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03.05.2019
Experience research at the University of Tübingen
See and do top-level research at the Tübingen Window on Research (TÜFFF) on 24 May
What happens to the body after vaccination? How can a machine learn new behaviors on its own? How does epilepsy develop? How do microplastics get into the bathroom? What does an e-bike have to do with Leonardo da Vinci? Where do we come from? The fourth "Tübingen Window on Research" (TÜFFF) provides answers to these and many other questions for young and old alike. On Friday, 24 May 2019, from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m., visitors of all ages can take a look behind the scenes of the university, hospitals and non-university research institutes at the Lecture Center (Auf der Morgenstelle 16).
This year's TÜFFF will kick off on Thursday, 23 May at 6 p.m. with the debate "Genome surgery - new all-purpose weapon against diseases?" in the Pfleghofsaal (Schulberg 2). In this format, the audience - modelled on the British House of Commons - shows whether they agree to a position by choosing a seat. The evening will be moderated by the journalist Kathrin Zinkant (Süddeutsche Zeitung) and will take place in cooperation with "Wissenschaft im Dialog" and the Leopoldina - National Academy of Sciences. The opening of the fourth TÜFFF will take place on Friday, 24 May, at 3.30 pm in the lecture center Auf der Morgenstelle. This year’s Dr. K. H. Eberle Foundation research prize will also be awarded during the opening event in lecture hall N3.
You can try out some science experiments yourself. Between 3 p.m. and 9 p.m., researchers will present their projects at over 60 stands and invite visitors to experiment and ask questions. Visitors can, for example, take a closer look at nerve cells in the cerebral cortex or, by comparing excavation objects and symbols, understand how people communicated during the Ice Age. In addition, conventional photos can be transformed into paintings using a special algorithm, and much more.
During six thematic guided tours between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., visitors can explore the research rooms on site. During a tour of the laboratories of the Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen (IMIT), for example, the participants can watch microbes growing. A high-resolution mass spectrometer will be used during the guided tour through the Proteome Center.
Five workshops are also offered: Visitors can, for example, explore the significance of language with Collaborative Research Center 833. There will be a quiz about funny and astonishing aspects of different languages. The workshop "Exploring Everyday Culture" provides an opportunity to talk to researchers from the Ludwig Uhland Institute for Historical and Cultural Anthropology about how everyday things can be explored and what is interesting about what is supposedly "normal".
Various lectures on topics such as genome editing, custodial sentences, arsenic in drinking water, YouTube and Spotify as well as therapy of tumor diseases round off the program.
A science slam is the final highlight of this year's Tübingen Window on Research: young researchers will present their results in a creative and colorful way from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. in lecture hall N6 at the Lecture Center. Everything is possible from PowerPoint to pantomime - at the end of the day, the audience decides which lecture was the best.
All events are free of charge, there is no need to register; for some events the number of participants is limited.
You can find the full program at: www.uni-tuebingen.de/tuefff
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