Early Career Award Symposium

Paul Ehrlich & Ludwig Darmstaedter Early Career Award 2026 Symposium


Six shortlisted candidates for the early career award 2026 will present their research highlights
in life science with a lecture.


PROGRAM

1:00 – 1:10 PM       Robert Tampé | Institute of Biochemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt

Introduction


1:10 – 1:45 PM       Simon Haas | Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) at Charité

From Stem Cells to Cancer: Dissecting Complex Disease Mechanisms 
to Empower Precision Medicine in the Hematopoietic System


1:45 – 2:20 PM       Eric Helfrich | Institute of Molecular Bioscience, Goethe University Frankfurt 

Illuminating Biosynthetic Dark Matter: Unlocking Hidden Pathways 
to Discover Natural Products with Therapeutic Promise


2:20 – 2:55 PM       Katja Luck | Institute of Molecular Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz 

From Networks to Mechanisms in Health and Disease


2:55 – 3:30 PM       Break


3:30 – 4:05 PM       Schara Safarian | Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology Frankfurt 

Unlocking Membrane Mechanisms: From Molecular Targets to Novel Therapeutics


4:05 – 4:40 PM       Carolin Schneider | University Hospital RWTH Aachen

Prevention in the Age of Big Data and AI: Lessons Learned from the Liver


4:40 – 5:15 PM       Varun Venkataramani | Department of Neurology, University Hospital Heidelberg

Targeting the Neural Blueprint of Brain Tumors


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Jannen Stauch
E-Mail: preise@uni-frankfurt.de
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