Events

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Marcus Müller

MtL Lecture Series with Marcus Müller on 25 June, 2025 at 3 pm

Marcus Müller
University of Göttingen more
Andrea Musacchio

MtL Lecture Series with Andrea Musacchio on 16 July, 2025 at 3 pm

Andrea Musacchio
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology, Dortmund & University of Duisburg-Essen more
MtL Lecture Series with David Zwicker on 17 September, 2025 at 3 pm

MtL Lecture Series with David Zwicker on 17 September, 2025 at 3 pm

David Zwicker
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen
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Past events

MtL Lecture Series with Andreas Janshoff on 7 May, 2025 at 3 pm

MtL Lecture Series with Andreas Janshoff on 7 May, 2025 at 3 pm

Andreas Janshoff
University of Göttingen

Lecture topic: "The role of polarity in tissue mechanics"

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MtL Lecture Series with Christine Selhuber-Unkel on 12 March, 2025 at 3 pm

MtL Lecture Series with Christine Selhuber-Unkel on 12 March, 2025 at 3 pm

Christine Selhuber-Unkel
Heidelberg University

Lecture topic: "Guiding and controlling cells by in situ laser printing"

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MtL Lecture Series with Laura De Laporte on 19 February, 2025 at 3 pm

Laura De Laporte
DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Aachen & RWTH Aachen University

Lecture topic: "Synthetic molecular and colloidal building blocks to overcome challenges in tissue engineering"
MtL Lecture Series with Thorsten Moos on 15 January, 2025 at 3 pm

MtL Lecture Series with Thorsten Moos on 15 January, 2025 at 3 pm

Thorsten Moos
Heidelberg University

Lecture topic: "The long farewell to moral status -
The ethics of synthetic biological systems using the example of embryoids"

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Christmas Special: MtL Lecture Series with Guest Speaker Michael L. Wong on 11 December, 2024 at 3 pm

Michael L. Wong
Earth & Planets Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science

Lecture topic: "An Informational Perspective of Life"
Franziska Thomas

MtL Lecture Series with Franziska Thomas on 20 November, 2024 at 3 pm

Franziska Thomas
Heidelberg University

Lecture topic: "Scaling Down Nature: Towards Receptory and Catalytic Function in Metallo-Miniproteins"
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Register now for one of the three remaining virtual info sessions! This is your opportunity to ask us truly anything: Regarding the program structure and curriculum details, the application process and requirements, information on funding and support for students. Some sessions even include meeting current MtL students and learning about their experience firsthand.
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Join the last info session for the URO program!

Any questions left for your application to the MtL Undergraduate Research Opportunities program?
Join the last info session of the application phase to see a presentation about the program and meet our former URO participants Irene and Christina! 

Date and Time: 14 November, 2024 at 09:00 AM CET
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MtL Lecture Series with Andreas Herrmann on 11 September, 2024 at 3 pm

Andreas Herrmann
DWI - Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Aachen & RWTH Aachen University

Lecture topic: “Sonopharmacology and Sonogenetics: Activation of Drugs, Proteins and Nucleic Acids by Ultrasound”

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MtL Lecture Series with MtL Alumnus Oskar Staufer on 31 July, 2024 at 3 pm

Oskar Staufer
INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Saarbrücken

Lecture topic: "Immunizing the future – Bottom-up assembly of synthetic cell-based immune microenvironments"
MtL Lecture Series with Andrij Pich on 19 June, 2024 at 3 pm

MtL Lecture Series with Andrij Pich on 19 June, 2024 at 3 pm

Andrij Pich
DWI - Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials, Aachen & RWTH Aachen University

Lecture topic: "Colloidal Hydrogels: Functional Building Blocks for Interactive Soft Matter"
MtL Lecture Series with Dieter Braun on 15 May, 2024 at 3 pm

MtL Lecture Series with Dieter Braun on 15 May, 2024 at 3 pm

Dieter Braun
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

Lecture topic: "How to Tackle the Origin of Life with Lab Experiments"
Matter to Life Fellow Kai Sundmacher

