Seminar Series Archive
Presentations, videos and galleries
Social Sciences & Humanities
2024
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Europe's Long 1989
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The „Vienna School“ in the Arts and Media in Berlin, 1900-1930
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Free Movement of Goods: Evolution and Intelligent Design in the Foundations of the European Union
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Political polarization: a network perspective
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Exploring Population Health & Health Equity: Insights from an Economist and a Sociologist
2023
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The ethics of technology in sports
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Economics with no prices and no games.
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Impact of climate change policies: Behavioral insights
2019
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Who Really Won World War I?
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Post-normal science as a framework for science advice to government
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Unethical Behavior: A Matter of Incentives and Punishment?
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Contemporary Partisan Politics in the United States
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Economic and Political Integration of Refugees
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Feeling Smart: Why Our Emotions Are More Rational Than We Think
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The Rise of APEp and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy: Can We Fix It?
2018
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Maria Theresa and the Love of her Subjects
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Fashion – an Oriental Colony in the Heart of the West
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Behavioral Foundations of Collective Actions
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Charles IV. – Ruler and Founder
2017
- Formal Linguistics and the Experimental Turn Mojmír Dočekal
- Is Economics Useful for Public Policy? James Alm
- Social Resilience at the Individual, Communal and National level Reuven Gal
- Political ecology: how power produces environmental change Christos Zografos
2016
- Law and Art Amy Goldrich
- Evolution and International Relations Bradley A. Thayer
- Identification, Reconstruction and Evaluation of Arguments Marek Picha
- Languages in Education Eva Vetter
- Behavioral Economics Cary A. Deck
Life Sciences
2016 Autumn
2015 Autumn
2024 Autumn
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How Variants in The SORL1 Gene, Encoding an Endosome Sorting Receptor, Can Cause Alzheimer’s Disease
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Synthetic Biotechnology: From Avidin-biotin to Designer Cellulosome Technology
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CANCELLED LECTURE
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Developmental Origin and Evolution of Childhood Cancers
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What Do We Know About (Your) Antibodies?
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CRISPR-Cas: From Bacterial Immunity Towards Genome Editing And Beyond
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Defects in DNA Repair Genes Associated with Human Diseases
2024 Spring
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The Making of MicroRNA
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Transcription of the Genome: Molecular Mechanism and Cellular Regulation
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Ion Channels as an Inspiration for Synthetic Chemists
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Probing the Dynamics and Interactions of Disordered Proteins with Single-molecule Spectroscopy: From Disordered Complexes to Phase Separation
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That Magical Strand, RNA
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Intercellular Transfer of Proteins and RNA
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Topological Perspectives on Networks
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Mechanisms of Vertebrate DNA Replication and Repair
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Deciphering Speciation Processes while Disentangling the Diversity, Endemism, and Geography of Southeast Asian Small Mammals
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Biodiversity, Biomes, and Beliefs – the Impacts of Conservation and Global Change on BaAka Hunter-gatherers in the Central African Republic
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Genomic Evolution and Adaptation in Africa
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On the Machines that Make and Repair our Chromosomes
2023 Autumn
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Structural Biochemistry and Mechanisms
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De Novo Generation of Cell Polarity and the Generation of Stem Cell Niches
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On the Machines that Make and Repair our Chromosomes
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New Frontiers in PKA Signaling
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Of Mice And Men: Fundamental Insights Resulting From Long-Term Field Studies With Rodents Destroying Crops Or Carrying Infections
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Harnessing Nanoscale Communication for Next-Generation Anticancer Therapy
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Biology of Bedtime: Understanding the Basis of Sleep
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Noninvasive Deep Brain Stimulation via Temporally Interfering Electric Fields
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Molecular Genetics of the Immune and Nervous Systems-Antibody Diversity and Memory Engrams
2023 Spring
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How Coordination Between Transcription and RNA Processing Tunes Gene Expression
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Architecture and Mechanistic Interplay of Promoters and Enhancers in Controlling Gene Expression
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Regulation of Mammalian Transcription: Insights from Cryo-EM
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Structural Insights Into G Protein Coupled Receptor Activation
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Genome Stability in Reproduction and Aging: New Insights Form C. Elegans
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Neglected Diseases in a Global World and the Unexpected Impact of Going Local
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The Making of MicroRNA
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Rewiring DNA Repair for Genome Stability or Genome Haploidization
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Engineering Complex Agronomic Traits in Crops
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Dissecting the Interplay Between Genetic Lesions and the Tumor Microenvironment in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
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The Non-gradual Nature of Explosive Diversification in African Cichlid Fishes
2022 Autumn
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The Developmental Basis of Biological Diversity - Cancelled!
