MTL RINGBERG SYMPOSIUM 2023
We are excited to welcome you all to Ringberg Castle for our Matter to Life Symposium from 16th to 22nd July. Here you will find the schedule and other information about the week. Changes in the program schedule during the week will be updated here.
Arrival on Sunday
We are excited to welcome you all to Ringberg Castle for our Matter to Life Symposium!
The welcome desk can be found in the “Dukes Study Room”.
Please check-in here after your check-in at the castle reception. The welcome desk is open from Sunday 4 pm until dinner as well as Monday morning from 9 am until noon.
Here you can receive general information and your name tag. If you arrive at a different time, please just find one of the coordination team in the castle and we are happy to help.
Website of Castle Ringberg
Food
BREAKFAST: From 8 am to 9 am
LUNCH: From 12:30 pm to 1.30 pm
DINNER: From 6:30 pm to 7.30 pm
For our celebration on Monday, there will be a special bavarian dinner!
Master Celebration Ceremony
Starts at 4.30 pm on Monday afternoon, please find here the agenda.
Special Scientific Program
Tuesday afternoon from 2 pm
Introduction into the Croucher Foundation by their representative and scientific talks by their students
Thursday afternoon from 2.30 pm
Ethics Workshop: „ChatGPT, AlphaFold and Bard: How will AI change research and education?“ by Gösta Gantner, Stefan Klumpp und Klaus Tanner
Excursions & Team Building
Tuesday
Guided Castle Tour with Mr. Essl from 5.30 pm.
Wednesday
The boat tour will start at 3 pm from Rottach-Egern, Strandbad. You can either walk (45 min) or we can organize Taxis for you – please contact us if needed.
Please make sure to bring 18.50 € in cash for the tour.
Friday
On Friday we will have an Experience tour "Everything in butter" in German + short movie in English + small snack at the Sennerei in Kreuth. The tour needs to be paid on your own, please be sure to have 14.50 € with you.
Start at 3.30 pm; Duration 1.5 h
You can either walk (30 min) or we can organize Taxis for you – please contact us if needed
Taxi
In case you need a Taxi at any point, here are some contact details:
- Taxi company: 08022-99 445
- Taxi Jasinski: 08022-95 099
- Happy Taxi: 0175 900 10 01
Contact us
Sarah
Email: sarah.wypysek@mtl.maxplanckschools.de
Mobile: +49 17 1417-0873
Maria
Email: maria.ott@mr.mpg.de
Mobile: +49 15 1721-26775
Program
Click here to see the program overview
MONDAY, July 17 th |
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09:15 – 09:30 | Stephen Casale | In Vitro Neuronal Networks with Controlled Polarity |
09:30 – 09:45 | Frauke Gräter | A Short Walk Through the Molecular Forces in Life |
09:45 – 10:00 | András Major | In Vitro Observations of Vesicle Clustering Induced by Synapsin I |
10:00 – 10:15 | Ulrich Schwarz | Competition between Efficiency and Selectivity during Self-Assembly |
10:15 – 10:30 | Jan-Niklas Haug | Development of Semisynthetic NAD+ Sensors Using the Bump and Hole Approach |
Coffee Break | ||
11:15 – 11:30 | Ramin Golestanian | Self-Organization of Primitive Metabolic Cycles due to Non-Reciprocal Interactions |
11:30 – 11:45 | Misael Real Enriquez | tba |
11:45 – 12:00 | Kerstin Göpfrich | Overriding the Central Dogma: Genetically Encoded RNA Origami in Synthetic Cells |
12:00 – 12:15 | Ada Cavalcanti | Adhesion-Mediated Guidance of Cell Mechanics |
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TUESDAY, July 18 th | ||
09:15 – 09:30 | Douglas Diehl | Modulating the DNA Surface Condensation Pattern of the Transcription Factor KLF4 |
09:30 – 09:45 | Job Boekhoven | Self-Sustaining Chemical Compartments. Nonliving Matter Towards Life |
