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Distinguished Lecturer Series – Daphna Joel Lecture Now Available on YouTube

We are excited to announce that the full recording of Professor Daphna Joel’s lecture, held on October 16, 2025, as part of the Distinguished Lecturer Series organized by the iRTG of the Collaborative Research Center 1665 “Sexdiversity,” is now available online.

In this lecture, Daphna Joel challenges the traditional sex binary in neuroscience and psychology. Based on her research, she shows that most human brains are unique “mosaics” of features more common in either women or men. This evidence suggests that sex alone explains very little about brain structure or behavior, calling for a rethink of how we study and understand sex and gender in the brain.

A recap of the DLS lecture can be found here: https://sfb1665blog.de/why-the-brain-isnt-binary-dls-recap-on-rethinking-sex-and-gender-as-a-mosaic/

Watch the lecture here: Rethinking Sex, Brain, and Gender: From Binary to Mosaic – Daphna Joel

About the speaker:
Daphna Joel is Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at Tel Aviv University, author of Gender Mosaic (2019), and recipient of an ERC Advanced Grant.

For more information about future events in the Distinguished Lecturer Series, visit the SFB 1665 website.

Juliane Scholz 

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