PhD fellows regularly meet and present their work to their peers at the reunions. Due to the multidisciplinary nature of the SGBM program, the reunion presentation should be prepared having a rather diverse audience in mind. Check the guidelines here:
As of 2026, the reunions are subdivided in three groups, encompassing all major research areas of the school. Every PhD fellow is assigned to one of the groups, but they are free to attend any seminar of the other groups.
Two longer events (mini-symposia) take place in June and December and are for all PhD fellows.
All seminars take place in the Weismann-Haus lecture hall at 17:00, unless otherwise indicated.
Tuesday 03.02.2026
Isfanescu, Ana-Maria (Lillemeier lab)
Hailemichael, Wasihun (Thimme lab)
Repossi, Emilia (Borner lab)
Moderators: Jose Francisco Villena Ossa, Agnibesh Dey, Jakob Ankerhold
Tuesday 14.04.2026
Ruiz, Paola Fernanda (Voll lab)
Dominguez, Juana (Wolf lab)
Neuhaus, Lena (Kierdorf lab)
Moderators: Ana-Maria Isfanescu, Wasihun Hailemichael, Emilia Repossi
Tuesday 07.07.2026
Buschky, Annabelle (Minguet lab)
Wang, Xipeng (Groß lab)
Martins, Tiago (Henneke lab)
Moderators: Paola Fernanda Ruiz, Juana Dominguez, Lena Neuhaus
Tuesday 06.10.2026
Patel, Vidisha Bhavesh (Quante lab)
Kupferschmid, Laurence (Tanriver lab)
Baur, Anna-Sophia (Köhler lab)
Moderators: Annabelle Buschky, Xipeng Wang, Tiago Martins
All seminars take place in the Weismann-Haus lecture hall at 17:00, unless otherwise indicated.
Tuesday 24.02.2026
Jayawardana, Irma (Grosse lab)
Schmid, Laura (Hiltbrunner lab)
Dao, Trinh (Jessen-Trefzer lab)
Moderators: Antonia Eidloth, Sandra Hägele, Carmen Senin
Tuesday 28.04.2026
Wanney, Walja (Reski lab)
Frey, Anna (Classen lab)
Dierig, Maya (Huesgen lab)
Moderators: Irma Jayawardana, Laura Schmid, Trinh Dao
Tuesday 21.07.2026
Hansen, Mona (Walentek lab)
Chen, Xinyan (Baumeister lab)
Hiatt, Nick (Hunte lab)
Moderators: Walja Wanney, Anna Frey, Maya Dierig
Tuesday 20.10.2026
Steyer, Elisa (Hugel lab)
Weber, Damian (Walentek lab)
Stockert, Fabian (Huesgen lab)
Moderators: Mona Hansen, Xinyan Chen, Nick Hiatt
All seminars take place in the Weismann-Haus lecture hall at 17:00, unless otherwise indicated.
Tuesday 10.03.2026
Himanshu, Himanshu (Schmidts lab)
Coudert, Charlotte (Diester lab)
Mimouni, Hibatullah (Letzkus lab)
Moderators: Caroline Chauvie, Linus Schömig, Alexander Kuznetsov
Tuesday 05.05.2026
Akmese, Cemal (Diester lab)
Glosch, Ann-Kathrin (Quante lab)
Sievert, Annika (Bartos lab)
Moderators: Himanshu, Charlotte Coudert, Hibatullah Mimouni
Tuesday 28.07.2026
Vasheghani Farahani, Mohammadreza (Vlachos lab)
Stefanovska, Dragana (Schneider-Warme lab)
Schuberth, Louise (Normann lab)
Moderators: Cemal Akmese, Ann-Kathrin Glosch, Annika Sievert
Tuesday 03.11.2026
von der Linde, Maximillian (Börries lab)
Freitag, Florian (Letzkus lab)
Hennessey, Philippa (Leibold lab)
Moderators: Mohammadreza Vasheghani Farahani, Dragana Stefanovska, Louise Schuberth
Mini Symposia take place in the Weismann-Haus lecture hall at 14:00, unless otherwise indicated.
Tuesday 09.06.2026
Nguyen, Trang (Schamel lab)
Hammerl, Jonas (Wilde lab)
Cote, Anthony (Schneider-Warme lab)
Dey, Agnibesh (Henneke lab)
Jimenez, Jorge (Hunte lab)
Müller, Jennifer (Letzkus lab)
Moderators: Simon Brandl, Kevin Daniel Carrasco, Sofia Vlasova
Tuesday 01.12.2026
Ankerhold, Jakob (Schwemmle lab)
Bazarevich, Mariia (Onichtchouk lab)
Shi, Mengjin (Hilgers lab)
Hartmann, Sara (Schamel lab)
Weyrauch, Sophie (Hugel lab)
Mesesan, Andreea (Häcker lab)
Moderators: Danielle Paige Anthony, Anthony Cote, Jorge Jimenez
