Exploring the Molecular Architecture of the Cell
Archived News
2023
- We hosted Biozentrum Seminars by Abhay Kotecha (Thermo Fisher), who showed us the developments in cryo-ET and by Luke Mackinder (Univ. of York), who told us about his team's efforts to understand carbon-fixing pyrenoids in diverse algae. Luke took the ISPP Dragon Trophy back to York. [May 2023]
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- Ben gave student-invited talks at the Bijvoet Symposium near Utrecht, NL and the IMPRS-LM Symposium in Dortmund, DE. The torch-led harbor tour was fun! [May 2023]
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- Ben enjoyed giving seminars to local Basel colleagues at the Friedrich Miescher Institute and the Unibas Botanical Colloquium. Thanks for hosting, Dirk Schübeler and Klaus Schläppi. [Apr 2023]
- #WeFreezeOnTheBeach for the first stop on the TREC Environmental Sampling mission in Roscoff, France. Manon showed newcomers Sofie & Sophie how to collect algae from the ocean and freeze them onto EM grids for cryo-ET. Great team effort, and an exciting start to TREC! [Mar 2023]
- Florent hosted a Biozentrum Seminar by Robert Englmeier, who showed us some cool mitoribosome structures and introduced us to his new company, CryoCloud. [Mar 2023]
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- The Engel Lab in Engelberg! Our lab went on its first retreat, and it was so much fun!! We rented a cabin, hiked up a river gorge, rode a rotating gondola to the top of the Titlis, raced each other on sleds, ate way too much fondue, and had a bonfire under the stars. The complete Swiss experience :) [Mar 2023]
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- Ben gave a talk at the EMBO Workshop on In Situ CryoET in Heidelberg and enjoyed an amazing keynote by Juergen Plitzko. [Feb 2023]
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- Annemarie enthralled the audience with an awesome talk at the Plant Lipids GRC in Galveston, TX. [Jan 2023]
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- Ben gave seminars at TU Kaiserslautern (thanks for hosting, Michael Schroda), the SNI PhD School Retreat in Uterwasser (thanks for hosting, Andreas Baumgartner), and The SwissPLANT meeting in beautiful Les Diablerets. [Jan 2023]
2022
- Ben gave student seminars at the Universities of Neuchâtel and Fribourg. Thanks for hosting, Felix Kessler and Stefano Vanni! [Dec 2022]
- Ben took a trip to Japan for a talk at the Symposium on Photosynthesis and Chloroplast Regulation and invited seminars at Kwansei Gakuin University and Osaka University. Thanks for hosting, Yusuke Matsuda and Genji Kurisu! Then he gave a student seminar for our neighbors at Hochschule für Life Sciences FHNW. Thanks for hosting, Sebastian Wendeborn! [Nov 2022]
- We hosted a fantastic Biozentrum seminar by Clemens Plaschka from the IMP. The room was packed, and the science was stunning. [Nov 2022]
- Ricardo hosted a Biozentrum seminar by Tim-Oliver Buchholtz from the FMI, and we learned how about the development of cool AI denoising tools such as cryoCARE. [Oct 2022]
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- Ben gave talks at Uni. Zurich, Birkbeck/UCL, Oxford, and the MRC Toxicology Unit Cambridge. Thanks for hosting, Zurich Microscopy Center, Anthony Roberts, Simon Newstead, and Vito Mennella! [Oct 2022]
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- Wojciech & Ben gave virtual talks at the ISPR International Congress on Photosynthesis Research, and Ben received The Jan Anderson Lecture Award. [Aug 2022]
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- Our lab had a great time at the DCI Inaugural Symposium in Geneva & Lausanne. [Jun 2022]
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- Ben gave a talk at the ESCRT Biology Meeting in Madison, WI. It was great to get to know this diverse field and make new friends. [May 2022]
- Ben gave a virtual talk at the John Innes Centre in Norwich, UK. [May 2022]
- Our new Aquilos 2 is installed at the Biozentrum and fully operational. Many thanks Raffaele for the awesome service. Let's get milling!! [May 2022]
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- Ben gave virtual talks at the Berkeley Lab John Lawrence Seminar Series and the University of Regensburg RNA Lecture Series. Thanks for hosting, Setsuko Wakao and Thomas Dresselhaus. [Feb 2022]
2021
- We virtually hosted Gregor Weiss for the HPC Seminar Series. He took us on a fascinating cryo-ET journey from cyanobacterial contractile injection systems to uromodulin filaments that fight bacterial infection. [Dec 2021]
- Hugo gave a great talk on cryo-ET of the Chlamy Transition Zone in the ASCB cilia subgroup meeting.
