Events in current semester

Winter semester 2025/2026

Mon, Oct 06, 2025

MChG-Vortrag, Dept. Chemie
16:00 , Baeyer Hörsaal

Koji Kubota

Hokkaido University

 

Development of New Bond Forming Strategies by Extended Umpolung

MChG-Vortrag, MChG, Prof. Trapp
16:15 , Adolf-von-Baeyer-Hörsaal

Merck-Banyu Lectureship Award Tour
Preisträger 2024: Prof. Dr. Koji Kubota
Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Japan

Exploring Synthetic Mechanochemistry

Fri, Oct 10, 2025

MPI Lecture Series, MPI of Biochemistry
16:00 , MPI of Biochemistry T-Building, Large Lecture Hall

Michael Sattler, Technische Universität München

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Tue, Oct 21, 2025

MChG-Vortrag, GDCh/MChG
17:15 , Willstätter-Hörsaal

Prof. Dr. Ilan Marek

Schulich Faculty of Chemistry Technion –

Israel Institute of Technology Haifa/Israel

Richard-Willstätter-Vorlesung

Harnessing Non-Classical Carbocations for Stereoselective Synthesis

Wed, Oct 22, 2025

OC-Kolloquium, Dept. Chemie
17:00 , Willstätter Hörsaal

Renana Gershoni-Poranne

Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Mission ImPASsible: Decoding Polycyclic Aromatic Systems with Deep Learning 

Mon, Oct 27, 2025

OC-Kolloquium, Dept. Chemie
11:00 , Willstätter Hörsaal

Christoph Lambert

Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg

Can chemical reactions be influenced by magnetic fields?

Wed, Oct 29, 2025

PC/TC-Kolloquium, Dept. Chemie
17:15 , Baeyer Hörsaal

Prof. Dr. Christian KübelKIT Karlsruhe, TU Darmstadt

Advanced Electron Microscopy to Understand Structural and Functional Properties of Ceramics

Thu, Oct 30, 2025

Vortrag, Chemical Biology and Pharmacy Seminars
17:15 , L0.010 - ICE-M

Dr. Vjekoslav Dekaris, Editor-in-chief, Chem (Cell Press)

"Essential insight and tips for publishing in Chem and other high impact journals"

Wed, Nov 05, 2025

DPhG-Vortrag, Dept. Pharmazie
18:30 , Buchner-Hörsaal

Prof. Dr. Theo Dingermann, Senior Editor der Pharmazeutischen Zeitung

Impfung gegen Krebs – Alles andere als ein Selbstläufer

Thu, Nov 13, 2025

MPI Lecture Series, MPI of Biochemistry
16:00 , MPI of Biochemistry T-Building, Large Lecture Hall

Wolfgang Zachariae, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

Can yeast count? How to do two divisions in meiosis

Wed, Nov 19, 2025

PC/TC-Kolloquium, Dept. Chemie
17:15 , Baeyer Hörsaal

Prof. Dr. Cornelia Monzel

Universität Stuttgart

Emerging Trends with Synthetic Biomembranes - about (I) actively tunable molecular pattern, (II) diffusion and fluctuation measurements, and (III) a mimic of the Immunological CAR-Synapse

Thu, Nov 20, 2025

MPI Lecture Series, MPI of Biochemistry
16:00 , MPI of Biochemistry T-Building, Large Lecture Hall

Kikue Tachibana, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

Molecular mechanisms that initiate the start of life

BC-Pharmazie Kolloquium, Chemical Biology and Pharmacy Seminars
17:15 , L0.010 - ICE-M

Prof. Dr. Jean-Christophe Leroux

Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, ETH - Zürich

"Transbuccal systemic delivery of peptides"

Tue, Nov 25, 2025

MChG-Vortrag, MChG
17:15 , Baeyer-HS

Prof. Dr. Andrea Rentmeister

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Fakultät für Chemie und Pharmazie

Institute of Chemical Epigenetics

Antrittsvorlesung

Chemical and Optical Control of mRNA: From Cofactor Engineering to Light-Activated Translation

Wed, Nov 26, 2025

PC/TC-Kolloquium, Dept. Chemie
17:15 , Baeyer Hörsaal

Prof. Dr. Mario Ruben

KIT Karlsruhe

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Thu, Nov 27, 2025

MPI Lecture Series, MPI of Biochemistry
16:00 , MPI of Biochemistry T-Building, Large Lecture Hall

Andreas Ladurner, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

How sugars promote fat production – A human transcriptional receptor for glucose-6-phosphate

Wed, Dec 03, 2025

PC/TC-Kolloquium, Dept. Chemie
17:15 , Baeyer Hörsaal

Prof. Dr. Artur Nenov

Universitá degli Studi die Bologna, Italien

 

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Thu, Dec 04, 2025

MPI Lecture Series, MPI of Biochemistry
16:00 , MPI of Biochemistry T-Building, Large Lecture Hall

