‘This is a fantastic opportunity for me to realise my scientific ideas,’ says Junior Professor Höhne, who, in summer, managed to convince the expert panel in Brussels to fund his project proposal, in face of [...] excellent opportunity to discover unknown territories: I plan, together with my team, to create ‘artificial proteins’ that catalyse unnatural reactions and use light energy in the process to enable the reactions [...] reactions,’ says Höhne. To optimise the proteins, we will use protein engineering methods. To start with, computer-aided modelling will help to design the first proteins. Then, thousands of variants will be

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a device to accumulate and store positrons and deliver these in pulses of unprecedented intensity. These will serve as tools to investigate a range of phenomena in physics, and are likely to open up new [...] IPP, and will then be integrated at NEPOMUC to expand its capabilities. “The planned multi-cell trap should make it possible to accumulate and deliver up to a trillion positrons in short, ultra-intense [...] source FRM II. The goal of the new project is to develop and then deploy a device that can accumulate positrons and then deliver them in intensive pulses to various experiments. The initial development

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passed from an animal to humans and which represent a huge challenge to society and medicine,” says Prof Dirk Heinz, Scientific Director of the HZI. Special attention will be given to infection epidemiology [...] fast pathogens are able to cross species barriers and political borders, in turn becoming a global threat. This outbreak clearly demonstrates that human health is closely related to the health of animals [...] this initiation phase as provisional founding director. The establishment of the institute goes back to a decision made by the Budget Committee of the German Bundestag. The plans for Greifswald’s new institute

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(2016). In its statement on the reasons for awarding the prize to Prof. Dr. Anna Wolff-Powęska, the jury of the Pomerania Nostra Prize refers to her publications on German-Polish relations that are held in [...] Poland which had been annexed by the Soviet Union. She grew up in Wągrowiec, a town which belonged to Prussia after Poland had been divided between 1793 and 1918. She studied at the Faculty of Philosophy [...] daily newspaper, and the periodical “Przegląd Zachodni”. Prof. Dr. Anna Wolff-Powęska is considered to be one of the most important Polish experts on German history and German-Polish relations. She has

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Medicine Göttingen, on the ‘Digitisation of Our Life. The End of Elucidation’. The Senior Award is awarded to established researchers for exceptional research in cooperation with the industry. This year’s awardee [...] the cardiovascular system, when the body’s own immune system attacks own proteins, which then leads to life-threatening complications for the patient. Cardiovascular disease is the most frequent cause of [...] of death in Germany. The start-up team from SoTaMed, Dr. Jenny Schulz and Balazs Baranyai, are to receive the Business Award for the development of a procedure for cultivating sundew on rewetted raised

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dominant bacterium within all spiders tested. To augment this emerging story, we are looking for an interested student to histologically section spider tissue to identify intra- and extracellular microbes [...] genital structures to transfer sperm to the female. So far, only the cuticular parts of dissected specimens have been investigated and some structures used for taxonomy. The project aims to reveal the morphology [...] their setup depending on whether they come in contact with the substrate or not. We hypothesize that the former sensilla are used to taste and the latter to smell and expect differences in their internal

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be making their way to Greifswald: One of them plays electrifying oriental songs, the other energetic string folk. During the Joik Night, we will be enchanted by voices that seem to be from another world [...] th edition of the Nordischer Klang once again boasts a first-class programme, inviting audiences to get to know unique and outstanding new discoveries at its numerous German premieres. The festival’s variety [...] Northern Europe - only Nordischer Klang manages to unite this vast range in a well-rounded programme.” For further information and photo material, please contact: Julia Witt, PR Office: +49 3834 420 3621 email:

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coating preparation to combine these ultra-fast processes that are propelled by light waves, allowing them to investigate new boundaries of spin electronics. The results can be used to develop applications [...] speed of electronic circuits. In contrast, the magnetic moment of matter has only been able to be influenced up to now by a light and magnetism-linked process and roundabout way by means of magnetic fields [...] carriers is preserved. These conditions allow scientists to use individual atoms as information carriers instead of larger units of material or to influence the changing magnetic properties using another

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Marko Pantermöller. From the list of foreign authors, Professor Pantermöller would like to draw special attention to Vahur Afanasjev from Estonia, who will be introduced in Greifswald by the Estonian cultural [...] international guests come from Estonia, Great Britain, Iceland, Finland, Austria and the Czech Republic, to name just a few. They present extracts from their prose in half-hour readings, which include new releases [...] with a platform for discussing current topics, ranging from the role of literature in today’s society to skills needed during the creation process of literary works. The theme-based sessions will be led by

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its solidarity with Ukrainian research partners and will do everything within its powers to provide support to Ukrainian academics and students, whether in the form of periods of research/study at our [...] longer benefit Russia, and that no joint events take place of an academic nature or those pertaining to research policy. New cooperation projects should not be initiated at the present time.’ The University [...] stall long-term relationships between colleagues, is of course painful. We welcome Russian students to our university every year. Only recently, we initiated a joint degree course with the University of

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Low-Fly Quintet (N) takes the audience back to the Golden Era of Swing. The programme continues with Stringflip (DK), who bring contemporary Nordic & Celtic folk to the stage. With their self-titled debut [...] Sibelius. In addition to these concerts, there are also readings, exhibitions, panel discussions and cinema events for young and old. In her exhibition Nocturne , Jana Semrau shows visual art to Edith Södergran's [...] the Northern European region in concerts, exhibitions, readings and other events. The first two acts to open the festival on Friday (6 May) are from this year's patron country Norway. Inspired by the groove

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