Nobel Prize laureate Thomas Südhof together with participants of the event. © Stephan Wiegand / Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus
The Faculty of Medicine at the TU Dresden launched a new series of events called “TUneD into Medical Science,” aiming to invite renowned medical prize winners to the faculty. In addition to providing scientists and young researchers with a forum to discuss their own research, the events will also provide insights into current research topics.
The series will be kicked off by Nobel Prize Laureate Thomas C. Südhof, a German-American biochemist and neuroscientist. His research focuses on synapses as fundamental switching points of the nervous system. Together with his colleagues Randy W. Schekman and James E. Rothman, Südhof was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2013 for his discoveries of transport processes in cells. From October 9 to 11, there are several opportunities to get to know him and his work better and to exchange ideas with him.
During the public session “Next Generation: Speed talks with young scientists” on October 9th at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG), four young scientists, among them MPI-CBG research group leader Sandra Scharaw, presented their current research in exciting power pitches. The presentations were followed by a discussion with Thomas Südhof, who provided valuable feedback to the scientists.
On October 10 at 4p.m. there will be a public lecture at the Medical Faculty with Thomas Süfhof in English with the title “Mechanisms mediating long-term memory formation – Memory network: Neuronal circuits and the art of the long-term memory.”
Sandra Scharaw in conversation with Nobel Prize laureate Thomas Südhof. © Franziska Friedrich / MPI-CBG