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EMA Supports AstraZeneca’s Eco-Friendly Trixeo Aerosphere for COPD with Ultra-Low Emission Propellant

PRESS RELEASE -- 25, July 2025

(IN BRIEF) AstraZeneca’s Trixeo Aerosphere has received a positive opinion from the EMA’s CHMP for use with a new propellant that offers a 99.9% reduction in Global Warming Potential compared to traditional formulations. Trixeo becomes the first pressurised metered-dose inhaler … Read the full press release

Dr. Steffen Knoblauch Develops High-Resolution Mosquito Suitability Map to Enhance Vector Control in Rio de Janeiro

PRESS RELEASE -- 6, June 2025

(IN BRIEF) Dr. Steffen Knoblauch from Heidelberg University has developed a high-resolution environmental suitability map for the Aedes aegypti mosquito in Rio de Janeiro, using geospatial big data such as satellite imagery and climate data. The map, which models 79 … Read the full press release

Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung Funds “Quantum Chemistry without Orbitals” to Revolutionize Molecular Energy Predictions

PRESS RELEASE -- 13, April 2025

(IN BRIEF) At Heidelberg University, an interdisciplinary research project titled “Quantum Chemistry without Orbitals” is underway, funded by over 745,000 euros from the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung over a two-year period. The project aims to predict the kinetic energy of electrons in molecules … Read the full press release

BASF and Heidelberg University Commit to Advancing Sustainable Chemistry with Catalysis Research Lab (CaRLa) Extension

PRESS RELEASE -- 7, December 2023

(IN BRIEF) BASF and Heidelberg University have extended their partnership for another five years to continue operating the Catalysis Research Laboratory (CaRLa) until 2028. CaRLa, founded in 2006, focuses on homogeneous catalysis and organic synthesis, with the aim of developing … Read the full press release

Largest Cooling Supply Site in Germany: E.ON’s Commitment to Heidelberg University

PRESS RELEASE -- 10, November 2023

(IN BRIEF) E.ON and Heidelberg University Hospital have officially opened a new cooling center in Heidelberg, Germany, in response to a significant increase in cooling needs on the Heidelberg University campus. The facility, designed for a maximum capacity of 48 … Read the full press release

EU on track to launch its most ambitious ever European research and innovation programme in 2021

PRESS RELEASE -- 20, March 2019

(PRESS RELEASE) BRUSSELS, 20-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — EU institutions have just reached to partial political agreement on Horizon Europe. Horizon Europe is the future EU research and innovation programme and aims at facilitating the investment in research and innovation to … Read the full press release

Heidelberg University scientists are key participants in two research teams that received 16.9 million euros funding from the European Research Council

PRESS RELEASE -- 29, October 2018

Highly-endowed grants for forward-looking projects requiring team approach Heidelberg, Germany, 29-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Scientists of Heidelberg University are key participants in two research teams, each of which has obtained an ERC Synergy Grant, a highly-endowed grant from the European Research … Read the full press release

Professor Kerstin Krieglstein appointed new rector of The University of Konstanz

PRESS RELEASE -- 4, July 2018

The University of Konstanz has a new rector: Professor Kerstin Krieglstein, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Freiburg, was elected on 3 July 2018 by a strong majority of the Senate and University Council to become the successor of … Read the full press release

Sofja Kovalevskaja Awards: Seven international researchers to receive awards valued at up to €1.65 million each

PRESS RELEASE -- 11, November 2016

BONN, 11-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Seven international researchers to receive awards valued at up to €1.65 million each. The young researchers will conduct research in Halle/Saale, Heidelberg, Jena, Mainz, Potsdam and Regensburg in the coming years. This year, a total of … Read the full press release

Heidelberg University biologist Dr. Sylvia Erhardt received grant from the European Research Council (ERC)

PRESS RELEASE -- 26, February 2016

Dr. Sylvia Erhardt receives ERC Consolidator Grant for excellent young researchers Heidelberg, Germany, 26-Feb-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Heidelberg biologist Dr. Sylvia Erhardt is receiving a highly endowed grant from the European Research Council (ERC), an ERC Consolidator Grant for excellent young … Read the full press release

