Events

Internal Event of the Hertha Sponer College (registration required)

Hertha Sponer College Retreat 2026

Friday, 25 September 2026, 10 a.m. – 3.30 p.m., Alte Mensa, Am Wilhelmsplatz
Scientific talks, flash talks, poster session

Consciously experiencing the senses

The five important senses of hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting and touching are how we perceive our surroundings every day. We experience the chirping of birds, the taste of our favorite ice cream, the scent of a rose and the beauty of a rainbow through these senses. They also warn us of potential dangers, such as smoke from a fire, the sound of an alarm, or the taste or smell of something inedible.

To celebrate the ‘Day of the Senses’, the Collaborative Research Center 1690 ‘Disease Mechanisms and Functional Restoration of Sensory and Motor Systems’, the Else Kröner Fresenius Center for Optogenetic Therapies (EKFZ OT), and the Cluster of Excellence ‘Multiscale Bioimaging’ (MBExC) of the University Medical Center Göttingen with the support of the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, the German Primate Center and the University of Göttingen are inviting all interested children and adults to the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, City Campus (Hermann-Rein-Str. 3) on Sunday, 27 September 2026 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

So, how do our eyes and sense of smell work? How are different sounds produced? What happens when our senses begin to decline? You can find the answers to these questions, as well as background information and interesting facts, by taking part in playful experiments under the guidance of scientists from Göttingen. An extensive sensory course offers children (aged 3 and over), teenagers, and adults a variety of hands-on experiments and demonstrations. Through experimenting with images, sound, scents and flavours, as well as touch boxes, participants can explore their own perceptions and sharpen their senses. Children receive a ‘Sensory Explorer Pass’ afterwards. Adults can learn more about how the senses work in lectures.

Registration is not required. Admission is free. Free parking is available in front of the main entrance of the MPI-NAT City Campus, Hermann-Rein-Str. 3.

University Medical Center Göttingen, University of Göttingen
Institute for Auditory Neuroscience
Collaborative Research Center 1690
Jakob Neef/ Susann Meyer
Phone: 0551 / 39-61944
E-Mail: sfb1690(at)med.uni-goettingen.de

 
For further information, plesse find here the link to the CRC1690 website.

MBExC Symposium “Bioimaging Across Scales”

Date: Monday, 28th September 2026 and Tuesday, 29th September 2026

Location: Alte Mensa, Wilhelmsplatz, Göttingen

Organizer: MBExC

We are delighted to invite you to the MBExC Symposium “Bioimaging Across Scales,” taking place on 28–29 September 2026 at the Alte Mensa, Wilhelmsplatz 3, Göttingen.

The symposium marks the culmination of eight years of research within our Cluster of Excellence “Multiscale Bioimaging: from Molecular Machines to Networks of Excitable Cells” (MBExC). It will showcase the cluster’s scientific achievements and provide an outlook on future directions in multiscale bioimaging and interdisciplinary life science research.

A particular highlight will be the keynote lecture by Axel Brunger (Stanford Medicine), entitled “Towards Molecular Imaging of Synapses by Cryo-Electron Tomography.” The programme will also feature contributions from leading experts from Germany and abroad, including Anna Bulankina (Heidelberg University Biochemistry Center), Irina Dudanova (University of Würzburg), Annalisa Marsico (Helmholtz Munich), Kate McDole and Michal Minczuk (MRC, Cambridge), Eva Rog-Zielinska (University Heart Center Freiburg), and Luis Fernando Santana (UC Davis Health, University of California).

We warmly invite you to join us and kindly ask you to register by 31 August 2026. The full programme and registration are available at:

https://mbexc.de/mbexc-symposium-2026/

We very much look forward to welcoming you to the symposium.

