Our next "CMMS Talks" event with a talk by Prof. Dr. Berta Verd Fernandez will take place on Wednesday, 10 January 2024 at 2 p.m. in the FIAS lecture hall.

The interdisciplinary FIGSS seminar takes place every second Monday during the semester from 12:00-13:00. PhD students of the Graduate School are given the opportunity to present and discuss their research results here. External speakers are also invited from time to time.

Our next "CMMS Talks" event with a talk by Prof. Dr. Tristan Bereau will take place on Thursday, 25 January 2024 at 2 p.m. in the FIAS lecture hall.

The interdisciplinary FIGSS seminar takes place every second Monday during the semester from 12:00-13:00. PhD students of the Graduate School are given the opportunity to present and discuss their research results here. External speakers are also invited from time to time.

Our next "CMMS Talks" event with a talk by Prof. Dr. Frederik Graw will take place on Thursday, 08 February 2024 at 2 p.m. in the FIAS lecture hall.

Dr. Augusto Lempel speaks on Thursday, 07 March 2024, at 2 p.m. in room 0.101.

Light-switchable molecules are an integral part of our daily lives. For example, they enable one of the central forms of our perception: vision. By absorbing light energy, these molecules can change their structure. This change ensures that signals are transmitted to the brain via nerve cells. The incorporation of molecular light switches into future drugs opens up fascinating possibilities for the temporal and spatial control of drugs.

Dr. Ralf Wessel speaks on Monday, 11 March 2024, at 3 p.m. in room 0.100.

Dr. Sahila Chopra (Humboldt Fellow at FIAS) speaks on Monday, 18 March 2024, at 12 noon in room 0.100.

Our next "CMMS Talks" event with a talk by Prof. Dr. Kevin Thurley will take place on Thursday, 18 April 2024 at 2 p.m. in the FIAS Faculty Club.

Join us on April 24th, 2024, at 14:00 in the FIAS Lecture Hall for a talk by Prof. Dr. Rainer Spurzem. Prof. Spurzem, from the National Astronomical Observatories CAS in Beijing, China, and Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, University of Heidelberg, Germany, will discuss the utilization of supercomputers in the study of relativistic black hole binary mergers within star clusters.

Discover the fascination of the human brain at "Frankfurt hat Hirn" - a show that combines science and entertainment.

In the FIAS Neuroscience Seminar, Jonathan Repple, from the ICNF, talks about "The reconstruction of the human structural connectome and its role in neuropsychiatric disorders"

Prof. Dr. Judith Simon from the University of Hamburg will be speaking. She will talk about current challenges and ethical issues in information technology.

The campus Riedberg will be bustling late into the night once again, as on June 21, 2024, another Night of Science takes place. At the campus Riedberg, night turns into day. Until the early hours of Saturday, there will be a diverse program for you, including exciting talks, tours, and interactive activities. FIAS is also participating!

Prof. Dr. Rudi Balling (Institute of Molecular Psychiatry) gives a talk with the title "A surprising role of a familial Parkinson's disease gene in glucose metabolism - Is Parkinson the diabetes of the brain?" on 02 July 2024 at 12 noon in the seminar room 0.101.

On 6 July 2024, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., FIAS is hosting the first Open Day at FIAS in its 20-year history! Discover exciting insights into the world of science, interactive exhibitions and much more on the Riedberg campus. If you want to find out how fascinating science really is: Visit FIAS and discover it for yourself!

Our next "CMMS Talks" event with a talk by Dr. Manuel N. Melo will take place on Thursday, 18 July 2024 at 5 p.m. in the FIAS Lecture Hall.

Science at your fingertips in and in front of the Museum Giersch at Goethe University (MGGU).

Creativity is an essential human trait that is defined by the formation of novel and useful ideas and concepts. It has been identified as a key factor for progress and advancement in various areas of our daily lives. Current research on creativity has made great advances using cognitive and psychological approaches. However, progress in the field is still hampered by heterogeneous conceptualizations and operationalizations of creativity. Furthermore, the foundation of creativity on the level of neuronal networks that would offer a deeper understanding of creative processes remains elusive. We firmly believe that a deeper insight of the general neural processes underlying creative thought has potentially huge implications for the understanding of human and eventually also non-human brain as well as artificial neuronal networks.