Why Are Parasites Worth Protecting?
Find out why parasites are more than just pathogens - and how their sophisticated survival strategies can expand our understanding of life.
How does life emerge? Where does it begin - and how far does it go? Under the guiding question "What is life?", the Friedrich Schiller University Jena's LIGHT, LIFE & LIBERTY profile areas invite you to a theme week and thus to exciting encounters between science and society.
From parasite research to photonics, from Goethe's morphology to nanorobots - experience what is being researched in Jena and what significance these findings have for our everyday lives. Open to all who are curious about the interplay of light, life and freedom of thought.
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| Monday, 18 May 2026 |
| Tuesday, 19 May 2026 |
| Wednesday, 20 May 2026 |
| Thursday, 21 May 2026 |
| Friday, 22 May 2026 |
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Find out why parasites are more than just pathogens - and how their sophisticated survival strategies can expand our understanding of life.
How can the ageing brain be trained? New approaches for prevention and memory research.
Gain new insights into the study of nature: This guided tour of the exhibition on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe combines historical objects with his methods of careful observation and comparative analysis—and invites us to ask, with him, what it means to understand life as a dynamic and ever-changing whole.
How can biological and synthetic fluorescent markers be used specifically for modern imaging and diagnostics? The lecture provides a compact insight into fluorescent proteins, chemical tag systems and synthetic dyes - and compares their properties and applications in biomedical photonics.
How does life arise from inanimate matter? A lecture on the chemical origins of life and current experiments on the "primordial soup".
Universit?tshauptgeb?ude, Room 1.21
Fürstengraben 1
07743 Jena
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Universit?tshauptgeb?ude, Room?1.21
Fürstengraben 1
07743 Jena
Universit?tshauptgeb?ude, Room?1.21
Fürstengraben 1
07743 Jena