Events

MINT+ By women for women: Schoolgirls, their friends, mothers and scientists exchange ideas on breast health.

A new perspective on digital medicine with Taiwanese artist Yen Tzu Chang. Students from the digital medicine specialisation visit the Fraunhofer MEVIS MRI Lab as an extracurricular learning centre and explore techniques ranging from MR imaging to media art.

At our Girls' Day, you will learn from researchers of the Fraunhofer MEVIS institute how medical images are generated and how these are transferred to the PC...

Panel discussion on "Transformative spaces: science-art residencies" and Exhibition opening "The BOX" with on Friday, April 5, 2024, at Informatics Forum and Inspace Gallery, Edinburgh

Fraunhofer MEVIS will present the concept to employees and students, as well as an interested audience in Edinburgh. The direct exchange with the participants intends to promote a deeper understanding of the possibilities and challenges of MRI sequence development.

As part of the 34th Symposium on Intensive Care Medicine, experts on the podium will discuss the topic "AI - curse or blessing", including Prof. Dr.-Ing. Horst Karl Hahn, Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine MEVIS. In addition to the challenges, effects, goals and opportunities of AI, which has already changed the medical sector and is becoming increasingly important in more and more areas, legal and ethical issues will also be discussed.

Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging techniques represent promising opportunities for the study of material cultural heritage in many respects. However, compared to techniques such as microscopy, endoscopy or various computed tomographic (CT) methods, its range of applications has so far only been rudimentarily exploited. Three member institutes of the U Bremen Research Alliance (UBRA) will form a unique transdisciplinary and regional alliance between the German Maritime Museum (DSM), Fraunhofer MEVIS, and the MAPEX Center for Materials and Processes at the University of Bremen, to host the conference on December 7 and 8, 2023. The conference MRI for Cultural Heritage Objects is dedicated to state current research in the field of complementary methods and technologies for the monitoring in conservation of historical and archaeological objects.

As part of the "75 years of the Marburger Bund Hamburg" anniversary celebrations, experts, including the deputy director of Fraunhofer MEVIS, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andrea Schenk, took part in a panel discussion on the topic of "How is AI changing the medical profession? The panel shed light on the challenges, effects, goals and opportunities of AI, which has already changed the medical profession and is becoming increasingly important in more and more areas.

Whose Scalpel 2.0 is an audio-visual art performance that explores the intersection of technology and sensory perception. In this piece, the artist's cardiac MRI data are presented through technological devices, highlighting the progression of medicine and its cultural implications. During the live performance, the artist lets real time heart rate data from the artist, a dancer, and the audience influence the presentation and experience of images and sounds.

By women for women: Schoolgirls, their friends, mothers and scientists exchange ideas on breast health.

Prof. Dr. Horst Karl Hahn, Executive Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine MEVIS, will join other experts in a 90-minute roundtable discussion on the topic "Robot or human: a false alternative?"

Workshop »Speculative Fiction« with students from our partner school SZ Walle, Bremen: Storytelling toolbox and ideation with Joachim Friedmann (ifs Internationale Filmschule Köln) and MEVIS scientists.

In the context of this year’s Informatica Feminale we will give insights into the daily work of a computer scientist in digital medicine. We offer a 3-day workshop to look at different aspects of digital medicine and to allow the participants to get insights into various working fields.

Squid Game’s Lee Jung-Jae joins Cate Blanchett in new voiceover for EVOLVER: A Virtual Reality Journey Of Life and Breath.

At our Girls' Day, you will learn from researchers of the Fraunhofer MEVIS institute how medical images are generated and how these are transferred to the PC...

Zeynep Abes, Turkish media artist and graduate of UCLA's Design Media Arts MFA program, exhibits Moments Within: Forgotten Feelings and False Memories. The video installation is the outcome of her residency »STEAM Imaging IV« at the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine MEVIS, Germany. The exhibition will be complemented by the open online panel »Approaching Memories with MRI: An Artistic View on Neuro-Imaging«. Zeynep Abes will explore in an open discussion with Matthias Günther (Professor for MR Physic and Institutes Deputy Director Fraunhofer MEVIS), the topic of remembering and new ways of diagnosing Alzheimer's diseases.

Fraunhofer MEVIS is delighted that 'The Tides Within Us' is awarded the "Industry Award for Best New Media" at the Raw Science Film Festival 2022. The Awards Ceremony on November 11, 2022, is at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills, CA.

Following its world premiere at the 2022 Tribeca Festival, London based art collective Marshmallow Laser Feast brings EVOLVER, their extraordinary, collaborative virtual reality experience, to Europe.

The Fraunhofer Medical Technology Day is a platform for strengthening and expanding the competitive position of the medical technology industry in Germany.

At SILBERSALZ Institute Inspiration Session, Bianka Hofmann, Head of Science Communication Fraunhofer MEVIS, will give a presentation on "Making Sense: Purpose and Impact of Integrating Science, Art and Technology."

Künstlerin Zeynep Abes präsentiert im Austausch mit der Expertin für Qualitätssicherung Sabrina Tölken und der KI-Forscherin Farina Kock unterschiedliche Kunstwerke. Die Arbeiten spannen einen Bogen von der KI-gesteuerten Chirurgie, über auf biometrische Daten reagierende VR-Erfahrungen bis hin zu "Smart Bodies & Homes”.

Der Professor für Mathematik Tobias Preusser und die Künstlerin Zeynep Abes zeigen Behandlungsformen von Krebs und anderen schweren Erkrankungen von der Vergangenheit bis in unsere Gegenwart und die jeweiligen Entsprechungen in Sci-Fi-Filmen. Das offene Gespräch mit dem Publikum entlang der eingebrachten Fragen steht während des gesamten Abends im Vordergrund. Wir freuen uns auf Sie! Geschwister und alle, die den Schüler:innen wichtig sind, sind herzlich willkommen.

The new institute building of Fraunhofer MEVIS opens its doors and presents itself to the public on the Day of Architecture on Sunday, June 26.

For this year’s Tribeca Immersive programme at the 2022 Tribeca Festival, which will be presented at the historic site of 120 Broadway, New York, USA from 9-19 June, London-based art collective Marshmallow Laser Feast, the immersive production company Atlas V and US producing company Pressman Film present the world premiere of an extraordinary new collaborative virtual reality experience, entitled EVOLVER: a free-roaming, immersive journey through the breathing body; narrated by Cate Blanchett...

The Tides Within Us is part of the launch programme for The Reel Store, the UK’s first permanent immersive digital art gallery, which opens in Coventry from Friday 13 May 2022, becoming a permanent new visitor attraction in the heart of the city. To create this project, Marshmallow Laser Feast (MLF)—one of the world’s leading immersive art collectives—partnered with Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine MEVIS.

Der Professor für MR-Physik Matthias Günther und die Künstlerin Zeynep Abes führen ein offenes Gespräch zum Thema Erinnern und neue Möglichkeiten der Diagnose von Alzheimer-Erkrankungen. Der gemeinsame Austausch steht während des gesamten Abends im Vordergrund. Wir freuen uns auf Sie! Geschwister und alle, die den Schüler:innen wichtig sind, sind herzlich willkommen.

Come and visit our MRI Center! Sunday, October 3rd: How do we get images from the inside of mangos, melons, and lemons without slicing them? Exciting...

The technical progress that determines our daily life is not possible without mathematics. Therefore we will give interested pupils insights into the wide, manifold, and promising professional field of mathematicians. We will continue the series “Zukunftsfeld Mathematik – Mathematics: Field of the Future” with three talks from Quantencomputing, research on perception of music, and mathematical support in steel production.

In the context of this year’s Informatica Feminale we will give insights into the daily work of a computer scientist in digital medicine. We offer a 5-day workshop to look at different aspects of digital medicine and to allow the participants to get insights into various working fields.

Hands-on workshop on medical imaging, including an introduction on the artwork ’The Tides Within Us’ by artist Barnaby Steel from Marshmallow Laser Feast (MLF). ’The Tides Within Us’ is a series of stunning interactive screens that allow the audience to explore the human ecosystem. To create the artwork MLF partnered with the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine MEVIS.