Welcome to the JCB

The Jena Centre for Bioinformatics (JCB) comprises about 25 research groups and aims to concentrate and strengthen interdisciplinary bioinformatics research.

An important part of the JCB’s activities is the organisation of seminars with invited external speakers and of workshops. Read More

Seminar, 05. November 2026, Jonas Fuchs

Thursday, 05. November 2026, 10.00 a.m.
– to be announced

ResistanceProfiler: Standardizing Viral Resistance Genotyping

Dr. Jonas Fuchs
(Junior Research Group Leader, Clinical Virus Genomics, Institute of Virology, University Medical Centre Freiburg, Germany)

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Seminar, 02. December 2025, Oliver Ebenhöh

Tuesday, 02. December 2025, 16.15 p.m.
Hörsaal Am Planetarium 1

Are microbial communities predictable?

Prof. Dr. Oliver Ebenhöh
(Institut für Quantitative und Theoretische Biologie, Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf)

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Seminar, 14. July 2025, Anne Pohlmann

Monday, 14. July 2025, 15.30 p.m.
Ernst-Abbe-Platz 2, R3319

Between East and West: Molecular Surveillance of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses in Wild Birds in Germany

Dr. Anne Pohlmann (Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI), Neubrandenburg)

Seminar, 25. April 2025, Robert Paxton

Friday, 25. April 2025, 15.30 p.m.
JenTower, 8. Etage

The evolution of deformed wing virus, a +ssRNA virus killing honey bees

Prof. Dr. Robert Paxton (AG Allgemeine Zoologie; Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg)

Seminar, 16. April 2025, Michael Niepmann

Wednesday, 16. April 2025, 15.30 p.m.
JenTower, 8. Etage

GARS-Sequenzen in Poliovirus, Mengoviren und zellulären RNAs &
Auflösung zum Rätsel des Warburg-Effekts in Krebszellen

Prof. Dr. Michael Niepmann
(Biochemisches Institut; Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen)