RMU Master Module

RMU Master Module: DNA Repair & Genome Stability

Since 2019, the SFB 1361 has organised an annual lecture series on “DNA Repair & Genome Stability” which was open to interested scientists and students affiliated with the participating institutions. In the 2024 summer semester, the lecture series developed further into a Rhein-Main Universities (RMU) Master Module on “DNA Repair & Genome Stability” with the goal to emphasize the importance of maintaining genome stability and to explain how genome stability can prevent disease and aging. The RMU Master Module is comprised of 2 weeks of lectures and a 4 to 6 week laboratory practical and it is open to Master students from JGU Mainz and TU Darmstadt.

Lectures will be given by representatives of the SFB 1361 on molecular mechanisms that maintain genome stability and DNA repair pathways. Lectures will take place across 2 weeks in April and May 2025 at IMB Mainz and TU Darmstadt. Please find the full schedule below or on the poster.

During the laboratory practical, students will learn various lab based techniques to assay genome stability, DNA damage, DNA repair and checkpoint activation. The laboratory practical will be hosted by SFB 1361 representatives from participating institutions and is open to Master students from JGU Mainz and TU Darmstadt that are registered for the RMU Master Module.

If you are a JGU Mainz Master student, you can take this as a full module (module A, B, & C) or only attend the lectures (module C). In order to receive credits points, please register via JOGU-StINe.

If you are a TU Darmstadt Master student, you can take this as a full module. In order to receive credits points, please register via TUCaN.

Lectures are open to scientists and students affiliated with the participating institutions and can be attended independently of the laboratory practical.

For further information, please feel free to contact us.

 

2025

DateTitleLecturerSlides
28.04.2025[13:00-14:30] Introduction to DNA repair and genome maintenance/RNA-DNA hybridsProf. Brian LukeClick here
29.04.2025[10:00-11:30] Establishment and maintenance of the epigenetic identity of centromeresProf. Dr Patrick HeunClick here
29.04.2025[13:00-14:30] Organization of mammalian DNA replication and its epigenetic regulationProf. Cristina CardosoClick here
30.04.2025[10:00-11:30] Regulation of heterochromatin in response to genotoxic stressDr Jan PadekenClick here
30.04.2025[13:00-14:30] Genome maintenance during DNA replication/ Role of the cytoskeleton in genome stabilityDr Hans-Peter Wollscheid Click here
05.05.2025[10:30-12:00] DNA double strand repair pathways (please note the time of the lecture)Prof. Markus LöbrichClick here
05.05.2025[15:30-17:00] DNA double strand break repair pathways & biogenesis of chromosome translocations (online only; please note the time of the lecture)Dr Vassilis RoukosClick here
06.05.2025[10:00-11:30] Regulation of DNA damage response by posttranslational modificationsProf. Petra BeliClick here
06.05.2025[13:00-14:30] Active DNA demethylation by DNA repair mechanismsDr Lars SchomacherClick here
07.05.2025[10:00-11:30] Dynamics of the DNA damage response in individual living cellsProf. Alexander LöwerClick here
07.05.2025[13:00-14:30] DNA damage signalingProf. Thomas HofmannClick here
08.05.2025[10:00-11:30] DNA damage by genotoxic & carcinogenic substances Prof. Markus ChristmannClick here
08.05.2025[13:00-14:30] Crosstalk of inflammation, epigenetics and the DNA damage response in health and diseaseProf. Daniela Kramer Click here