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Here you will find current news on international activities of German actors in the fields of education, research and innovation.
The Aging Brain - Event at the German Center for Research and Innovation (GCRI) New York
An evening with Eric Kandel and Ursula Staudinger about the nature of learning, brain plasticity, age-related memory loss, and the impact on cognition of biology and culture, on Thursday, October 13, 2011, at the German Center for Research and…
Dr. Malgorzata Borowiak – Helmholtz Young Investigators Award Enables Return to the MDC from Harvard
Dr. Malgorzata Borowiak, a researcher in the Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, USA, has been awarded a grant from the Helmholtz Association to return to the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular…
Helmholtz funds 20 new Young Investigators
Following a rigorous selection process, the Helmholtz-Association has chosen 20 young scientists to head their own research group at one of the Helmholtz Centres. Each of them will receive an annual budget of at least €250,000 over a period of five…
Better Living Through Science: Biotech, Food and the Future
From beer to bread, to cosmetics, the cotton in clothing, the rubber in tires, and the plastic in cups, biotechnology is ever present in our daily lives. With the world population expected to reach nine billion by 2050, placing pressure on food and…
Software-Cluster shares knowledge in Novosibirsk
In the context of the German-Russian year of science the Software-Cluster is invited to share its experience in promoting innovation in the software industry in southwest Germany. Cluster Manager Gino Brunetti took part in the discussions with…
Fraunhofer SCAI completes pilot project on information extraction from Chinese Scientific Literature
The Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (SCAI) reports the successful completion of a pilot project in the area of Chinese Text Mining, conducted at Merck Serono, a division of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. The pilot…
10 Years ScanBalt BioRegion - Cooperation and Growth in the Baltic Sea Region
Invitation to the international press conference in Heringsdorf, Germany
Pacific-European bi-regional Dialogue and Supporting Stakeholder Conference in Brussels
The 2nd Pacific-European bi-regional dialogue and supporting stakeholder conference is scheduled to take place in Brussels between 20th and 23rd March 2012.
International Cooperations between Centres of Excellence in neurodegenerative disease research
The Centres of Excellence in Neurodegeneration Research (CoEN) -initiative, an international funding partnership, announces investment in eight exciting new international research projects which will address key issues in neurodegenerative disease…
