John Diffley, The Francis Crick Institute
30 March 2022
Starting in 2015, most talks given in the frame of the Max Birnstiel Lecture series are recorded. They are made available to broader audiences via online videos.
2022 Birnstiel Lectures
Understanding the Mechanism and Regulation of Eukaryotic DNA Replication
The electron cryo-microscopy revolution in structural biology
Richard Henderson, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB)
14 March 2022
14 March 2022
Modelling human haematopoiesis, disease and even human organs in NextGEN humanised mice
Richard Flavell, Yale University School of Medicine
28 September 2022
28 September 2022
Gene Transcription: From Mechanisms to Regulation
Patrick Cramer, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences
1 June 2022
1 June 2022
Metastatic Cells and Ecosystems
Joan Massagué, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
Molecular Chaperones in Protein Folding and Proteostasis
F.-Ulrich Hartl, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
11 May 2022
11 May 2022
Understanding the Mechanism and Regulation of Eukaryotic DNA Replication
John Diffley, The Francis Crick Institute
30 March 2022
30 March 2022
The electron cryo-microscopy revolution in structural biology
Richard Henderson, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB)
14 March 2022
14 March 2022
Modelling human haematopoiesis, disease and even human organs in NextGEN humanised mice
Richard Flavell, Yale University School of Medicine
28 September 2022
28 September 2022
Gene Transcription: From Mechanisms to Regulation
Patrick Cramer, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences
1 June 2022
1 June 2022
Metastatic Cells and Ecosystems
Joan Massagué, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
28 April 2022
28 April 2022
Molecular Chaperones in Protein Folding and Proteostasis
F.-Ulrich Hartl, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
11 May 2022
11 May 2022
2019 Birnstiel Lectures
The Origin of Blood Cancer
Ben Ebert, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Broad Institute; HHMI investigator
18 November 2019
18 November 2019
Decrypting the Noncoding Genome - Unmasking the role of transcriptional control in complex traits and human disease
Bing Ren, University of California in San Diego (UCSD)
16 October 2019
16 October 2019
Enhancer-Promoter Communication in Living Drosophila Embryos
Mike Levine, Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton University.
29 May 2019
29 May 2019
Skin stem cells: coping with stress, inflammation and cancer
Elaine Fuchs, The Rockefeller University, New York City (US).
24 April 2019
24 April 2019
Organizing and stabilizing genomes through heterochromatic and euchromatic domains
Susan M. Gasser, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel (CH)
20 March 2019
20 March 2019
The Origin of Blood Cancer
Ben Ebert, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Broad Institute; HHMI investigator
18 November 2019
18 November 2019
Decrypting the Noncoding Genome - Unmasking the role of transcriptional control in complex traits and human disease
Bing Ren, University of California in San Diego (UCSD)
16 October 2019
16 October 2019
Enhancer-Promoter Communication in Living Drosophila Embryos
Mike Levine, Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton University.
29 May 2019
29 May 2019
Skin stem cells: coping with stress, inflammation and cancer
Elaine Fuchs, The Rockefeller University, New York City (US).
