Opening event “Facets of Freedom”

Facets of freedom: kick-off event with Nobel Prize winners

With the lecture series “Facets of Freedom”, the University of Jena invites you to public panel discussions in which renowned personalities from science, culture and the media discuss central questions of freedom and democracy.

Two Nobel Prize winners are expected to kick off the event on November 6, 2024: 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature winner Herta Müller, and 2022 Nobel Peace Prize winner Irina Scherbakowa. Moderated by Jens Bisky, the guests will talk about their personal experiences with communist dictatorship and report on historical events in the forced labor camps of the Soviet Gulag. The discussion will also focus on the war against Ukraine and the current challenges facing a free and democratic Europe.

The event will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. in Lecture Hall 1 at the University of Jena, Carl-Zeiß-Str. 3. Participation is open to the public, but registration is required: Please register here.

Further information on the lecture series “Facets of Freedom” can be found here.

Science & Society: Fatty liver – a question of age?

Thursday, September 12, 2024, 4:00 p.m.

Lecture hall, Abbe Center Beutenberg, Jena

The liver is a central organ of our body that processes nutrients, breaks down toxins and stores excess energy in the form of fat. Fatty liver disease (steatosis) occurs when too much fat accumulates in the liver, which can damage the organ and lead to serious health problems. How important is the liver for our health? Why can a fatty liver be so dangerous? And what can you do to protect yourself from this disease?

Prof. Dr. med. Elke Roeb will answer these and other questions in her lecture on “Fatty liver – a question of age?”, which will take place as part of the public lecture series “Science & Society” on September 12, 2024 in the lecture hall of the Abbe Center Beutenberg in Jena. Find out more about the causes, risks and modern treatment options for this common but often underestimated disease.

Organized by the Leibniz Institute on Aging (FLI) in cooperation with the Beutenberg-Campus Jena e.V.

Further information: https://www.leibniz-fli.de/de/news-events/news-detailpage/science-society-prof-dr-med-elke-roeb

The event will also be offered via livestream: https://online.mmz.uni-jena.de/beta/livestream/?hsid=4511_azb