6/22/09
Issue 2, June 2009
Newsletter "Research in Germany"
Editorial
Dear Readers,
It is with great pleasure that we present the June issue of our Newsletter "Research in Germany" with articles on the most recent science and research developments taking place in Germany. This issue includes an interview with Professor Oliver Brock, Alexander von Humboldt - Professor at the TU Berlin, reports on Europe's fastest supercomputer and on the latest stem cell research findings, as well as news on collaborative international research projects and on funding opportunities that German research organisations have to offer.
The "Research-in-Germany.de" portal is the information platform of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) initiative to "Promote Germany as a Key Location for Research and Innovation." It presents a comprehensive range of information on research in Germany, on its key players, and on the topic fields of the High-Tech Strategy. We hope you enjoy reading the articles and surfing our website. The next issue will appear in mid-August.
Yours sincerely,
The Editorial Team
Interview
Interview with Oliver Brock, Alexander von
Humboldt Professor at the TU Berlin
Alexander von Humboldt Professorships are awarded to leading academics from all disciplines who work abroad. The award aims to allow outstanding academics, Humboldt Professors, to conduct long-term research at German universities...
Science and Research News
Europe's Fastest Computer Unveiled in Jülich
Three supercomputers were unveiled in Jülich at a ceremony attended by Federal Research Minister Prof. Dr. Annette Schavan and Dr. Jürgen Rüttgers, Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia...
Successfully Reprogramming Cells without Gene Transfer
US and German researchers found a new way to create protein-induced pluripotent stem cells. These stem cells, so-called piPS, have been produced for the first time without genetically modifying the cells' genome. Hans Schöler's group at the MPI for Molecular Biomedicine in Münster showed that ...
New Disease Discovered
An international team of scientists has discovered an unknown defect in a young woman's genetic material. Her body cannot repair some forms of DNA damage...
Recent Research Cooperation
German-Indian Project Collaboration in Basic Research
The German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Indian Department of Science & Technology (DST) are working to improve the opportunities open to German-Indian collaboration in all fields of basic research...
KITECH and IVAM sign a cooperation agreement at the HANNOVER MESSE
The Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH) and the IVAM Microtechnology Network signed a cooperation agreement at the MicroTechnology Fair, HANNOVER MESSE, Germany...
Latest R&D Funding Programmes and Activities
Three Major Initiatives to be continued in Germany
Federal Government and the federal states have approved around 18 billion euros of funding for universities and research institutions up to 2019...
The "Fraunhofer Attract" Research Grant
"Fraunhofer Attract" promotes the professional advancement of outstanding research. It offers researchers with an exceptional track record the opportunity to develop their ideas towards application...
Doctoral Students in Integrated Coastal Zone and Shelf-Sea Research
The German Research Foundation (DFG) has provided scientists from the Bremen Research Network MARUM – Centre for Marine Environmental Sciences, the University of Bremen, the Senckenberg Research Institute, Wilhelmshaven, and its partner at the Waikato University in Hamilton, New Zealand...
Current R&D Policy
G8 Energy Ministers agree on closer international cooperation
State Secretary Dr. Bernd Pfaffenbach from the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology signed an agreement for Germany on founding the International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation (IPEEC)...
EUREKA: World-Class Innovation Through International Cooperation
Germany takes the chair of the pan-European initiative EUREKA on 1 July 2009, a network of 37 European countries, Israel and the European Commission whose shared goal is to help companies and research institutes carry out transnational cooperative R&D projects...
Last but not least...
What does pale green sound like?
Why are sports cars usually red, perhaps yellow, but never pale green? Researchers at the Technical University Munich (TUM) have delved into the secrets of car psychology...
Events
World Congress on Medical Physics and Biochemical Engineering
9/7/09 - 9/12/09
Location: Munich/Germany
From September 7 to 12, 2009, the world of medical engineering will be meeting at the World Congress 2009 on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering in Munich...
International Summit on Optical Technologies
9/20/09 - 9/24/09
Location: Vienna/Austria
More than 1,200 IT experts are meeting at the Austria Center Vienna from 20 to 24 September 2009 to attend the 35th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), Europe's foremost optical technologies event...
The Source Event
9/25/09
Location: London/UK
Over 1,000 exceptional scientists from the pharma, biotech, healthcare and life and physical sciences get the opportunity to meet representatives of Germany's universities and science organisations at the German area during this year's Source Event...
WEFTEC
10/10/09 - 10/14/09
Location: Orlando/USA
The Water Environment Federation Annual Conference and Exhibition (WEFTEC) presents an educational programme that concentrates on innovative technological advances in water and wastewater treatment, collection systems, water quality, water reuse and pollution control...
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