Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies

Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies

The Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS) is a private-public institution for basic theoretical research in various areas of sciencefocusing on interdisiplinary research located in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany.

The Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies as a superstructure for basic research, brings together theorists from the disciplines of biology, chemistry, neuroscience, physics, and computer science in a common organizational and intellectual framework. It is an ambitious independent scientific institution while at the same time bundling research activities at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main and neighboring research centers, so as "Center for Scientific Computing", the "Center for Membrane Proteomics", the "Center for Biomolecular Resonance", the Stern-Gerlach-Centre, the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (GSI) in Darmstadt, the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max Planck Institute of Brain Research and Max Planck Institute of Polymer Research in Mainz.

Scientists from FIAS and from Goethe University join forces to educate graduate students in the Frankfurt International Graduate School for Science (FIGSS). Director is Prof Horst Stöcker. Founder are Professor Walter Greiner and Wolf Singer.

FIAS is located at its owne home at the Frankfurt-Riedberg campus of the Goethe University.

External links

* [http://www.fias.uni-frankfurt.de/ Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies]


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