09:45 – 10:00 | Michelle Kemper | Formation and Stability of Curved Epithelial Monolayers |
10:00 – 10:15 | Erwin Frey | Self-Organisation of Active Matter Systems |
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Coffee Break | ||
11:15 – 11:30 | Wojtek Treyde | AlphaBind: Repurposing AlphaFold2 for Molecular Docking |
11:45 – 12:00 | Ming Hong Lui | Mechanical Forces During Zebrafish Development |
12:00 – 12:15 | Stefan Klumpp | tba |
Croucher Foundation Presentations from 14:00 | ||
Anna Law | Short Introduction of The Croucher Foundation Limited (5 min) | |
Ailene Chan | Venturing Into the Unseen (15 min) | |
Chloe Huang | Gene-Launched Self-Assembling Nanoparticle Vaccine Platform Development (15 min) | |
Chris Chung | Investigating the Dynamics and Interactions Involved in Oligomerisation of the Influenza A matrix 1 Protein (15 min) | |
WEDNESDAY, July 19 th | ||
09:15 – 09:30 | Rajlaxmi Saha | tba |
09:30 – 09:45 | Ole Berendes | Studying a Ribosome-Binding Antibiotic with Computer Simulations |
09:45 – 10:00 | Anastassiya Schramm | Trigger-Responsive Vesicles: a Novel Approach to Target PDL1-PD1 Checkpoint |
10:00 – 10:15 | Gregor Ibbeken | Reaction Driven Assembly: Ordering Effects and Directed Movement |
Coffee Break | ||
11:15 – 11:30 | Nitin Bohra | Characterization of the Specificity of Aminotransferase Enzymes for Bottom-Up Assembly of In Vitro Metabolic and Genetic Pathways |
11:30 – 11:45 | Johannes Hahmann | DNA Nicks and Sonic Tricks: Amplifying Precision in DNA Cleavage with Ultrasound |
11:45 – 12:00 | Till Hülsmann | tba |
12:00 – 12:15 | Julia Ivanova | DARPins as Novel Actin Binders: A Modular Tool to Regulate Actin Dynamics |
THURSDAY, July 20 th | ||
09:15 – 09:30 | Christoph Karfusehr | GelPy: Quick and Low Effort Quantitative Gel Electrophoresis Analysis with Python |
09:30 – 09:45 | Adel Iusupov | Investigating the Role of Phosphorylation in the Intrinsically Disordered Region of INCENP |
09:45 – 10:00 | Karin Jacobs | tba |
10:00 – 10:15 | Ahandeep Manna | Dynamic Compartmentalisation in Xenopus Cell Extract |
10:15 – 10:30 | Jan Jedryszek | Investigating Physarum Polycephalum in the Context of Matter-to-Life |
Coffee Break | ||
11:15 – 11:30 | Sunnatullo Fazliev | Minimal Actin Networks Stabilize Synthetic Cells Against External Deforming Forces |
11:30 – 11:45 | Joachim Spatz | Bottom-up Design of Synthetic Cells |
11:45 – 12:00 | Lena Strieker | Influence of the Plasma Membrane Sphingolipid Composition on Cellular Mechanics |
12:00 – 12:15 | Oliver Drozdowski | The Physics of Spherical Epithelial Shells |
From 14:30 Workshop on "ChatGPT, AlphaFold and Bard: How will AI change research and education?"
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FRIDAY, July 21 st | ||
09:15 – 09:30 | Philippe Bastiaens | Ultra Rapid Cryo-Arrest |
09:30 – 09:45 | Krishna Ramesh | Photomechanical control over stem cell functions |
09:45 – 10:00 | Philipp Baur | Patellamides - Cyanobactins Made for Copper Binding |
10:00 – 10:15 | Maximilian Schuler | The Life of Transient Bioactive Peptides: A Tragic Story of Rescue and Destruction |
10:15 – 10:30 | Kevin Kaub | Bringing Actin and DNA together - on Composite Networks |
Coffee Break | ||
11:15 – 11:30 | I Chen | Mechanical Characterization of Migrating Cancer Cells in a 3D-1D Tumor Like Model |
11:30 – 11:45 | Tarun Mascarenas | Decision Making in Stochastic Systems |
11:45 – 12:00 | Mingqi Yan | A Thermodynamic Model for Bubbles in Active Brownian Particle Systems |
12:00 – 12:15 | Brianda Paola Lopez Santini | Recycled Macrocycles |
SATURDAY, 22nd
Departure after breakfast