DZG Programme Translational Research | From target to hit to lead to candidate 

This online workshop takes place in the framework of the DZG Programme Translational Resarch and is open to all DZG early career researchers. 

20 October 2026, 13:00 – 14:40, Zoom 

Chair: Dorothee Atzler 

13:00 AI-supported target identification | Aimo Kannt, Fraunhofer ITMP Frankfurt 

13:25 From target to hit | Jan Eickhoff, LDC Dortmund

13:50 Hit to lead development | Anna Hirsch, Helmholtz HIPS Saarbrücken and DZIF

14:15 From lead to candidate | Stefan Laufer, University of Tübingen und DKTK

DZG Training Programme Translational Research / 2026-2027 

The DZG Training Programme ‘Beyond the Bench - Turning discoveries into treatments’ is aimed at young scientists from all DZGs who are interested in translational research. 

Workshops 2026/2027

• Pitch your project and think big | 15.-16. Juni 2026, Berlin
• From target to hit to lead to candidate | 20. Oktober 2026, online
• Potential partners and project pitch | 18.-19. Januar 2027, Berlin
• Funding opportunities by the DZG and beyond | April 2027, online
• Wrap-up and best practices | 10.-11. Juni 2027, Berlin

Program as PDF

Registration is possible in good time before the respective events.

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