Scientific presentations and discussions with laureates from the field of medicine

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1. Prof. Dr. Thomas C. Südhof
2. Program

The German-American Biochemist and Nobel Prize Laureate Prof. Dr. Thomas C. Südhof was our guest for the first edition of the series "TUneD into Medical Science" at Dresden University of Technology’s Faculty of Medicine from October 9^th till 11^th, 2024.

Prof. Südhof’s groundbreaking research focuses on our synapses acting as the control center of the nervous system. They represent the foundation for everything we think, feel and do. Südhof’s main endeavor has been to identify the driving forces behind this complex molecular mechanism. The Nobel Prize Laureate will be presenting his answers as well as his findings related to the study of the brain’s development and neuronal diseases.

Prof. Dr. Thomas C. Südhof

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2013
Public lecture (in English): "Mechanisms mediating long-term memory formation" – Memory network: Neuronal circuits and the art of the long-term memory
Thursday 10 October 2024, 4 pm
Dean’s Lecture Hall, House 40, Dresden University of Technology’s Faculty of Medicine

Prof. Thomas Südhof — Prof. Thomas C. Südhof

Prof. Dr. Thomas C. Südhof, born in 1955, is a renowned neuroscientist whose main research focus lies in the field of neurons, synapses, transmitter distribution, cell transport processes as well as in neuronal and synaptic plasticity.

He studies how nerves communicate via synapses, in particular in the brain. Throughout his work, Prof. Südhof has identified and cloned proteins that participate in this process.

In 2013, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine along with the American biochemists James Rothman and Randy Schekman for their discovery of the cell transport processes.

Academic and professional career

Since 2021	Member, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine (SUSM)
Since 2015	Director, Center for Molecular Neuroscience in Health and Disease, SUSM, Stanford
2014 - 2019	Visiting researcher, Berlin Institute for Health Research, Charité (BIH)
Since 2008	Professor for Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Psychiatry and Neurology, SUSM, Stanford

Rückblick

Studierende mit Nobelpreisträger Prof. Thomas Südhof (Mitte) im Gespräch

Voller Hörsaal beim Fachvortrag mit Prof. Thomas Südhof

Prof. Thomas Südhof, Susanne Braun und Nachwuchswissenschaftlerin

Prof. Thomas Südhof, Susanne Braun und Nachwuchswissenschaftlerin 2

Prof. Thomas Südhof mit Nachwuchswissenschaftlern und Professoren im Gespräch

Prof. Thomas Südhof, Dr. Peter Plaßmeyer, Dr. Nora Herzog, Dr. Magdalena Wekenborg im Gespräch

Prof. Thomas Südhof, Dr. Peter Plaßmeyer, Dr. Nora Herzog im Gespräch

Prof. Mechthild Krause und Prof. Thomas Südhof

Prof. Thomas Südhof und Prof. Kai Simons im Gespräch

Prof. Thomas Südhof im Gespräch mit Esther Troost (rechts)

Program

Wednesday | October 9^th, 2024

Time	Program
10:00	"From research to successful publication" Prof. Thomas Südhof discussing with students (Lecture Hall CRTD)
11:00	"How to make a synapse - the beginning of molecular understanding" Neuroscientific lecture by Prof. Thomas Südhof (Lecture Hall CRTD)
14:00	"Next Generation: Speed talks with young scientists" Four young scientists will present their current research subjects and discuss these with Prof. Thomas Südhof (MPI of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics)

Thursday | October 10^th, 2024

10:00	Podcast »YOU ASK, we explain«: "Tools of science" a discussion with Prof. Thomas Südhof, Dr. Nora Herzog, Dr. Magdalena Wekenborg, and Dr. Peter Plaßmeyer, Director of the Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon, about innovations and their usefulness for society. Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
16:00	"Mechanisms mediating long-term memory formation" Memory network: Neuronal circuits and the art of the long-term memory Nobel Prize Laureate Lecture by Prof. Thomas Südhof Dean’s Lecture Hall, Dresden University of Technology Faculty of Medicine

Friday | October 11^th,2024

12:00

"Ethics and research - what's the stake?"
Fishbowl on questions of research ethics with Prof. Thomas Südhof and experts: Prof. Florian Bruns, Prof. Bertold Renner, Prof. Matthias Kirsch, und Prof. Andrea Pfennig
Dean’s Lecture Hall, Dresden University of Technology Faculty of Medicine

you ask, we explain – concerns and reservations in medicine

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