Seminars 2025

Certificate of attendance available upon request. 
Please contact the CMMC Office at zmmk-koordinationsstelle[at]uni-koeln.de.

08/05/2025 16:00

CMMC Empowerment Meeting

Well-being and science - How do they go together?

Dr. Rainer Weber - Clinic and Polyclinic for Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy - Köln, DE

Host: Kasia Bozek & Simon Pöpsel

Institute for Bioinformatics & CMMC - Lab. for Chromatin Biochemistry

Location: CMMC Seminar Room (Building 66)
09/05/2025 12:00

CMMC EPI Club Seminar

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Human satellite DNA encodes megabase-scale transcription factor binding platforms

J. Matthew Franklin - Postdoctoral Scholar, Genetics, Stanford University - Stanford, US

Host: Michal R. Schweiger & Alicja Pacholewska

Institute for Translational Epigenetics

Location: CMMC Seminar Room (Building 66)
14/05/2025 15:00

CMMC Seminar Series

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A single-cell analysis of Hh and EGFR-RAS signalling: Independent signalling pathways prevent tumorigenesis

Katja Rust - Dept. of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Marburg - Marburg, DE

Host: Andreas Wodarz

Institute I of Anatomy - RG Molecular Cell Biology

Location: TRIO - Seminar Room, CMMC‐Research Building / Building 66
02/06/2025 14:00

CMMC Seminar Series

Mitotic polarity oscillation promotes epithelial tumor progression

Ulrich Tepass - Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto - Toronto, CA

Host: Andreas Wodarz

Institute I of Anatomy - RG Molecular Cell Biology

Location: TRIO - Seminar Room, CMMC‐Research Building / Building 66
05/06/2025 13:30

CMMC Novel Technologies Seminar Series

Hidex Sense Beta plus - Intuitive Multilabel Microplate Reader for each Lab and Assay 

and exhibition booth in the CMMC Foyer from 1:00 p.m.

Speakers: Kai Müller - Managing Director & Dr. Horst Lauersen - Account Manager - Hidex

Host: Dr. Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher

Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne

Location: CMMC Seminar Room and Foyer (Building 66)
18/07/2025 14:00

CMMC Seminar Series

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What is cytomegalovirus teaching us about immunity?

Chris Benedict - Center for Vaccine Innovation, Center for Autoimmunity and Inflammation, La Jolla Institute for Immunology - La Jolla, US

Host: Holger Winkels

Dept. III of Internal Medicine | Experimental Cardiology and CMMC -B12

Location: TRIO - Seminar Room, CMMC‐Research Building / Building 66

Past Seminars 2025:

10/01/2025 12:00 - 15:00

CMMC EPI Club Seminar

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Aged cells co-opt the 3D genome to sustain their splicing program

Prof. Argyris Papantonis - Translational Epigenetics & Genome Architecture, University Medical Center Göttingen - DE

Host: Michal R. Schweiger & Alicja Pacholewska

Institute for Translational Epigenetics

Location: CMMC Seminar Room (Building 66)
10/02/2025 13:00 - 15:00

CMMC Seminar Series

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Control of Membrane Growth by posttranslational mechanisms during Drosophila midblastula transition

Hans-Arno Müller - University of Kassel, Inst. for Biology, Developmental Genetics - Kassel, DE

Host: Andreas Wodarz

Institute I of Anatomy - RG Molecular Cell Biology

Location: CMMC Seminar Room (Building 66)
12/02/2025 11:00 - 13:00

CMMC Seminar Series

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Tumor-associated macrophages enhance tumor innervation and spinal cord repair

Ilaria Decimo - Dept. of Diagnostics & Public Health, University of Verona - Verona, IT

Host: Elisa Motori

Institute of Biochemistry and CMMC

Location: CMMC Seminar Room (Building 66)
25/02/2025 09:00 - 16:00

CMMC Novel Technologies Seminar Series

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Company Exhibition 

Mahdi Rivandi - Regional Sales Manager - MedChemExpress

Host: Dr. Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher

Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne

Location: CMMC Foyer (Building 66)
20/03/2025 11:30 - 13:00

CMMC Novel Technologies Seminar Series

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Immunoprecipitation and Western Blot Workshop

Speaker: Dr. Amy Turner - Scientific Marketing Specialist 

Freya Wedekind - Account Manager North West Germany - Chromotek GmbH - a part of Proteintech group

Host: Dr. Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher

Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne

Location: CMMC Seminar Room (Building 66)
23/04/2025 11:30 - 13:30

CMMC Novel Technologies Seminar Series

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Introducing Inovarion - a Life Sciences R&D company specialized in the provision of highly skilled scientists

Speaker: Dr. Etienne Eschenbrenner - Business Research Manager - Inovarion

Host: Dr. Debora Grosskopf-Kroiher

Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne

Location: CMMC Seminar Room (Building 66)