Event archive 2025
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
Physics Colloquium
Dr. Oskar Staufer (Leibniz Institut für Neue Materialien, Saarbrücken)
Title: Synthetic Immunology – Immunizing the Future
Time: 10:30 s.t.
Location: Campus SB, Building E2 6, Room E.04 or online via Teams
Board meeting
The board will meet on July 17 for its second meeting in 2025. Agenda:
- Update on the new research building
- Cell Physics 2025
- Teaching
Time: 14:00-15:30
Location: Campus SB, Building C6 4, Room 0.09

Summer School @ UdS: From Atoms to Zettabytes
The Physics Department invited interested students to attend the Computer Science and Physics Summer School during the first week of the summer holidays: with exciting workshops, lots of practical projects, and fascinating laboratory tours daily from July 7 to 11, 2025, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Summer School took place on the Saarbrücken campus in the CIP Pool of Physics (C6 2, Room -1.27).
The program was free of charge.
Physics Colloquium
Dr. Paul Mollière (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg)
Title: Clouds and Weather in Exoplanet Atmospheres
Time: 14 c.t.
Location: Campus SB, building C6 4, Room 0.09 (Hörsaal II)
Campus Seminar Homburg
Time: 14:00
Location: Auditorium CIPMM, Gebäude 48, Campus Homburg
Workshop
Basic Microscopic Image Processing and Analysis
In collaboration with INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials
Date: June 10th and 11th, 2025 (2 days workshop)
Number of participants is limited. Please register here.
We are grateful to Graduiertenprogramm GradUS for generous support of the workshop.
SynBio Colloquium: Sankaran Lab
Time: 16:00
Location: Building A4 3
- This journal Club series will accompany us throughout the year with exciting discussions on new research from the field of Synthetic Biology.
- Host: Sankaran Lab
- Further information: SynBio Colloquia
ZBP Colloquium
Prof. Dr. Stefan Diez. (TU Dreden)
Title: Gliding Motion of Diatoms: Of Motors, Filaments and Complex Motility Patterns
Time: 14:15 (refreshments at 14:00)
Location: Campus SB, Building C6 4, room 0.09 (Hörsaal II)
Symposium of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology
Time: 13:00 - 17:00
Location: Aula
Schedule: program of the symposium
Open Campus 2025
Time: 10 - 16
Join us for this year's Open Campus and learn more about the research and teaching being conducted at our Saarbrücken and Homburg campuses. Prospective students will be introduced to the full range of study options available at Saarland University. Visitors will enjoy a day packed full of events and activities showcasing all that Saarland University has to offer. The varied programme includes lectures/talks, information stands, guided lab tours, interactive workshops, and more. There are also activities for our international visitors, such as guided campus tours in English or French.
Details about the program
Poster of events related to physics
Physics Colloquium
Dr. Yanina Biondi (Karlsruhe Institute of Tehcnology, Institute of Astroparticle Physics)
Title: From dark matter to neutrinos: how Earth-based experiments can unveil well-kept secrets of Nature
Time: 14 c.t.
Location: Campus SB, building C6 4, Room 0.09 (Hörsaal II)
Physics Colloquium
Prof. Dr. Wolfram Pernice (Universität Heidelberg, CeNTech - Center for Nanotechnology (University Münster)
Title: Embracing Uncertainty: A Photonic Neuromorphic Approach to Probabilistic Computing
Time: 14 c.t.
Location: Campus SB, building C6 4, Room 0.09 (Hörsaal II)
PhD Students' Day 2025
Time: 13:00 - 17:00
Location: Auditorium, A 3.3
Schedule: Programm des PhD Students' Day 2025
Registration for the poster presentation:
- by email: dekanat-nt(at)uni-saarland.de
- please specify name, title of poster, and working group.
Deadline: 21 March 2025
SynBio Colloquium: Staufer Lab
Time: 16:00
Location: Building A4 3
- This journal Club series will accompany us throughout the year with exciting discussions on new research from the field of Synthetic Biology.
- Host: Staufer Lab
- Further information: SynBio Colloquia
Campus Seminar Homburg
Time: 14:00
Location: Auditorium CIPMM, Gebäude 48, Campus Homburg
ZBP Colloquium
Prof. Dr. T.-Y. Dora Tang. (Universität des Saarlandes)
Title: From molecules to life: building living systems from scratch (Flyer)
Time: 14:15 (refreshments at 14:00)
Location: Campus SB, Building C6 4, room 0.09 (Hörsaal II)
Campus Seminar Homburg
Time: 14:00
Location: Auditorium CIPMM, Gebäude 48, Campus Homburg
SynBio Colloquium: Tang Lab
Time: 16:00
Location: Building A4 3
- This journal Club series will accompany us throughout the year with exciting discussions on new research from the field of Synthetic Biology.
- Host: Tang Lab
- Further information: SynBio Colloquia
Campus Seminar Homburg
Time: 14:00
Location: Auditorium CIPMM, Gebäude 48, Campus Homburg
- Prof. Dr. Jonas Sauer (Universität des Saarlandes, CIPMM)
Title: Stable world models from drifting neuronal populations - Prof. Dr. Emmanouil Liodakis & PD Dr. Wolfgang Metzger (Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes)
Title: Current Research Projects in Trauma Surgery
Board Meeting
Time: 14:00-15:30
Location: Campus SB, Gebäude E2 6, Raum 0.04
The agenda included the following topics:
- Update on the construction of the new ZBP building
- Cell Physics 2025
- Teaching
- Colloquia, seminars, events
Physics Colloquium
Prof. Dr. François Nédélec (Sainsbury Laboratory University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Title: Simple Chromosome Partioning Mechanisms and a Mitotic Spindle
Time: 4pm c.t.
Location: Campus SB, Building C6 4, Room 0.09 (Hörsaal II)
Host: Dr. Philipp Hövel