Dr. Florian Schmidt (ETH Zürich) delivered a hybrid seminar for Center SynGen from Heidelberg: Transcriptional recording by CRISPR spacer acquisition from RNA.

Hosted by Dr. Konrad Herbst.

Congratulations to Center SynGen Seed Funding recipients - the Heidelberg University 2025 iGEM Team, supervised by Prof. Dr. Stefan Wölfl - for their success! They were awarded second place in the “Overgraduate” category, among other awards including the “best oncology award”!

Using Synthetic Genomics as an example, bachelor's students learn how to prepare and deliver a good talk.

Training delivered by Ricky Fröhlich.

We are delighted to announce the next Center SynGen Seed Funding Call, supporting innovative, cross-disciplinary research in synthetic genomics - spanning engineering, life sciences, medicine, and the humanities.

Apply by January 31st, 2026

We celebrated the official kick-off of Center SynGen, bringing together researchers from Heidelberg, Karlsruhe, and Mainz, as well as international guest speakers. The event marked an exciting step for our Center as the first major in-person meeting, fostering collaboration, innovation, and community across our partner institutions.

Asst. Prof. Dr. Jamie Auxillos (University of Copenhagen) delivered a hybrid seminar for Center SynGen from Heidelberg: Spatial Biology Meets Synthetic Biology: Engineering and Sensing Microenvironmental and Cellular States in Disease. Hosted by Prof. Dr. Daniel Schindler.