Jürg Müller, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

Molecular mechanisms for maintaining cell fate decisions

BC-Pharmazie Kolloquium, Chemical Biology and Pharmacy Seminars
17:15 , L0.010 - ICE-M

Prof. Dr. Jean-Christophe Leroux

Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, ETH - Zürich

"Shift in scientific publication practices"

Mon, Dec 08, 2025

OC-Kolloquium, Dept. Chemie
11:00 , Willstätter Hörsaal

Mario Waser 

Johannes Kepler Universität Linz

Chiral Isochalcogenourea Lewis Base Organocatalysis 

Wed, Dec 10, 2025

DPhG-Vortrag, Dept. Pharmazie
18:30 , Buchner-Hörsaal

Dr. Mario Wurglics, Institut für Pharmazeutische Chemie, Goethe Universität Frankfurt

Best of Neue Arzneistoffe 2025 - Wirkmechanismen und therapeutische Bedeutung verstehen

Wed, Dec 17, 2025

PC/TC-Kolloquium, Dept. Chemie
17:15 , Baeyer Hörsaal

Dr. Fabio Parmeggiani

Cardiff University, UK

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Thu, Dec 18, 2025

BC-Pharmazie Kolloquium, Chemical Biology and Pharmacy Seminars
17:15 , L0.010 - ICE-M

Prof. Dr. Alena Khmelinskaia

Department of Chemistry, LMU München
 

"TBA"

Wed, Jan 07, 2026

PC/TC-Kolloquium, Dept. Chemie
17:15 , Baeyer Hörsaal

Prof. Dr. Bettina Keller

Freie Universität Berlin, Institute for Chemistry and Biochemistry, Physical & Theoretical Chemistry

 

 

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Thu, Jan 15, 2026

MPI Lecture Series, MPI of Biochemistry
16:00 , MPI of Biochemistry T-Building, Large Lecture Hall

Karen Alim, Technische Universität München

Non-neural information processing

Mon, Jan 19, 2026

OC-Kolloquium, Dept. Chemie
11:00 , Willstätter Hörsaal

Stephen Hashmi 

Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg

Homogeneous Gold-Catalysis - Functionalized Intermediates and Synthetic Applications

Wed, Jan 21, 2026

PC/TC-Kolloquium, Dept. Chemie
17:15 , Baeyer Hörsaal

Prof. Dr. Katherine Mirica

Dartmouth College Hanover, USA 

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DPhG-Vortrag, Dept. Pharmazie
18:30 , Buchner-Hörsaal

PD Dr. Stefanie Fenske, Pharmakologie für Naturwissenschaften, Ludwig–Maximilians–Universität München

Wer dirigiert den Rhythmuswechsel im Herzen? HCN1 statt HCN4?

Thu, Jan 22, 2026

MPI Lecture Series, MPI of Biochemistry
09:00 , MPI of Biochemistry T-Building, Large Lecture Hall

Ralf Jungmann, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

From DNA Nanotechnology to Biomedical Insight: Towards Single-Molecule Spatial Omics

BC-Pharmazie Kolloquium, Chemical Biology and Pharmacy Seminars
17:15 , L0.010 - ICE-M

Prof. Dr. Nina Hartrampf

Department of Chemistry, University of Zürich
 

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Wed, Jan 28, 2026

PC/TC-Kolloquium, Dept. Chemie
17:15 , Baeyer Hörsaal

Prof. Dr. Georgios Gouridis

 Institute of Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, Heraklion-Kreta, Griechenland

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Thu, Jan 29, 2026

MPI Lecture Series, MPI of Biochemistry
16:00 , MPI of Biochemistry T-Building, Large Lecture Hall

Don C. Lamb,  Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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Mon, Feb 02, 2026

OC-Kolloquium, Dept. Chemie
11:00 , Willstätter Hörsaal

Bernhard Breit 

Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg

Molecular Gymnastics with Alkynes, Allenes and Light - Towards Atom Efficient Catalytic Molecular Transformations

Wed, Feb 04, 2026

PC/TC-Kolloquium, Dept. Chemie
17:15 , Baeyer Hörsaal

Prof. Dr. Mischa Bonn

Molecular Spectroscopy Group, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz

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Thu, Mar 05, 2026

MPI Lecture Series, MPI of Biochemistry
09:00 , MPI of Biochemistry T-Building, Large Lecture Hall

Roland Beckmann, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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Thu, Mar 12, 2026

MPI Lecture Series, MPI of Biochemistry
16:00 , MPI of Biochemistry T-Building, Large Lecture Hall

Elena Conti, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

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Thu, Mar 19, 2026

MPI Lecture Series, MPI of Biochemistry
16:00 , MPI of Biochemistry T-Building, Large Lecture Hall

John Briggs, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry

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