Welcome to the website of the 9th „Horizons in Molecular Biology” International PhD Student Symposium’, a conference for PhD students by PhD students! Get involved in this year’s exciting program!

Experience cutting-edge research talks given by outstanding scientists and become up-to-date on the latest advancements in molecular biology. This year, we are happy to present 24 speakers, including Nobel laureate Kurt Wüthrich, the synthetic biologist Drew Endy, ribozyme specialist Ronald Breaker, protein translocation expert Tom Rapoport and synapse researcher Thomas Südhof. The opening lecture will be given by Ron Laskey, a former director of the Hutchinson MRC Research Center, Cambridge, UK. The symposium is under the patronage of the German Federal Minister of Education and Research, Prof. Dr. Annette Schavan.

Network with invited speakers and fellow doctoral students at various laid-back social activities like a pub-crawl and a joint dinner followed by a party in Göttingen’s beautiful city centre.

Attend the preceding career fair to gain insights into career opportunities outside of academia and meet representatives of industry and alternative career paths to establish promising contacts with putative future employers.

Gain hands-on practice in powerful techniques like STED microscopy, NMR, Mass spectrometry or Cryo-EM in workshops given by local experts from the Göttingen Research Campus.

We are looking forward to welcoming you to an inspiring meeting, taking place October 8th-11th2012 in Göttingen, Germany! Registration will be open from June 1st, 2012.