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Arthritis-Measuring Device Wins International Awards

Fei Yam, a PhD student from the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (PPSF) produced a unique innovation – the most sensitive measuring device for measuring a…

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Nikolaus Rajewsky of the MDC to Receive the Leibniz Prize – Highest Honor Awarded in German Research

The announcement was made by the German Research Foundation (DFG) on Thursday, December 8, 2011. This is the second time the prize will go to the MDC. In 2002…

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Humboldt Research Award for Nobel Laureate Aaron Ciechanover – Host Institution is the MDC

Professor Ciechanover is a physician and biologist and conducts research at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa. AvH in Germany awards this…

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Fraunhofer Researchers Win Franco-German Business Award 2011

The photovoltaics industry is booming – more and more solar modules are appearing on rooftops, and even large-scale solar power plants are increasingly feeding…

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ERC Funds Prof. Detlef Schuppan’s Organ Fibrosis Research

The European Research Council (ERC) has earmarked about €2.5 million to fund the research being conducted by gastroenterologist and biochemist Professor Dr….

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The German Donors' Association honors JGU's concept for leadership culture development

The Donors' Association for the Promotion of Sciences and Humanities in Germany [Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft] and the Heinz Nixdorf Foundation…

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Balzan Prizes 2011 Award Ceremony Highlights in Berne

The Balzan Prizes for 2011 were presented today, November 18, by the Head of the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs, Didier Burkhalter. During the…

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Heraeus Innovation Awards 2011: Optical Fiber Temp Measurement

At the ninth annual Heraeus Innovation Awards, presented in Hanau in mid-November, first prizes were awarded to a new temperature measurement device for the…

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Professor Ferenc Krausz Awarded Order of Merit for Achievements

The Order of Merit was instituted in 1951 by the Federal President Theodor Heuss and is given “for achievements in the political, economic, social or…

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ERC Grants Awarded to MDC’s Leading Neurobiologists

The two neurobiologists Professor Gary Lewin (MDC) and Professor Thomas Jentsch (MDC/Leibniz-Institut für Molekulare Pharmakologie, FMP) will each receive an…

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North Rhine-Westphalia’s 2011 Innovation Award for additive manufacturing by Fraunhofer ILT

The Fraunhofer ILT research team has been driving forward progress in the field of additive manufacturing for over 20 years, developing techniques that help to…

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Exploring Memory Cells: Insights from Computer Simulations

As part of a transnational funding initiative entitled ‘German–US Collaboration in Computational Neuroscience’, Stefan Remy, a scientist at the German Centre…

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Siemens Software Elevates University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf

This distinction is awarded to hospitals only after comprehensive examination by an international auditing team, in recognition of the successful transition to…

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MPIB Scientists Honored with EMBO Awards for Research Excellence

Now the organisation has acknowledged the outstanding research work of three scientists at the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry (MPIB): Esben Lorentzen and…

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ERC Advanced Grant Boosts Meinrad Busslinger’s Innovative Research

ERC Advanced Grants allow exceptional established research leaders to pursue ground-breaking, high-risk projects that open new directions in their respective…

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Antje Boetius Wins Prestigious Award for Deep-Sea Research

Prof. Antje Boetius, head of the deep-sea research group at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association and…

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