Program May 3, 2024
13:00 | Lecture
Dr med. Maximilian U. Friedrich MD, Harvard Medical School
Brain in balance – deciphering the brain networks of equilibrium and understanding their therapeutical implications
13:40 | Lecture
Dr med. Christine Maria Poch, Technical University of Munich
A matter of the heart – simulating and researching heart disease and treatment options in a 3D heart model
14:20 | Coffee Break
14:40 | Lecture
Professor Dr med. Jens Brüning, Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research, University of Cologne
Central nervous regulation of energy and sugar metabolism
15:20 | Lecture
Professor Dr phil. Rudolf Zechner, University Graz
A life's work in metabolic research - the discovery of the mechanisms of fat degradation in the cell
Lecturers 2024
Dr med. Maximilian U. Friedrich MD
Jung Career Advancement Award 2024
Neurologist and Postdoc at the Center for Brain Circuit Therapeutics of the Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Lecture
Brain in balance – deciphering the brain networks of equilibrium and understanding their therapeutical implications
Dr med. Christine Maria Poch
Jung Career Advancement Award 2024
Specialist in cardiology and clinical researcher at the Clinic and Polyclinic for Internal Medicine I at the Technical University of Munich
Lecture
A matter of the heart – simulating and researching heart disease and treatment options in a 3D heart model
Foto: © Daniel-Delang_TUM
Professor Dr med. Jens Brüning
Jung Prize for Medicine 2009
Director of the Max Planck Institute for Metabolic Research and the Polyclinic for Endocrinology, Diabetology and Preventive Medicine at the University of Cologne
Lecture
Central nervous regulation of energy and sugar metabolism
Foto: © Jung-Stfitung/Eric Anders
Professor Dr phil. Rudolf Zechner
Jung Gold Medal for Medicine 2024
Professor emeritus at the Institute of Molecular Biosciences at the University of Graz, Austria
Lecture
A life's work in metabolic research – the discovery of the mechanisms of fat degradation in the cell
Foto: © Uni Graz/Kernasenko