Research in Germany: Issue 2, June 2009

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Issue 2, June 2009

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Issue 2, June 2009 6/22/09

Newsletter "Research in Germany"

Newsletter "Research in Germany"
down Interview
down Science and Research News
down Recent Research Cooperation
down Latest R&D Funding Programmes and Activities
down Current R&D Policy
down Last but not least...
down Events

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

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Interview

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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...

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Science and Research News

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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...

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Successfully Reprogramming Cells without Gene Transfer

USA Germany

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 ...

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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...

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Recent Research Cooperation

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German-Indian Project Collaboration in Basic Research

India Germany

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...

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KITECH and IVAM sign a cooperation agreement at the HANNOVER MESSE

Korea Germany

The Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH) and the IVAM Microtechnology Network signed a cooperation agreement at the MicroTechnology Fair, HANNOVER MESSE, Germany...

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Latest R&D Funding Programmes and Activities

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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...

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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...

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Doctoral Students in Integrated Coastal Zone and Shelf-Sea Research

New Zealand Germany

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...

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Current R&D Policy

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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)...

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EUREKA: World-Class Innovation Through International Cooperation

EU Germany

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...

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Last but not least...

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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...

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Events

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World Congress on Medical Physics and Biochemical Engineering

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...

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International Summit on Optical Technologies

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...

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The Source Event 

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...

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WEFTEC

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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Editors

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
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Research in Germany Team (Editorial Staff)
Anke Sobieraj

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