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At the end of the first EBM year 2023, Jan Hinrichsen and Nina Reiter (subproject A01) had the opportunity to stay in the Living Matter Lab of EBM Mercator Fellow Ellen Kuhl at Stanford University in California, USA.

Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini, Head of the Institute of Biomaterials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering at University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) has been elected Fellow of Biomaterials Science and Engineering (FBSE), the highest honor the global biomaterials community can bestow on outstanding biomaterials scientists, which is awarded by the International Union of Societies for Biomaterials Science and Engineering (IUSBSE).

In November 2023 Soheil Firooz did a research stay at the University of Cape Town, focused on finite element analysis of convection-diffusion problems. This research stay proved to be an intellectually invigorating experience. Collaborating closely with Professor Daya Reddy, a distinguished figure i...

On November 23, 2023, Tomeu Amorós (C02) and Sebastián Sepúlveda (A05) hosted the (post) doctoral researchers seminar at the Institute of Animal Physiology

On November 9th, 2023, the Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 1540 "Exploring Brain Mechanics (EBM)", hosted an interactive workshop centered on Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and its application to the study of frog brain.

On October 21, 2023, the Collaborative Research Center SFB 1540 "Exploring Brain Mechanics" (EBM) participated in the Long Night of the Sciences in the Erlangen, Fürth, and Nürnberg region. In a captivating presentation, EBM opened its doors to the interested public, providing insights into various facets of its research. The event spanned across five locations.

ERC Synergy Grant 2023: Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Kristian Franze The European Research Council (ERC) has selected the UNFOLD project (Unfolding the dynamic interaction between mechanical and molecular processes in brain folding) as one of the 37 beneficiaries of the Synergy Grants p...

On the 12th of October, EBM Researchers were brought to the knowledge of the “Good Scientific Practice“ by Dr. Christian Schmitt-Engel who held a lecture on the topic at the Interdisciplinary Center for Nanostructured Films (IZNF).

From October 9 to 11, Nina participated at the annual GAMM Juniors Fall Meeting at ETH Zürich. The GAMM Juniors are a group of 30 young researchers with exceptional achievements in the fields of applied mathematics and mechanics (https://www.gamm-juniors.de/). The purpose of the annual meeting is to...

The 1st EBM Retreat took place from September 21st to 22nd, 2023 at the Hotel Arvena Reichsstadt in the small historic town of Bad Windsheim and provided a platform for scientific presentations primarily from doctoral researchers and postdoctoral researchers of the CRC 1540 "Exploring Brain Mechanics." The main objective of this conference was to present the current status of the 19 ongoing research projects and stimulate lively and constructive discussions to strengthen and further develop collaboration between various research projects.