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The "SFB Meiosis" Symposium will be held on February 13th-14th 2025
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2024 SFB Meiosis Annual Retreat: A Resounding Success!
The 2nd SFB Meiosis Annual Retreat, held at Kartause Gaming, was a tremendous success, showcasing the remarkable scientific strides made over the past year. Trainees from all participating SFB labs had the opportunity to present their research through exciting talks and engaging poster sessions. The retreat featured a total of 13 talks and 19 posters, each highlighting exciting advances in the field. The level of enthusiasm and curiosity was remarkable, with discussions continuing long after the formal sessions had concluded—proof of the deep passion driving these scientific endeavors.
This year’s retreat was particularly special, as we had the honor of hosting Matthias Peter, full professor and current chair at the Institute of Biochemistry at ETH Zurich, since he spends a sabbatical in Joao Matos’s lab, Matthias gladly accepted our invitation and delivered an enlightening lecture on the regulation of cell growth and division.
In addition to the scientific sessions, participants enjoyed a refreshing hike through the beautiful surrounding area, which included the fun and unique experience of fishing beers from a traditional beer well. The crisp outdoor air only added to the lively atmosphere, fueling even more stimulating scientific discussions during the poster session.
We congratulate Anton Goloborodko to his ERC Starting grant!!!! Congrats, so very well deserved!
Anton Goloborodko has been awarded an ERC starting GRANT for his research on homogy search in DNA repair!
More info here: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/imba/research-highlights/news/erc-starting-grant-for-anton-goloborodko
Tamara Klockner defended her Ph.D. thesis successfully!
On 21st of June 2024, Tamara Klockner from Chris Campbell’s lab successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis on “ Understanding aneuploidy patterns in human cells through karyotype engineering”.
Anne Köhle defended her master thesis!
On 24th of May 2024, Anne Köhle from the lab of Verena Jantsch successfully defended her master thesis entitled “ Investigation of a Role for Dbf4-dependent Kinase in the C. elegans Germline”.
Claudia Kölbl defended her master thesis!
On 22nd of February 2024, Claudia Kölbl from the lab of Verena Jantsch successfully defended her master thesis entitled “ The Role of baf-1 in Caenorhabditis elegans during Meiotic Prophase I”.
Viktoria Prast defended her Ph.D. thesis successfully!
On 2nd of February 2024, Viktoria Prast from Franz Klein’s lab successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis on “Novel Insights into DSB-Formation, Repair, and SC-Formation in Yeast”.
Carolina Saad defended her Ph.D. thesis successfully!
On 30th of November 2023, Carolina Saad from Peter Schlögelhofer’s lab successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis on “Characterization of the A. thaliana meiotic DNA double strand break complex”.
Lukas Schindler defended his master thesis successfully!
On 25th of October 2023, Lukas Schindler from Peter Schlögelhofer’s lab successfully defended his master thesis entitled “Studying the Architecture and Function of the Meiotic DNA Double Strand Break Core Complex of Arabidopsis thaliana”.
Lukas will also pursue his Ph.D. in the lab of Peter Schlögelhofer!
Adrian Henggeler defended his Ph.D. thesis successfully!
On the 8th of September 2023, Adrian Henggeler from the lab of Joao Matos successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on “Exploring the function of Holliday junctions during meiosis”.
Jannik Hugener defended his Ph.D. thesis successfully!
On the 7th of September 2023, Jannik Hugener, who performed a joined Ph.D. thesis in the labs of Martin Pilhofer (ETH Zurich) and Joao Matos successfully defended his thesis on “ Visualization of macromolecular assemblies during gametogenesis by cryo-electron microscopy”.
Two new master students joined the Matos lab!
Róbert Bodó and Jazmin Nagy recently joined the Matos lab, where they will conduct their master research projects!
1st Annual SFB Meiosis Retreat
The 1st SFB Meiosis annual retreat took place at Althof in Retz from September 18-20, 2023.
Here is also the final version of our shrimp publication with the SFB acknowledgment:
https://academic.oup.com/genetics/article/222/2/iyac123/6670797
We welcome
Cristina Quesada Candela
and Martin Xaver
to our SFB community. Both were awarded VIP2 fellowships (https://training.vbc.ac.at/post-docs/vip2-post-doc-program/…).
Both are highly knowledgable meiosis researchers. Cristina will work with Verena Jantsch and Martin will be working with Joao Matos.
Kick-off SFB Meiosis Retreat
Our first retreat took place in Prein/Reichenau a.d. Rax in Gustav Ammerer’s mansion on May 17 & 18, 2022. We, the groupleaders, came together to refresh our ideas about our projects and organize the next steps for the consortium. Gustav’s hospitality and humor were inspiring, as always.
The atmosphere during the retreat can be perfectly summarized by Chris Campbell saying: “It has been a long time since I have been in such a scientifically stimulating environment…”
Four New Special Research Programmes Starting in Austria
More fundamental knowledge to create more efficient electronics, more stable quantum computers, or to better understand the molecular mechanisms of heredity—the FWF’s “Special Research Programmes” programme enables teams at different research institutes to work together to investigate a central research question. The Austrian Science Fund (FWF) is providing a total of €15 million in funding to four new Special Research Programmes, involving numerous teams from Austria and Germany. The aim is to promote further collaboration and closer networks among leading researchers.
New funding for meiosis research
The Austrian Science Fund (FWF) has awarded a special research programme (SFB) grant to six research groups from the Max Perutz Labs and scientists from the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (IMBA), the Institute for Science and Technology Austria (IST), and the Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria (JKU). The program is coordinated by Verena Jantsch and aims to gain novel mechanistic insights into the fundamental biological process of meiosis.
Spezialforschungsbereich „Meiose“ („Meiosis“)
Koordination: Verena Jantsch-Plunger, Max Perutz Labs, Universität Wien
Forschungsnetzwerk: Universität Wien bzw. Max Perutz Labs (Christopher Campbell, Alexander Dammermann, Verena Jantsch-Plunger, Franz Klein, Joao Matos, Peter Schlögelhofer), Institut für Molekulare Biotechnologie, Institut für Molekulare Biotechnologie der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, IMBA/ÖAW (Anton Goloborodko), Johannes Kepler Universität Linz (Irene Tiemann-Boege), Institute of Science and Technology Austria, ISTA (Beatriz Vicoso)
Fördervolumen: 3,7 Millionen Euro | vier Jahre Laufzeit
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