Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series (DSSS)

The Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series is a joint colloquium of the Max Planck Institute for Biology and the Friedrich Miescher Laboratory. External (inter)national guest speakers alternate with our own scientists presenting a range of exciting research that reflects the diversity of our institutes. Each seminar is followed by  opportunities to discuss research findings further with the speakers in an informal small group or 1-1 setting.

Time: Friday at 3:00 pm (according to announcement)
Place: In the seminar room of the MPI IS building, the MPI-Bio seminar room or online.
Organizers: Cátia Igreja, Michael Borg

DSSS - The social genome in wild baboons

• Date: Nov 8, 2024
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Prof. Jenny Tung
• Director of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig
• Location: MPI für Biologie, Max-Planck-Ring 5, room 0A01

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DSSS - Single-cell and spatial dissection of plant-microbe interactions

• Date: Nov 15, 2024
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Dr. Tatsuya Nobori
• The Sainsbury Lab, Norwich
• Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - The role of microbial interactions in fungal pathogenicity

• Date: Nov 22, 2024
• Time: 02:30 PM - 03:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Eva H. Stukenbrock
• Christian-­Albrechts University of Kiel and Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Kiel and Plön
• Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - The cell biology of Archaea

• Date: Nov 29, 2024
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Prof. Dr. Sonja-Verena Albers
• Dean of the Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg
• Location: MPI für Biologie, Max-Planck-Ring 5, room 0A01

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DSSS - Plant-pathogen coevolution in a wild woody host

• Date: Dec 6, 2024
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Dr. Marketa Vlkova
• MPI for Biology
• Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - tbd

• Date: Jan 10, 2025
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Prof. em. Dr. Thomas Boehm
• Max Planck Institute for Biology, Tübingen
• Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - Metabolic Adaptation to Nutrient Limitation in Vertebrates

• Date: Jan 17, 2025
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Dr. Nicolas Rohner
• Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City
• Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - tbd

• Date: Jan 31, 2025
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Prof. Dr. Anna Karnkowska
• Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Warsaw
• Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - tbd

• Date: Feb 21, 2025
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Dr. Sandra Duharcourt
• Institut Jacques Monod, Université Paris Cité, CNRS
• Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - tbd

• Date: Mar 21, 2025
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Dr. Ksenia Krasileva
• Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley
• Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - tbd

• Date: Mar 28, 2025
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Prof. Dr. Cedric Feschotte
• Barbara McClintock Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University
• Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - tbd

• Date: Apr 4, 2025
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Ass. Prof. Sonja Billerbeck
• Groningen Biomolecular Sciences & Biotechnology Institute (GBB), University of Groningen
• Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - Elisa Izaurralde Memorial Lecture

• Date: Apr 30, 2025
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Prof. David Bartel
• Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, MIT
• Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - tbd

• Date: May 9, 2025
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Prof. Jan E. Kammenga
• Laboratory of Nematology, Wageningen University, Netherlands
• Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - tbd

• Date: May 23, 2025
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Prof. Kevin Foster
• Department of Biology and Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford
• Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - tbd

• Date: Jun 6, 2025
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Prof. David J. Mangelsdorf
• Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Alfred G. Gilman Distinguished Chair in Pharmacology Raymond and Ellen Willie Distinguished Chair in Molecular Neuropharmacology University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
• Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - tbd

• Date: Jul 4, 2025
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Prof. Dr. Andreas Plückthun
• Dept. of Biochemistry University of Zurich
• Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - tbd

• Date: Jul 11, 2025
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Assis. Prof. Michael O’Donnell
• Assistant Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Wu Tsai Institute, Yale University
• Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - tbd

• Date: Jul 18, 2025
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Dr. Edwige Moyroud
• Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge, University of Cambridge, UK
• Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - tbd

• Date: Jul 25, 2025
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Prof. Dr. Pulin Li
• Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Department of Biology, MIT
• Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - tbd

• Date: Sep 19, 2025
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Ass. Prof. Maria Barna
• Genetics Department, Stanford University
• Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - tbd

• Date: Sep 26, 2025
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Prof. Franjo Weissing
• Prof. Dr. Emeritus professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen
• Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - tbd

• Date: Oct 10, 2025
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Prof. Nicholas J Talbot
• The Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, UK
• Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - tbd

• Date: Oct 17, 2025
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Dr. Corrie S. Moreau
• Department of Entomology, Cornell University
• Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - tbd

• Date: Nov 7, 2025
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Dr. William C. Ratcliff
• School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - tbd

• Date: Nov 21, 2025
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Dr. Simonetta Gribaldo
• Institut Pasteur, Paris
• Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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DSSS - tbd

• Date: Nov 28, 2025
• Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
• Speaker: Prof. Ueli Grossniklaus
• Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, Universität Zürich
• Location: NO.002, MPI für Intelligente Systeme

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