Seminars:
Postgraduate Seminar
During semesters, the Postgraduate Seminar is held weekly. Here, students working on their bachelor, master and doctoral theses exchange their research results and keep themselves informed on the latest developments.
Young scientists are invited to be in constant exchange with each other, present their research results in different kind of ways, learn new experimental or computational based techniques and strengthen their language skills. Moreover, also soft skills will be trained during the seminar. Thus, our students learn how to discuss their ideas and problems, how to work in teams, how to optimize their time management, how to criticize in a constructive way and much more.
Due to the wide variety of interdisciplinary research groups at the Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics, our students have different educational backgrounds, research interests and goals. This enables a great exchange of skills and knowledge beyond the students‘ own level of knowledge.
Young scientists from other institutes are also highly welcome to participate in the seminar and can send an Email if they are interested.
Crowd preprint reviewing club
We are proud to report that we launched the Biophysics Leipzig University PREreview Club in December 2023. Here, our students review a preprint article from a preprint platform (like BioRxiv, MeRxiv, Zenodo, …) either as a team or alone. The reviews are uploaded to the PREreview server, linked with a DOI at the Zenodo platform and are thus freely accessible to the scientific community. The aim of this club is to develop a sustainable contribution to the development towards unconfined OpenScience practices in the area of publishing and knowledge sharing. It should give PhD students access to the peer review system and educate them in giving adequate feedback on research data
Institute Seminar
During semesters the Institute Seminar is held every Friday at 9:00 am, unless specifically announced otherwise.
Please note that we are using different rooms in the Winter Term 2023/24, as stated in the timetable below. Room 114 (Rittersaal) is on the 1st Floor, the small lecture hall (kl. HS) is on the 3th Floor and the great lecture hall (gr. HS) is on the 5th Floor of Härtelstr. 16-18. Please use the courtyard entrance.
Contact
Dr. Peter Schmidt
Phone +49 341 97-15742
Email
The graph shows an abstract visualisation of the network built within our Institute Seminar (not arragend in correct geographical order)
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Institute Seminar - Summer Term 2024
Institute Seminar - Winter Term 2023/24
Institute Seminar - Summer Term 2023
Date | Room | Speaker | Subject |
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14.4.23 | Rittersaal | FMP Berlin | NMR as a versatile tool in integrated structural biology |
21.4.23 | 110 | Uni Lübeck | In-tube extraction and slice selective NMR experiments allow imaging via statistical analysis of metabolic profiles |
28.4.23 | gr. HS | MLU Halle-Wittenberg | Towards complex lipid membranes using solid-state NMR |
5.5.23 | Rittersaal | Uniklinikum Leipzig | Oral health and systemic diseases – a promising interlink for research and clinic |
12.5.23 | 110 | Uniklinikum Leipzig | Chronic inflammation and obesity Role of free fatty acids |
19.5.23 | Rittersaal | ||
26.5.23 | Rittersaal | MLU Halle-Wittenberg | Molecular Structure of Long n-Alkanes in Lipid Membranes: Combining NMR and MD simulations |
2.6.23 | Rittersaal | Uni Leipzig | (Lyso)-Phospholipids |
9.6.23 | gr. HS | FAU Erlangen | Protonation, hydration, and conformational changes as means of communication in proteins |
16.6.23 | gr. HS | Universität Leipzig | AI in literature research |
23.6.23 | Rittersaal | LMU Munich | DNA origami tools for sensing single molecules |
30.6.23 | 110 | Peter Schmidt/ Alexander Vogel Universität Leipzig | The eXciting case of how to eXcite Xenon in a cage |
