Here you will find events jointly organized by the German Centers for Health Research.

If you are interested in events of the individual centers, please choose the given links to the website of the respective center.

23 July 2026

DZG-wide seminar series: Computational Topics in Biomedicine

Topic: When form meets function: Decoding tissue architecture

With: Dana Pe'er, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY

Dana Pe’er is Chair of Computational and Systems Biology, Scientific Director of the Single-cell Analytics Innovation Lab at the Sloan Kettering Institute, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. The Pe’er lab pioneers machine learning approaches to derive cell states, trajectories and cell–cell interactions from single-cell genomics and spatial profiling data, which it uses to investigate the role of cellular plasticity in tumor biology and therapeutic resistance.

This series is designed to bring together data science and AI initiatives across the German Centers for Health Research (DZG) and to interact with international speakers who have generated impressive contributions to the translational application of AI and data science.

Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Location: online

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Dana Pe'er on LinkedIn

21 September 2026

DZG Lunchtime Career Talks

For doctoral candidates and postdocs: Discover your future career - role models share their advice.

Topic: From clinical training to leading translational research

With: Dr Alba Sulaj, Heidelberg University Hospital

Alba Sulaj is a physician-scientist at Heidelberg University Hospital, where she serves as Deputy Medical Director in the Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology, Metabolic Diseases and Clinical Chemistry and leads the Lifestyle Interventions Research Group. Her research focuses on weight loss-based interventions to improve metabolic health, bridging patient care and translational metabolism research.

She has received competitive funding from the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) and the German Diabetes Association (DDG), as well as several awards, including the 2023 Silvia King Prize (DDG). She is also committed to mentoring the next generation of clinician-scientists.

Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Location: online

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Alba Sulaj on LinkedIn

2026-2027

DZG Training Programme Translational Research

The DZG Training Programme ‘Beyond the Bench - Turning discoveries into treatments’ is aimed at young scientists from all DZGs who are interested in translational research.

Workshops 2026/2027

• Pitch your project and think big | 15.-16. Juni 2026, Berlin
• From target to hit to lead to candidate| Oktober 2026, online
• Potential partners and project pitch | 18.-19. Januar 2027, Berlin
• Funding opportunities by the DZG and beyond | April 2027, online
• Wrap-up and best practices | 10.-11. Juni 2027, Berlin

Program as PDF

Registration is possible in good time before the respective events.

DZG Site Days

29 July 2026

4th DZG Munich Day

We want to connect the Munich DZG community - across all career stages, from early career scientists to PI.

Time: all-day event
Location: Helmholtz Munich Conference Center (Campus Neuherberg)

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21 September 2026

2nd DZG Heidelberg-Mannheim Day

Time: 13:00-17:30
Location: DKFZ Communication Center, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg

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11 November 2026

1st DZG Berlin Day

For the very first time, all German Centers for Health Research (DZG) at the Berlin site will come together for a joint day.

We expect around 300 participants from the five Berlin DZGs (DKTK, DZHK, DZNE, DZPG, DZKJ) as well as the associated centers (DZL, DZIF, DZD).

Time: 9:30–16:30
Location: Auditorium, Forum 3, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

More information coming soon