General

From June 26-27, Andrea Lecchini-Visintini, Emma Chung, Jatinder Minhas and Stephen Payne organized the Theo Murphy meeting “The pulsing brain” at the waterfront of Brighton, UK. The setting was wonderful, the scientific programme well composed, and the discussions extremely inspiring! The meeting s...

On June 19th, Prof. Katharina Breininger and Frauke Wilm invited members of EBM to an introductory workshop on Deep Learning. In a lively lecture, Katharina Breininger guided the participants through the common concepts of deep learning. The EBM members were given insight into the basic structure...

On June 11, the EBM projects X03 and A03 showcased their research during an engaging seminar attended by (post)doctoral researchers and interested guests. Markus Lorke kicked off the event with a captivating presentation, sharing his latest findings and collaborative efforts with various research gr...

Big thanks to Dr. Kevin Linka and Dr. Hagen Holthusen from the Institute of Applied Mechanics, RWTH Aachen University, for visiting us and giving insightful talks on "Data-Driven Material Modeling for Soft Biological Tissues" and "Material Discovery with Inelastic Constitutive Artificial Neural Netw...

We had a fantastic time at the GAMM conference 2024 in Magdeburg from March 18-22! It was great catching up with old friends and collaborators, engaging in in-depth discussions during the poster sessions and presentations, and forming new partnerships. Nina Reiter presented her latest paper on "Micr...

During the EBM Doctoral Seminar from Shanice Heidenreich (C04) and Michael Tranchina (A04) at the Institute of Biochemistry on March 21, 2024, we explored the interplay between cellular mechanics and differentiation. Both projects use hydrogels with adjustable stiffness, which are provided by Sonja Kuth and Markus Lorke (X03) from the laboratory of Aldo Boccaccini.

On March 20, 2024, the 5th EBM Harmonisation Workshop took place, where twelve participants of the EBM Integrated Research Training Group recently delved into the intricate processes underlying early brain development during an immersive workshop.

The Consortium on Exploring Brain Mechanics met on February 9 at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Erlangen, to provide a comprehensive progress update on all ongoing projects within its purview.

On January 19, Erica Cecchini (A02) and Soheil Firooz (C01) hosted the first Doctoral Researchers’ Seminar in 2024 at the Institute of Applied Mechanics.

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.