Evolution at its best: On April 30th, 2026 Evgeniia Dorinova successfully defended her PhD on "In vitro Evolution and Characterisation of Alkyltransferase Ribozymes". Many congratulations and all best wishes for a bright future!

The Höbartner Lab gives its all even outside the lab, as seen here at the 36th Residenzlauf in Würzburg. On 26 April, more than 10,000 runners took part in the 36th Residence Run, circling the historic Residence with its Hofgarten and Residenzplatz. Among them was our lab team, which put in a fantastic performance by finishing 11th in the 5-kilometre Fit-and-Fun company run, men’s category. With this success, the team came second in the university rankings. Congratulations!

From 16 to 18 March 2026, Würzburg hosted the conference of the GDCh Biochemistry Division. Under the theme “From chemical structures to biological functions”, around 100 scientists from Germany and abroad gathered at the Hotel Melchior Park. The award presented at the conference recognises Evgeniia’s work “Alkyltransferase Ribozymes for Site-specific N4-Cytidine Alkylation”.