SFB1399 Lecture Series

Diverse Voices & United in Science: Advancing Cancer Research

In line with the DFG’s commitment to equal opportunities and diversity, the SFB1399 Lecture Series Women & Science has been rebranded as Diverse Voices & United in Science to promote diversity and equal opportunities.

28/01/2026, 12 - 1 pm

Dr. Iris Wangermann

Psychologist and trainer

»Understanding Culture, Enhancing Teamwork: Three Best-Kept Secrets for Research Collaboration«

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16/04/2024, 1 - 2:30 pm

Dr Elisa ten Hacken, PhD

Weill Cornell Medicine, NYC, USA
Assistant Professor of Cancer Biology in Medicine

»Understanding CLL and Richter’s syndrome biology through mouse models of human genetics«

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22/02/2024, 12 - 1 pm

Friederike Reuver

Psychologist, systemic coach and trainer at Anfänge aller Art - Coaching

Lunch Talk
"Fears and worries... in Decision-Making!"

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14/12/2023, 12-1 pm

Friederike Reuver

Psychologist, systemic coach and trainer at Anfänge aller Art - Coaching

Lunch Talk
»Fears & Worries: Don't let them stop you!«

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28/8/2023, 2-3 pm

Prof. Dr. Daniela Elsner

Systemic coach and lecturer for coaching at the Gutenberg University Mainz

Spin off session
»Boost your resilience - 7 strategies for increased resilience«

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20/03/2023, 10-11 am

Prof. Karen Miga

Biomolecular Engineering Department and Associate Director at the UCSC Genomics Institute
University of California, Santa Cruz, USA

Onsite in Cologne - Dekanat (Gebäude 42, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 20, 50931 Köln (https://www.uni-koeln.de/uni/gebaeude/42.html)

»Expanding studies of global genomic diversity with complete, telomere-to-telomere (T2T) assembly of diploid genomes«
Networking-Get-Together with Prof. Karen Miga right after the lecture. No registration necessary.

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16/01/2023, 10-11 am

Prof. Fran Balkwill

Deputy Center Lead, Barts Cancer Institute – a Cancer Research UK Centre of Excellence Queen Mary University of London, UK

Onsite in Cologne - Gremienraum, Seminargebäude (106) - Tagungsraum 0.04, Universitätsstraße 37 / 50931 Köln

»Understanding and targeting the ovarian cancer microenvironment«
Women-Networking-Lunch with Prof. Fran Balkwill after the lecture. Interested in joining? Please register via info@sfb1399.de

In case Covid regulations will change, the meeting will take place online. Please check here shortly before the event.

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19/12/2022, 2-3 pm

Né Fink - Trainer & Advisor for Gender Diversity

Spin off session
»Gender Diversity in Research Teams«

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14/11/2022, 2-3 pm

Stefanie Mädel - Psychologist

TRAENT, Germany

Spin off session
»Mental Load – strains of invisible tasks«

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05/09/2022, 2-3 pm

Dr. Ilaria Malanchi

Tumour-Host Interaction Laboratory, Francis Crick Institute London, UK

Onsite in Cologne - CIO - Geb. 70 – Seminar room 4

»Metastasis: the art of adaptation and persuasion«
Women-Networking-Lunch with Dr. Ilaria Malanchi before the lecture. Interested in joining? Please register via info@sfb1399.de

In case Covid regulations will change, the meeting will take place online. Please check here shortly before the event.

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09/05/2022, 2-3 pm

Dr. Lina Vollmer

Department of Gender & Diversity Management, University of Cologne

Spin off session
»How Equal is Science? Unconscious discrimination and what to do about it«

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21/02/2022, 2-3 pm

Professor Caroline Dive

Director of CRUK Manchester Institute Cancer Biomarker Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom

»Liquid Biopsies and Lung Cancer«

08/11/2021, 2-3 pm

Prof. Dr. med. Claudia Rössig

Director Clinic for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Münster

»CAR-T Cells for Cancer Therapy«

31/05/2021, 2-3 pm

Prof. Dr. Angelika Eggert

Director Department of Paedriatrics, Depart­ment of Oncology and Hematology, Charité Berlin

»Personalized Therapy in Pediatric Oncology: Example Neuroblastoma«