Official opening ceremony of the new Leibniz ScienceCampus “Empirical Linguistics and Computational Language Modeling” will be held on 18 November 2015

PRESS RELEASE -- 16, November 2015

Joint research project of the Department of Computational Linguistics at Heidelberg University and the Institute for the German Language in Mannheim Heidelberg, Germany, 16-11-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The official opening ceremony of the new Leibniz ScienceCampus “Empirical Linguistics and Computational Language … Read the full press release

Heidelberg to host the Santander International Summer School, 26 Sep – 4 Oct 2015; Sustainable development on focus

PRESS RELEASE -- 22, September 2015

Santander International Summer School to be held in Heidelberg 26 September – 4 October 2015 Heidelberg, Germany, 22-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Heidelberg University has invited outstanding doctoral students from Brazil, China, Germany, Greece, Great Britain, India, Austria, Sweden and Spain … Read the full press release

Heidelberg University research group gets EUR 2 million from German Research Foundation to determine the mass of the elementary particle neutrino

PRESS RELEASE -- 15, April 2015

German Research Foundation provides approximately two million euros in funding HEIDELBERG, 15-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — A new research group, established at Heidelberg University with funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG), is working on determining the mass of the elementary particle … Read the full press release

Heidelberg University’s Research Center for International and Interdisciplinary Theology to hold “Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise” ceremony on May 23, 2014

PRESS RELEASE -- 19, May 2014

Festive ceremony: “Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise” will be presented Heidelberg, Germany, 19-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Ten young scholars from Finland, Germany, Israel, the United Kingdom and the United States are to receive the “Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise” in … Read the full press release

Heidelberg University study: Health, qualifications and motivation factors determining whether wage-earners can go on working past age of 67

PRESS RELEASE -- 8, April 2014

Heidelberg, Germany, 8-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Health, qualifications and motivation are the crucial factors determining whether, as a consequence of demographic change, wage-earners can or should go on working past the age of 67. To tap the potential of older staff members to … Read the full press release

EU’s Seventh Framework Program: Technische Universität München (TUM) won the largest amount of research funding among German universities

PRESS RELEASE -- 12, February 2014

Among all of the German universities, the Technische Universität München (TUM) has won the largest amount of research funding from the just-expired Seventh Framework Program (FP7) of the EU, with a total of more than 130 million euros. The latest … Read the full press release

Heidelberg astrophysicist Prof. Dr. Ralf S. Klessen to receive European Research Council Advanced Grant for research on the first stars of the universe

PRESS RELEASE -- 5, December 2013

European Research Council awards astrophysicist nearly 2.5 million euros for top-level research Heidelberg, Germany, 05-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Heidelberg astrophysicist Prof. Dr. Ralf S. Klessen is receiving a highly endowed grant from the European Research Council (ERC), an ERC Advanced Grant for … Read the full press release

Heidelberg University and European Molecular Biology Laboratory scientists applied new electron microscopy methods to decode the structure of Gemmata obscuriglobus

PRESS RELEASE -- 19, August 2013

New methods of electron microscopy decode the structure of Gemmata obscuriglobus 19-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Certain bacteria can build such complex membrane structures that, in terms of complexity and dynamics, look like eukaryotes, i.e., organisms with a distinct membrane-bound nucleus. Scientists from … Read the full press release

Heidelberg University Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context” set up four new junior research groups

PRESS RELEASE -- 3, June 2013

Young researchers examine topics such as war crimes tribunals and the Pentecostal movement 3-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context” of Heidelberg University has set up four new junior research groups. The group … Read the full press release

New Directorate for Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe”

PRESS RELEASE -- 20, December 2012

Sinologist Barbara Mittler and Historian Thomas Maissen join three-member board 20-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — The Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context” of Heidelberg University is gaining a new directorate. Prof. Dr. Barbara Mittler joined Indologist Prof. Dr. … Read the full press release