7.7.23 | gr. HS | Universität Leipzig | Dosimetry, imaging and diagnostics of micro and nanoparticles by means of high resolution techniques |
14.7.23 | Rittersaal | Universität Leipzig | Cargo Encapsulation inside DNA Origami Nanocages |
Institute Seminar - Winter Term 2022/23
Date | Room | Speaker | Subject |
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21.10.22 | 114 Rittersaal | University of Erlangen-Nürnberg | Curving molecules – on the fascinating role of lipids in COVID-19 vaccines and cell membranes |
28.10.22 | kl. HS | Leipzig University Institut of Drug Discovery | Computational protein design of novel immunotherapeutic drugs |
04.11.22 | gr. HS | Universität Leipzig Laboratoriumsmedizin | Clinical metabolomics in targeted und non-targeted applications |
11.11.22 | gr. HS | Universität Leipzig Rechtsmedizin | Der Tod im Anflug – Wundballistik in der Rechtsmedizin Vortrag in deutscher Sprache / talk in german |
18.11.22 | gr. HS | MPI Göttingen Department of NMR-based Structural Biology | Structural analysis of membrane catalyzed hIAPP aggregates: Road to potential therapeutic intervention in type II diabetes |
25.11.22 | gr. HS | IOCB Prague | Structural mechanisms of rhomboid superfamily proteins and their implications for biology |
02.12.22 | gr. HS | German Sport University Cologne Institute of Biochemistry | “Challenges in Sports Drug Testing: Anabolic Androgenic Steroids” |
09.12.22 | gr. HS | Universität Leipzig Institut für med. Physik und Biophysik | „Thin-layer chromatography in lipid research” |
16.12.22 | 114 Rittersaal | ||
06.01.23 | 114 Rittersaal | Viola Döbel Universität Leipzig Institut für med. Physik und Biophysik | Sicherheitseinweisung |
13.01.23 | gr. HS | Universitätsklinikum Jena Institut für Molekulare Zellbiologie | Titel: GRK Knock-out cells reveal new insights into GPCR regulation |
20.01.23 | Zoom | Leiden University | Exploring the potential of 28.2 T MRI to resolve microstructural details and white matter tracts in young adult zebrafish brain Zoom only: https://uni-leipzig.zoom.us/j/63261926503?pwd=cEwzSGVxYTJzY29NQUFscTd2OGtzZz09 |
27.01.23 | gr. HS | Universitätsklinikum Leipzig Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Virologie | Cellular and biophysical approaches to characterize rubella virus infection at barrier structures |
03.02.23 | gr. HS | Dr. Milica Matijevic Universität Leipzig Institut für med. Physik und Biophysik | Investigations of the interaction of photosensitive nanocomposite system based on undoped and doped titanium oxide nanoparticles with biomolecules and cells |
10.02.23 | gr. HS | Universitätsklinikum Leipzig Institut für Wirkstoffentwicklung | From Genes to Molecules – Genome-assisted Natural Product Discovery |
Institute Seminar - Winter Term 2021/22
Date | Place | Speaker | Subject |
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15.10.21 | Kl. HS | Markus Fischer Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics Leipzig University | Prediction of protein binding from sequence |
22.10.21 | Kl. HS | Prof. Dr.-Ing. René Androsch Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg | Crystallization of polymers at processing-relevant conditions |
29.10.21 | online 16:00 | Dr. Christoph Gorgulla Harvard Medical School U.S.A. | Ultra-large virtual screenings |
05.11.21 | Kl. HS | J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry Prag, Czech Republic | Relating in-membrane oligomerization numbers of proteins to their functions |
12.11.21 | Kl. HS | Fakultät für Physik | Understanding allostery in GPCRs using Molecular Dynamics simulations |
19.11.21 | online | Prof. Dr. Maria do Rosário Domingues Department of Chemistry University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal | Oxidized phospholipid and mass spectrometry fingerprinting to unveil the biological roles of these epilipids |
