The GfG congratulates Anna Righetti, who won the GfG-sponsored Poster Award at the GBM RNA Biochemistry meeting for her outstanding poster “Structure and function of the non-conventional RNA splicing machinery.”

Many thanks to all attendees of the GfG Sympsoium "Epigenetics & Chromatin" for making this conference such a great success! Go to www.gfgenetik.de for more information and fotos. Become a GfG member!

Women-Power at the last day of the ‘Epigenetics & Chromatin’ symposium. Inspiring talks by, among others, S. Schick, @epign.bsky.social, C. Cardoso. Elisabeth Gateff awarded her prize to A. Kalita. Best poster prize to @geneticjonathan.bsky.social & best short talk to L. Paasche. Congratulations!

Amazing 2. day at the GfG ‘Epigenetics & Chromatin’ symposium. Fantastic flash talks, a great first poster session and many memorable talks: among others @erhardtlab.bsky.social, @rodvilla.bsky.social, @thebraunlab.bsky.social, @flurylab.bsky.social, Ehrenhofer-Murray, Liefke, Heun, Imhof & Brehm.

Dr. Agata Kalita wins the prestigious GfG Elisabeth-Gateff Prize 2025 for her amazing work on sex chromosome dosage compensation in insects!
Dr. Kalita will receive the award at the upcoming GfG Symposium “Epigenetics & Chromatin” on September 26th, 2025 (express.converia.de/frontend/ind...).

🎉 Join us at the upcoming GfG Symposium "Epigenetics & Chromatin" in Giessen, Sept 24–26, 2025!
Amazing speakers, low registration fee, € 300 prizes for best poster & short talk, + free GfG membership for non-members.

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Do not miss!
Great opportunity to acknowledge and pay tribute to an outstanding PhD Thesis in the area of genetics/epigenetics/molecular biology!
The GfG awards again the prestigious Elisabeth-Gateff price (3,000 €).
Deadline for application is June 30th, 2025. Please RT!

Do not forget:
🎉 Join us at the GfG Symposium "Epigenetics & Chromatin" in Giessen, Sept 24–26, 2025!
Great speakers, low fees, prizes for best poster & short talk, + free GfG membership for non-members.

Please RT!

Info and Registration: express.converia.de/frontend/ind...

🎉 Join us at the GfG Symposium "Epigenetics & Chromatin" in Giessen, Sept 24–26, 2025!
Great speakers, low fees, prizes for best poster & short talk, + free GfG membership for non-members.

PLease RT!

👉 Info & registration: express.converia.de/frontend/ind...

Yesterday, the GfG Board & Advisory Council met virtually. Key topics: planning the Epigenetics & Chromatin conference (Sept 2025, Giessen), the Elisabeth-Gateff Prize 2025, and the 'Path to Professorship' workshop. Stay tuned!

Open position for W3 Professor "Genetics" in Osnabrueck, Germany. Check it out!
www.uni-osnabrueck.de/stellenangebote

Do not miss! Great opportunity to acknowledge and pay tribute to an outstanding PhD Thesis in the area of genetics/epigenetics/molecular biology! The GfG awards again the prestigious Elisabeth-Gateff price (3,000 €). Deadline for application is June 30th, 2025. Please RT!

Der beliebte und hilfreiche GfG Workshop „Auf dem Weg zur Professur“ soll auch in 2025 wieder stattfinden!

Im kleinen Kreis werden erfahrene Professor/Innen Insider-Tipps und -Tricks über die Bewerbung, die Probevorträge, das Interview und das Berufungsverfahren weitergeben.

Bitte weiterleiten!

The GfG is delighted to reconnect with everyone here on Bluesky!

We're excited to announce our upcoming symposium, "Epigenetics & Chromatin", taking place September 24–26 in Giessen, Germany.
Stay tuned for more details!
(... and become a member of the GfG...!)