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Systems Analyses of Anti-Tumor T Cell Responses
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Hormonal Regulation of Plant Adaptive Responses to Environmental Signals
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Supramolecular Latch: a New Chemical Tool for Chemistry, Biology and Materials Science
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Current and Future Treatment of Alzheimer Disease
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Exploring the Underground of the RBP World: Riboregulation
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Role of the Antigen Receptor in Normal and Malignant B Cell Development
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Computational Modeling Reveals Central Parameters for Brassinosteroid-regulated Cellular Processes Linked to Elongation Growth in the Arabidopsis Root
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Molecular Mechanisms of RNA Dependent DNA Damage Response
2022 Spring
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Understanding the multiple functions of human telomeres
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Personalizing the treatment of Parkinson’s disease using a multi-sensor integrated midbrain organoid-on-a-chip platform
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From Hedgehog Signalling to Myogenesis
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The Internet of Animals
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Analysis of Inter-individual Variation in Population-scale scRNA-seq Studies
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Genomic Evolution and Adaptation in Africa
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Tetrahelical Nucleic Acids: 3D Structure and Dynamics in Relation to Function and Disease
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Reconstituting Cytoskeleton - One Molecule at a Time
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New Dimensions in Drug Development by Targeting Motor Enzymes
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The Art of Building Small
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The lesson has been cancelled
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A New Era for the Elucidation of Protein Complexes in Physiology and Disease by Experimental Methods in Structural Biology
2021 Autumn
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Wnt/Frizzled Planar Cell Polarity Signaling in Development and Disease
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High Molecular-Weight Complexes in The Regulation of Gene Expression: A View by Integrative Structural Biology
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A Fly Model for Epithelial Tumors: Problems at Both Ends!
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Base-Modified Nucleic Acids for Applications in Diagnostics or Chemical Biology
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PARP Inhibition - from Idea to Registration, a Personal Perspective
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Deciphering Functional Mechanisms of Enzymes and Molecular Chaperones by Integrated NMR Spectroscopy
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Battle Against Viruses: Towards New Approaches for the Prevention and Therapy of Viral Infections
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Mechanisms of Longevity, from Naked Mole Rats to Bowhead Whales
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Rise of the Micromachines: Biology on the Small Scale
2021 Spring
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From Single Molecules to Live Cells: Imaging Nucleic Acid-Protein Interactions
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Protein Hydration and Dynamics Seen by Fluorescence: Studies on Haloalkane-Dehalogenases
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Sweet Taste of Heavy Water
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Molecular Principles of Epigenetic Reprogramming in Vivo
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Cytotoxic T Cells in Immunity and Self-Tolerance
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How to Build a Clathrin-Coated Vesicle: Switches, Timers & Scaffolding
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Small RNAs in the Mammalian Germline: a Lesson from Hamsters
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Fifty Shades of Green Alias where Do the Predators Keep the Plants Flourish?
2020 Spring
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Dicer-Dependent tRNA-Derived Small RNAs Promote Intronic Gene Silencing
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From Base Pairs to Bedside: Antisense Therapeutics for Targeted Modulation of Splicing or NMD
2019 Autumn
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Unlocking Secrets Keapt for Some Time
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Integrative Studies of Immune Recognition Complexes
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Would Gregor Mendel be Alarmed that Designer Babies Walk Among Us?
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Antisense-mediated Chromatin Regulation
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RNA-mediated Genome Instability
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Conserving Genomic Diversity in a Changing World
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Dynamic Recoding of the Transcriptome:How RNA Modifications Control Hypertension
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Genomes within Genomes: the History of Wolbachia Bacterial Symbiosis with Nematodes
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Why are There so Many Species in Tropical Rainforests?
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Challenges of Selective Targeting of Protein Kinases in Cellular Environments
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Centrosomes and Cell Fate in the Developing Mouse
2019 Spring
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Wnt Signaling and the Generation of New Cells in the Liver
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Progress Toward the Discovery of New Antibiotics with Efficacy Against Multi-drug Resistant Bacterial Pathogens
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The Rise and Promise of Artificial Molecular Machines Based on the Mechanical Bond
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The Awesome Power of Fluorine NMR
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From Genomics To Therapeutics: Uncovering And Manipulating The Genetic Circuitry of Human Disease
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Czech Centre for Phenogenomics - the gate to comprehensive description of gene functions
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Thinking Outside the Box: Could Spiders Provide a New Generation of Eco-friendly Insecticides?