MtL Lecture Series with Kai Sundmacher on 17 April, 2024 at 3 pm

Kai Sundmacher
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg & University of Magdeburg

Lecture topic: "Towards Artificial Life-like Systems (ALLS)"
MtL Lecture Series with Jörg Stülke on 13 March at 3 pm

MtL Lecture Series with Jörg Stülke on 13 March at 3 pm

Lecture topic: "What makes life? Functional Characterization of Unknown Proteins"

Jörg Stülke
University of Göttingen
MtL Fellow Karen Alim

MtL Lecture Series with Karen Alim on 21 February, 2024 at 3 pm

Lecture topic: "Lessons from Smart Slime: From Memories to Behaviour"

Karen Alim
Technical University of Munich
MtL Lecture Series with Kerstin Göpfrich on 15 November at 3 pm

MtL Lecture Series with Kerstin Göpfrich on 15 November at 3 pm

Lecture topic: "Overriding the Central Dogma: Engineering a Synthetic Model Cell"

Kerstin Göpfrich
Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Heidelberg & Heidelberg University
MtL Lecture Series with Stefan Diez on 11 October at 3 pm

MtL Lecture Series with Stefan Diez on 11 October at 3 pm

Lecture topic: "Emergence of directional reversals and torsional forces in cytoskeletal motor systems"

Stefan Diez
 Technical University of Dresden
MtL Lecture Series with Petra Schwille on 17 May at 3 pm

MtL Lecture Series with Petra Schwille on 17 May at 3 pm

Lecture topic: "Why does it have to be so complicated? Reconstructing bacterial cell division."

Petra Schwille
MPI of Biochemistry, Munich & Technical University of Munich
Prof. Joachim Raedler from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich

MtL Lecture Series with Joachim Rädler on 23 February at 3 pm

Lecture topic: "Cell migration on single cell microarrays - matching mechanisms to statistics"

Joachim Rädler 
LMU Munich
Matter to Life Doktorandin Aysecan Ünal

Ask Me Anything with PhD candidate Aysecan Ünal

On Tuesday, December 19th, you can ask our PhD student Aysecan Ünal any questions about our program.
Join the ASK ME ANYTHING on our Instagram channel! 

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Announcement of the MtL Discussions with photos of the speakers Sarah Köster and Joachim Rädler as well as Katharina Landfester as Chair. Grayed out is Jochen Guck, who would have originally participated

MtL Discussions - Microfluidics 11 May 22 at 3 pm CEST
 

In our new virtual format, our MtL Fellows will highlight one method or technique used within our broad research network. You will get an overview of the method or technique itself, as well as learn how it is applied in the different MtL research areas. In a subsequent discussion round, different aspects, opportunities and limitations will be discussed! Your questions and contributions are welcome!  Join us for our first session on May 11th at 3 pm!

Presentations and Panel Discussion chaired by Katharina Landfester from MPI for Polymer Research (Mainz), joined by Sarah Köster from University of Göttingen and Joachim Rädler from LMU Munich.
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MtL Guest Peter Baur: Triple Feature on December 15th

Look forward to an exciting triple feature with our MtL guest Peter Baur on December 15! He will give us some fascinating insights into his research on diffusion processes through plant membranes, tell us what we can learn from the Amazon, and finally discuss with us the pros and cons of working in industry and academia.

Join us for this great event on December 15 at 4:30pm - register now at Zoom!
Guest lecture: Ashutosh Chilkoti who is leading the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University has shared insights from his work on November 23.

Talk by Ashutosh Chilkoti

Ashutosh Chilkoti who is leading the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Duke University will share insights from his latest work!
Please note that there will be small change in his talk. The new title is: “Functional Biomolecular Condensates from Synthetic Intrinsically Disordered Proteins”.

Join the talk by our special guest on November 23 at 3 pm CET on Zoom - Register now!
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