research by NMR"
Andreas Strecker
Career Seminar
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation), Germany
"Writing a DFG proposal: programs and advice to foster your career"
Sebastian Leptihn
Professor for Biochemistry & Microbiology, Health & Medical University Erfurt, Germany
"Phage Therapy: An Evolutionary Tug-of-War with Bacterial Pathogens"
Johannes Zimmermann
Microverse Internal Seminar
Group Leader "Mechanisms of Microbial Metabolic Interactions" at 'Balance of the Microverse', University of Jena, Germany
"Systems Approaches to Microbial Metabolic Interactions"
Ricarda Winkelmann
Microverse Internal Seminar
Founding Director at the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Jena, and Professor at the Potsdam Institute For Climate Impact Research, Germany
"Bridging Scales: Ice Dynamics and Tipping Points in the Earth System"
Contact
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