Biological Colloquium 2026

Together with the University of Bonn, we invite scientists from Germany and abroad to the Biological Colloquium. The colloquium serves to present current biological research topics and to exchange ideas with researchers.

The events are open to the public. Students and guests are very welcome.

All events take place on Fridays from 1 pm. Either on site at Poppelsdorf Palace or via Zoom. The Zoom link will be announced by e-mail one week before each hybrid seminar.

To the Biological Colloquium on the website of the University of Bonn

Overview of upcoming dates:

24 April 2026
Dr Valentina Peona, Stockholm: "A mosaic of regulatory modules and evolutionary origins: how one gene can shape convergent plumage evolution"
8 May 2026
Dr Bianca Schneider: "Sex Differences in Immunity: Implications for Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection" (Lecture will take place in the lecture hall of IFMB)
29 May 2026
Dr Scarlett Howard: "The cognition of pollination: The ecologically relevant and irrelevant intelligence of miniature minds"
26 June 2026
Plant Science & Biological Colloquium
K. Forchhammer: Cyanobacterial storage metabolism: "From metabolic pathways to biopolymers (Joint lecture of the Biological Colloquium & Plant Science Colloquium"
3 July 2026
Prof. Volker Müller: "Acetogenic bacteria: from the origin of life to CO2-based biotechnology" (Lecture will take place in the lecture hall of IFMB)
10 July 2026
Prof Lazaro Centanin: "Should I stay or should I grow? Stem Cells and Lineages in Fish" (invited by Dr Julia Schwarzer, LIB)
24 July 2026
Prof. Matthew Hahn: "The evolution of male mutation bias" (Lecture will take place on Zoom at 2:00 p.m. (s.t.): Information follows)

Prof. Dr. Alexander Suh

Head of Centre for Molecular Biodiversity Research (zmb)
Head of Section Molecular Biodiversity

Phone: +49 228 9122 289
E-Mail: a.suh@leibniz-lib.de