Seminars and Lectures

"Fill the Gap: Signatures of Electronic Excitations in Dark Matter and Neutrino Direct Detection Experiments"

MIAPbP Workshop

Start: Mar 2, 2026 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
End: Mar 27, 2026 12:00 AM
Speaker: Karoline Schäffner, Josef Pradler, Francesco Vissani, Riccardo Catena, Vanessa Zema
An international team of coordinators from MPP, University of Vienna, INFN, Chalmers University, and MPP.
Room: MIAPbP
Contact: info@munich-iapp.de

An international MIAPbP workshop bringing together theory and experiment to explore electronic excitations in direct-detection platforms and their implications for dark matter and neutrinos. Registration deadline: August 31, 2025. [more]

"Adding New Pieces to the Puzzle of Star Formation"

ESO Informal Discussion

Date: Mar 11, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Alena Rottensteiner (University of Vienna)
Location: ESO Garching
Room: Library (ESO HQ, Garching)

In person only. [more]

"The Era of Precision Cosmology with Voids"

MPE High-Energy Clusters & Cosmology Group Seminar

Date: Mar 11, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Sofia Contarini (MPE, OPINAS)
Location: MPE
Room: HEG Meeting Room (1.3.27)
Host: MPE High-Energy Clusters & Cosmology Group

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"The Galaxy–Halo Connection and Differentiable Modeling with JAX"

USM Seminar

Date: Mar 11, 2026
Time: 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Alex Alarcon Gonzales (ICE-CSIC)
Location: LMU University Observatory
Room: West Seminar Room at USM
Host: Odele Straub
Contact: odele.straub@origins-cluster.de

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"Towards a Unified View of the Magnetized and Multi-Phase Interstellar Medium"

MPE HYBRID-CAS Seminar

Date: Mar 11, 2026
Time: 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Raphael Skalidis (Caltech, Division of Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy, USA)
Location: MPE
Room: New Seminar Room X5, 1.1.18 b

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"A BPS Road to Holography: Decoupling Limits and Non-Lorentzian Geometries"

MPP Theory Seminar

Date: Mar 11, 2026
Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Niels Obers (Nordita and Niels Bohr Institute)
Location: MPP
Room: A.1.01 - Alps Süd

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"UNIVERSE+ Online Seminars (23/23)"

MPP Particle Cosmology Seminar

Date: Mar 11, 2026
Time: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Rainer Sinn (Leipzig University)

Online seminar from the UNIVERSE+ seminar series. [more]

"Fitting Molecular, CI Lines, and Dust Continuum on Galaxy Scales: A Short Trip Down Memory Lane"

ESO Galaxy Evolution Coffee

Date: Mar 12, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Padelis Papadopoulos (University of Thessaloniki)
Location: ESO Garching
Room: Library (ESO HQ, Garching)

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"The Non-Thermal Universe From Black Holes to the Circum and Intergalactic Medium"

Munich Joint Astronomy Colloquium

Date: Mar 12, 2026
Time: 03:15 PM - 04:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Phil Hopkins (Caltech)
Location: ESO Garching
Room: Auditorium Eridanus (ESO HQE, Garching)

Cookies and coffee from 3 p.m. [more]

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Munich Dark Matter Meeting

Date: Mar 17, 2026
Time: 12:30 PM - 01:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Florian List (MPA)
Location: MPP
Room: Atlas Room, A.2.25/27
Host: ORIGINS Excellence Cluster
Contact: darkmatter@mpp.mpg.de

The Munich Dark Matter Meeting connects researchers across Munich with a monthly seminar supported by the ORIGINS Cluster of Excellence. Talks last 40 minutes followed by discussion. [more]

"From Simulations to Observables: A Multi-Wavelength and Cosmic-Ray Perspective on the Milky Way"

LMU Astrophysik Kolloquium

Date: Mar 18, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Philipp Girichidis (Uni Heidelberg)
Location: University Observatory Munich (USM), Scheinerstrasse 1, Munich
Room: Hörsaal der Universitäts-Sternwarte
Host: Klaus Dolag

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Prepare for AI Discussion

Deadline

Date: Mar 20, 2026
Time: 12:00 AM - 01:00 AM (Local Time Germany)

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Registration Deadline for Exoplanets by the Lake IV

Deadline

Date: Mar 23, 2026
Time: 12:00 AM - 01:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
Host: LMU
Contact: janhvi.jaiswal@lmu.de

Abstract Submission Deadline: 31 January 2026 [more]

"Why Do We Do Astrophysics in the Era of AI?"

Special MPA Cosmology Seminar

Date: Mar 24, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Sveva Castello (MPA) and Patricia Diego (MPA)
Location: MPA
Room: MPA Lecture Hall E.0.11

This themed discussion explores the role of AI in astrophysics through open dialogue with the Munich research community. [more]

"Latest Results From the NIKA2 MM Camera"

MPE Special Seminar

Date: Apr 27, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Stefano Berta (IRAM)
Location: MPE
Room: New Seminar Room, X5, 1.1.18

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Führung durch das Schloss

Date: May 22, 2026
Time: 02:00 PM - 04:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
Host: Jochen Essl

Der Leiter der Tagungsstätte, Jochen Essl, führt durch die Räume im Schloss und berichtet über die Geschichte des Hauses. Mehr Informationen unter www.vhs.de. Die Karten können nur über die VHS Oberland bezogen werden. [more]

"Continuing the JWST Revolution — Understanding Early Galaxy Formation"

MIAPbP Workshop

Start: Jun 1, 2026 12:00 AM (Local Time Germany)
End: Jun 26, 2026 12:00 AM
Speaker: Pascal Oesch, Richard Ellis, Benedetta Ciardi, Adriano Fontana, Alice Shapley, plus participants
International team of leading scientists in early galaxy formation and reionization, from institutions including University of Geneva, UCL, MPA, INAF Rome, and UCLA.
Location: MIAPbP
Room: MIAPbP
Host: MIAPbP
Contact: info@munich-iapp.de

A four-week MIAPbP workshop in Garching on early galaxy formation, black holes, and reionization in the era of JWST, ALMA, SKA, and ELT.Registration is open; deadline September 7, 2025. Held June 1–26, 2026. [more]