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Public Outreach
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Public Outreach

Public Outreach

Science, Creativity, and Communication: Mona Wellhäusser Wins FameLab Germany 2026

We are incredibly proud to see Mona Wellhäusser from the Hilbert Lab at KIT win both the First Prize and the Audience Award at FameLab Germany 2026 with her inspiring talk “Wissenschaftlicher Wackelpudding” (“Scientific Jell-O").

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Insights into the Center SynGen: School Students Visit on Boys’ & Girls’ Day

Shaping our future to be free of stereotypes and rooted in equal opportunity is also a mission of the Center SynGen. As part of the nationwide Boys’ & Girls’ Day, the Center SynGen welcomed school students to its locations at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, offering them hands-on insights into modern life sciences research.

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Center SynGen at the KIT Open Day

We were pleased to be present at the KIT Open Day - part of the 200th anniversary celebrations of KIT - which welcomed members of the public to the South Campus. Center SynGen members introduced the topic of Synthetic Genomics to a wide audience.

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Press

LookKIT Feature with Prof. Sylvia Erhardt

How can synthetic DNA help us understand epigenetic inheritance and the mechanisms underlying human diseases? This question and more are explored in the new LookKIT magazine article featuring Professor Sylvia Erhardt.

20. Oct 2026

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Deutsches Ärzteblatt article on Biosecurity in SynGen

This Deutsches Ärzteblatt article by Gisela Gross, "Biosecurity: When artificial intelligence delivers novel viruses", features comments from Center SynGen Director Prof. Dr. Michael Knop.

01. Apr 2026

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New RNA Class Helps Keep Cells Organized

Press release from Prof. Modic:

Discovery of smOOPs sheds light on why certain RNAs cluster into  condensates.

28. Nov 2025

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LaborJournal article on engineering mitochondria

Heidelberg molecular biologists Nora Vögtle and Michael Knop talk about their project with the Precision Mitochondria program, funded by the Advanced Research + Innovation Agency in the United Kingdom.

12. Oct 2026

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LaborJournal article on Synthetic Biology

Center SynGen members Dr. Konrad Herbst (SynDNA Lab) and Prof. Dr. Daniel Schindler feature in a LaborJournal blog about DNA cloning and synthetic biology.

17. Mar 2026

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Der Zellkern als Vorbild für DNA-basierte Computerchips

Pressemitteilung von Prof. Hilbert: Zelluläre Informationsverarbeitung als Inspiration für die Biotechnologie.

09. Sept 2025

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