New binding site to cell membrane identified
A team led by Sebastian Thallmair at FIAS investigates the interactions of proteins and lipids (fats) in membranes by means of simulations. In the barrel-shaped Tubby protein, they identified a previously unknown binding site that could help to understand retinal and hearing disorders. October 6th, Goethe University.
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FIAS at Children´s University: What does a computer need electricity for?
Children can generate electricity themselves in this lecture - and experience how much power it takes. FIAS Fellow Volker Lindenstruth explains in a lively and exciting way the inside of a computer, its power consumption, but also how it helps save electricity.
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How does the brain recognise an orange?
DFG Research Group on Abstraction in the Brain and for Better AI Systems
Research for the early detection of Hodgkin's lymphoma
With the support of the Wilhelm Sander Foundation, a team led by FIAS Senior Fellow Martin-Leo Hansmann and Ralf Küppers (Essen) investigated whether CD30 cells in inflammatory reactions are precursors of Hodgkin's lymphoma tumour cells and how these CD30-positive cells differ.
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Measuring volcanic activity
The FIAS Seismology and Artificial Intelligence group used the volcano Stromboli as an example to develop a powerful module for immediately detecting and creating more complete seismo-volcanic event catalogs.
moreFIAS (Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies)
...is an interdisciplinary research institution in Frankfurt/Germany. Our Fellows develop theories on complex interdisciplinary topics of the future. The non-profit foundation supports 130 scientists cooperating with Goethe University and surrounding research institutes as well as private donors and sponsors.
Thoughts
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolf Singer
Life- and Neurosciences
"As long as people intervene in the fate of the world, they are obliged to explore the wisdom. Otherwise, responsible action is not possible."
Dr. Hermann Cuntz
Life- and Neurosciences
"Morphology is key to understanding both circuits and computation in the brain."
Prof. Dr. Hannah Elfner (Petersen)
Theoretical Sciences
"To understand the smallest building blocks of matter and their properties fascinates me and I enjoy the required international collaboration in this field."
Dr. Esteban Hernandez-Vargas
Life- and Neurosciences
"Biologists and clinicians have generated a tremendous amount of data last decades, now is the time of computational biology to bring holistic understanding for improving health."
Prof. Dr. Armen Sedrakian
Theoretical Sciences
"My research is deeply focused on the interrelation between the particle physics and astrophysics, between the micro- and macro-worlds, on theories, models and methods that find applications in a multitude of research fields ranging from condensed matter to high-density quantum chromodynamics."
Research Areas
Theoretical Physics
Theoretical physics is the discipline that aims at describing how the world works in terms of fundamental equations. The goal is to abstract explicit phenomena by reducing them to underlying principles that are responsible for many different manifestations in nature.
Computer Science
Within the last decade high performance computers have become an integral part in todays science and society. Most simulations and experimental analysations of complex systems require a high amount of computing power.
Life and Neuro Sciences
Theoretical biology aims at a quantitative understanding of biological systems, their dynamics and interaction across scales. To this end new analysis approaches are developed to extract relevant information from either tera and petabyte sized data sets, or from very scarce data.