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We are pleased to announce another research stay that is funded by the iRTG. 🌏🛬🤝

Julian Shanbhag, doctoral researcher in subproject C03 had the wonderful opportunity to visit the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney from September to October, collaborating with Luca Modenese and his tea...

January 22, 2026, marked the start of the year with the first IRTG event: EmpkinS status updates. Doctoral researchers from advanced cohorts shared insights into the progress and outcomes of their projects over the past four years, offering valuable perspectives to the new doctoral researchers. The ...

Last year, in collaboration with Prof. Jürgen Winkler and the clinical DFG research group KFO 5024 (GB.com) at UKER, we had the great honor of welcoming Schlosstheater Thurnau to the E-Werk in Erlangen. Through a powerful and moving play on Parkinson’s disease, the ensemble offered an authentic port...

EmpkinS Co-speaker Prof. Cornelia Weise and her team Annika Heuler, Carolin Oeler and Sebastian Lehnfeld participated in the FAU KinderUni in November 2025.

The children engaged in a fun and interactive presentation about emotions, eagerly sharing their experiences of feeling sad, angry, or happy...

Check out Sophie Fleischmanns new article “Investigating psychosocial stress arising from marker-based optical motion capture and subsequent effects on gait", which has been published in the latest issue of Scientific Reports.

🎥 🚶‍♀️‍➡️ Optical motion capture requires participants to wear minimal...