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— KEEP UP WITH THE JAHNKE LAB


September 2026

Nina and Thomas present the first poster of the lab on their SynthImmune Excellence Cluster project at the LEMS (Life-inspired Engineering Molecular Systems) conference in Heidelberg.

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September 2026

Group retreat featuring talks, pitches, a treasure hunt, and games!

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August 2026

We're happy to welcome Nina as our third PhD student — wishing her a great start!


July 2026

Viki, Roman, and Kevin organize a joint summer social with games, bbq, and drinks — great to have such fantastic colleagues!

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July 2026

Kevin is selected to represent the German community at the EuChemS Young Investigator Workshop in Eindhoven — great talks and connections!


July 2026

Group photo session!


June 2026

A casual coffee Friday with the group.


June 2026

Kevin presents at the Sloan & Max Planck School's Matter to Life Conference.


June 2026

We welcome our collaborators Emily and Sigrid, visiting us from Hong Kong!


May 2026

The group celebrates Nina's master's thesis submission and her new membership in the SynthImmune Cluster of Excellence.


May 2026

First group mini-retreat to our future home in Heilbronn, kicked off with a round of charades!

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May 2026

BiotechTV visits to interview Kevin — thanks so much, Brad!


April 2026

Mariam joins the lab as our second PhD student — here's to a great journey ahead!


March 2026

A royal visit from Kerstin: one photo capturing three generations of the academic family!


March 2026

Gyu Min joins as the lab's first PhD student — we're so happy to have her!


March 2026

The Jahnke Lab launches at the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research — off to a great start with curiosity-driven research!


February 2026

Kevin leaves Dave's lab at Harvard, incredibly grateful and privileged to have had such amazing friends and colleagues!