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Visitors and hosts stand together outdoors in front of the new HI-TRON Mainz building, which is under construction and partially covered in scaffolding and protective netting.

HI-TRON Mainz welcomes State Secretary Dr. Tamara Müller

07/29/2026

Today, we were delighted to welcome State Secretary Dr. Tamara Müller of the "Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Weiterbildung und Gesundheit (MWWG)" for…

People gathered on picnic blankets for a potluck picnic in a park

Start of Summer Afterwork 2026 - Picnic

07/21/2026

This year's Start of Summer Afterwork brought colleagues together to celebrate the beginning of summer in a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere.

Collage from the 1st CPP Workshop on Spectral Flow Cytometry and Multimodal Imaging at HI-TRON Mainz, documenting the hybrid workshop with online participants and the on-site speakers. The workshop covered spectral flow cytometry and multimodal imaging; further details are provided in the accompanying post.

Exciting milestone for the Cellular Phenotyping Platform (CPP)!

06/29/2026

From June 23 to 25, 2026, the CPP successfully hosted its first hybrid online and on-site workshop on Spectral Flow Cytometry and Multimodal Imaging.

Clinician Scientist Fellowship for José Naveja

06/18/2026

We are delighted to announce that Dr. José Naveja has been selected for the prestigious DKFZ Clinician Scientist Fellowship 2026 and will join HI-TRON…

Markus Elsner stands at a lectern giving a scientific presentation, with a projected slide on cellular imaging in the background.

Guest Visit from Helmholtz Munich

06/10/2026

On June 9, together with the Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), we welcomed Markus Elsner from the Institute for Tissue Engineering & Regenerative…

Entrance to the Hermann Staudinger lecture hall. Displayed outside the entrance is a large HI-TRON Mainz banner showing a blue scientific cell illustration.

4th HI-TRON Mainz Symposium

05/08/2026

We look back on an inspiring day of scientific exchange, collaboration, and innovation at the 4th HI-TRON Mainz Symposium!

With a keynote lecture…

A fluorescent microscopy image of a tissue section from a peritoneal metastasis, showing lipid droplets in green and lipid-laden macrophages in red, with cell nuclei stained blue against a dark background.

Eierstockkrebs: Fettgewebe beeinflusst Wirksamkeit der Immuntherapie

04/30/2026

Bei Eierstockkrebs zeigen Immuntherapien mit sogenannten Checkpoint-Inhibitoren bislang nur bei wenigen Betroffenen Wirkung. Forschende vom Helmholtz…