AAV Manufacturing Beyond the Lab
GMP production constraints, scalability, and what really limits clinical supply

Dr. Hartmut Tintrup - Exec. Director Advanced Therapies Europe, FUJIFILM Biotechnologies

Discover the Future of Spectral Flow Cytometry - Streamline your workflow with the new NovoCyte Opteon

Speaker: Dr. Thorsten Rieling and Amir Keric, Product Manager - OLS - OMNI Life Science

and exhibition booth in the CMMC Foyer from 10:00 a.m.

Transcription Factors Meet Heterochromatin: Decoding ERV Silencing Pathways

Prof. Gunnar Schotta - Division of Molecular Biology, Biomedical Center, Faculty of Medicine, LMU Munich

Sample Preparation for Single Cell Sequencing

Dr. Verena Barbarino - Account Manager Research, Miltenyi Biotec B.V. & Co. KG

Company Exhibition: 3D culture imaging

Speakers: Dr. Pablo Radermacher - Key Account Manager Cologne/Bonn/NRW, Sales  - Leica Microsystems

From Vision to Venture: How HTGF Supports StartUps

Dr. Lena-Sophie Schütter - HGTF, Bonn

Impact of Automated Genotyping

Transnetyx Automated Genotyping, Genetic Monitoring, and Microbiome Analysis 

Speakers: Daniel Gercke, Regional Sales Manager Europe and Manuel Vazquez, Regional Sales Director Europe -  Transnetyx

and exhibition booth in the CMMC Foyer from 9:00 a.m.

Optimized and Scalable Workflows: From Cell-Based Assays to qPCR

Engage with the Experts: Join the Talks and Discussions

• The Future of Cell-Based Assays: Scalable, Unbiased, and Automated Workflows from Cell Painting, Compound Screening to Organoids
  Jing Zhang, PhD - Field Application Scientist, SPT Labtech Ltd 

and visit the SPT and NEB exhibition booths in the CMMC Foyer from 10:00 a.m.

Innovations Training
IXplore IX85 Spin XL: widen your view into cellular dynamics

Dr. Viktor Jakob, High-End Application Specialist, Life Science Division, EVIDENT Scientific
Dr. Carsten Herrmann - Territory Manager Life Science Division, EVIDENT Scientific

See more and discover faster with the IXplore IX85 SpinXL spinning disk confocal microscope. With an unparalleled 26.5 mm field of view (FOV), you can capture cellular dynamics faster and screen large areas quickly. Precise, gentle live-cell imaging supports sample viability and image consistency.

Live demonstration with your samples on Thursday, March 19, 2026 starting at 9 a.m. and Friday, March 20, from 9 a.m.

On both days you will have the opportunity to participate in a hands-on training session (slots of 2 hours).
The following times will be available:
Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 9.00 a.m. / 11:00 a.m. / 2 p.m. /4 p.m.
Friday, March 20, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. / 11 a.m. / 1 p.m. / 3 p.m.

Please sign up for the training!
Dr. Herrmann will contact you directly to schedule a training time that works for you.

From Images to Insights: High-Resolution Spatial Transcriptomics Using Xenium at the CCG
Andrea Hamm-Baarke - Sr. Account Executive, Germany West (NRW) - 10x Genomics

Transcription regulation and dysregulation in leukemia by BET bromodomain proteins

Prof. Andreas Mayer - Institute of Genomics and RNomics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria

Cryo-Electron microscopy at the University of Cologne

We have a dedicated cryo-EM platform here at the UoC. With cryo-EM we analyse the structure of proteins to learn more about their function. We want to present you what we can do with cryo-EM and give you an overview of the technique and of possible applications so that you can decide, if cryo-EM is a technique that would be beneficial to your scientific project.

Dr. Monika Gunkel and Dr. Arthur Macha - StruBiTEM - Cologne, DE

SCD - Sudden Cardiac Death

Prof. Dr. Paululat - Zoology & Developmental Biology Lab, University Osnabrück, DE

Westernblot Workshop

Speaker: Dr. Marina Able - Scientific Marketing Specialist - Proteintech Germany GmbH

Genetically Modified Mouse Models and Applications
Yunpeng Zhang, Scientist - GemPharmatech

Careers in clinical trials in the biotech sector: the Latin America perspective

Carla Asseburg, Project Director, Clinical Research Operations, ICON Biotech - São Paulo, BR

“DFG - Funding Opportunities and Review Process”

Speaker

Dr. Barbara Specius - Program Officer at the German Research Foundation (DFG), Bonn

Add on
The German Research Foundation (DFG, www.dfg.de) is the leading funding agency for basic research in Germany. This presentation provides an overview of funding opportunities and the review process and is aimed at researchers who are planning to submit a grant application or wish to learn more about the process.

