Fishbowl Discussion: CMFI in Dialogue with Politics, Science and Society

The CMFI publicly discussed the challenges of infection research in the government district of Berlin. On 1 October, researchers from the three clusters of excellence Balance of the Microverse from Jena, CMFI from Tübingen and RESIST from Hannover met with experts from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the Science Media Center Germany (SMC) and the Hasso-Plattner-Institute at the Futurium in Berlin.

The discussion took place in an interactive fishbowl format. This means that the audience was invited to participate in the discussion. The event was streamed live and a recording is available below.

Experts from the Clusters of Excellence:

Prof. Dr. Heike Brötz-Oesterhelt (CMFI, University of Tübingen)
Prof. Dr. Bodo Grimbacher (RESIST, Hannover Medical School)
Prof. Dr. Ilse Jacobsen (Microverse, Friedrich Schiller University Jena)

External experts:

Veronika von Messling (BMBF)
Volker Stollorz (Science Media Center Germany)
Lothar Wieler (Hasso-Plattner-Institute)

The evening was moderated by Michael Pelzer (Research Center for Science Communication, University of Tübingen).