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Below, we list events at Saarland University related to biophysics.
To receive announcements for the biophysics colloquium, please register yourself for the Moodle-Kurs “ZBP-Kolloquium”.
Day of Teaching 2026
For the first time, an entire day dedicated to teaching will take place at Saarland University!
On January 23, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Saarland University cordially invites all faculty members to the Innovation Center on the Saarbrücken campus to discuss the future of university teaching.
Focus topic: AI in teaching and learning
Registration, program, and organization are being handled by the Center for Teaching and Learning (ZeLL): Registration
Anyone who would like to participate in Teaching Day with a poster can submit it at the following link: Tag der Lehre 2026 | UdS LMS
Campus Seminar Homburg
Time: 14:00
Location: Auditorium CIPMM, Gebäude 48, Campus Homburg
- Prof. Dr. Katrin Philippar (ZHMB | Saarland University)
Membrane bending and lipid binding by FAX/TMEM14 proteins – towards a function in transport of lipid compounds in organellar membranes - Prof. Dr. Robert Bals (Pulmonology, Allergology, Intensive Care Medicine | UKS)
Epithelial cell biology in lung disease
ZBP Colloquium
Prof. Dr. Nadja Tarakina (INM-Leibniz Institute for New Materials)
Title: TBA
Time: 14:15 (refreshments at 14:00)
Location: Campus SB, Building C6 4, room 0.09 (Hörsaal II)
Host: Prof. Franziska Lautenschläger
ZBP Colloquium
Prof. Dr. Anupam Sengupta (University of Luxembourg)
Title: Microbes on the move: from aquatic ecosystems to tumorigenic environments
Time: 14:15 (refreshments at 14:00)
Location: Campus SB, Building C6 4, room 0.09 (Hörsaal II)
Host: Prof. Christian Wagner
ZBP Colloquium
Prof. Dr. Jörg Renkawitz (LMU München)
Title: TBA
Time: 14:15 (refreshments at 14:00)
Location: Campus SB, Building C6 4, room 0.09 (Hörsaal II)
Host: Prof. Franziska Lautenschläger
ZBP Colloquium
Dr. Stephanie Möllmert (Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Erlangen)
Title: TBA
Time: 14:15 (refreshments at 14:00)
Location: Campus SB, Building C6 4, room 0.09 (Hörsaal II)
Host: Prof. Franziska Lautenschläger
Physikalisches Kolloquium
Thomas Schmidt (Universität Luxembourg, Luxembourg)
Titel: Hydrodynamics of classical and quantum active systems
Zeit: 14 Uhr c.t.
Ort: Campus SB, Gebäude C6 4, Raum 0.09 (Hörsaal II)
Nobel prize talk 2025/2026
What is behind the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics?
In this public lecture, Prof. Dr. Wilhelm-Mauch explains the background to the research in an understandable way and shows why this discovery is of great importance for science and society.
Time: 18:00
Location: Large Mathematics Lecture Hall (Building E2 5, Lecture Hall 1)
Flyer: Nobelpreis_Talk.pdf
ZBP Colloquium
Prof. Dr. Carl Modes (Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden)
Title: Programming Biological Shapes: Morphogenesis in an Active Solid
Time: 14:15 (refreshments at 14:00)
Location: Campus SB, Building C6 4, room 0.09 (Hörsaal II)
Campus Seminar Homburg
Time: 13:30
Location: Auditorium CIPMM, Gebäude 48, Campus Homburg
- Dr. Oskar Staufer (Emmy-Noether Fellow @ INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials | Center for Biophysics)
Artificial tumor immune microenvironments to dissect immunotherapy resistance - Prof. Dr. Danilo Fliser (Department of Internal Medicine IV - Nephrology and Hypertension|UKS)
DKK3 in cardiorenal medicine
Physics Colloquium
Friedhelm Serwane (Universität Ulm, Ulm)
Titel: Biophysics of retinal organoids
Time: 14 c.t.
Location: Campus SB, building C6 4, Room 0.09 (Hörsaal II)
Christmas lecture 2025
The Christmas lecture Physics will take place on December 16 in the large physics lecture hall (building C6 4, room 0.10). Doors open at 9:30 a.m. Registration is not required.
Campus Seminar Homburg
Time: 14:00
Location: Auditorium CIPMM, Gebäude 48, Campus Homburg
- Prof. Dr. David Mick (Medical Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | PZMS)
Using Subcellular Proteomics to Study Ciliopathies - Prof. Dr. Christine Beemelmanns (Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) | PharmaScienceHub | UdS)
Genome-based Discovery of Resistance-breaking Novel Anti-infectives from Microbial Symbionts
Physics Colloquium
Annabelle Bohrdt (Ludwig-Maximilians Universität (LMU), München)
Title: From cuprates to neural quantum states and quantum simulation
Time: 14 c.t.
Location: Campus SB, building C6 4, Room 0.09 (Hörsaal II)
ZBP Colloquium
Prof. Dr. Joachim O. Rädler (LMU München)
Title: pH-Dependent Mesophases Determine Lipid Nanoparticle Function: Toward Controlled Gene Expression and Cellular Reprogramming
Time: 14:15 (refreshments at 14:00)
Location: Campus SB, Building C6 4, room 0.09 (Hörsaal II)
Graduation ceremony 2023 (WS23)
The ceremony will take place as Absolventenfeier der Fakultät NT. Congratulations to all gradutes! and good luck for the future careers!
Start: 16:00 (Aula)
Program of the event
Campus Seminar Homburg
Time: 14:00
Location: Auditorium CIPMM, Gebäude 48, Campus Homburg
- Prof. Dr. Michael Zemlin (Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes)
Title: It is a great small world: Pediatric Research in Homburg - Prof. Dr. Daniela Yildiz (Präklinisches Zentrum für Molekulare Signalverarbeitung, PZMS)
Title: Extracellular vesicles shaping the proteolytic environment - from cellular waste to central mediators of cell communication
ZBP Colloquium
Prof. Dr. Emanuel Schneck (TU Darmstadt)
Title: Combining X-Ray Scattering and Molecular Simulations for the Study of Lipid and Surfactant Layers at Air/Water Interfaces
Time: 14:15 (refreshments at 14:00)
Location: Campus SB, Building C6 4, room 0.09 (Hörsaal II)
Workshop
Applying Machine Learning Tools for Advanced Image Analysis
In collaboration with INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials
Date: November 3rd and 4th, 2025 (2 days workshop, orginally scheduled for July 2025)
Number of participants is limited. Please register here.
Campus Seminar Homburg
Time: 14:00
Location: Auditorium CIPMM, Gebäude 48, Campus Homburg
Conference Cell Physics 2025
The “Cell Physics 2025“ will take place at Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany, 7-9 October 2025 as in-person format.
The conference provides an interdisciplinary platform for scientific exchange between participants from the fields of cell biology and biophysics. It offers all participants an excellent opportunity to learn about the latest developments in established and emerging fields, to exchange ideas and to network.
Campus Seminar Homburg
Time: 14:00
Location: Auditorium CIPMM, Gebäude 48, Campus Homburg
- Prof. Dr. Julia Schulze-Hentrich (Universität des Saarlandes)
Title: Using transcriptome and epigenome profiling to better understand the sex-specific role of glial cells in neurodegenerative disorders - Prof. Dr. Philipp Staber (Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes)
Title: A new lens on precision medicine ... guiding therapy through single-cell direct response testing