Dr. Senckenbergische Stiftung

Prof. Dr. Bruno Deiss, scientific director of the Physikalischer Verein, looks through the telescope of the astronomical Obervatorium.

Institute´s director Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Martin Leo Hansmann is standing in the autopsy hall of the Dr. Senckenbergischen Instituts for Pathologie. The main work of his institut is the examination of 600 to 900 tissue preparations daily.

With the help of laboratory mice Prof. Dr. med. Horst-Wer¬ner Korf, direktor of the Dr. Senckenbergischen Chronomedizinischen Institut, examines the questions of experimental neurobiology about the dimensions of time.

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Mosbrugger, leader of the Senckenberg Gesellschaft for Naturforschung. His institute is engaged with the exploration of the history of the earth and the developement of the human race, environment protection and the sustainable use of nature.

Dr. Senckenbergische Anatomie. Bust of Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) the 16th-century Flemish anatomist, physician, and author of one of the most influential books on human anatomy, De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem (On the Fabric of the Human Body).

Dr. Berndt Dugall, direktor of the Universitäts¬bibliothek. His special treasure are the 52 volumes of the Senckenberg diaries, that are transcribed at the moment.

Dr. med. Kosta Schopow, chairman of the executive board of the Verein Bürgerhospital Frank¬urt am Main and the administration of the Dr. Senckenbergische Stiftung and supervisory board of the Verein Frankfurter Stiftungskrankenhäuser sits in the roof garden of the Bürgerhospitals.

Prof. Dr. Georg Zizka, cooperation professor of the Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut and Institut Ökologie, Evolution and Diversität in the garden of science of the Campus Riedberg.

Prof. Dr. med. Joachim Steinbach, leader of the Dr. Senckenbergischen Instituts for Neuroonkologie devotes his work the therapy and care of patients with brain tumors.

The Senckenberg diaries. From 1730 until his death, Johann Christian Senckenberg meticulously recorded everything that moved him in almost daily handwritten notes.