Home Newsroom Seminars & Events Doctoral thesis defenses Doctoral thesis defenses Synthetic system for reversible Ni2+-driven induction of bacterial persistence Doctoral thesis defense Date: Feb 27, 2026 Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Ina Biazruchka Location: ZSM (Synmikro), Karl-von-Frisch-Str. 14 Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Characterization of the ethylene-forming methylthio-alkane reductase: Biochemical insights into nitrogenase-like enzymes bridging the nitrogen and sulphur cycles Doctoral thesis defense Date: Feb 20, 2026 Time: 12:15 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Ana Lago Maciel Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Engineering and evolving glyoxylate utilization in Ethylmalonyl-CoA Pathway-deficient M. extorquens PA1 for the production of crotonate from methanol Doctoral thesis defense Date: Feb 18, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Alina Schrodt Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Comparative analysis of non-ribosomal peptide synthetase expression dynamics and abundance in Xenorhabdus nematophila Doctoral thesis defense Date: Feb 6, 2026 Time: 01:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Quy Nhan Do Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Analysis of nucleotide-binding proteins involved in regulatory and adaptive processes in bacteria Doctoral thesis defense Date: Jan 30, 2026 Time: 10:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Juri Hanßmann Location: ZSM (Synmikro), Karl-von-Frisch-Str. 14 Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Molecular insights into the mechanism of ParABS-mediated chromosome segregation Doctoral thesis defense Date: Dec 16, 2025 Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Lucas Christoph Schnabel Location: ZSM (Synmikro), Karl-von-Frisch-Str. 14 Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Engineering of non-ribosomal peptide synthetases derived from high GC content bacteria Doctoral thesis defense Date: Dec 15, 2025 Time: 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Leonie Felicitas Schenk Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Structure and mechanism of prokaryotic carbon-concentrating mechanisms Doctoral thesis defense Date: Dec 15, 2025 Time: 09:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Yat Kei Lo Location: ZSM (Synmikro), Karl-von-Frisch-Str. 14 Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Drift selection and convergence in the evolution of a nonribosomal peptide Doctoral thesis defense Date: Dec 12, 2025 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Sebastian Kaiser Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Engineering synthetic C1 and C2 assimilation in Escherichia coli Doctoral thesis defense Date: Dec 9, 2025 Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Helena Schulz-Mirbach Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Show more