DistinguishedLecturerSeries Archives – SFB 1665 Science Blog

Juni 17, 2026 / iRTG / #Epigenetics, Astrocytes, DistinguishedLecturerSeries, DLS, gendernorms, interdisciplinarity, iRTG, JuliaSchulzeHentrich, Oligodendrocytes, ParkinsonResearch, ParkinsonsDisease, pesticide, SexDifferences

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Why does Parkinson’s Disease affect men more often? DLS Recap on Sex Differences in Astrocytes and Oligodendrocytes

The first day featured a lecture by Julia M. Schulze-Hentrich, Professor of Genetics and Epigenetics at Saarland University. Alongside our CRC1665 group, colleagues from neurogenetics also joined the presentation, adding welcome expertise to the room. The paper “Sex and Gender Differences in the Molecular Etiology of Parkinson’s Disease”, which she co-authored, had been shared with the doctoral students beforehand, and to make it accessible across disciplines we also prepared a glossary of key terms.

Mai 21, 2026 / Wissenschaftliche Grundlagen und Hintergründe / #DNAMethylation, #Epigenetics, #Genetics, AcademicResearch, Astrocytes, BiomedicalResearch, brainresearch, CRC1665, DistinguishedLecturerSeries, GenderInScience, JuliaSchulzeHentrich, lifesciences, Neurobiology, Neurodegeneration, neuroscience, Oligodendrocytes, ParkinsonResearch, ParkinsonsDisease, ResearchTalk, SaarlandUniversity, SexDifferences, Sexdiversity, SexSpecificResearch, UniversityofLübeck, WomenInScience

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New Video Available: Julia Schulze-Hentrich on Sex Differences in Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson’s disease affects men more frequently than women, yet the biological mechanisms underlying these sex differences remain incompletely understood. In her talk, Julia Schulze-Hentrich explored how genetic, environmental, and epigenetic factors may contribute to disease development and progression in a sex-specific manner.

März 4, 2026 / iRTG / biological sex, CRC1665, DFG, DistinguishedLecturerSeries, DLS, gender, GenderDiversity, GendersinDissolution, history, HumanDifferentiation, recap, sciencestudies, Sexdiversity, SFB1665, StefanHirschauer, STS

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Genders in dissolution?

The Distinguished Lecturer Series (DLS) of CRC 1665 regularly brings together researchers from different disciplines to engage in critical dialogue on a wide range of topics covered by the umbrella term „Sexdiversity“. On 15 January 2026, the iRTG of the CRC 1665 welcomed Stefan Hirschauer, Professor at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz and Speaker of the CRC 1482 “Human Differentiation”. He gave a public lecture with the title “Genders in dissolution? Sex & gender in historical change”. The lecture took place at the Center for Brain, Behavior and Metabolism (CBBM) of the University of Lübeck.

Februar 5, 2026 / Events, iRTG / DistinguishedLecturerSeries, DLS, Geschichte, Geschlechterbinarität, Geschlechterforschung, Geschlechtergeschichte, historischer Wandel, iRTG, SexundGender, SFB1665, SFBSexdiversity, Soziologie

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Distinguished Lecturer Series – Geschlecht in Auflösung jetzt auf Youtube verfügbar

Die vollständige Aufzeichnung des Vortrags von Stefan Hirschauer, der am 15. Januar 2026 im Rahmen der Vortragsreihe „Distinguished Lecturer Series“ des iRTG des Sonderforschungsbereichs 1665 „Sexdiversity“ gehalten wurde, ist nun online verfügbar.

November 10, 2025 / Events / AcademicLecture, brainresearch, BrainScience, DaphnaJoel, DistinguishedLecturerSeries, GenderAndBrain, GenderDiversity, GenderMosaic, genderstudies, iRTG, neuroscience, NeuroscienceResearch, Neurowissenschaften, RethinkingSexAndGender, ScienceEvent, ScienceLecture, Sexdiversity, SFB1665, StayCurious, TelAvivUniversity

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Distinguished Lecturer Series – Daphna Joel Lecture Now Available on YouTube

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