Peptide Strategies & Tumorspecific Immune Responses

Speakers: 

Heike Dasenbrock - Business Development Director - peptides&elephants GmbH

Dr. Maria A. Garcia Marquez - Schlößer Lab Cologne Translational Cancer Immunology

and exhibition booth in the CMMC Foyer from 9:00 a.m.

Auf dem Weg zur Habilitation an der medizinischen Fakultät: 
Verfahren - Fördermöglichkeiten - medizinisch-didaktische Fortbildungsangebote

Referent*innen

• Prof. Dr. Maximillian Ruge - Vorsitzender des Habilitationsausschusses
• Prof. Dr. Elke Kalbe - Prodekanin für Akademische Entwicklung und Chancengleichheit
• Prof. Dr. Jan Matthes - Fakultätsbeauftragter für Medizinische Fortbildungen, Studiendekanat der Fakultät für Medizin 

Das Webinar gibt einen Überblick über das Habilitationsverfahren und erläutert zentrale Schritte auf dem Weg zur Habilitation – von den formalen Voraussetzungen über die Antragstellung und Einreichung bis hin zu Begutachtungsprozess und Abschluss. Darüber hinaus werden relevante Fördermöglichkeiten sowie die medizinisch-didaktischen Fortbildungsangebote vorgestellt.

Die Veranstaltung richtet sich an Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler sowie Ärztinnen und Ärzte der Medizinischen Fakultär der Universität zu Köln, die eine Habilitation anstreben oder sich frühzeitig über Anforderungen und Abläufe informieren möchten.

Genetic and Epigenetic Reprogramming of Transposable Elements Drives ecDNA-Mediated Metastatic Prostate Cancer

Dr. Lisanne Mout - Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

ZOOM ONLY MEETING - Link will be sent to registered participants.

Please register here:

https://uni-koeln.zoom.us/meeting/register/Q6oxAQh6TbCa_Z4_S8JqBg#/registration

4.00 - 4.45 p.m. - Mechanisms of Diabetes and Emerging RNA Therapeutics: Two Examples from Research and Translation
Prof. Markus Stoffel - Inst. for Molecular Health Sciences, ETH Zurich - Zurich, CH

4.45 - 5.00 p.m. - Farewell Address for Prof. Thomas Benzing
in recognition of his long-standing service as CMMC chairperson
Prof. Claus Cursiefen - Dept. of Ophthalmology, CMMC Executive Board Member

5.00 - 7.00 p.m. - CMMC Get-Together
with BBQ on the patio

Thema pending 

Referentin

Dr. Constanze Duhme - Transfermanagerin - Prodekanat für Wissenschaft und Forschung der Medizinischen Fakultät 

In Webinar gibt Frau Dr. Duhme einen Überblick über die Aufgaben der Transferabteilung der Medizinischen Fakultät und deren Unterstützung bei der Verwertung von Forschungsergebnissen. Vorgestellt werden zentrale Aspekte des Umgangs mit geistigem Eigentum (IP) sowie Wege der Überführung wissenschaftlicher Ergebnisse in Transfer- und Kooperationsprojekte. Zudem werden konkrete Unterstützungsangebote für Forschende der Fakultät aufgezeigt.

Innovations Training: New insights in confocal microscopy- FV5000

Dr. Viktor Jakob, High-End Application Specialist, Life Science Division, EVIDENT Scientific
Dr. Carsten Herrmann - Territory Manager Life Science Division, EVIDENT Scientific

FLUOVIEW™ FV5000 - Confocal and Multiphoton - Laser Scanning Microscope
Built on Evident’s renowned optical expertise, the FLUOVIEW FV5000 is redefining the boundaries of confocal and multiphoton imaging with extraordinary clarity, speed, and reliability: up to 10 lasers, 6 SilVIR detectors, every scan measurement can be quantifyed, constant check of the laser power monitor.

Live demonstration with your samples on Thursday, Juli 23, 2026 starting at 9 a.m. and Friday, July 24, from 9 a.m.

On both days you will have the opportunity to participate in a hands-on training session (slots of 2 hours).
The following times will be available:
Thursday, July 23, 2026 at 9.00 a.m. / 11:00 a.m. / 2 p.m. /4 p.m.
Friday, July 24, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. / 11 a.m. / 1 p.m. / 3 p.m.

Please sign up for the training!
Dr. Herrmann will contact you directly to schedule a training time that works for you.