News 2024
April
Symposium "Dynamics in chromatin organization and RNA regulation"
On April 10-12, 2024, a three-day international symposium on chromatin and RNA research took place in the auditorium of the JLU main building, organized by Prof. Dr. Sigurd Braun (Institute of Genetics) in collaboration with Prof. Dr. Katja Sträßer (Institute of Biochemistry). The conference was funded by two EU and DFG-supported graduate programs (Cell2Cell, RTG2355), coordinated by LMU Munich and JLU Giessen. Registration was free, allowing many students and doctoral candidates to participate.
The event was a great success! A total of 130 local and international participants attended. The symposium was opened by the Vice President for Research of the JLU, Prof. Dr. Martin Kramer. Leading researchers from Israel (Prof. Dr. Schraga Schwarz), Switzerland (Prof. Dr. Susan Gasser), and the Netherlands (Prof. Dr. Bas van Steensel) delivered the keynote lectures. Many other presentations followed from guest speakers and local researchers, such as Prof. Dr. Sandra Hake and Vishnu N. Suma Sreechakram from the Institute of Genetics. Among the speakers were also many early stage researchers from the two graduate programs. Another highlight was the awarding of the 300 Euro poster prize by the German Genetics Society to Gertjan Laenen (Institut Curie, Paris), presented by the GfG President, Prof. Dr. Sandra Hake.
The presentations covered a wide range of different aspects of gene expression: from genome architecture to epigenetic mechanisms and single-cell level analyses to RNA modifications. Their importance during adaptation to environmental changes and infection with various parasites was also highlighted.
Februar
Dammann Group celebrates Fasching
January
Sandra Hake and Sigurd Braun: newly elected President and Vice President of the German Society for Genetics (GfG)
At the online general meeting of the Society for Genetics (@GfGenetik), Prof. Dr. Sandra Hake and Prof. Dr. Sigurd Braun were elected as the new President and Vice President of the German Society for Genetics. Both are very honored and look forward to the future tasks and challenges. An interview with Sandra Hake about her new position can be found in the BIOspektrum Edition 1/2024 (https://www.biospektrum.de/ausgabe).
