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Within the next four years, the FAU Collaborative Research Center CRC 1540 „Exploring Brain Mechanics“ (EBM) will investigate the origin, as well as the biological and medical implications of the mechanical properties of the central nervous system.

Prof. Jochen Guck, Director of the Department of Biological Optomechanics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, in interdisciplinary collaboration with Prof. Maximilian Waldner, Medical Clinic 1 of the Universitätsklinikum Erlangen (UKER), will investigate "Mechanical properties of innate…

The research project "On-chip tomographic microscopy: a paradigm shift for revolutionizing lab-on-a-chip bioimaging technology" (DISRUPT) is starting with the participation of the research department for Biological Optomechanics under Prof. Jochen Guck, within the EIC Pathfinder Open (HORIZON), the…

Objectively measurable parallels between Long Covid and ME/CFS: Bavarian health minister Klaus Holetschek and chair of the Bavarian health committee Bernhard Seidenath visited Erlangen to find out first hand about the current state of research.

The 24th of April is World Day for Laboratory Animals and we would like to take this opportunity to introduce the zebrafish Danio rerio, which makes an important contribution to our biophysical and biomedical research at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light.

Jochen Guck received the Wilhelm Ostwald Medal of the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig, which is usually awarded annually to a scientist in recognition of outstanding scientific achievements.