Synthetic Biology Symposium
This year, the Centre for Synthetic Biology is once again organising a Start-Up Summer School in cooperation with Futury. As part of the Start-Up Summer School, a Synthetic Biology Symposium will take place on 7.-8. September 2026 at the TU Darmstadt.
The Start-Up Summer School kicks off on 7. – 8. September 2026 with the Synthetic Biology Symposium at TU Darmstadt, to which all interested guests and Summer School participants are invited.
September 22nd, 2025
Venue: TU Darmstadt
13:00 – 13:10 Welcome
13:10 – 13:55 tba
13:55 – 14:40 tba
14:40 – 15:00 Coffee Break
15:00 – 15:45 tba
15:45 – 16:30 tba
16:30 – 16:50 Coffee Break
16:50 – 17:30 tba – Centre Thesis Award
September 22nd, 2025
Venue: TU Darmstadt
9:00 – 9:05 Welcome Heinz Koeppl
9:05 – 9:35 tba
9:35 – 10:05 tba
10:05 – 10:35 tba
10:35 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:30 tba
11:30 – 12:00 tba
12:00 -12:30 tba
The Synthetic Biology Symposium will take place at the TU Darmstadt. If you would like to attend the symposium, please register by sending a short Email to Melanie Mikosch-Wersching.
Organisation
Heinz Koeppl
Heinz Koeppl is director of the Centre for Synthetic Biology at TU Darmstadt and professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering and adjunct professor at the Department of Biology. He is currently also heading the graduate school "Life Science Engineering" at TU Darmstadt. He holds a M.Sc. in physics from Graz Karl-Franzens University and a Ph.D in electrical engineering from Graz University of Technology, Austria.
Melanie Mikosch-Wersching
Melanie Mikosch-Wersching is Science Communication Officer for the research field Matter and Materials, in which Synthetic Biology is established as one of the strategic profile areas of TU Darmstadt.
Getting to Darmstadt
By air via Frankfurt International Airport (FRA)
Darmstadt is situated approximately 28 km from Frankfurt International Airport (FRA), the largest airport in Germany. A direct bus service (AirLiner) connects the airport with the city of Darmstadt every 30 minutes at peak times, otherwise every 60 minutes (download the detailed schedule (opens in new tab)). The trip duration is appoximately 35 minutes.
If you arrive at Terminal 1, board the AirLiner bus from bus stop, outside the terminal, across the road. At Terminal 2, the bus stops just outside the terminal entrance. Get off the bus at the terminal station (Darmstadt Kongresszentrum/Convention Center). From there you can walk.
A taxi from Frankfurt airport to the Venue costs approximately 65 € and takes around 30 minutes.
By train via Darmstadt HBf
Darmstadt is a sizable railway hub, with many trains stopping at Darmstadt Hauptbahnhof (main station). Public transport (buses and light rail) from Darmstadt HBf to the Venue is available.
