Videos

In his lecture "Dubious sources: investigating the dark side of large human DNA databases", 2023 Einstein Foundation Award winner Yves Moreau explains why data protection in DNA databases concerns us all.

Watch the video of the panel discussion with 2023 Einstein Foundation Award winner Yves Moreau et al on March 14, 2024.

As an Einstein International Postdoctoral Fellow, Amr Aswad is investigating how viruses can penetrate the genetic material of humans in order to better treat diseases in the future. 

The research of microbiologist Katrina Forest generates a better understanding of the cycle of nutrients and energy in water. She is a professor of bacteriology and biophysics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, and an Einstein Visiting Fellow at Technische Universität Berlin. 

Join Jesse Prinz on his stunning tour through these essential aspects in the philosophy of mind and learn how research is leading to a deeper understanding of emotions informing experience. In a conversation with Jule Specht, Prinz will explain how emotions contribute to moral judgments and form aesthetic perception. The talk will also investigate the implications on these effects. How do, for example, social factors influence emotions, giving rise to cultural differences in moral and aesthetic values?

Catalysts are among the most important driving forces behind the technological achievements of our present age. The abundance of fresh food at our stores, the beginnings of green energy, and the new pharmaceuticals we use to treat disease depend on chemical reactions accelerated by catalysts. How well can we design a new catalyst or a needed catalytic reaction?

Video interview with Einstein BIH Visiting Fellow Bassem Hassan.

"It is a special moment to be able to see really deep into the brain at a really nice resolution that perhaps no one has achieved before." Roarke Horstmeyer talks about his research as an Einstein International Postdoctoral Fellow at the Judkewitz Lab.

With Nancy Fraser, the Graduate School of North American Studies has brought one of the most famous intellectuals of our time to Berlin. A professor of Political Theory at New School for Social Research, New York, she is a successor to Hannah Arendt. For more than 20 years Nancy Fraser has fueled public debates worldwide with her theses on social justice, democracy and feminism. In Berlin, she has been researching as an Einstein Visiting Fellow on the “Crisis of American Democracy“

Find out more about the Einstein Foundation in our newly released video. The video provides an insight about the outstanding researchers who are funded by the Einstein Foundation.

Video interview with Einstein Junior Fellow Alex Arteaga.

Einstein Visiting Fellow Raymond Dolan studies decision-making processes in the human brain. The neuro-psychiatrist is Professor at the University College London and Director of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging. In his research he tries to understand how emotions shape the decisions of both mentally well and ill human beings.