We are proud to introduce our first Keynote Speaker for GCSB 2026, Kerstin Göpfrich 🎤 ! Kerstin Göpfrich is a full professor at the Center for Molecular Biology (ZMBH) of Universität Heidelberg. Her group deals with biology's age-old question: can we create cells/life from scratch🦠?

We’re excited to announce that early bird ticket sales 🐦 are now open for this year’s SynBioReactor – where synthetic biology startups meet investors, partners, and industry leaders. Early bird tickets are only available until the 4th of October, so get your tickets right now👇 shorturl.at/vzLuR

Together with Corden BioChem, we are hosting another networking event on the 14th of October in Berlin📅. Join us for exciting talks and open networking over some drinks and snacks🍸. This event is limited to 30 participants (❗), so register straight away by following this link 👇 luma.com/0hpjaad9

📣Stay in the loop with SynBio Reactor 2026! Subscribe to our SBR 2026 Newsletter and get all updates straight to your inbox — from SynBio insights to tipps on how to make the most out of your time in Berlin. Don’t miss a thing. Sign up now and join the community: 👉 synbioreactor.de/newsletter/

📋After the CDU-SPD coalition took office this spring, the German Association for Synthetic Biology (GASB) surveyed its community to assess whether the new government is addressing the needs of researchers, startups, and industry leaders. Read about the results right here👇 shorturl.at/ESGUm

🚨Bio-innovators dont miss out!🚨 Join the Tech Metal Innovators' Day and learn more about the Tech Metal Transformation Challenge by SPRIND⚙️! 🌍 Design Offices Berlin Humboldthafen 📅 September 10, 2025 🕓 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM Learn more and register here 👇 www.sprind.org/en/actions/c...

🌱🧬The future of biotech starts here! We’re excited to announce that SynBio Reactor 2026 is coming back!🚀 📅January 19–20, 2026 🌍Berlin, Germany Get ready for two inspiring days of networking, panels, workshops, fireside chats, and more! 🎟️Early bird tickets are available now! 👇 synbioreactor.de

🧬 Mark your calendar - and stay tuned!

👍🏼COOL🆕Christof Wegscheid-Gerlach @cwgmr.bsky.social (Koord. d. eh.LOEWE-GLUE) übernimmt Staffelstab🧪von Prof. Stefanie Dehnen (ehem.👩🏼‍🔬bei LOEWE-MOSLA, heute Direktorin des Instituts für Nanotechnologie am KIT in Karlsruhe).Wir gratulieren dem🆕Direktor des Chemikum #Marburg!!! @unimarburg.bsky.social

The #GermanConferenceOnSyntheticBiology is coming to Münster on the 11th-13th of March🚀! In collaboration with DECHEMA, we are organizing a unique platform for researchers and students to connect, present their work, and discuss the latest advances in synthetic biology🧬🔧. Learn more👇 gcsb2026.de

Two weeks ago, we were happy to attend the Münster JuniorJam meetup🎉! It was a pleassure to contribute to the event by joining panels, sharing our work in a talk and giving feedback to iGEM teams by being part of the judging team🤝! Huge thanks to the organizers🫶

👉Meet the Advisory Board👈 Tobias Erb is the Director at the MPI for terrestrial Microbiology & SYNMIKRO in Marburg. He serves on our Advisory Board, actively supporting efforts to develop and empower the next generation of scientists addressing scientific and societal challenges through SynBio📈.

Nucleate x GASB is back, this time together with FoodLabs!🚀 Join our SynBioSocial Berlin event and connect with the SynBio and biotech community of Berlin🤝! Dont miss out and enjoying some networking in the summer sun☀️! Register right here👇 lu.ma/aitdsmkc

👉Meet the Advisory Board👈 Steffen Lindner and his group use the power of growth-coupled selection to drive innovation on a foundational and applied level at the Charité. Their sustainable and innovative designs fill technology gaps, contributing to developing solutions for industrial biotechnology⚙️.

👉Meet the Advisory Board👈 Markus holds the Lonza Chair of Sustainable Biosynthesis at the EPFL in Switzerland. His team (@jescheklab.bsky.social) develops molecular and computational tools enabling the construction of synthetic microbes to sustainably produce chemicals based on renewable resources.♻️

👉 Meet the GASB team! 👈 Innovation is at the core of #SynBio, these ideas just need to make the jump to real-world applications🚀! Dominic recently joined GASBs Industry department to pave the way for upcoming players in Germany's Biotech Landscape🏞️.

