Workshop Programme – Paris-Munich Epigenetics 2023

Paris-Munich Epigenetics Workshop & Symposium 2023
Wednesday June 14 & Friday June 16, 2023
Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
Large Auditorium of the T-Building,
Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried

Workshop Programme:

download workshop & symposium program (PDF, 230 KB)

Tuesday, June 13

Arrival & over-night stay in hotel

     Free evening in Munich for students/post-docs

Wednesday, June 14

Workshop I:

8:45 – 9:00 Welcome and icebreaker activity for workshop participants

9:00 – 10:30 Introduction of participants I (10 PhD students/post-docs)
                    (round table, chalk talk – background/interest, ~8 minutes each)

     Coffee break

11:00 – 12:30 Introduction of participants II (10 PhD students/post-docs)
                    (round table, chalk talk – background/interest, ~8 minutes each)

     Lunch break (MPI canteen)

13:30 – 14:15 Lecture: General introduction to epigenetics - Pierre-Antoine Defossez

14:15 – 15:00 Lecture: Epigenetic enzymes and mechanisms - Heinrich Leonhardt

      Coffee break

15:30 – 16:15 Lecture: Techniques to study epigenetic phenomena - Till Bartke

16:15 – 16:30 Presentation: "Introduction to the Symposium" - Pierre-Antoine Defossez

16:30 – 17:00 Registration for Symposium

     Coffee break during registration

Scientific symposium – see Symposium Programme

Friday, June 16

Workshop II:

(12:30) Lunch - workshop participants, organizers, and workshop lecturers (MPI canteen)

14:00 – 15:00 Lecture: Communication in science - Alison Abbott
                      (science journalist/senior European correspondent at Nature)

     Coffee break

15:30 – 16:30    Career talks (~15 min each) by workshop speakers (career path & current job)

1. Presentation - academic/PI: Daphne Cabianca
                         (junior PI - IFE/Helmholtz Zentrum München)

2. Presentation - biotech start-up company: Moritz Völker-Albert
                         (CEO - LMU Munich spin-off company EpiQMax), on Zoom

3. Presentation - large pharma company: Elke Glasmacher
                         (Global Head of Discovery Sciences - Roche)

4. Presentation - journal editor: Poonam Bheda
                         (senior editor - Nature Communications)

     Coffee break with drinks and nibbles

17:00 – 18:00   Open discussion & free questions from workshop participants
                        (workshop speakers & Organizers)

18:00                Concluding remarks by Organizers

End of workshop

      Farewell drinks and dinner – workshop participants, organizers, and workshop lecturers
      (Gasthaus Erdinger Weißbräu, Großhadern)

Over-night stay in hotel for workshop participants (students/post-docs) and Organizer from Paris

Saturday, June 17

Departure of workshop participants (students/post-docs) & Organizer from Paris