10th anniversary - Biomedical Center

Schematic drawing of Campus Martinsried with the BMC — The foundation stone for the Biomedical Center was laid on 29.09.2011.

Since its opening in 2015, the BMC has evolved into one of Germany's top centers for biomedical research. Today, around 450 employees from over 50 countries work here to investigate cell fates and plasticity, from basic mechanisms to pathology and repair.

The symposium brings together guests from academia, politics, and industry to reflect on a successful decade and discuss future prospects. Further details can be found in our program (below).

A special highlight of the program is the farewell lecture by Peter Becker, long-time spokesperson for the BMC and Chair of Molecular Biology at the Faculty of Medicine since 1999. Afterwards, we invite you to join us for a get-together with snacks and drinks to celebrate the anniversary in a festive atmosphere.

Registration: All guests are welcome. The event is free of charge, but registration is required by August 15, 2025: Link to registration

Date: September 18, 2025, 1:00 - 6:30 p.m. with get-together afterwards

Location: Audimax in the Biomedical Center (BMC), Großhaderner Straße 9, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried (directions)

Program

Time	Program
13:00 - 14:00	Welcome Francesca Biagini (LMU Vice President)
	Welcoming remarks Michael Mihatsch (Head of the Department for Universities and University Medicine, Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts) Hermann Nafziger (Mayor of Planegg) Thomas Gudermann (Dean of the Medical Faculty) Patrick Cramer (President of the Max Planck Society; video message)
	Review and outlook Peter Becker (Acting Chair BMC)
14:00 - 15:05	Scientific talks
	Lis de Weerd (PhD candidate) - Division of Metabolic Biochemistry "Alzheimer’s disease: profiling the effects of early immunotherapy" Maren Heimhalt (Start-Up founder in preparation) - Division of Physiological Chemistry "Towards mRNA therapy beyond vaccines: A dual attack on diabetes and fatty liver disease" Taku Ito-Kureha (Alumnus) - University of Tokyo "Dynamic modulation of T cell responses by RNA modifications and binding proteins"
15:05 - 15:35	Coffee break
15:35 - 17:05	Scientific talks
	Karl Bauer (Postdoc) - Division of Cell Biology"The road trip of a single mRNA to the synapse: from delivery, to unpacking, and translation" Leda Dimou (Alumna) - University of Ulm"When the brain’s insulation fails: Myelination in neuropsychiatric diseases" Clara de la Rosa del Val (PhD candidate) - Institute of Clinical Neuroimmunology "Multiple sclerosis: new ways to explore the inflamed brain" Sigurd Braun (Alumnus) - Justus Liebig University Gießen "The nuclear periphery: a regulatory hub for silent chromatin and gene repression"
17:05 - 17:25	Coffee break
17:25 - 17:45	Scientific talk Konstantin Hennis (Postdoc) - Institute of Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology "In synchrony: how cardiac pacemaker cells orchestrate the heartbeat"
17:45 - 18:15	Farewell lecture by Peter Becker, Chair of Molecular Biology
18:15 - 18:30	Closing remarks
18:30	Get-together

BMC - The First Decade

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