Meetings

How do we critically engage archives of colonial, historical, political, and racial violence? What modes of counter investigation might be employed? Researchers from Forensic Architecture (London), the project “The Art of Counter-Investigation” (Institute for Social Research, Frankfurt), and the fields of media and film studies will discuss the challenges of archival investigation in the contexts of colonial and political violence. Questions include forensic methods of investigation and counter investigation, aesthetic practices of engaging archives, issues of restitution and reparation, acts of erasure, silencing, and epistemic violence.

The ESMO Gastrointestinal Cancers Congress 2025 will take place between 2-5 July in Barcelona

Toxic metals such as lead, mercury, arsenic, and cadmium pose a significant health hazard worldwide, particularly in countries with mining, industrial processing, and inadequate regulation. The topic is also gaining further importance in the course of the energy transition and the shift to renewable energies as well as e-mobility through the extraction of rare metals.

The American College of Cardiology is showing its commitment to health equity by hosting a Health Equity Summit for leaders across cardiology and a program for young scholars from the American Association of Indian Physicians’ National Native American Youth Initiative (NNAYI) to ensure the most vulnerable populations are receiving life-saving cardiovascular disease prevention education and treatments.

“From expert to expert” - this is the motto of the 13th round of the BfR Summer Academy. From 30 June to 11 July 2025, the 23 participants of the courses in Berlin will be focusing on the topics of food safety and risk assessment: How is the legal and institutional background of food safety regulated in Germany and Europe? What characterises a well-founded risk assessment? And what needs to be considered when communicating health risks? “The 13th BfR Summer Academy will focus on mutual exchange and international networking. After all, food safety is a global challenge today. It doesn’t stop at borders. This makes it all the more important to jointly promote consumer health protection and thus protect the population from food-related diseases in the best possible way,” says Professor Andreas Hensel, President of the BfR. 

Scientists with City of Hope presented their latest research findings at the American Diabetes Association’s 85th Scientific Sessions, June 20-23, 2025, at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago.

Are some ultra-processed foods good for you? Could diet change be better than Wegovy or Ozempic for weight loss? What role does nutrition play in breast and prostate cancers, menopause, and Alzheimer’s disease? These are just a few of the trending nutrition topics that more than 25 of the world’s leading nutrition experts will examine at the 13th annual International Conference on Nutrition in Medicine from Aug. 14 to 16 in Washington, D.C.

Current science policy issues and funding decisions / Focus on growing threats to freedom of research / Formal ceremony and presentation of the Communicator Award 

In a new study, researchers have isolated genes that confer resistance to colistin, a potent antibiotic, from imported seafood.