Laste lab news & activities

22.06.2026 Braun and Kilchert Joint Lab Retreat
Three fantastic days at our joint BraunLab & KilchertLab retreat in beautiful Bacharach in the Rhine Valley, a UNESCO World Heritage close to Loreley. Great to have former lab members — Ramon Ramos Barrales (Univ. Seville), Ebru Aydin (IMB Mainz) — join as well! Science, discussions, hiking, cooking, and plenty of ideas.
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05.06.2026 Happy Hour with Master's students

Wrapping up our Master’s course on heterochromatin regulation and fission yeast genetics with pizza & drinks! Over the past weeks, students moved from gene expression and chromatin analyses to a full genetic screen, generating lots of interesting data along the way. Thanks to a fantastic group of students and everyone in the BraunLab who contributed.

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28.01.2026 Agnisrota's Lab Farewell

Time to say goodbye 💙 This week we celebrated the farewell of Agnisrota, marking 6 yrs of impressive PhD work—from LMU Munich to JLU Giessen. With enthusiasm for science & contributions to many projects, Agnis left a lasting mark on our lab. While we’ll miss her greatly, we’re incredibly proud of all she has achieved—and truly happy to see her take the next step as a postdoc in Nils Krietenstein’s group 🇩🇰 as part of the new EpiC.

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