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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...

Dear EmpkinS Team, As the year comes to an end, we would like to take this opportunity to wish you and your families a joyful Christmas season. This time of the year allows us to pause, reflect on the past year, and cherish valuable moments with our loved ones. 🌟 A heartfelt thank you to each ...

Luca Abel's recent paper, 'Body Movements as Biomarkers: Machine Learning-Based Prediction of HPA Axis Reactivity to Stress,' published in Psychoneuroendocrinology, has been highlighted in the journal as an Editor's Choice. See here the Editor's Choice Commentary: Can our movements reveal our st...

Marina Ritthaler, associate doctoral researcher in sub-project B01, received the VDE Bayern Award 2025 in recognition of her exceptional master's thesis. The award ceremony took place on November 20, 2025, as part of the VDE Bayern Evening held at the Bayerischer Hof in Munich. Congratulations, Mari...

We are pleased to announce that Marie Oesten, a doctoral researcher in subproject D05, has received the Vera-Dammann-Prize 2024 for her Master's Thesis titled 'Radar-Based Investigation of Pulse Wave and Heart Sound Propagation.' The award was presented on November 13th and 14th in Leipzig by the Fa...

Check out Birte Coppers new article “Hand function impairments are more pronounced in female RA and PsA patients and also found in patients without concurrent hand inflammation”, which has now been published in the latest issue of Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (MSSE). Hand funct...

In May 2025, Iris visited the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) at the University of Auckland, where she worked with Dr. Julie Choisne on musculoskeletal modeling. During her three-week stay, she successfully created a contact- and ligament-guided knee joint model based on CT data, laying the ...