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📢 Have you noticed this event of the Medical Society, Medical Faculty, Universität zu Köln? Nobel Laureate Prof. Dr. Martin Chalfie is invited for a special lecture: 🎤 "The continuing need for useless knowledge" Prof. Chalfie was awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of green fluorescent protein (GFP) as a biological marker - a breakthrough that has revolutionized modern biomedical research. In his lecture, he revisits Abraham Flexner's influential 1939 essay and explores why curiosity-driven basic research, often considered to have no immediate practical application, remains the foundation of transformative scientific discoveries. 📅 June 22, 2026 🕓 4:00 PM 📍 Lecture Hall I, MTI Lecture Hall Building, University of Cologne The lecture will be held in English. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/evJiSMm9 #UniversityOfCologne #MedicalSociety #MartinChalfie #NobelPrize #BasicResearch #LifeSciences