Third edition of Beerology is over!

From October 22 to November 12, 2025, Dresden’s Neustadt once again became the place to be for curious minds: Beerology was back! On four Wednesday evenings, science fans and beer lovers gathered at the Mondpalast Hostel for exciting talks, cold drinks and plenty of questions from the audience.

Science on tap – now in its third year

What started in 2023 as a single pub night and grew into an event series in 2024 has become a fixed part of Dresden’s autumn. In 2025, eight researchers took to the stage over four weeks, with two evenings in English and two in German. The recipe stayed the same: science made understandable, entertaining and accessible, in a relaxed pub atmosphere and in direct exchange with the audience.

Four evenings, eight stories from research

We kicked off with a journey into the digital matrix. Mathematician Silviana Amethyst (MPI-CBG) explored shapes and symmetry from a mathematical point of view and showed why mathematics is modern magic. Chip designer Mattis Hasler (Barkhausen Institut) then revealed the hidden electronics that make sure our digital messages are sent and understood correctly.

On the third evening, things got personal, right down to our cells. Biotechnologist Carla Portulano (University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus) took us into the world of mini-organs: organoids that help researchers understand complex diseases like stomach cancer and find new ways to treat them. Olya Vvedenskaya (Lipotype) followed with the surprisingly busy life of fat molecules, which build our cells, send signals, store energy and keep us healthy.

The German evenings had their own flavour. Linguists Simon Oppermann (Leipzig University) and Simon Meier-Vieracker (TU Dresden) caused a “Sprachcrash zwischen Elbe und Insta”. Why do Saxons add an “-e” to everything, and how can a tiny “nh” spark a generational war online? At the finale, biochemist Theresia Gutmann (MPI-CBG) unmasked coronaviruses as masters of disguise that trick our immune system. Physicist Kathrin Laxhuber (MPI-PKS) calculated what happens in our bodies while we drink a beer: tiny sugar power plants and enzymes teaming up into droplets to keep us going.

Curious audience, lively discussions

Once again, the Mondpalast was packed every evening, the audience was curious and the discussions carried on long after the talks. Beerology 2025 proved that the format works, in English and in German, and that science and a cold beer are a perfect match.

Thank you – and see you next time!

A huge thank you to all our speakers: Silviana Amethyst, Mattis Hasler, Simon Oppermann, Simon Meier-Vieracker, Carla Portulano, Olya Vvedenskaya, Theresia Gutmann and Kathrin Laxhuber. Many thanks also to our volunteers, who made every evening run smoothly.

We are very grateful to the Mondpalast Hostel and to our sponsors Scionics Computer Innovation, Open Sesame Therapeutics, the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, and Lipotype. Without your support, Beerology 2025 would not have been possible.

Wir freuen uns schon auf die vierte Ausgabe am 26. November 2026!