Event overview
08. Nov 2023 - 10. Nov 2023, "Aula" of the Saarland University, Saarbrücken
Advanced materials are key to the creation of innovative products and technologies ranging from catalysis, green hydrogen generation, energy storage to biomedical applications. Advanced materials combine nanoscopic and/or microscopic building blocks, e.g. doped and core-shell nanoparticles and high-performance fibres, into hierarchical hybrid materials. This combination of micro- and nanosized building blocks as well as the compositional material heterogeneity can impose new risks during their life cycle, e.g., by decomposition into different nanoparticles, microplastic or hybrid components and subsequent release of harmful constituents. To ensure safe and sustainable innovations, the potential risks imposed by such complex materials need to be identified and understood timely and over their entire life cycle.
The conference Advanced Materials Safety 2023 provides a highly interdisciplinary forum for sharing recent advances and discussing current and future challenges in the field of advanced materials safety. It will bring together leading scientists to discuss scientific, regulatory, and application-oriented aspects of advanced materials safety in depth and from different viewpoints, with the aim to design safe and sustainable, functional, and accepted advanced materials.
26. Sep 2023, From 11:00 : INM, Campus D2 5, Leibniz-Saal
Dr. habil. Nadezda V. Tarakina
Group Leader Electron Microscopy
Max Planck-Institut für Kolloid und Grenzflächenforschung, Potsdam
Host: Prof. Dr. Aránzazu del Campo
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18. Jul 2023, From 11:00 : INM Leibniz-Saal
Dr. Reza Shaebani
Department of Theoretical Physics and Center for Biophysics
Saarland University
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30. Jun 2023, 11:00 - 12:30 : Leibniz-Saal, D2 5
Prof. Dr. Jang-Ung Park
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Yonsei University, Republik Korea
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Prof. Dr. Haider Butt
Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, VAE
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29. Jun 2023, INM, Saarbrücken
Tomorrow’s contact lenses will leverage our capabilities to perceive and interact with the world around us. Augmented reality contact lenses will enable navigation and communication without the need of visible hardware. Contact lenses that sense, monitor and treat diseases will open new paradigms for health management and personalized therapies while being imperceptible to the wearer. Although many of these technologies have reached the prototype phase, their translation into viable commercial devices is not trivial. New functions need to be integrated into devices of highest comfort and ecologically responsible manufacture to ensure widespread consumer adoption.
We invite industry leaders to join us and discuss the opportunities and challenges in this field, and to form collaborations for the successful translation of smart contact lens technologies into everyday use. In seminars and discussion tables, we will explore the latest advances in device design, technology integration and materials engineering.
Register today and be part of the future of contact lenses! Please note: We also offer to join the lectures online. Please indicate this on your registration form. We will send you the link to the event in due time.

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We invite industry leaders to join us and discuss the opportunities and challenges in this field, and to form collaborations for the successful translation of smart contact lens technologies into everyday use. In seminars and discussion tables, we will explore the latest advances in device design, technology integration and materials engineering.
Register today and be part of the future of contact lenses! Please note: We also offer to join the lectures online. Please indicate this on your registration form. We will send you the link to the event in due time.
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- REGISTRATION DEADLINE: June 20, 2023
- PARTICIPANTS NUMBER: < 30
- REGISTRATION FEE for on-site or online participation: 200 EUR
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23. May 2023, From 11:00 : Leibniz-Saal, Campus D2 5
INM seminar in cooperation with Saarland University Medical Center
Dr. Nathalie Bock
Queensland University of Technology (QUT)/AustraliaDetails…
09. May 2023, From 14:00 : Campus D2 2, Alte Bibliothek
Prof. Dr. Cornelius Schwarz
Universität Tübingen
The Slip hypothesis: Temporally Local Coding and Perception of Tactile Stimuli in Rodents and Humans
Prof. Dr. Christoph Braun
Universität Tübingen und University University of Trento, Italy
Beyond the Basics: Exploring the Dynamic Nature of the Somatosensory System
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31. Jan 2023, From 11:00 : virtual
Dr. Morgan Delarue
Université Toulouse, team MILE, LAAS-CNRS, France
Host: Prof. Dr. Aránzazu del Campo
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24. Jan 2023, Leibniz-Saal, D2 5
Prof. Dr. Christian Kübel
Karlsruhe Institut of Technology (KIT)
Host: Prof. Dr. Tobias KrausDetails…
12. Sep 2022, 11:00 - 12:00 : Leibniz-Saal, D2 5
Prof. Tanja Schilling
University of Freiburg, GermanyDetails…
21. Jun 2022 - 23. Jun 2022, "Aula" of Saarland University, Saarbrücken/Germany
Scope
The Third International Conference on Engineered Living Materials (ELMs) will gather the communities of material scientists, synthetic biologists, biotechnologies, and biophysicists interested in programming and creating biohybrid materials with life-like capabilities.Details…
21. Apr 2022, From 11:00 : remote
Dr. Sara Trujillo Muñoz
INM - Leibniz Institute for New MaterialsDetails…
20. Apr 2022, From 13:00 : remote
Dr. Oskar Staufer
University of Oxford
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23. Mar 2022 - 24. Mar 2022, Munich
INM exhibits together with Netzwerk NanoInk at LOPEC. You will find us at booth 301 in Hall B 0.
