This July, the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin once again invites you to the Digital Science Communication Cafe. This month for the first time in English. Get ready to get exciting insights from our scientist into their work while drinking coffee in front of the screens in a relaxed atmosphere. Everyone is invited to ask questions and contribute to the conversation.
This time, we invited Vira Iefremova, a research fellow and a Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology in Bonn. Her work combines advances in stem cell biology, molecular biomedicine, and neuroscience for a better understanding of human brain development. As a stem cell biologist, she is reprogramming human skin or blood cells to their undefined (almost embryo-like stage) and later on using them to generate 3D cultures. Quite often, these 3D cultures are also being called "mini-brains." Vira is using them to study how the grey matter of the human brain develops and what might happen when some genes, involved in this process, are mutated. During our discussion, we will find out whether "mini-brain" in the Petri dish is fiction, exaggeration, or reality.
Event information
- Topic: Mini brains from the petri dish
- with Vira Iefremova, Research Fellow and PhD Candidate, Institute of Reconstructive Neurobiology, University of Bonn
- Moderation: Franziska Sattler
- Participation via Zoom
Related links
- Information about the Experimentierfeld
- An overview of other digital offers can be found here: For Nature digital.