Thanks for hosting, Susan Dutcher! [Dec 2021]
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- Ben gave virtual talks at the McGill Structural Biology Symposium, the UK Cilia Network e-Symposium, the NVBMB Fall Meeting, and UMass Amherst MCB Seminar Series. Thanks for hosting, Huy Bui, Pleasantine Mill, Christina Paulino, and Elizabeth Vierling! [Nov 2021]
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- Ben gave a virtual talk at the Paul Scherrer Institute Laboratory of Nanoscale Biology symposium on Cellular Structural Biology. Thank you for hosting, Takashi Ishikawa and Ohad Medalia! [Oct 2021]
- Ben gave an EMBO YIP talk and enjoyed the fantastic science and real face-to-face conversations at the Nordic Photosynthesis Congress in Gothenburg, Sweden. Thank you for the amazing hospitality, Alexey Amunts! [Oct 2021]
- Our whole lab enjoyed relaxing and sharing our science in person with our Helmholtz colleagues at the Pioneer Campus retreat in Herrsching. Congrats Lorzenz for winning a poster prize! [Sep 2021]
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- Ben gave a virtual talk at the student-organized Horizons in Molecular Biology Symposium. [Sep 2021]
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- Lorenz was awarded a PhD fellowship from Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds. CONGRATS LORENZ!! [Aug 2021]
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- Ben gave a virtual talk at the Microscience Microscopy Congress. Thank you for hosting, Sebastian Munck! [Jul 2021]
- Ben gave a virtual seminar to a consortium of French plant membrane labs. Thank you for hosting, Yvon Jaillais! [Jul 2021]
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- Ben gave a virtual GBM Lunch Lecture. Thank you for hosting, Stefan Raunser! [Jun 2021]
- Ben gave a virtual talk at the annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Photosynthesis. Thank you for the invitation, Toru Hisabori and Ken-ichi Wakabayashi! [May 2021]
- Ben gave a virtual talk at the Penn Structural Biology Symposium. Thank you for hosting, Vera Moiseenkova-Bell! [May 2021]
- Ben gave a G4W Webinar for the Exeter Living Systems Institute. Thank you for hosting, Bertram Daum! [May 2021]
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- Ben gave a virtual seminar for Michigan State University. Thank you for hosting, Peter Lundquist! [Feb 2021]
- Ben gave a virtual seminar for the University of Liverpool. Thank you for hosting, Luning Liu! [Feb 2021]
- Wojciech expertly guided us on a molecular tour of native thylakoid membranes at the Monthly Webinar Series on Chloroplasts and Mitochondria (WebCaM). [Jan 2021]
- Ben gave a virtual seminar for CNRS-IBMP Strasbourg. Thank you for hosting, Philippe Giegé! [Jan 2021]
2020
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- Ben gave a virtual seminar for Washington University in St. Luis. Thank you for hosting, James Fitzpatrick! [Dec 2020]
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- Ben enjoyed virtually teaching a graduate course on cryo-ET at the Basel Biozentrum. [Nov 2020]
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- Petr Chlanda virtually visited us for the HPC Webinar Series. He give a jaw-dropping talk on visualizing the stages of SARS-Cov-2 assembly inside cells by cryo-ET. [Oct 2020]
- Hugo left the crowd speechless with his talk at the UK Cilia Network e-symposium. [Oct 2020]
- Ricardo gave electron microscopy lecture for the Paul Scherrer Institute. [Oct 2020]
- Ben gave a virtual seminar for Stockholm University. Thank you for hosting, Ville Kaila! [Oct 2020]
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- Ben gave a virtual seminar for the University of Heidelberg (ZMBH). Thank you for hosting, Stefan Pfeffer! [Jun 2020]
- Ricardo was profiled on the Helmholtz Pioneer Campus website. [May 2020]
- "The Bavarian from Berkeley": Ben was profiled on the Helmholtz national website. [May 2020]
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- Congrats Hugo for giving a great talk at the <Interact>2020 Conference! [Feb 2020]
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- Ben gave a guest lecture at the MPI for Biophysical Chemistry. Thank you for hosting, Patrick Cramer! [Feb 2020]
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- Ben gave a talk at the 3D Electron Microscopy of Organelles and Macromolecules workshop in Hong Kong. Thank you for hosting, Byung-Ho Kang and Liwen Jiang! [Jan 2020]
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2019
- Ben gave the plenary talk at the Christmas Bioenergetics Meeting in London. Thank you for hosting, Guy Hanke! [Dec 2019]
- Our Aquilos cryo-FIB is here. What a great Christmas present! #HugTheBox [Dec 2019]
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- Ben gave a guest lecture at the Institut Curie. Thank you for hosting, Daniel Lévy! [Oct 2019]
- Ben gave a guest lecture at the MRC-LMB. Thank you for hosting, Andrew Carter! [Oct 2019]
- Ben gave an interview to announce that the Cell Architecture Lab will be moving to the Pioneer Campus at Helmholtz Zentrum München in November 2019. [Jul 2019]