Past events
USIAS Public Lecture: The Man Who Had an Upside-Down Circadian Clock
The Man Who Had an Upside-Down Circadian Clock By William SchwartzProfessor of Neurology and Integrative Biology University of Texas at Austin A patient was suffering from a debilitating sleep...[more]
USIAS summer drinks 2018
Following the last USIAS Fellows seminar before the summer break, summer drinks will be served on the roof terrace of the MISHA for USIAS Fellows, postdocs and hosts.[more]
USIAS Fellows seminar - Seeing double? The twin functions of vision
By David Hicks and Maarten Kamermans, USIAS Fellows 2015 For most animals - including humans - vision is the primary sense, allowing them to detect food, escape being eaten, find a partner, and...[more]
USIAS Fellows seminar - How to make complex molecules from simple materials
By Gaëlle Blond, USIAS Fellow 2015. How to make Complex Molecules from simple material: Metal-mediated catalysis, a Powerful Tool The last century has witnessed a tremendous development of...[more]
USIAS Fellows seminar - Can we predict the next major earthquake in the Marmara Sea?
By Hayrullah Karabulut and Jean Schmittbuhl, USIAS Fellows 2015 The North Anatolian Fault (NAF) poses a significant hazard to the large cities surrounding the Marmara Sea region, and particularly to...[more]
Minisymposium - The Chemical Origin of Life: From Geochemistry to Cells
Organised by Peter Faller (USIAS Fellow 2015) and Joseph Moran, ISIS, Strasbourg, supported by the LabEx CSC and USIAS Life is the ultimate example of a complex chemical system, and the problem of...[more]
USIAS Fellows seminar: Cell secretion deregulation in neuroendocrine tumors
By Stéphane Gasman, USIAS Fellow 2015 Cancer is the second leading cause of death after heart disease. Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) constitute a large family of neoplasms arising from...[more]
Annual Symposium 2017 - Immunotherapy: New developments in the battle against cancer
This year's symposium will present two of the leading pioneers in the field of cancer immunotherapy, who have fundamentally changed the way cancer and its treatment are perceived:...[more]
