29.06.2026
Otto Hahn Medal for PhD student of the Jan Brugués Group
Dr. Alison Kickuth was awarded the Otto Hahn Medal from the Max Planck Society in recognition of her outstanding scientific achievements as a former PhD student from the Jan Brugués Group. During her PhD project on the “Physical Mechanism of Unilateral Cytokinesis”, she used…
25.06.2026
Stephan Grill awarded second ERC Advanced Grant
Stephan Grill, MPI-CBG Director and supervisor of thesis project A5 in the RTG 3120, has been awarded 2,5 million euros from the European Research Council as part of the Advanced Grants call for the duration of 5 years to fund the project SDSF: “DNA Sequence-Dependent Structure Formation in the…
09.06.2026
New Leopoldina Membership: Simon Alberti
The RTG announces with great pleasure that our co-speaker Prof Dr. Simon Alberti is now a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. More details about the distinction can be found on the webpages of TU Dresden and Leopoldina. According to the Leopoldina website: “The…
13.11.2025
Alberti and Hyman among Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers in 2025
RTG 3120 PI's have been among the most highly cited authors in 2025, according to Clarivate. The Hyman and Alberti groups lead the way "in the top 1% by citations for their field(s) and publication year in the Web of Science Core Collection" See the press release by TU Dresden:…