The leading international trade fair for printed electronics will take place in Munich on March 23 and 24, 2022.
Poster LOPEC 2022
22. Mar 2022, From 11:00 : remote
Dr. Ing. Can Dincer
Freiburg University, Germany
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17. Mar 2022, From 11:00 : hybrid
The Leibniz ScienceCampus Living Therapeutic Materials invites to the talk of:
Dr. Carlos F. Guimarães, University of Minho, Braga & Stanford Med School, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Microfluidic-Driven Hydrogel Biofabrication of 3D Biological Models and Living Optical Fibers
On-site: Leibniz-Saal, INM, D 2 5
You receive the link for remote participation from: mario.quilitz@leibniz-inm.de
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14. Mar 2022, From 13:00 : remote
Dr. Caroline Murawski
Kurt-Schwabe-Institut für Mess- und Sensortechnik Meinsberg
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21. Feb 2022, From 09:00 :
Dr. Cao Nguyen Duong
Department of Vascular Cell Biology
Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Münster
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09. Dec 2021, 09:00 - 10:00 :
Dr. Benjamin Seelbinder
MPI of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, DresdenDetails…
30. Nov 2021, 08:50 - 14:00 : Virtual Conference
The Particle-Based Materials Symposium is a small workshop that has, in the last 5 years, brought together (mainly) young scientists and engineers from different communities that all share the goal of creating functionality in materials using particles.
As in 2020, the PBM Symposium will be organized virtually. It will take place as a zoom meeting on November 30, 2021, between 8:50 am and 2:00 pm CET. Participation is free of charge.
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08:50 Welcome and Introduction- 09:00 “Building Soft Plasmonics with Monodispersed Nanocrystals” Wenlong Cheng Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
- 09:35 "Electrochemical Investigation of Particle-Based Catalysts for Energy Conversion" Anna Mechler RWTH Aachen University, Germany
- 10:10 "Crossing the Valley of Death: From Fundamental to Applied Research in Electrolysis" Ulf-Peter Apfel Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany
- 10:45 "From Supracolloidal Structures to Optical and Electronic Devices" Andreas Fery Leibniz Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden, Germany
- 10:55 Bring-your-own-coffee break
- 11:10 "Polymer ligand stabilized nanoparticles: From absorption kinetics to tunable aspect ratio particles" Matthias Karg Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Germany
- 11:45 "Active matter – using photochemistry to create motion on the microscale" Juliane Simmchen Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
- 12:20 Valeria Nicolosi Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
- 12:55 "Laser as a tool for synthesis of metal and hybrid metal-carbon functional nanomaterials" Alina Manshina Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia
08. Sep 2021 - 10. Sep 2021, Paris, France, and remote (Central European Summer Time CEST)
11. Jun 2021 - 31. Jul 2021, NTNM-Library
The opening of the exhibition "Colorful - Small - Everywhere. Microplastics from the river to the sea" will take place on Friday, 11.06.2021 at 15:00, in the NTNM Library as a closed event. The exhibition will be open until July 31.Details…
04. May 2021 - 07. May 2021, Virtual (Central European Summer Time CEST)
A new paradigm in material synthesis is emerging, in which living cells are incorporated into non-living matter to augment it with programmable, life-like capabilities. This results from the integration of synthetic biology tools in materials research and promises to deliver a whole new generation of high-performance material systems. Engineered Living Materials open new avenues for more sustainable material production and advanced property combinations like integrated multifunctionality, adaptability, resilience, or evolvability.
The Second International Conference Engineered Living Materials 2021 will bridge materials science with the synthetic biology, biotechnology, and biophysics communities to discuss the compositional and technical challenges for a functional marriage of non-living matter and living components, and the experimental and computational solutions to realize them.
Due to the pandemic situation, the conference will take place in a virtual format with a reduced program. We will organize some life and some recorded sessions to keep discussion possibilities in spite of the time differences across the continents. The number of participants is limited to 200.
22. Oct 2020, 08:50 - 13:00 : virtual
The PBM Symposium, which has been held annually at different research locations in Germany so far, will be organized virtually this year. A strong focus will be on applications of particle-based materials and on the extension of the Network over Europe and the World. Participation is free of charge. Details…
20. Oct 2020 - 23. Oct 2020, Webinars
For the third time, INM is organizing a virtual mini-symposium, this time on “Bioprocessed and Bioinspired Materials”. In three lectures, international scientists will examine the topic from their respective perspectives.
