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Lecture Series: How Cells Sort Out Faulty RNA
The 2026 Rolf Sammet Foundation Guest Professorship will be awarded to structural biologist Elena Conti, Director of the Department of Cellular Structural Biology at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry – lectures for students and researchers.
Laura Schöning
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Thinking in Avatars
Author Joshua Groß is taking over the prestigious poetry professorship at Goethe University. Starting on June 9, 2026, he will explore the literary self in our digital age under the title “Thinking in Avatars” at the Westend Campus.
Laura Schöning
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“I write to explore humor and imagination”
Joshua Groß, Frankfurt’s new poetry professor, on his writing practice, the languages of change, and his influences in contemporary German-language literature.
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