The Hertha Sponer College Lecture Series is addressed to interested students, PhD candidates, postdocs, and PIs. The overall idea is to fundamentally explain research by providing an overview about the general aims of the six MBExC Research Alliances with special focus on the specific techniques that are developed and applied. The lectures take place on Tuesdays at 5 pm within the semester term, and are offered by MBExC PIs. Subsequent to lecture and discussion, Hertha Sponer College members have the opportunity to “Meet-the-PI” and each other for asking more specific or general questions, networking and socializing.

Please find here the PDF of the announcement:

The Hertha Sponer College Lecture Series is addressed to interested students, PhD candidates, postdocs, and PIs. The overall idea is to fundamentally explain research by providing an overview about the general aims of the six MBExC Research Alliances with special focus on the specific techniques that are developed and applied. The lectures take place on Tuesdays at 5 pm within the semester term, and are offered by MBExC PIs. Subsequent to lecture and discussion, Hertha Sponer College members have the opportunity to “Meet-the-PI” and each other for asking more specific or general questions, networking and socializing.

Internal event of the Hertha Sponer College (registration required)

Hertha Sponer College Career Day 2026

Date: Tuedsay, 08 December 2026 
Venue: Max Planck Institute of Multidisciplinary Sciences, City Campus, Hermann-Rein-Str. 3, 37075 Göttingen

Programm:
– Career Development Talks role models from academia, industry, clinics, science communication
– HSC Lecture with Felipe Opazo, UMG & NanoTagBiotechnologies
– HSC X-mas party

The Hertha Sponer College Lecture Series is addressed to interested students, PhD candidates, postdocs, and PIs. The overall idea is to fundamentally explain research by providing an overview about the general aims of the six MBExC Research Alliances with special focus on the specific techniques that are developed and applied. The lectures take place on Tuesdays at 5 pm within the semester term, and are offered by MBExC PIs. Subsequent to lecture and discussion, Hertha Sponer College members have the opportunity to “Meet-the-PI” and each other for asking more specific or general questions, networking and socializing.

The Hertha Sponer College Lecture Series is addressed to interested students, PhD candidates, postdocs, and PIs. The overall idea is to fundamentally explain research by providing an overview about the general aims of the six MBExC Research Alliances with special focus on the specific techniques that are developed and applied. The lectures take place on Tuesdays at 5 pm within the semester term, and are offered by MBExC PIs. Subsequent to lecture and discussion, Hertha Sponer College members have the opportunity to “Meet-the-PI” and each other for asking more specific or general questions, networking and socializing.

The Hertha Sponer College Lecture Series is addressed to interested students, PhD candidates, postdocs, and PIs. The overall idea is to fundamentally explain research by providing an overview about the general aims of the six MBExC Research Alliances with special focus on the specific techniques that are developed and applied. The lectures take place on Tuesdays at 5 pm within the semester term, and are offered by MBExC PIs. Subsequent to lecture and discussion, Hertha Sponer College members have the opportunity to “Meet-the-PI” and each other for asking more specific or general questions, networking and socializing.

The Hertha Sponer College Lecture Series is addressed to interested students, PhD candidates, postdocs, and PIs. The overall idea is to fundamentally explain research by providing an overview about the general aims of the six MBExC Research Alliances with special focus on the specific techniques that are developed and applied. The lectures take place on Tuesdays at 5 pm within the semester term, and are offered by MBExC PIs. Subsequent to lecture and discussion, Hertha Sponer College members have the opportunity to “Meet-the-PI” and each other for asking more specific or general questions, networking and socializing.

The Hertha Sponer College Lecture Series is addressed to interested students, PhD candidates, postdocs, and PIs. The overall idea is to fundamentally explain research by providing an overview about the general aims of the six MBExC Research Alliances with special focus on the specific techniques that are developed and applied. The lectures take place on Tuesdays at 5 pm within the semester term, and are offered by MBExC PIs. Subsequent to lecture and discussion, Hertha Sponer College members have the opportunity to “Meet-the-PI” and each other for asking more specific or general questions, networking and socializing.