26.11.21 | Kl. HS | Faculty of Life Sciences Leipzig University | Molecular tuning of mechanosensory communication |
03.12.21 | online | Medical Department University of Cardiff, Wales | Using mass spectrometry to uncover endogenous lipids that regulate blood clotting |
10.12.21 | Gr. HS and online | Emelyne Pacull Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics | Investigation of the structure and dynamics of the ghrelin/GHS receptor complex by solid-stte NMR |
17.12.21 | Gr. HS and online | Dr. René Staritzbichler Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics | Christmas tale: the magic of physics |
07.01.22 | Online 15:00 Uhr! | Prof. Dr. Hassane Mchaourab https://uni-leipzig.zoom.us/j/63261926503?pwd=cEwzSGVxYTJzY29NQUFscTd2OGtzZz09 | EPR in the age of cryoEM: Two recent stories. |
14.01.22 | Gr. HS and online | PD Dr. Veronika Witte Max-Planck-Institut für Kognitions- und Neurowissenschaften, Leipzig | Impact of diet and obesity on brain structure and function |
21.01.22 | Online 15:00 Uhr! | Dr. Erkan Karakas https://uni-leipzig.zoom.us/j/63261926503?pwd=cEwzSGVxYTJzY29NQUFscTd2OGtzZz09 | Structural basis for activation and gating of IP3 receptor calcium channels |
28.01.22 | Online 15:00 Uhr! | Dr. Ilya Levental https://uni-leipzig.zoom.us/j/63261926503?pwd=cEwzSGVxYTJzY29NQUFscTd2OGtzZz09 | The lateral and transbilayer organization of the mammalian plasma membrane |
04.02.22 | Prof. Dr. Swen Hesse IFB Adipositas Universität Leipzig | cancelled | |
11.02.22 | Prof. Dr. Thomas Günther-Pomorski Molekulare Biochemie https://uni-leipzig.zoom.us/j/63261926503?pwd=cEwzSGVxYTJzY29NQUFscTd2OGtzZz09 | Molecular dissection of membrane transporters – Gaining new insights from biophysical approaches |
Institute Seminar - Summer Term 2021
Date | Place | Speaker | Subject |
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16.04.21 | Gr. HS and online | Dr. Alexander Vogel Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics Leipzig University | Molecular Dynamics of the Human Y1 Receptor in the Presence of an Antagonist and in the apo State |
23.04.21 | no Institute Seminar | ||
30.04.21 | Gr. HS and online | Institute of Biochemistry Leipzig University | How to wake a giant – Activation mechanisms of adhesion G protein-coupled receptors |
07.05.21 | System Security Lab TU Darmstadt | High-fidelity biomacromolecular modelling: lipids, amyloids, open science | |
14.05.21 | no Institute Seminar | ||
21.05.21 | Prof. Dr. Panagiotis Kastritis Kastritis Lab for Biomolecular Research MLU Halle-Wittenberg | Exploring cellular organization in native cell extracts with cryo-electron microscopy | |
28.05.21 | Gr. HS and online | Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics Leipzig University | Structural mechanism of receptor catalyzed G-protein activation |
04.06.21 | Gr. HS and online | Biomembrane Physics University of Graz, Austria | Membrane asymmetry: current insight and future challenges |
11.06.21 | Gr. HS and online | Institute of Medical Physics and Biophysics | AlignMe – Alignment of Membrane Proteins |
18.06.21 | Gr. HS and online | Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria | Dynorphin, the better opiod |
25.06.21 | Gr. HS and online | Biozentrum Universität Würzburg | Optogenetics |
02.07.21 | Gr. HS and online | Institut für Laboratoriumsmedizin, Klinische Chemie und Molekulare Diagnostik Universität Leipzig | Clinical Decision Support Systems – Machine Learning in Medicine |
09.07.21 | Gr. HS and online | Department of Chemistry University of Warwick Great Britain | Keeping track of zinc in biological systems with molecular and inorganic mass spectroscopy |
16.07.21 | Institut für Medizinische Physik und Biophysik Charité Berlin | CANCELLED | |
23.07.21 | Medical University of Vienna, Austria | The development of small molecule chemotherapeutics for cancer treatment |