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From July 31 to August 5, 2022, the 15th World Congress on Computational Mechanics & 8th Asian Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics (WCCM-APCOM) originally planned to take place in Yokohama, Japan, was held virtually. We organized two minisymposia on “0414 Exploring brain mechanics”, join...

On July 26, we came together to celebrate the end of the semester and a quite successful first half of the year. Besides great advancements in research, we have established some helpful new measures to improve our data management and communication, which has significantly boosted the exchange within...

July 10-14, 2022, we participated in the 9th World Congress of Biomechanics 2022 Tapei, Taiwan. Unfortunately, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we finally had to switch to online participation. Still, it was a great opportunity to share and discuss newest research developments in the highly interdisci...

From June 30 – July 1, 2022, the International Symposium in honor of Professor Gerhard A. Holzapfel’s 60th birthday (ISBio) was held in Graz, Austria. It was a unique setting gathering the worldwide leading experts in the field of continuum biomechanics. In a wonderful atmosphere, we were able to d...

From June 5 to June 9, the 8th European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering (ECCOMAS Congress 2022) was held in Oslo, Norway. For many of us it was the first large fully in-person conference after the Covid-19 pandemic, with more than 2000 participants. We organize...

To celebrate our new BRAINIACS Hoodies, we relocated our regular BRAINIACS meeting to the nice Röthelheim beergarden in Erlangen. The weather was perfect – sunny yet not too hot such that the hoodies were the perfect wardrobe. It is really special to experience the great atmosphere and spirit with...

On May 11, BRAINIACS PhD students Alex and Jessi kindly hosted a BBQ on their roof terrace. It was a great and inspiring atmosphere, where we had the chance to talk about research but also everything else that matters in life. It was also a great opportunity to introduce our newest BRAINIACS member...

On May 7, PI Silvia Budday gave an invited lecture in the Symposium “Evolution and cortical expansion of the human brain” at the ISDN 2022, the 24th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience. The other Symposium speakers were Fumio Matsuzaki, RIKEN Center for Biosy...

PI Silvia Budday gave an invited talk at the Euromech Colloquium 627 on “Current Challenges in Soft Tissue Mechanics” organized by Stéphane Avril (MINES St. Etienne, France), Nele Famaey (KU Leuven, Belgium), and Christopher Blase (Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Germany) April 6 – 8 2022...

Within the series '2 Minuten Wisssen' organized by the Technical Faculty of FAU, we got the chance to shoot a short movie about the exciting research topics students can work on when they study 'Mechanical Engineering' or a related course of study at FAU. Check out the short 2-minute video and lear...