Dates in 2024:

• March 13th, 2024, 11 a.m. - 12 noon: 'Harnessing molecular dependencies in genetically defined tumors', Martin Sos, Chair of Translational Oncology, German Cancer Consortium (DKTK, Partner Site München) and the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
• July 16th, 2024, 12:45-1.45 p.m.: 'Signaling in mucociliary epithelial self-organization during development and disease', Peter Walentek, Heisenberg Group Leader, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Innere Medizin IV (Nephrologie und Allgemeinmedizin) and IMITATE - Institute for Disease Modeling and Targeted Medicine
• September 9th, 2024, 11.30 a.m. - 12:30: 'Multimodal Atlas for Biological Data Analysis and Drug Discovery', Angela Oliveira Pisco, Director of Computational Biology at Insitro, and formerly Associate Director of Computational Biology at the Chan-Zuckerberg Biohub
• October 9th, 2024, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.: Scott Budinger, Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care in the Department of Medicine and Ernest S. Bazley Professor of Airway Diseases at Northwestern University in Chicago

All members of Helmholtz Munich are welcome to join.

In 2023, we invited 8 outstanding speakers for a 45-minute presentation on areas covered at the Environmental Health Center, followed by a 15-minute discussion.

• March 9th, 2023, 5-6 p.m.: 'Epigenetic Models of Health and Disease', Carole Ober, Blum-Riese Distinguished Service Professor of Human Genetics, University of Chicago, USA
• April 18th, 2023, 11 am: 'Mapping paths of tumor evolution with single cell phylogenetics', Nir Yosef, Associate Professor of Systems Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science
• May 11th, 2023, 5-6 p.m.: 'How microbial agents affect lung immune responses', Donata Vercelli, Regents Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Arizona, USA
• June 12th, 2023, 5-6 p.m.: 'Multi-ancestry genome-wide association analyses improve resolution of genes and pathways influencing lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease risk', Martin Tobin, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Leicester
• July 13th, 2023,  5-6 p.m.: 'Climate action today to deliver a thriving future: Insights from the Lancet Countdown', Marina Romanello, Executive Director of the Lancet Countdown, and Climate Change and Health Researcher at University College London
• September 21st, 2023, 5-6 p.m.: 'Environmental exposures and neurodegenerative disease: a new link', Antonella Zanobetti, Principal Research Scientist, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
• November 20th, 2023, 5-6 p.m.: 'Predictive 3D lung models to assess the hazard of aerosolized (nano)material', Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser, Co-Chair BioNanomaterials, Adolphe Merkle Institute, Université de Fribourg
• January 23rd, 2024, 3-4 p.m.: 'Systems Ecology of the Human Expobiome in One Health', Paul Wilmes, Professor of Systems Ecology, Luxembourg Centre​ for Systems Biomedicine, Université du Luxembourg

For links, please register with melanie.penning(at)helmholtz-munich.de