Center SynGen
Kick-Off Event
Tuesday 28. October 2025, 11:30
Konferenzraum R 5.104, MATHEMATIKON, INF 205, Heidelberg
The Center SynGen Kick-Off event was held on the 28th of October 2025 at Heidelberg University, beginning at 11:30. An introduction to the Center was be presented by Prof. Dr. Sylvia Erhardt on behalf of the Directorate. This was followed by presentations from our guest speakers Prof. Dr. Ian Ehrenreich and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erika Szymanski, and talks from our Center SynGen Research Group Leaders and Platform Leads. Please see below for information regarding these speakers and talks. ​Following these talks, an open discussion was held from 16:00 until 17:00.
Prof. Dr. Ian Ehrenreich
> BZH / ZMBH Seminar
Talk title:"Synthetic genomic approaches to the study of natural variation and evolution"
​Ian Ehrenreich is Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Southern California.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erika Szymanski
Talk title:"What's unique about synthetic genomics? An STS perspective"
Erika Szymanski is Associate Professor, Rhetoric of Science, at Colorado State University.
Center SynGen Speakers
Dr. Alexander Sasse
Heidelberg University​
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Prof. Dr. Miha Modic
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
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Dr. Sam Wilken
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
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Dr. Mariana Kozlowska
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
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Dr. Konrad Herbst
Heidelberg University​
"Decoding and Engineering Gene Regulation in Eukaryotes with Genomic Sequence Models"
"Decoding the Features and Composition of RNA-Scaffolded Condensates"​​
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"Self-assembled mesoscale life: controlling patterns, mechanics, and reactions using DNA liquids"
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“Molecular Simulations of DNA Sequence-Controlled Biomolecular Assemblies for Synthetic Genomics”
"The Synthetic DNA Accelerator Lab - Enabling the recoding & decoding of life through Synthetic Genomics"
