Science

Portrait of Jürgen Bajorath, Chair of the Life Sciences & Health area at the Lamarr Institute, accompanying an article on explainable AI in drug discovery.
24. July 2026

Laborjournal: Jürgen Bajorath Discusses the Evolving Role of Artificial Intelligence in Drug Discovery

Artificial intelligence in drug discovery: In a recent Laborjournal essay, Jürgen Bajorath explains why explainable AI is essential for integrating computational and experimental research and why...
Representatives of the Lamarr Institute, TU Dortmund and CRCHUM present the signed Letter of Intent during AI26 – The Lamarr Conference, marking the start of an international AI collaboration in healthcare.
09. July 2026

Lamarr Institute and CRCHUM Strengthen International Collaboration

International AI collaboration in healthcare: The Lamarr Institute, TU Dortmund and CRCHUM have signed a Letter of Intent to strengthen research collaboration and accelerate the responsible...
Muskaan Chopra holds her Grace Hopper Award certificate outside a University of Bonn building, accompanied by her supervisors Prof. Dr. Rafet Sifa and Dr. Lorenz Sparrenberg.
29. June 2026

Grace Hopper Award for More Reliable Machine Translation

Grace Hopper Award recipient Muskaan Chopra researches compact, locally deployable language models at the University of Bonn to detect critical machine translation errors, linking reliable language...
Participants gather at AI26 – The Lamarr Conference in Bonn to discuss artificial intelligence research, technology transfer and AI innovation.
18. June 2026

AI26 – The Lamarr Conference: From AI Research to Innovation and Value Creation

AI26 – The Lamarr Conference on Artificial Intelligence brings leading AI researchers, industry leaders and policymakers to Bonn to discuss AI sovereignty, robotics, healthcare AI and technology...
Members of the LamarRacing team pose at the RoboRacer Competition during ICRA 2026 in Vienna after winning the Best Performance Overall award.
08. June 2026

LamarRacer Wins “Best Performance Overall” at RoboRacer Competition at ICRA

Autonomous racing, AI research and Formula 1 data come together in LamarRacing’s victory at the RoboRacer Competition during ICRA 2026 in Vienna. The Lamarr-supported team outperformed 35...
Representatives of the City of Bonn visit the joint AI tent at Bonn Science Night 2026 and discuss current research projects with researchers from the Lamarr Institute and partner institutions.
26. May 2026

Bonn Science Night: Diagnosing the Future with AI

Artificial intelligence research took center stage at Bonn Science Night 2026. Researchers from the Lamarr Institute and partner institutions presented applications in medicine, robotics, education,...
All-sky map of the Milky Way with astrophysical signal sources and scientific data visualisations, illustrating AI-supported research on cosmic matter and high-energy phenomena.
15. May 2026

DFG-Funding: AI for Exploring the Universe

DFG funding extension for Collaborative Research Center 1491 enables further research into cosmic matter, high-energy particles and dark matter. The consortium led by Lamarr Associated PI Julia Tjus...
Chart of linker generation by diffusion models showing the influence of neighboring atoms on molecular structures
29. April 2026

Diffusion models in drug design analyzed

Diffusion models in drug discovery are increasingly used to generate new molecular structures. A study by Andrea Mastropietro and Jürgen Bajorath now shows that, in linker design, these AI models...
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Rhode and Dr. Mehdi Ali from the Lamarr Institute featured in the Platform Learning Systems AI success showcase, standing in a research environment related to AI and machine learning projects.
20. April 2026

Two Lamarr projects selected for German AI success showcase

German AI Success: research in Germany: Two Lamarr projects selected by Platform Learning Systems highlight advances in language models and data-intensive physics, demonstrating how scalable AI...