The fruit fly as Nobel laureate?

“The fourth laureate is the fly,” said Jeffrey C. Hall – shortly after he, together with Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young, received the Noble Prize in psychology and medicine in 2017. Why is the fruit fly so important to him? Prof. Dr. Andrew Straw from the Institute of Biology I at the University of Freiburg explains what role the Drosophila melanogaster played in the significant discoveries, like that of the biological clock by this year’s Nobel laureates. Shaw will introduce his research on the neurobiology of navigation and together with audience will discuss the role of model systems in biological research and the relevance of the Nobel prize.

• What: Presentation
  
  
• When: November 14, 2017, 8pm
  
  
• Where:
  Bernstein Center Freiburg
  Workshop
  Hansastraße 9a (entrance via the parking lot)
  79104 Freiburg
  
  
• The event is open to the general public.  
  
  
• Host: BrainLinks-BrainTools, Bernstein Center Freiburg
   
• Contact information: Mathilde Bessert-Nettelbeck , Tel.: + 49 (0) 761/203-9504
  
  
• No registration is required.
  
  
• The event is free of admission.
  
  
• The event will be held in English.
  
  
• For further information: https://www.bcf.uni-freiburg.de/werkstatt
  
  
• Event poster