Speakers:
Prof. André R. Studart, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Prof. Wilfried Weber, University Freiburg, Germany
Prof. Amar Mohanty, University of Guelph, Canada
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05. Oct 2020 - 07. Oct 2020, virtuell
The conference will focus on three highly relevant aspects of nanosafety research: "Development of safe nanomaterials", "Toxicological aspects - from molecular mechanisms to prediction", and "Nanomaterials and the environment".Details…
30. Sep 2020 - 06. Oct 2020, Webinars
Speakers:
Kaspar Althoefer - Queen Mary University of London, UK
Bas Overvelde - AMOLF, Amsterdam, NL
Janos Vörös - ETH Zürich, CH
Matteo Cianchetti - Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, IT
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22. Sep 2020 - 25. Sep 2020,
On 24 September, the Improve-stem consortium, of which INM is a member, is organizing a virtual symposium on the occasion of the MSE congress (Darmstadt) entitled: “B04: Cell culture substrates: new surfaces for stem cell proliferation (B: Biomaterials)” Details…
16. Jun 2020 - 24. Jun 2020, Webinar
The lectures will take place as webinars on five days at 5 p.m.
Registration is not required! Please log in via the respective invitation link!
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12. Feb 2020 - 14. Feb 2020, Aula der Universität des Saarlandes
26. Jan 2020 - 31. Jan 2020, Lucca / Tuscany
17. Dec 2019, 10:00 - 16:00 : Leibniz-Saal
- Prof. Dr. Catherine Picart, Grenoble Institute of Technology, France
- Prof. Dr. Marie Weinhart, Free University of Berlin
- Prof. Dr. Laura De Laporte, DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Aachen
- Prof. Dr. Seraphine Wegner, Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz
27. Nov 2019, 12:00 - 16:00 :
On November 27, 2019, a workshop will take place within the framework of the project Visualisation of Open Access Publications in the Reference Instruments of a Library - visOA at the INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials.Details…
29. Oct 2019, 14:00 - 15:00 : Leibniz-Saal
Synthesis, structure and biological applications of bimetallic and ultrasmall nanoparticlesDetails…
24. Oct 2019, INM, Campus D2 5, 5. Stock, Leibniz-Saal
A symposium for female scientists
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02. Sep 2019 - 13. Sep 2019, Saarland University
The purpose of this laboratory class is to introduce you to colloids and nanomaterials made from suspensions. A strong focus is on small nanoparticles and clusters, but you will work with larger particles as they are used in ceramics production, too. An important principle of this class is the pathway from chemical synthesis over subsequent characterization to final material preparation.
Please contact for further information:
Prof. Tobias Kraus
Lehrstuhl für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenchemie
praktikum-kolloide@uni-saarland.de
09. Jul 2019, 11:00 - 12:00 : Leibniz-Saal
Soft Electronics and MachinesDetails…
18. Jun 2019, 11:00 - 12:00 : Leibniz-Saal
Elastomer-Based Actuators for Wearable Haptics and Soft RoboticsDetails…
11. Jun 2019, 11:00 - 12:00 : Leibniz-Saal
Additive Manufacturing, 3D Printing, Porosity and Synchrotron ExperimentsDetails…
24. May 2019, 11:00 - 12:00 : Leibniz-Saal
Electrochemical Properties of 2D Materials: From Fundamentals to ApplicationsDetails…
21. May 2019, 14:15 - 15:15 : Leibniz-Saal
Membrane Domain Biogenesis and FunctionDetails…
16. May 2019, 11:00 - 12:00 : Leibniz-Saal
Plasmonic Nanomaterials for Biosensing and DiagnosticsDetails…
30. Apr 2019, 14:15 - 15:15 : Leibniz-Saal
Looking at proteins in live cells with atomic resolution: from Science Fiction to Science RealityDetails…
16. Apr 2019, 11:00 - 12:00 : Leibniz-Saal
Elaboration of nanostructured materials : from a liquid phase synthesis to controlled assemblyDetails…
10. Apr 2019 - 11. Apr 2019, Berlin
The INM will be exhibiting at the Printed Electronics Europe 2019. Come and visit us at booth S08. We are looking forward to seeing you.
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02. Apr 2019, 11:00 - 12:00 : Leibniz-Saal
Mechanistic models across scales for bio-based production processesDetails…
01. Apr 2019 - 05. Apr 2019, Hannover
The INM will be exhibiting at this year's Hannover Messe. We are looking forward to meeting you at booth C54 in Hall 5.
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20. Mar 2019 - 21. Mar 2019, München
The INM will be exhibiting at LOPEC 2019. Come and visit us at booth 607 in Hall B0. We are looking forward to seeing you.
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12. Mar 2019, 13:00 - 14:00 : Leibniz-Saal
Dynamic and Functional Nanoarchitectures from DNA and Supercharged Polypeptides Details…
08. Mar 2019, 11:00 - 12:00 : Leibniz-Saal
Gold Nanocrystals: Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and EcologyDetails…
21. Feb 2019 - 22. Feb 2019, INM
The workshop convened researchers who are active in the field of tactile perception of materials. Materials properties such as viscoelastic moduli, surface energy, thermal effusivity, or uptake of humidity are known to influence the haptic perception of materials. Furthermore, shape and surface structure influence perception of materials by touch.Details…
05. Feb 2019, 11:00 - 12:00 : Leibniz-Saal, Campus D2 5
Regeneration of Ocular TissuesDetails…
30. Jan 2019 - 01. Feb 2019, Tokyo
From January 30, 2019 - February 01, 2019, this year's nano tech 2019 - International Nanotechnology Exhibition and Conference will take place in Tokyo/ Japan.Details…