Institute News

School students, their friends, mothers, and scientists exchange ideas on breast health. On the occasion of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the BREAST HEALTH AWARENESS workshop took place at the Institute on 9 October – an event by women for women with scientists, pupils from the partner school Schulzentrum Walle, their friends, mothers, and teachers.

In an engaging lecture by the cardio expert and professor Gerhard Hindricks on August 30th, approximately 70 attendees simultaneously gained insights into pioneering approaches in cardiac medicine and into the possible routs toward securing healthcare in remote or underserved regions. Because those who deal with cardiovascular diseases cannot avoid taking a global epidemiological perspective: Diseases of the heart and vessels are the leading cause of death globally and affect various geographical locations, age groups, and socioeconomic structures.

On Friday, August 25, a Disability Awareness Workshop took place at Fraunhofer MEVIS in Bremen. The half-day workshop was designed and led by a dedicated team from Inklupreneur, a Berlin and Bremen based initiative whose mission is to promote inclusion in the workplace and to actively support companies in doing so.

Since earlier this year, research scientists of Fraunhofer MEVIS are engaged in the four-year project AEGEUS (A Novel EEG Ultrasound Device for Functional Brain Imaging and Neurostimulation) alongside with several other European partners. The goal of AEGEUS is to develop and manufacture a radically new prototype headset that combines transcranial ultrasound imaging with electroencephalography.

Fraunhofer MEVIS is well represented at the 13th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics (META 2023), July 18–21 in Paris, France.

Conclusion of the Fraunhofer MED2ICIN lighthouse project. On July 17, the project participants will present the prototype in Frankfurt.

Squid Game’s Lee Jung-Jae joins Cate Blanchett in new voiceover for EVOLVER: A Virtual Reality Journey Of Life and Breath.

Fraunhofer MEVIS is well represented at the 19th European Congress on Digital Pathology (ECDP) in Budapest, Hungary from June 14 to 17, 2023.

On Monday, June 12, 2023, the 15th meeting of the Advisory Board (Kuratorium) took place in the institute building of Fraunhofer MEVIS in Bremen. With the participation of all members of the Advisory Board and led by the Chairman Prof. Hans Maier, the meeting was held in personal attendance for the first time in four years.

Fraunhofer MEVIS is well represented at the Annual Meeting & Exhibition of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) and the International Society for MR Radiographers & Technologists (ISMRT) in Toronto from June 3 to 8, 2023.