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Joint press release of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin, and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Nine research projects asked to submit full proposals as part of the German government’s Excellence Strategy.  BERLIN, 02-Oct-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Freie Universität … Read the full press release →

Self-disposing supramolecular materials with a tunable lifetime MUNICH, 24-Jul-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Materials that assemble themselves and then simply disappear at the end of their lifetime are quite common in nature. Researchers at the Technical University Munich (TUM) have now successfully … Read the full press release →

A new DFG-funded Collaborative Research Center based at LMU will probe the influence of systematic misconceptions and biases in expectations and preferences on economic decision-making and the workings of markets. MÜNCHEN, 25-Nov-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Studies in the field of Behavioral … Read the full press release →

Two new DFG Research Units at LMU, led by Professors Immanuel Bloch and Frank Fischer, respectively, focus on quantum many-body systems exposed to artificial fields, and on use of simulations in the teaching of diagnostic competences. MÜNCHEN, 22-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ … Read the full press release →

Die Universitäten Freiburg und Tübingen haben neue Supercomputer eingeweiht FREIBURG, 18-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Sie zählen zu den 500 leistungsfähigsten Rechnern der Welt und stehen Forscherinnen und Forschern ausgewählter Disziplinen an allen baden-württembergischen Universitäten zur Verfügung: Zwei Supercomputer haben an den … Read the full press release →

Jahrestagung der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung vom 21. bis 25. September zu Gast an der Universität Hamburg HAMBURG, 17-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Die Universität Hamburg ist in diesem Jahr Gastgeberin der Jahrestagung der Deutschen Mathematiker-Vereinigung (DMV). Zu der Veranstaltung, die vom 21. … Read the full press release →

LIVERPOOL, 11-6-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Scientists at the University of Liverpool are working to decode DNA modifications, known as ‘epigenetic marks’, in the wheat genome to understand its impact on crop variation. Leading an international consortium of scientists from Cold Spring … Read the full press release →

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 →

Ein Kooperationsprojekt mit Konstanzer Beteiligung erforscht mit der Rekonstruktion des Drosophila-Gehirns die Grundlage für ein allgemeines Gehirnmodell Konstanz, Germany, 10-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Wir organisiert ein Gehirn Verhalten? Obwohl es Gehirnforschern aus vielen Disziplinen gelungen ist, bestimmte Aspekte von Verhalten bestimmten … Read the full press release →

Public Launch on October 8, 2014 / Panel Discussion with International Experts in Brussels BERLIN, 25-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A comprehensive, English-language, open access encyclopedia of the “Great War” will be presented and released on October 8, 2014, in Brussels. … Read the full press release →

Genetically engineered antibodies are deployed successfully in cancer diagnostics and therapy. Therapeutic antibodies against Alzheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis are currently under development. An important criterion when designing suitable antibody fragments is their stability. Comparing the antibodies of sharks, which … Read the full press release →

Er wird für seine Habilitationsschrift geehrt: Fortuna di mare – Literatur und Seefahrt Berlin, 31-3-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Der Literaturwissenschaftler Dr. Burkhardt Wolf von der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin erhält den Scherer-Preis 2014. Er wird für seine an der Humboldt-Universität entstandene Habilitationsschrift Fortuna di … Read the full press release →

Tübingen researchers integrate PET and MRI images for better diagnoses 26-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The ability to measure brain functions non-invasively is important both for clinical diagnoses and research in Neurology and Psychology. Two main imaging techniques are used: positron emission tomography … Read the full press release →

Munich, 23-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The tight wrapping of genomic DNA around nucleosomes in the cell nucleus makes it unavailable for gene expression. An LMU team now describes a mechanism that allows chromosomal DNA to be locally displaced from nucleosomes for transcription. … Read the full press release →

Friction in the nano-world 20-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Whether in vehicle transmissions, hip replacements, or tiny sensors for triggering airbags: The respective components must slide against each other with minimum friction to prevent loss of energy and material wear. Investigating the … Read the full press release →

For a better exchange of academic information  18-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The academic world needs a free, unrestricted and quick exchange of information. To further emphatically pursue this aim, the German Science Organisations started the second phase of the Priority Initiative … Read the full press release →

“Biblia Arabica: The Bible in Arabic among Jews, Christians, and Muslims” becomes the first project in the humanities to be awarded the DFG’s DIP (German Israeli Project Cooperation) grant 1.7 million euro grant for study of the Bible in Arabic … Read the full press release →

Erika von Mutius, Professor of Pediatric Allergology at LMU and Senior Consultant at Dr. von Hauner Children’s Hospital, has won the most important research prize in Germany, the Leibniz Prize. The accolade, awarded by the German Research Society (DFG), is … Read the full press release →

See-through “MitoFish” opens a new window on brain diseases 11-12-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Scientists have demonstrated a new way to investigate mechanisms at work in Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases, which also could prove useful in the search for effective drugs. … Read the full press release →

Die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft bewilligt zwei weitere Sonderforschungsbereiche an der Universität Freiburg 26-11-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) hat zum 1. Januar 2013 die Einrichtung von zwei neuen Sonderforschungsbereichen (SFB) an der Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg bewilligt. Der SFB „Muße. Konzepte, Räume, … Read the full press release →