Meet us at the #TransBIB-Symposium on the 26th/27th of June in Greifswald🚀! We are excited to meet up with the #bioeconomy landscape of germany and to see innovative ideas and find new colleagues!

We are very happy to co-host yet another event with @nucleate.bsky.social🎉! Join us for exciting panels followed by a familiar networking session with likeminded biotech enthusiasts🤝! 📆22.05.25 🕑18:00 📍Berlin Register right here👇 lu.ma/225kiixz?loc...

🚀From idea to Start-Up in SynBio! 🧪Apply now for our Start-Up Summer School! 📅 22–26 Sept 2025 | 📍Darmstadt & Gernsheim 🎯Topic Molecular Biosensing 💡For MSc, PhD & Postdocs 🔗Network & pitch your own idea! www.tu-darmstadt.de/synbio/works... #SynBio #Startup #Biotech #ScienceToBusiness

👉 Meet the GASB team! 👈 The most important part of GASB are our members! Tejasshree GK is part of our recruiting team and is also active as a graphic designer🖌️! That way, she helps us to continuously grow our community!

👉 Meet the GASB team! 👈 We work on various projects at the same time📈. To make sure that you dont miss any important information, our Officer for Representation, Michael Spädt, takes care of our communication channels to give you all the updates you need🤝!

👉 Meet the GASB team! 👈 Politics play a decisive role in the application of SynBio techniques. This makes a healthy exchange between scientists and policy makers crucial to allow for a flourishing SynBio landscape🌺. Our Head of Politics, Florian Hänsel, is responsible to foster this exchange📈!

👉 Meet the GASB team! 👈 We are always looking forward to the next conference organized by us. We love to meet and connect both local and international SynBio bubbles to exchange ideas and approaches 🌍. Our Head of Academic Collaborations, Lena Maria Hümmler, is making these events possible!👏

🚨 Conference alarm 🚨 For all of our folks interested in bioengineering, synthetic biology, and biomaterials, the Designer Biology 2025 meeting is happening in Newcastle this year🧬! 📆 July 29-31, 2025 🌍 Newcastle, UK Find out more by following this link👇 www.efbiotechnology.org/designerbiol...

👉 Meet the GASB team! 👈 SynBio is a fascinating tool to improve our lives🧬. As biotechnological applications and innovations often stem from an industrial context, it is crucial to support this sector🏭. Our Head of Industry Andrea Pönitzsch leads a team in GASB to achieve this goal🙏!

👉 Meet the GASB team! 👈 Keeping track of what happens within an organization can be quite challenging 😶‍🌫️ . Luckily, we have Nikita Edel, our Head of Operations! He takes care of our internal administration and makes sure that we can all focus on our various projects 🙏!

👉 Meet the GASB team! 👈 Our Treasurer Raoul Polder manages our finances and keeps GASB on track to grow as an organization💰. With his background in business administration, he enriches our discussions with an additional perspective👓!

👉 Meet the GASB team! 👈 Our Vice Head of Steering Carolina Elizondo has been a staple within GASB for the last years and we especially value her great efforts to build a strong and thriving #SynBio community🤝, not only in Germany, but all around the world🌍!

👉 Meet the GASB team! 👈 Louis Schanzmann is our Head of Steering and has been an active member in GASB for multiple years🙏. He is deeply involved in our day-to-day work and coordinates our affairs to guide us through a successful 2025 as a team🤝.

Last week we were happy to join the Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge Summit🗻! Our Head of Industry Andrea Pönitzsch represented GASB at this event where we could establish new collaborations for the #SynBio landscape🤝! We especially enjoyed the inspiring talks, covering circular economy and more!

Hot off the press: The 1st ProLOEWE-NEWS 2025! This time it's off to the treetops with LOEWE-TREE-M, into the lab with @loewe-fci.bsky.social to #fightcancer +LOEWE-DYNAMIC for #KI use in the treatment of mental illness.🎙️with Prof. Franziska Matthäus,LOEWE-CMMS.➡️https://proloewe.de/en/proloewe-news/

In der Themenrunde „KI und Politik” von I’m a Scientist haben sich 350 Schüler*innen in 22 Live-Chats mit 17 Forschenden darüber ausgetauscht, welchen Einfluss KI auf politische Prozesse hat. Zum Lieblingswissenschaftler wählten die Schüler*innen Michael Reiss. imascientist.de/2025/03/10/g...

