{"id":50007,"date":"2026-04-09T14:47:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T14:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/alumni\/?post_type=vf_event&#038;p=50007"},"modified":"2026-04-16T08:48:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T08:48:39","slug":"matti-saraste-reunion-2026","status":"publish","type":"vf_event","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/alumni\/events\/matti-saraste-reunion-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Matti Saraste Reunion 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"vf-tabs\"><ul class=\"vf-tabs__list\" data-vf-js-tabs=\"true\"><li class=\"vf-tabs__item\"><a class=\"vf-tabs__link\" href=\"#vf-tabs__section-032f8b88-20b4-4bda-ad17-eea4f57f512e\" data-vf-js-location-nearest-activation-target=\"\">Overview<\/a><\/li><li class=\"vf-tabs__item\"><a class=\"vf-tabs__link\" href=\"#vf-tabs__section-74b7a157-217d-4b82-a3ad-21d780fe0d49\" data-vf-js-location-nearest-activation-target=\"\">Programme and speakers<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"vf-tabs-content\" data-vf-js-tabs-content=\"true\">\n<section class=\"vf-tabs__section\" id=\"vf-tabs__section-032f8b88-20b4-4bda-ad17-eea4f57f512e\"><h2>Overview<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Matti Saraste Reunion<\/strong> <strong><strong>| <\/strong><\/strong><strong>Saturday 11 July 2026 | EMBL Heidelberg<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We warmly invite Matti&#8217;s family, friends, colleagues and collaborators to join us at EMBL Heidelberg to honour the life, science and lasting legacy of Matti Saraste, 25 years after his passing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This special reunion brings together the many people whose lives and work Matti touched during his time at EMBL, but also earlier. It is a moment to remember an exceptional scientist and colleague, to celebrate his enduring impact, and to reconnect with one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reunion takes place on Saturday 11 July 2026, the day after the EMBL Alumni Awards ceremony and the annual EMBL Lab Day dinner and party on Friday 10 July. We encourage those who are able to arrive a day earlier to join us for these events and connect with the wider EMBL community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Learn more about Matti Saraste:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7 &nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/alumni\/community\/obituaries\/matti-saraste\/matti-saraste-courtyard\/\">The Matti Saraste Courtyard<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00b7 &nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/alumni\/community\/obituaries\/matti-saraste\/\">Obituary<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/alumni\/community\/obituaries\/matti-saraste\/tribute-to-matti-saraste\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/about\/info\/alumni\/community\/obituaries\/matti-saraste\/tribute-to-matti-saraste\/\">tributes from the EMBL community<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mehrnoosh Rayner, EMBL Head of Alumni Relations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Planning committee and former Saraste Group members:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matthias Wilmanns, EMBL Hamburg<br>Kristina Djinovic Carugo, EMBL Grenoble<br>Marko Hyv\u00f6nen, University of Cambridge<\/p>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"vf-tabs__section\" id=\"vf-tabs__section-74b7a157-217d-4b82-a3ad-21d780fe0d49\"><h2>Programme and speakers<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-regular\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Time (CEST)<\/th><th>Speaker<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>10:30<\/td><td><strong style=\"color: rgb(21, 110, 148); white-space: normal;\">Registration and coffee<\/strong><br><em>Outside the Matti Saraste Courtyard Room<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:00<\/td><td><strong style=\"color: rgb(21, 110, 148); white-space: normal;\">Welcome<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:05<\/td><td>Veli-Pekka Lehto &#8211; welcome and opening talk<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:25-13:00<\/td><td><strong>Part 1: Matti &#8211; The Supervisor<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:25<\/td><td>John van der 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Pastore<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14:30<\/td><td>Siegfried Labeit<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14:40<\/td><td>Luis Serrano Pubul<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14:50<\/td><td>Rebecca Wade<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15:00<\/td><td><strong style=\"color: rgb(21, 110, 148); white-space: normal;\">Group photo<\/strong><br><em>In the Matti Saraste Courtyard<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15:10<\/td><td><strong style=\"color: rgb(21, 110, 148); white-space: normal;\">Coffee<\/strong><br><em>Outside the Matti Saraste Courtyard Room<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15:40-16:35<\/td><td><strong>Part 3: Matti &#8211; The Colleague<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15:40<\/td><td>Michael Nilges<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15:50<\/td><td>Irmgard Sinning<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>16:00<\/td><td>Michael Sattler<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>16:10<\/td><td>Bettina B\u00f6ttcher<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>16:20<\/td><td>Ruben Abagyan<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>16:35<\/td><td><strong>Jaakko Saraste &#8211; closing remarks<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>17:00<\/td><td><strong style=\"color: rgb(21, 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