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On the occasion of the scientific opening symposium of the Cooperative Brain Imaging Center Frankfurt two public events happen focusing on brain research.
FRANKFURT. The Cooperative Brain Imaging Center Frankfurt (CoBIC) is celebrating its opening with a scientific symposium, after the building officially began operations one year ago. CoBIC is a collaboration between Goethe University Frankfurt, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, and Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) of the Max Planck Society. The close cooperation between basic research institutes and Universitätsmedizin Frankfurt provides researchers with a dynamic environment for innovative research projects.
As part of the symposium, in addition to numerous expert lectures, two events will be offered for interested members of the public which explain brain research in an accessible way – in English.
Professor Robert Turner from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig studies how music is perceived and processed in our brain. How does the brain change when we learn to play a musical instrument or read sheet music? How does music processing differ from language processing in the brain? And how is it possible that musical memories persist despite dementia – so that some people who can no longer speak due to illness are still able to sing songs? In a musical dialogue with Prof. Fredrik Ullén, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, Turner discusses in his lecture how music serves as a “window into general brain functions.”
“Imaging Music in Our Brain”
Prof. Robert Turner, MPI Leipzig
moderated and musically accompanied by
Prof. Fredrik Ullén, MPI Frankfurt am Main
Monday, April 20, 2026, 6:15 p.m.
Festsaal at Casino, Campus Westend
Theodor-W.-Adorno-Platz 1
Goethe University Frankfurt
The research questions pursued by CoBIC scientists in studying the human brain will be the topic of a series of interactive sessions in the new CoBIC building in Frankfurt-Niederrad. What does a nerve cell feel like within a network? How do thought processes differ between people with and without ADHD? How can high-field MRI improve medical diagnoses or allow us to observe the brain at work? What happens in the brain when someone plays the piano while lying in an MRI scanner? What influence does nutrition have on brain performance? Researchers will explore these questions in an accessible and engaging way.
“Research at CoBIC”
Frankfurt scientists
Tuesday, April 21, 2026, 3:00 p.m.
Cooperative Brain Imaging Center (CoBIC)
Heinrich-Hoffmann-Straße 9
Campus Niederrad
Goethe University Frankfurt
Information and registration:
Both events are public and free of charge.
Registration is requested by April 16, 2026 via info@cobic.de
https://cobic.de/ CoBIC website
Merkmale dieser Pressemitteilung:
Journalisten, jedermann
Biologie, Ernährung / Gesundheit / Pflege, Medizin
überregional
Buntes aus der Wissenschaft, Wissenschaftliche Tagungen
Englisch
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