Past events
USIAS Annual Symposium 2018: Enabling the Disabled - Technological Reality and the Societal Perspective
The 2018 Annual Symposium will feature the eminent neurosurgeon Alim-Louis Benabid, a pioneer of deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease and, more recently, of the development of an...[more]
Distinguished Lecture, Jeffrey V. Ravetch : Fc Receptors – Drivers of Immunity
Access Registration Poster Photos Programme 10:30 Opening remarks and introduction by Jules Hoffmann, Chair of Integrative Biology, USIAS 10:40 Lecture by Jeffrey V. Ravetch,...[more]
USIAS Fellows seminar: George Sand and the Poetics of Genius
By Isabelle Hoog Naginski, Tufts University, Boston, US; Fellow 2018 While scholars have studied the effects of 19th-century French medical research on sexing genius as male in the realm of...[more]
Public Lectures: Death for the Fatherland in Democratic Athens
In the ancient democracy of classical Athens a funeral speech was delivered once a year in honour of those who had died in battle for the fatherland. For the Athenians it was a vitally important...[more]
International conference - The Athenian Funeral Oration: 40 Years after Nicole Loraux
CONVENOR : David M. Pritchard (The University of Queensland, Australia / University of Strasbourg, France) This international conference is taking place at the University of Strasbourg from 9 to 11...[more]
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]
