Welcome and thank you for visiting the website of the biophysics department at the GSI in Darmstadt. The biophysics department is an interdisciplinary collaboration of biologists, physicists, chemists, biochemists and technicians.
The multidisciplinary research in our group covers many different topics which can be roughly summarized in the categories radiobiology, physics, space research and therapy.
The biophysics research at GSI is a part of a large international network of more than 40 groups from universities and other research Institutes.
Giersch Prize 2026 of the HGSHire Graduate Schooll
2828.10.2026 | Mr. Andreas Bückner, Dr. Tamara Vitacchio, Mr. Niccolò Edgar Saccone and Mrs.Virginia Boretti have been awarded the “Giersch Prize 2026 of the HGSHire Graduate School” for their outstanding scientific work in recent years. The award ceremony took on 26 October 2026 at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS).
It is the birthplace of a new form of cancer treatment. This development was the result of many years of research in conjunction with GSI’s large ion-beam accelerator system. The advantage of this new treatment modality is that the ion beam selectively damages tumor tissues while sparing the surrounding healthy tissues.