🧬 Passionate about #SyntheticBiology and eager to make an impact? There's still time to get involved and join us!✨ ⏳Application deadline extended until March 14th! 👇 Open positions & application info:

Last we week we co-hosted the GASB x @nucleate.bsky.social Life Science Lounge, Munich edition🥨 It's great to see so many like minded SynBio enthusiasts and entrepreneurs in one room, and we especially love the open and approachable attitude of our guests, giving our events that special something✨.

📸SynBio Reactor 2025 Photo Highlights Are Here! The SynBio Reactor 2025 was an incredible experience, and now you can relive the best moments through our event photos.🚀 Visit our follow-up page to view and download the pictures: synbioreactor.de/followup/

The #SynBioReactor has been a great experience for us and we are happy to receive so much nice feedback from our participants🫶! You can now revisit the SynBioReactor, short and sweet in our new blog post!👇 gasb.de/the-synbiore...

🚨Recommendation for all of our folks near #Marburg! The #Synmikro annual meeting on April 23rd has a great program filled with wonderful speakers. Definately worth a visit!👇

🚀Help Shape SynBio Reactor 2026! We want to hear from you! Share your feedback on the SynBio Reactor 2025 to help us improve. Your input is invaluable as we continue to grow this event and the SynBio community. ⛓️Leave your feedback here: synbioreactor.de/followup/

🚨Save the date! Join us at the Nucleate x GASB Life Science Lounge in Munich! We are once again teaming up with our colleagues from Nucleate! You can expect an exciting evening of networking, discussions, and new opportunities in synthetic biology and biotech - this time, in Munich!🥨 lu.ma/gcoy2b8n

The SynBioReactor was absolutely incredible, thanks to you! To all participants, speakers, start-ups, investors and partners, thank you!❤️ You enabled these amazing days and shaped every second of the SynBioReactor. So here is a little treat for you!👇 Until next year! www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNQk...

Today is the Internationaly Day of Women and Girls in Science👩‍🔬! To achieve true #equality not only in STEM, but in all professions and in everyday life, we all have to work together🤝. Together we can advance! You can read our blog post on this right here👇 gasb.de/internationa...

Many women, one mission: LOEWE top research from Hesse. February 11: Women & Girls in Science Day. @tuda.bsky.social @jlugiessen.bsky.social @goetheuni.bsky.social @unikassel.bsky.social @unimarburg.bsky.social @thm.de @synmikro.bsky.social @ciesek.bsky.social @susanneherold.bsky.social @sgn.one

More than a year of work is finally paying off, we are opening gates to the very first #SynBioReactor 🎉! Our team has worked tirelessly to prepare every detail for this project that is very dear to our hearts ❤️. Lets kick off the future of #BioTech today 🧬!

Am 6. und 7. Februar nehme ich für @oekoprog.bsky.social am SynbioReactor der @gasb-synbio.bsky.social in Berlin teil. Man muss sich ja auf dem Laufenden halten, welche neuen biologischen Innovationen übermorgen unsere Welt verändern werden!

The last program in our #SynBioMasteratlas so far is at the @unimarburg.bsky.social! Microbiology is your thing? Then you might be right here🦠! With the local @synmikro.bsky.social and @mpimicrobiomarburg.bsky.social, doors are open to the world of synthetic microbiology!👇 gasb.de/synbio-maste...

Next in line in our #SynBioMasteratlas is the @tuda.bsky.social! Get the chance to dedicate your entire studies to #SynBio in this method oriented masters program and enjoy the advantages of a dedicated SynBio with the @synbio.bsky.social close by!👇 lnkd.in/egfiUvKR

The #SynBioMasteratlas features the University of Cologne! 21 research groups dealing with molecular biology🧬 and biochemistry🧪 can be found here, allowing you to dive into various topics related to #SynBio! Learn more here👇 gasb.de/synbio-maste...

The #SynBioMasteratlas is online and one of the first programs featured is at the @rwth.bsky.social🤝! Here you can learn about various #SynBio topics like synthetic microbiology, modeling, synthetic enzyme cascades, cell factories and much more🦠!

We are finally ready for the launch of our #SynBioMasteratlas🎉! A compact and comprehensive tool for you to find your perfect Masters program👩‍🎓. Find the most important infos to programs with #SynBio focus on just one page👇 gasb.de/synbio-maste...

Happy #NewYear2025 everyone🎉! How does the saying go? New year, new me! As every year, we have again elected a new Steering Committee. We are already picking up our work and you can be excited for some great news in #2025✨!