Upcoming basic lectures

The basic lecture course has been an integral part of the IMPRS curriculum since its inception and is mainly designed to provide insights into recent scientific progress in chemical ecology. IMPRS faculty members contributes lectures on latest discoveries, technical advances or major conceptual issues. The lectures take place on Monday, 5pm, once per month (except August) online or offline. Each lecture earns 0,15 credit points. Lectures will be archived.

So you really want to work with membrane proteins? Challenges and applications in and at the cellular membrane

Basic lecture

Date: Nov 25, 2024
Time: 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Ute A. Hellmich
Prof. for Biostructural Interactions at FSU Institute of Organic Chemistry & Macromolecular Chemistry
Location: MPI-CE, A1.009 + A1.011

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Genomic resources for comparative analyses of orthopteran genomes

Basic lecture

Date: Dec 9, 2024
Time: 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Holger Schielzeth
Prof. for Molecular Population Ecology at FSU Institute of Ecology
Location: online via zoom

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Basic lecture

Date: Jan 20, 2025
Time: 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Martin Kaltenpoth
Head of MPI-CE Department of Insect Symbiosis
Location: MPI-CE
Room: Seminar room A1.009 and A1.011

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From the ear to the brain – Methods to investigate auditory processing

Basic lecture

Date: Jan 27, 2025
Time: 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Manuela Nowotny
Head of Animal Physiology at FSU, Institute of Zoology and Evolutionary Biology
Location: MPI-CE
Room: Seminar room A1.009 and A1.011

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Basic lecture

Date: Feb 24, 2025
Time: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Nicole van Dam
Director of research of the Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops
Location: MPI-CE
Room: Seminar room A1.009 and A1.011

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Basic lecture

Date: Mar 17, 2025
Time: 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Sarah O'Connor
Head of MPI-CE Department of Natural Product Biosynthesis
Location: MPI-CE
Room: Seminar room A1.009 and A1.011

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Basic lecture

Date: Apr 7, 2025
Time: 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Dr. Markus Knaden
Head of Research Group Odor-Guided Behaviour
Location: MPI-CE
Room: Seminar room A1.009 and A1.011

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Basic lecture

Date: May 19, 2025
Time: 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Franziska Beran
Head of IGZ Research Group Plant Biotic Interactions
Location: MPI-CE
Room: Seminar room A1.009 and A1.011

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Basic lecture

Date: Jun 2, 2025
Time: 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Yuko Ulrich
Head of MPI-CE Lise Meitner Research Group Social Behavior
Location: MPI-CE
Room: Seminar room A1.009 and A1.011

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Basic lecture

Date: Jul 14, 2025
Time: 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Jonathan Gershenzon
Head of MPI-CE Department of Biochemistry
Location: MPI-CE
Room: Seminar room A1.009 and A1.011

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Basic lecture

Date: Sep 15, 2025
Time: 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Shabnam Mohammadi
Head of MPI-CE Research Group Evolutionary and Integrative Physiology
Location: MPI-CE
Room: Seminar room A1.009 and A1.011

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Basic lecture

Date: Oct 27, 2025
Time: 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Erika Kothe
Head of "Microbial Communication" Group at FSU Institute for Microbiology
Location: MPI-CE
Room: Seminar room A1.009 and A1.011

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Basic lecture

Date: Nov 17, 2025
Time: 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Stefan Schuster
Department of Bioinformatics, Faculty of Biosciences, Friedrich Schiller University
Location: MPI-CE
Room: Seminar room A1.009 and A1.011

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Basic lecture

Date: Dec 15, 2025
Time: 05:00 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Günter Theißen
Head of Department of Genetics at FSU "Matthias Jakob Schleiden Institute"
Location: MPI-CE
Room: Seminar room A1.009 and A1.011

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