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Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium 2026 @vbc-phd-symposium.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

📢 Workshop Speaker Announcement | Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium 2026 Women in Biology Initiative (WoBio) is a network of women scientists committed to understanding and reducing gender inequality in academia, and particularly within the Life Sciences. ✨Stay tuned for more workshops announcement!

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Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium 2026 @vbc-phd-symposium.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We're happy to have Simone Reber (Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology) as a speaker in our Cellular Architecture session. Talk: "How to Discover Something by Failing at Something Else: Density Homeostasis Across the Nuclear Envelope" We look forward to her talk at the VBC PhD symposium.

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Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium 2026 @vbc-phd-symposium.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

📢 Workshop Speaker Announcement | Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium 2026 Audrey Crousilles is a Staff Scientist in the ProTech Facility at VBCF, where she uses her expertise to address biophysical problems. We look forward to hearing about her experiences. ✨Stay tuned for more workshops announcement!

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Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium 2026 @vbc-phd-symposium.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We're happy to have Gerbrand van der Heden van Noort (Leiden University) as a speaker in our Biochemistry & Synthetic Biology session. Talk: "Chemical protein synthesis of ubiquitin tools and how failing negative controls turn out to be positive!" We look forward to his talk at the symposium.

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Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium 2026 @vbc-phd-symposium.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

📢 Workshop Speaker Announcement | VBC PhD Symposium 2026 Vanja Nagy is a neuroscientist and program director at CEBINA working at the interface of academia, biotechnology, and drug development. We look forward to hearing about her experiences. ✨Stay tuned for more workshops announcement!

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Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium 2026 @vbc-phd-symposium.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We're pleased to introduce Amedeo Caflisch (University of Zurich) as one of the speakers in our Molecular Architecture session. His research focuses on epitranscriptomics and in particular a group of enzymes that methylate RNA. We look forward to his talk at the VBC PhD symposium.

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Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium 2026 @vbc-phd-symposium.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

📢 Workshop Speaker Announcement | Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium 2026 Josua Wehner is a Patent Attorney with a PhD in Biomedicine and a background spanning research, pharmaceutical IP, and health policy. We look forward to hearing about his experiences. ✨Stay tuned for more workshops announcement!

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Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium 2026 @vbc-phd-symposium.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We're pleased to introduce Lisa Buchauer (Charité Berlin) as one of the speakers in our Immunology session. Her work combines single-cell omics and mechanistic modeling to understand immune responses in lung disease and infection. We look forward her talk at the VBC PhD symposium.

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Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium 2026 @vbc-phd-symposium.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We're pleased to introduce Martha Merrow (LMU) as one of the speakers in our Neurobiology session. Her research focuses on molecular mechanisms underlying circadian clocks and how these biological rhythms are synchronized with the environment. We look forward to her talk at the VBC PhD symposium.

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Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium 2026 @vbc-phd-symposium.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

📢 Workshop Speaker Announcement | Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium 2026 On November 5th, Roshni Mooneeram, specialist in building inclusive cultures in science, will join us for a workshop focused on Diversity & Equity in Science. ✨Stay tuned for more workshops announcement!

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Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium 2026 @vbc-phd-symposium.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🎓 Science doesn’t stop at the lab! 🧬✨ Join us for a series of engaging workshops to support your scientific journey. 🔹 Career Development 🔹 Science Communication 🔹 Diversity & Equity in Science ✨ Stay tuned for the introduction of all our workshop speakers!

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Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium 2026 @vbc-phd-symposium.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

We're pleased to introduce Gabriel Neurohr (ETH Zürich; @gabrielneurohr.bsky.social) as a speaker at the VBC PhD symposium. Title of the talk: 'Weak interactions drive selective proteome demixing and tune the differential response to environmental perturbations' Looking forward to November.

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Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium 2026 @vbc-phd-symposium.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

We're pleased to introduce Maria Hondele (University of Basel) as one of the speakers in our Biochemistry & Synthetic Biology session. Her research focuses on membraneless organelles and how they are formed, regulated and function. We look forward to her talk at the VBC PhD symposium.

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Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium 2026 @vbc-phd-symposium.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

We're pleased to introduce Chiara Zurzuolo (Institut Pasteur) as one of the speakers in our Immunology session, who will present: 'Tunneling Nanotubes: Reshaping Brain Cells Connectivity in Health and Disease' We look forward to hearing about her latest research at the VBC PhD symposium.

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Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium 2026 @vbc-phd-symposium.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

We're happy to introduce Rosa Lozano-Durán (University of Tübingen) as a speaker in our Immunology session. Her research focuses on plant–pathogen interactions, innate immunity, and viral strategies to manipulate host responses. We look forward to hearing about her latest research in November.

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Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium 2026 @vbc-phd-symposium.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

We're very happy to introduce Robert Ernst (Saarland University) as one of the speakers in our Cellular Architecture session. Title of the talk: 'Cellular mechanisms of biophysical membrane homeostasis' We look forward to hearing about his latest research at the VBC PhD symposium.

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Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium 2026 @vbc-phd-symposium.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

We're pleased to introduce Bert Poolman (University of Groningen) as one of the speakers in our Biochemistry & Synthetic Biology session. Title of the talk: 'How minimal can the energy supply of a synthetic cell be?' We look forward to hearing about his latest research at the VBC PhD symposium.

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Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium 2026 @vbc-phd-symposium.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

We're pleased to introduce Emiliano Biasini (University of Trento) as one of the speakers in our Molecular Architecture session. Title of the talk: 'Cryptic phosphorylation and ribosome-associated kinase control: deciphering a proteome-wide co-translational folding checkpoint in health and disease'

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Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium 2026 @vbc-phd-symposium.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

These are the 2026 Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium Scientific Sessions! 📅 5th of November 2026 Biochemistry & Synthetic Biology Molecular Architecture Cellular Architecture 📅 6th of November 2026 Immunology Neurobiology We look forward to seeing you there!

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Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium 2026 @vbc-phd-symposium.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

We are honored to welcome Harald H. H. W. Schmidt as the keynote speaker at the 2026 Vienna BioCenter PhD symposium. His work embodies the very spirit of the symposium: embracing complexity, challenging linear thinking, and uncovering new paths to scientific insight.

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Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium 2026 @vbc-phd-symposium.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Meet the students organizing the 2026 Vienna BioCenter PhD symposium. Chloé B, Polina D, Maura H, Julia K, Konstantina K, Elisa M, Niccolo DM, Hannah M, Magdalena O, Federico S, Petra S, Agastya S, Kasia S, Moritz W, Felix W, Daniel V With great support from the VBC training team.

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Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium 2026 @vbc-phd-symposium.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Registration for the 2026 Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium is now open! Students who want to present a poster can submit an abstract. For first year Master’s students, there are limited travel grants. 📝 Register here: tally.so/r/449zoo ⏳ Deadline: 04.10.2026 📅 Date of the symposium: 04–06.11.2026

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Vienna Biocenter PhD Symposium 2026

A trail of twists and turns: Non-linear paths to discovery

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Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium 2026 @vbc-phd-symposium.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

📅 Save the date: November 4–6, 2026 We are happy to announce this year’s Vienna BioCenter PhD symposium: 🔬 A trail of twists and turns: non-linear paths to discovery Join us for a symposium that celebrates the unexpected journeys behind scientific breakthroughs. Stay tuned for more details!

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