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Monday, 27. May 2024 6:00 pm
Public lecture

Glycobiology and Vaccine Development

Public talk as part of the “Life Sciences” lecture series with the main topic “From Bacterial Infection to Therapy” by Professor Dr. Dr. H. c. Peter H. Seeberger (Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces Research, Potsdam)

Most pathogens including bacteria, fungi, and protozoan parasites carry unique glycans on their surface. Several successful bacterial vaccines based on isolated polysaccharides are marketed. Since many pathogens cannot be cultured and the isolation…

Wednesday, 12. June 2024 Wednesday, 12. June 2024
Workshop

“Forschung vernetzt“ - Expertise | Dialogue | Ideas

Do you have an idea for an interdisciplinary research project and are looking for project partners? Are you open to new project collaborations? The workshop event „Forschung vernetzt“ is intended to initiate and promote interdisciplinary networking and thus joint interdisciplinary research projects. Professors and post-doctoral researchers of the University of Greifswald are invited to contribute their ideas to the event. You can present your own interdisciplinary research interests or respond to the presentations of your colleagues.

10:00-14:00 | Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg

Workshop Language: English
Session I: „Working with big data- Interdisciplinary challenges and solutions“
Session II: open-topic

Registration
Due to limited capacities, we kindly ask you to register…

Thursday, 20. June 2024 6:00 pm
Gustaf-Dalman-Lecture

Jews and Samaritans in Late Antiquity: Archaeological and Literary Perspectives

13th Gustaf Dalman Lecture by Professor Steven Fine, Ph.D. (Yeshiva University, Department of Jewish History)

This lecture explores relationships between Samaritans and Jews from the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 CE through the rise of Islam through recent archaeological discoveries, Rabbinic, Samaritan and Christian literary sources. My organizing lens…

Wednesday, 26. June 2024 6:00 pm
Fellow Lecture

Symmetry and asymmetry in nature, in physics and in magnetically confined plasmas for fusion energy

Fellow Lecture by Professor Byron Jay Peterson, Ph.D. (Fellow of the Alfried Krupp Science College Greifswald)

Moderation: Professor Dr. Thomas Klinger

Thursday, 27. June 2024 6:00 pm
Loeffler Lecture

Coevolution of balanced polymorphisms in the microbiome and its host?

12th Loeffler Lecture by Professor Michel Georges, Ph.D. (Université de Liège, faculté de Médecine veterinaire)

Welcome: Professor Dr. Thomas Klinger
Moderation: Professor Dr. Christa Kühn

Monday, 8. July 2024 6:00 pm
Public event with live stream

The experimental human pneumococcal challenge model: chances and applications

Public talk as part of the “Life Sciences” lecture series with the main topic “From Bacterial Infection to Therapy” by Dr. Britta Urban (University of Oxford, Department of Paediatrics)

Moderation: Professor Dr. Sven Hammerschmidt

Tuesday, 9. July 2024 6:00 pm
Public event with live stream

New insights from ancient genomes: what can ancient DNA tell us about Neandertal-human interactions?

Public talk as part of the lecture series “Discovering Origins: A Journey from the Beginnings of the Earth to the Origin of Humanity” by Dr. Mateja Hajdinjak (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig)

Ancient DNA, or DNA extracted from long dead organisms, has proven invaluable for providing insights into prehistoric events that would otherwise not be accessible. Even though genomic data have been recovered from more than 10,000 ancient humans to…

Monday, 15. July 2024 Wednesday, 17. July 2024
International conference

Formal ethics 2024

International conference under the scientific direction of Professor Dr. Allard Tamminga (Greifswald)

“Formal Ethics” is a common denominator for the application of tools from logic, decision theory, game theory, and social choice theory to the analysis of concepts and theories in moral and political philosophy. It is a rapidly growing field of…

Monday, 12. August 2024 Saturday, 24. August 2024
Summer school

Wounds of War: Ukraine Two Years After the Invasion

XXVIII. Greifswalder Ukrainicum – Greifswald Ukrainian Summer School under the scientific direction of Professor Dr. Roman Dubasevych (Greifswald)

Two years following the full-scale Russian invasion, Ukrainians continue to exhibit remarkable resistance and resilience in the defense of their country, despite facing acute shortages of munitions, decisive aircraft, and personnel. However, beneath…

Tuesday, 27. August 2024 Thursday, 29. August 2024
International conference

Spins, waves and interactions 2024

International conference under the scientific direction of Michaela Lammel, Ph.D. (Constance), RNDr. Lukáš Nádvorník, Ph.D. (Praha), Mgr. Helena Reichlová, Ph.D. (Praha)

The 9th international workshop on new trends in spintonics, Spins, Waves and Interactions 2024, will take place from August 27 to August 29, 2024 in Greifswald, Germany. The main focus topics are altermagnets and non-collinear antiferromagnets,…