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Decoding Transcriptional Regulation in Drosophila
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The Making of N-glycoproteins: the Evolution of a Prokaryotic Post-translational Modification into a Complex Eukaryotic Pathway
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Nagoya Protocol: Linking Life Science and the Global Politics of Nature Conservation
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CRISPR-Cas9: a Bacterial Immune System Repurposed as a Transformative Genome Engineering Technology
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Well-being Is a Skill: Perspectives From Affective and Contemplative Neuroscience
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The Regulation of Lymphocyte Development and Activation by the ZFP36 RNA Binding Proteins
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Dissecting the Role of Vesicular Trafficking in Differential Cell Elongation in Arabidopsis
2018 Autumn
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About Chomsky, Patterns, Genomic Immunity and Cancer Patients
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Radial Plant Growth - Cellular Coordination in Two Dimensions
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Post-Structural Biology: Ambiguity in Proteins and Drugs
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The Imitation Game: The Evolution of Mimicry in Plants and Animals
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Atomistic Simulation of Biomolecular Function: Ribosomal Translation, Ligand Binding Heterogeneity, and a Dynasome Perspective
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Trying to make sense in nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD)
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Mechanism of Homology-directed Chromosome Damage Repair in Eukaryotes
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Epigenetic Regulation in Development, Aging, and Disease States
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Genes and the Mechanics of Cell Shape
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Charting the Genomic Landscapes of Speciation – a Tale of Ugly Statistics and Pretty Butterflies
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The Endless Search – at 4ºC – for Novel RNA Processing Factors in Mammalian Cells
2018 Spring
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Artificial Genetics and Evolution in the New Millenium
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The Logic of Gene Regulation
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The Cell Biology of the Genome
- Biosupramolecular Chemistry: Towards Anion and Carbohydrate Receptors with Biomedical Applications Anthony Davis - University of Bristol, UK
- Design and Evolution of Efficient Artificial Aldolases Donald Hilvert - ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- Microfluidics for Ultra-High-Throughput Biology: Droplets & Photons Andrew deMello - ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- MicroRNA Targeting for the Treatment of Epilepsy: the Journey to Preclinical Development Cristina Rechke - University of Cambridge, UK
- Molecular Mechanisms of Replication Fork Protection Vincenzo Costanzo - IFOM - Fondazione Istituto FIRC di Oncologia Molecolare, Milan, Italy
- NMR as a Discovery Tool in Cell Biology Phil Selenko - Leibniz Institute of Molecular Pharmacology, Berlin, Germany
- Novel Mechanisms of Cancer – Stroma Crosstalk and Implications for Therapy Erik Sahai - Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
- The Causes and Consequences of Human Obesity, Lessons from Genetics Stephen O´Rahilly - University of Cambridge, UK
2017 Autumn
- Alien and Invasive Species: Enrichment or Threat? Wolfgang Nentwig - University of Bern, Switzerland
- Diplonemids - New Kids on the Oceanic Block Julius Lukeš - University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic
- Forty Years of Pre-mRNA Splicing: Spliceosome Function in the Age of Cryo-EM Structures Magda Konarska - Center for New Technologies, Warsaw University, Poland
- High-Resolution Structure Deterimination of Dynamic Macromolecular Holger Stark - Max Planck Institute for Biophysical chemistry, Munich, Germany
- How the Assembly of Protein-RNA Complexes Guides Their Regulatory Functions Jernej Ule - The Francis Crick Institute and UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK
- NMR Studies of Large-Scale Protein Conformational Dynamics: From Fundamental Biophysics to Functional Biology Martin Blackledge - Institut de Biologie Structurale, CNRS, Grenoble, France
- Signal Transduction Pathways Controlling B and T Cell Development, Survival and Function Victor Tybulewicz - Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
2017 Spring
- Between Genotype and Phenotype: Signalling and Physical Morphogenesis at the Cellular-to-Supracellular Level Jeremy Green - King's College, London, UK
- Design and Function of Molecular Machines Thomas Marlovits - IMBA, Austrian Academy of Sciences and University of Vienna, Austria
- DNA Bases beyond Watson and Crick Thomas Carell - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Germany
- Genomics of Adaptations and Speciation in the Repeated Adaptive Radiations of Cichlid Fishes Axel Mayer - University of Gent, The Netherlands
