$6 million NIH grant launches UC San Diego consortium to study insulin-producing cells. Sequencing the human genome — a feat accomplished in 2003 — provided the list of ingredients that make up a human being, but not the instructions that explain how those ingredients are used by each cell type to create complex “meals.” In other words, just because we know the sequence of DNA in a cell, it doesn’t necessarily mean we know how those instructions inform cell function,…
The COgITOR project has been funded by the European Union with approximately 3.5 million euros for the next 4 years. The COgITOR project is aimed at formulating a new concept of artificial cybernetic system, taking its name from Descartes’s maxim “Cogito, ergo sum” and drawing inspiration from the new frontier of robotics that aims to reduce, if not completely cancel, system rigidity. The goal of COgITOR, in fact, is to create a liquid cybernetic system inspired by the cellular world…
A project to unite seismic data analysis and modeling with supercomputing power may help answer some of the biggest questions about the Earth’s seismic activity. A University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute researcher will lead the four-year, multi-institution project. The Seismic Computational Platform for Empowering Discovery, or SCOPED, project involves five universities: UAF, University of Washington, Columbia University, University of Texas and the Colorado School of Mines. UAF associate professor of geophysics Carl Tape is the principal investigator on the…
PhotonicLEAP, a European Horizon 2020 collaborative research project, has been awarded over €5 million Euros in funding from the European Commission to develop disruptive technologies that will drive down the cost of integrated photonic packaging and test processes. Photonic Integrated Circuit (PIC) technologies are the light-based equivalent of electronic circuits – a technology that is becoming increasingly important for existing markets in communications, medical devices, sensors and for emerging markets such as quantum computing and security. However, existing PIC manufacturing…
INERATEC receives EU funding of 2.5 million euros for its alternative technology to fossil fuels and chemicals. With the support of Steinbeis 2i GmbH, INERATEC has submitted a successful application for the EIC Accelerator program. The goal of the funded project IMPOWER2X is to scale, multiply and implement our Power-to-X technology to make it available faster and at lower cost. Because CO2-neutral efuels and e-products will make a significant contribution to a CO2-neutral world. Our dependence on fossil oil causes…
Virtual award ceremony due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on 24.06.2021 as livestream. In 2021, Eppendorf AG, the Hamburg life sciences company, is presenting its highly prestigious research prize for the 26th time. The independent Eppendorf Award Jury chaired by Prof. Reinhard Jahn announced Dr. Tanmay Bharat, Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, United Kingdom as the winner of the Eppendorf Award for European Investigators 2021. Tanmay Bharat, born 1985, receives the € 20,000 prize for his…
The 2Exciting network (GA No 956813), coordinated by Thomas Heine, Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at TU Dresden, Germany, aims to develop the next generation of scientists with high level skills and understanding of the rapidly evolving field of nano – optoelectronics, the study and applications of electronic devices that interact with light in 2D materials, specifically, semiconductors. The goal of 2Exciting is training early career researchers in an unmatched combination of scientific and complementary skills. The trainees will study the…
An international team of scientists wins the 2020 HiFi for All SMRT Grant for sequencing the DNA and RNA of pistachios. The biotechnology company PacBio funds a collaborative research project which will significantly advance the knowledge about the genetic built of pistachios. Scientists from the IVICAM-IRIAF in Spain, the Council for Agricultural Research and Economics in Italy, the University of Palermo, the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, and the University of California, Davis will work together to lay the…
ERC Proof of Concept Grant to biotechnologist at the University of Bonn Prof. Volker Busskamp from the University of Bonn has received a “Proof of Concept Grant” worth 150,000 euros from the European Research Council (ERC). He and his team are working at the Eye Clinic of the University Hospital Bonn on a technology to rapidly program human stem cells to photoreceptor for retinal research and treating blindness in the future. Prof. Volker Busskamp from the University of Bonn has…
IHP receives Best Technology Pioneer Award for TARANTO project On November 25-26, 2020, the TARANTO project, financed by the EU Commission and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, was awarded the Best Technology Pioneer as part of the European Forum for Electronic Components and Systems (EFECS) for the extraordinary technological progress of its 32 project partners Award awarded. The project consortium includes leading industrial companies, universities and research centers such as the Leibniz-Institute for High Performance Microelectronics (IHP), whose…
The Professorship of Production Systems and Processes at Chemnitz University of Technology receives award for project on safe human-robot cooperation in the warehouse. The Professorship of Production Systems and Processes (Prof. Dr. Martin Dix (German)) at Chemnitz University of Technology received the “3Dsensation Innovation Award” in the community award category for its FOLLOWme project on safe human-robot cooperation in the warehouse. At the same time, a second project within the 3Dsensation innovation alliance received the jury prize. The 3Dsensation Innovation…
Geoscientist Professor Bernd Schöne of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and his cooperation partners in Great Britain and Denmark have been awarded an…
An interdisciplinary team of four researchers from the German Aerospace Center (DLR), the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, the University of Valencia,…
Target Group: The Innovation Award addresses laser manufacturers, laser users and researchers, who have successfully conceived and implemented an innovative…
Dr. Passant Atallah, Dr. Lucas Schirmer, Dr. Uwe Freudenberg and Prof. Dr. Carsten Werner from the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden e.V. (IPF)…
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