Guest Speaker: Max Kaufmann

Title: "AI as co-scientist? Promise and limitations in biomedical discovery"

Date: Thursday, 28 May 2026

Time: 5.00 pm

Location: Large Seminar Room, 8G U1 155
CSD – Center for Stroke and Dementia Research Feodor-Lynen-Str. 17, 81377 Munich

Host: Marios Georgakis, Project A01

About the Speaker: Prof. Max Kaufmann is a neurologist and neuroimmunologist trained at the University of Hamburg and the University of Oxford, and holds a Master of Information and Data Science with a specialization in AI from UC Berkeley. Recently appointed W2 Professor of Systems Neuroimmunology at LMU Munich, he leads a newly founded lab dedicated to advancing the understanding of neuroimmunological diseases by tightly integrating AI with experimental research.

There will be the possibility to meet with the speaker before his presentation or later at dinner. Please contact either the host and/or Ana Cardoso Martins if you are interested on personally meeting with the speaker.

Zoom: https://lmu-munich.zoom-x.de/j/65076024189?pwd=vEpW2119fyoJx0WTg8cqm7ORVGc2sB.1
Meeting-ID: 650 7602 4189
Kenncode: 302442