Visit us at the Night of Science on June 13!
Experience exciting lectures and guided tours! Explore the course of life and experience how nitrogen becomes delicious ice cream!
P R O G R A M
Attention: The events will take place in parallel!
Lectures
Guided Tours
Science Games
Lectures (in English) (in the lecture hall of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysics)
18:30
“Autophagy: Why Your Cells Eat Themselves (and How This Benefits You)”
Speaker: Els Kuiper
19:45
“Manufacturing in Our Cells”
Speaker: Tzu-Jing Yang
21:00
“Can DNA Dance?”
Speaker: Hristo Ivanov
Guided Tours of the Electron Microscopy Laboratory (in German)
Learn how our electron microscopes can make tiny biological molecules and building blocks of the human body visible during the exciting guided tour with facility manager Sonja Welsch! The tour takes place in German.
Time slots:
18:30
19:45
21:00
Meeting point for the guided tours: To the right of the main entrance of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysics
*** The number of persons for the tours is limited to 15! ***
Please register via: https://tour-elektronenmikroskopie-2025.eventbrite.com.
Participation is only possible with the presentation of a valid ticket (digital or printed).
Science Games (in the foyer of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysics)
17:00–21:30
Science is fun!
Experience how nitrogen becomes delicious ice cream, immerse yourself in the virtual cell and take part in the parkour of life!
Learn about the appearance of our cells and DNA, the roles of different proteins in our bodies, how computer simulations work, and the fascinating properties of liquid nitrogen!
Night of Science
“Science must be accessible to everyone, regardless of their socioeconomic background.” Our program is part of the Night of Science at the Riedberg Campus, an annual event voluntarily organized by students of Goethe University Frankfurt. The comprehensive program will be available soon at: https://nightofscience.de/