- Small RNA Pathways in Animal Genome Defense Julius Brennecke - IMBA, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria
- The Arabidopsis Embryo as a Model for Understanding the Genetic Basis for Multicellular Development Dolf Weijers - Wageningen University, The Netherlands
- Translational Medicine: from Bifurcations to Epilepsy Surgery Viktor Jirsa - Institut de Neurosciences des Systèmes, Aix-Marseille Université, France
2016 Autumn
- Biogenesis and Turnover of Small RNAs in Health and Disease Javier Caceres - MRC Human Genetics Unit Edinburgh, UK
- Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa - Outbreak Response & Operational Research Stephan Günther - University of Hamburg, Germany
- Enzyme Discovery, Engineering, and Application in Biocatalysis Uwe T. Bornscheuer - University of Greiswald, Germany
- Imaging the Immune Response in Injury and Infection Paul Kubes - University of Calgary, Canada
- Integrating Macroscopic and Mesoscopic Human Brain Imaging: From Basic fMRI Research at Ultra-High Magnetic Fields to Therapeutic Real-Time Applications Rainer Goebel - Mastricht University, The Netherlands
- NcRNA-Directed Epigenetic Gene Regulation Marc Bühler - Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Schwitzerland
- Regulation of Gene Expression by MiRNAs and RNA-Binding Proteins Mihaela Zavolan - Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland
- Towards Sarcomeric Z-disk Structure: by Lego Building Blocks Kristina Djinovic Carugo - Max F. Perutz Laboratories GmbH, Austria
- You Snooze, You Lose: Sexual Selection and the Evolution of Sleep Bart Kempenaers - Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, Seewiesen, Germany
2015 Autumn
- A Chemical compass: How migratory birds may navigate Peter Hore - Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, UK
- Cell cycle regulation by systems-level feedback controls Béla Novák - Department of Biochemistry of Oxford, UK
- Connecting the dots: linking receptor kinase activation to downstream immune outputs Cyril Zipfel - The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK
- Epigenetic, Splicing and Translation regulation by RRM containing proteins Frédéric Allain - ETH Zürich, Switzerland
- Errors of DNA replication: their repair and consequences of their non-repair Josef Jiricny - Institute of Molecular Cancer Research, University of Zurich, Switzerland
- From the origin of life to the ribosome dynamics Jiří Šponer - IBP AS CR & CEITEC MU, Brno, Czech Republic
- Lost in translations? The value of animal models in psychiatric research Carsten T. Wotjak - Dept. Stress Neurolobiology & Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Germany
- Mapping epileptic networks in focal epilepsies: what can EEG and fMRI see beyond spikes Serge Vulliemoz - Functional Brain Mapping Laboratory, Neurology Department, University of Geneva, Switzerland
- Molecular interrogation of an endocannabinoid code that modulates neuronal development Tibor Harkany - Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
- Structural investigation on the ABC transporter ArtMP, channelrhodopsin and alpha B crystallin Hartmut Oschkinat - Leibniz Institute for Molecular Pharmacology, Berlin
Mathematics, Physics, & Computer Science
2024
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Machine Learning in Banking & Finance
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Sign patterns of the Mobius function
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Topological perspectives on networks
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Random embeddings of graphs in surfaces
2023
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Lorentz geometry and contact topology
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The phase transition phenomena in combinatorial structures
2022
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Computational Mathematics between Dynamics, Geometry and Algebra
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Taming the Monster of Independence
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Expanders in higher dimensions
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The sustainability of safety, security and privacy
2020
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Hanan Samet lecture - CANCELLED
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David Gamarnik lecture - CANCELLED
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Menachem Magidor lecture - CANCELLED
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Tomasz Luczak lecture - CANCELLED
2019
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List Coloring
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Symmetry and Similarity
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Enumeration Operators, Probability, Type Theory
2018
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The Best Possible Shapes of Surfaces
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Algebraic Geometry and Differential Equations
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Black Holes in the Universe (and Hollywood)
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The Limits of Symmetric Computation
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Cosmology in the Laboratory
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Black Ninjas in the Dark: Analyzing Population Protocols