News and Events

News

New Executive Board Elected for BRICS

A new board of directors was elected at the BRICS General Assembly on 16 March, 2026.

Full house at BRICS: DFG Programme Director Dr Andreas Strecker provides insights into successful funding applications

How can you ensure your DFG application is successful? These and other questions were the focus of the presentation by Dr Andreas Strecker, Programme…

NDR visits BRICS: Support for long COVID patients

Prof. Dr. Dieter Jahn was interviewed about the current state of research on post-acute infection syndrome (PAIS). The report on NDR's Visite…

Recognition of excellent research: BRICS scientists become adjunct professors

On 14 January 2026, BRICS researchers PD Dr Rebekka Biedendieck and PD Dr Meina Neumann-Schaal were appointed as adjunct professors at the Technical…

Ing4Life: Mini-labs for the brain

New technologies for Alzheimer's research: The Engineering4Life – Ing4Life – project was launched at BRICS in January. The project is funded by Europa…

News from the Core Research Area ""Engineering for Health"

04.03.2026

Research at the limits of material systems and beyond

Since November 2025, Prof. Thomas M. Koller has been working ...

25.02.2026

When physics meets immunology: New perspectives on infections

Andriy Goychuk has been a professor at the Institute of ...

16.02.2026

Mini-labs for the brain: New technologies for researching Alzheimer’s

Ing4Life, a research project at Technische Universität Braunschweig, is developing ...


Events

29 October 2026

10 years of BRICS

BRICS will celebrate its 10th anniversary next year. We would like to celebrate this anniversary together!

06 May 2026

Meet the BRICS with Andriy Goychuk

The next event in the ‘Meet the BRICS’ series will take place on 6 May 2026 at 12:00 noon. You are cordially invited!

19 March 2026 - 21 March 2026

2nd International Conference on Individualized Infection Medicine

Opening Symposium for the Centre for Individualised Infection Medicine (CiiM), taking place in Hannover, Germany, from March 19–21, 2026.