Home Events Talks & Events DSSS - Competition and warfare in bacteria and the human microbiome Date: Mar 19, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Kevin Foster University of Oxford, UK Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - Origins and evolution of cell fusion: from the discovery of EFF-1 to mechanisms of egg-sperm fusion Date: Mar 26, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Dr. Benjamin Podbilewicz Department of Biology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - Understanding the temporal dynamics of temperature stress responses in plants Date: Apr 2, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Ass. Prof. Dawn Nagel University of California, Riverside Location: MPH lecture hall, Max-Planck-Ring 6 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] DSSS - tba Date: Apr 16, 2026 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Prof. Dr. Silvia Vilar Portugal Research Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology Location: MPI für Biologie, Max-Planck-Ring 5, room 0A01 Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures [more] Show more