Home Newsroom Seminars & Events Doctoral thesis defenses Doctoral thesis defenses Epitranscriptomic regulation of RNA processing in E. coli during T4 phage infection Doctoral thesis defense Date: Oct 2, 2026 Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Helene Elise Keuthen Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Structural and mechanistic insights into enzyme complexes involved in FeS cluster assembly and carbon fixation Doctoral thesis defense Date: Aug 31, 2026 Time: 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Lena Schmück Location: ZSM (Synmikro), Karl-von-Frisch-Str. 14 Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Termite gut flagellates and their bacterial symbionts: The evolutionary history of the genus Trichonympha and the origin and adaptions of intracellular Endomircobiaceae Doctoral thesis defense Date: Jun 29, 2026 Time: 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Tom Kropp Location: Philipps-Universität Marburg, Dept. Biology Room: Large Lecture Hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Structural insights into the energy-converting methanogenic Mtr complex by Cryo-EM Doctoral thesis defense Date: Jun 23, 2026 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Tristan Reif-Trauttmansdorff Location: ZSM (Synmikro), Karl-von-Frisch-Str. 14 Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Molecular insights into the activation of the ParA/MinD ATPase PomZ by the phase-separating PomY protein of the PomXYZ cell division regulatory system Doctoral thesis defense Date: Jun 15, 2026 Time: 10:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Philipp Klos Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] A cell-free system to unlock the sec translocon for research and biotechnological applications Doctoral thesis defense Date: Jun 12, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Markus Meier Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] Peptidoglycan recycling is critical for cell division, cell wall integrity and β-lactam resistance in Caulobacter crescentus Doctoral thesis defense Date: Apr 16, 2026 Time: 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Pia Kristin Petra Richter Location: ZSM (Synmikro), Karl-von-Frisch-Str. 14 Room: Lecture hall Host: IMPRS Contact: imprs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de [more] 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] Show more
