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
Date | Title | Lecturer | Slides |
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28.04.2025 | [13:00-14:30] Introduction to DNA repair and genome maintenance/RNA-DNA hybrids | Prof. Brian Luke | Click here |
29.04.2025 | [10:00-11:30] Establishment and maintenance of the epigenetic identity of centromeres | Prof. Dr Patrick Heun | Click here |
29.04.2025 | [13:00-14:30] Organization of mammalian DNA replication and its epigenetic regulation | Prof. Cristina Cardoso | Click here |
30.04.2025 | [10:00-11:30] Regulation of heterochromatin in response to genotoxic stress | Dr Jan Padeken | Click here |
30.04.2025 | [13:00-14:30] Genome maintenance during DNA replication/ Role of the cytoskeleton in genome stability | Dr 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 Löbrich | Click 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 Roukos | Click here |
06.05.2025 | [10:00-11:30] Regulation of DNA damage response by posttranslational modifications | Prof. Petra Beli | Click here |
06.05.2025 | [13:00-14:30] Active DNA demethylation by DNA repair mechanisms | Dr Lars Schomacher | Click here |
07.05.2025 | [10:00-11:30] Dynamics of the DNA damage response in individual living cells | Prof. Alexander Löwer | Click here |
07.05.2025 | [13:00-14:30] DNA damage signaling | Prof. Thomas Hofmann | Click here |
08.05.2025 | [10:00-11:30] DNA damage by genotoxic & carcinogenic substances | Prof. Markus Christmann | Click here |
08.05.2025 | [13:00-14:30] Crosstalk of inflammation, epigenetics and the DNA damage response in health and disease | Prof. Daniela Kramer | Click here |