24 April 2019
24 April 2019
Organizing and stabilizing genomes through heterochromatic and euchromatic domains
Susan M. Gasser, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel (CH)
20 March 2019
20 March 2019
The Origin of Blood Cancer
Ben Ebert, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Broad Institute; HHMI investigator
18 November 2019
18 November 2019
2018 Birnstiel Lectures
The Design of Pluripotency: Plasticity and Order
Austin Smith, Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
17 May 2018
17 May 2018
In Search of Cajal’s "unfathomable mystery of life
Lawrence Zipursky, UCLA
25 April 2018
25 April 2018
The ubiquitin proteasome system – from basic mechanisms thru human diseases and on to drug targeting
Aaron Ciechanover, Technion Integrated Cancer Center
28 March 2018
28 March 2018
Shedding some Light on the Dark Matter of the Genomic Universe
Thomas Cech, University of Colorado Boulder
24 October 2018
24 October 2018
RNA phase separation and neurogenerative disease
Ron Vale, University of California in San Francisco, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
12 September 2018
12 September 2018
The Design of Pluripotency: Plasticity and Order
Austin Smith, Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
17 May 2018
17 May 2018
In Search of Cajal’s "unfathomable mystery of life
Lawrence Zipursky, UCLA
25 April 2018
25 April 2018
The ubiquitin proteasome system – from basic mechanisms thru human diseases and on to drug targeting
Aaron Ciechanover, Technion Integrated Cancer Center
28 March 2018
28 March 2018
Shedding some Light on the Dark Matter of the Genomic Universe
Thomas Cech, University of Colorado Boulder
24 October 2018
24 October 2018
RNA phase separation and neurogenerative disease
Ron Vale, University of California in San Francisco, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
12 September 2018
12 September 2018
The Design of Pluripotency: Plasticity and Order
Austin Smith, Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
17 May 2018
17 May 2018
2017 Birnstiel Lectures
The VHL Tumor Suppressor Protein: Insights into Oxygen Sensing, Cancer Metabolism and Drugging the Undruggable
William Kaelin, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
29 June 2017
29 June 2017
Towards a Connectome of the Whole Mouse Brain
Winfried Denk, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology
8 January 2017
8 January 2017
Neural circuits and behavior in larval zebrafish
Florian Engert, Harvard University
13 December 2017
13 December 2017
The VHL Tumor Suppressor Protein: Insights into Oxygen Sensing, Cancer Metabolism and Drugging the Undruggable
William Kaelin, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
29 June 2017
29 June 2017
Towards a Connectome of the Whole Mouse Brain
Winfried Denk, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology
8 January 2017
8 January 2017
Neural circuits and behavior in larval zebrafish
Florian Engert, Harvard University
13 December 2017
13 December 2017
The VHL Tumor Suppressor Protein: Insights into Oxygen Sensing, Cancer Metabolism and Drugging the Undruggable
William Kaelin, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
29 June 2017
29 June 2017
2016 Birnstiel Lectures
The cerebral cortex, a substrate for computing in high dimensional dynamic state space
Wolf Singer, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
7 September 2016
7 September 2016
Controlling the Cell Cycle
Sir Paul Nurse, London Research Institute
6 April 2016
6 April 2016
DNA sequence and the Epigenome
Sir Adrian Bird, University of Edinburgh
9 November 2016
9 November 2016
Telomeres and Telomerase in Cancer and Stem Cell Failure
Carol Greider, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
7 July 2016
7 July 2016
The cerebral cortex, a substrate for computing in high dimensional dynamic state space
Wolf Singer, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
7 September 2016
7 September 2016
Controlling the Cell Cycle
Sir Paul Nurse, London Research Institute
6 April 2016
6 April 2016
DNA sequence and the Epigenome
Sir Adrian Bird, University of Edinburgh
9 November 2016
9 November 2016
Telomeres and Telomerase in Cancer and Stem Cell Failure
Carol Greider, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
7 July 2016
7 July 2016
2015 Birnstiel Lectures
Biogenesis and function of the autophagosome membrane
Randy Schekman, University of California at Berkeley
2 December 2015
2 December 2015
New Technologies for Reading and Writing Biology
George Church, Harvard Medical School
16 September 2015
16 September 2015
Biogenesis and function of the autophagosome membrane
Randy Schekman, University of California at Berkeley
2 December 2015
2 December 2015
New Technologies for Reading and Writing Biology
George Church, Harvard Medical School
16 September 2015
16 September 2015
Biogenesis and function of the autophagosome membrane
Randy Schekman, University of California at Berkeley
2 December 2015
2 December 2015
New Technologies for Reading and Writing Biology
George Church, Harvard Medical School
16 September 2015
16 September 2015