Public Events: How Our Brain Perceives Music
The Cooperative Brain Imaging Center Frankfurt (CoBIC) is celebrating its opening with a scientific symposium, after the building officially began operations one year ago.
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A Strong Start for Cluster of Excellence SCALE
»Towards Digital Twins for Structural Cell Biology – Criteria, Chances and Challenges«: The 7th International Giersch Conference 2026, held at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies in March, also served as the launch event for the SCALE.
Healthy thymus results in longer life and fewer illnesses
Two studies involving University Medicine Frankfurt show that people with a healthy thymus gland live longer and get sick less often. In addition, immunotherapies are more frequently successful in patients with a healthy thymus.
Excellence Strategy: RMU-EXCITE
“RMU-EXCITE - Excellent. Collaborative. Transformative.”, the Rhine-Main Universities (RMU), of which Goethe University Frankfurt is a part, are applying as a University Excellence Consortium.
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MGGU | Exhibition until 6 Sept.: Multispecies Members Club
How can a technologized society build on care and participation instead of competition? As part of the World Design Capital Frankfurt RheinMain 2026, the Multispecies Members Club is developing a forward-looking model of coexistence.
Permanent exhibition with photographs by Barbara Klemm
Westend Campus, PEG Building | The permanent public exhibition with photographs by the renowned F.A.Z. photographers documents student life as well as significant moments in German history, the city of Frankfurt, and the university.
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