📢 Workshop Speaker Announcement | Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium 2026 Josua Wehner is a Patent Attorney with a PhD in Biomedicine and a background spanning research, pharmaceutical IP, and health policy. We look forward to hearing about his experiences. ✨Stay tuned for more workshops announcement!

We're pleased to introduce Lisa Buchauer (Charité Berlin) as one of the speakers in our Immunology session. Her work combines single-cell omics and mechanistic modeling to understand immune responses in lung disease and infection. We look forward her talk at the VBC PhD symposium.

We're pleased to introduce Martha Merrow (LMU) as one of the speakers in our Neurobiology session. Her research focuses on molecular mechanisms underlying circadian clocks and how these biological rhythms are synchronized with the environment. We look forward to her talk at the VBC PhD symposium.

📢 Workshop Speaker Announcement | Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium 2026 On November 5th, Roshni Mooneeram, specialist in building inclusive cultures in science, will join us for a workshop focused on Diversity & Equity in Science. ✨Stay tuned for more workshops announcement!

🎓 Science doesn’t stop at the lab! 🧬✨ Join us for a series of engaging workshops to support your scientific journey. 🔹 Career Development 🔹 Science Communication 🔹 Diversity & Equity in Science ✨ Stay tuned for the introduction of all our workshop speakers!

We're pleased to introduce Gabriel Neurohr (ETH Zürich; @gabrielneurohr.bsky.social) as a speaker at the VBC PhD symposium. Title of the talk: 'Weak interactions drive selective proteome demixing and tune the differential response to environmental perturbations' Looking forward to November.

We're pleased to introduce Maria Hondele (University of Basel) as one of the speakers in our Biochemistry & Synthetic Biology session. Her research focuses on membraneless organelles and how they are formed, regulated and function. We look forward to her talk at the VBC PhD symposium.

We're pleased to introduce Chiara Zurzuolo (Institut Pasteur) as one of the speakers in our Immunology session, who will present: 'Tunneling Nanotubes: Reshaping Brain Cells Connectivity in Health and Disease' We look forward to hearing about her latest research at the VBC PhD symposium.

We're happy to introduce Rosa Lozano-Durán (University of Tübingen) as a speaker in our Immunology session. Her research focuses on plant–pathogen interactions, innate immunity, and viral strategies to manipulate host responses. We look forward to hearing about her latest research in November.

We're very happy to introduce Robert Ernst (Saarland University) as one of the speakers in our Cellular Architecture session. Title of the talk: 'Cellular mechanisms of biophysical membrane homeostasis' We look forward to hearing about his latest research at the VBC PhD symposium.

We're pleased to introduce Bert Poolman (University of Groningen) as one of the speakers in our Biochemistry & Synthetic Biology session. Title of the talk: 'How minimal can the energy supply of a synthetic cell be?' We look forward to hearing about his latest research at the VBC PhD symposium.

We're pleased to introduce Emiliano Biasini (University of Trento) as one of the speakers in our Molecular Architecture session. Title of the talk: 'Cryptic phosphorylation and ribosome-associated kinase control: deciphering a proteome-wide co-translational folding checkpoint in health and disease'

These are the 2026 Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium Scientific Sessions! 📅 5th of November 2026 Biochemistry & Synthetic Biology Molecular Architecture Cellular Architecture 📅 6th of November 2026 Immunology Neurobiology We look forward to seeing you there!

We are honored to welcome Harald H. H. W. Schmidt as the keynote speaker at the 2026 Vienna BioCenter PhD symposium. His work embodies the very spirit of the symposium: embracing complexity, challenging linear thinking, and uncovering new paths to scientific insight.

Meet the students organizing the 2026 Vienna BioCenter PhD symposium. Chloé B, Polina D, Maura H, Julia K, Konstantina K, Elisa M, Niccolo DM, Hannah M, Magdalena O, Federico S, Petra S, Agastya S, Kasia S, Moritz W, Felix W, Daniel V With great support from the VBC training team.

Registration for the 2026 Vienna BioCenter PhD Symposium is now open! Students who want to present a poster can submit an abstract. For first year Master’s students, there are limited travel grants. 📝 Register here: tally.so/r/449zoo ⏳ Deadline: 04.10.2026 📅 Date of the symposium: 04–06.11.2026

Vienna Biocenter PhD Symposium 2026

A trail of twists and turns: Non-linear paths to discovery

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📅 Save the date: November 4–6, 2026 We are happy to announce this year’s Vienna BioCenter PhD symposium: 🔬 A trail of twists and turns: non-linear paths to discovery Join us for a symposium that celebrates the unexpected journeys behind scientific breakthroughs. Stay tuned for more details!