Location

Marburg, nestled in the scenic Lahn valley, is one of Germany’s most charming university towns. With its steep lanes, half-timbered houses, the Elisabethkirche and the Landgrafenschloss rising above the historic old town, it combines medieval atmosphere with a lively student culture. The city is closely linked to the Brothers Grimm, who studied here, and Philipps-Universität Marburg, founded in 1527, is the oldest Protestant university still in existence.

Marburg is also an outstanding place for the life sciences. In addition to strong research in biochemistry and chemical biology at the university, Marburg has a long biomedical tradition associated with Emil von Behring, whose work earned the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and laid the foundation for the Behringwerke in Marburg. Today, the city is internationally recognized for molecular and synthetic microbiology through SYNMIKRO and the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, which together make Marburg a highly relevant hub for biochemistry, biotechnology and synthetic biology.

The symposium will take place at SYNMIKRO on the Lahnberge science campus of Philipps-Universität Marburg (Karl-von-Frisch-Straße 14, 35043 Marburg). The venue is located in one of the university’s main natural science areas and is easily accessible by bus via the Lahnberge/Hans-Meerwein-Straße area, as well as by car and taxi.