The research conducted by the chemist and materials scientist Christopher Barner-Kowollik facilitates the development of high-precision materials and surfaces for specific applications in medicine, nanotechnology and materials development. He is invited to continue his work on new materials and polymer-based systems at KIT.
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Cancer cells grow significantly quicker in the body than normal cells. Their metabolism thus functions differently and utilises nutrients at a much faster rate. The metabolism researcher Christian Frezza is searching for ways of disturbing or even preventing nutrient utilisation in cancer cells so that they can no long grow and eventually die.
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To regenerate human nerve tissue is the dream of every medical researcher working on therapies for diseases like Parkinson’s or spinal injuries. The neurobiologist, Catherina Becker, could help to make this dream a reality. She explores mechanisms that give rise to new nerve cells and help heal damaged tissue.
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Alexander von Humboldt Professorship 2009 Burkhard Rost Burkhard Rost is one of the researchers who has decisively shaped the development of bioinformatics into the indispensable discipline we know to
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Alexander von Humboldt Professorship 2011 Brian Foster Brian Foster is acknowledged as one of the most important experimental particle physicists of the day. Nominating University: University of Hambu
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How cells sense and respond to mechanical signals is an important aspect of many biological processes, including the development of tissue structures and diseases like cancer. By recruiting the eminent researcher, Benoît Ladoux, Erlangen wants to become a beacon for mechanobiology on the international research landscape.
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Researchers have been trying to track down microorganisms that colonise human bodies and, especially, the intestines for many years. Amongst these microorganisms are viruses that specifically infect intestinal bacteria. Bas E. Dutilh from The Netherlands has made seminal contributions to exploring virus diversity and spearheads pioneering work in bioinformatics.
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At the University of Cologne, Bart Thomma is to continue his research on soil organisms and their interactions with plants. He is expected to head a new Centre for Microbial Interactomics that is due to be established and within which he will focus on evolutionary microbiology. He will also cooperate with human biologists. After all, if we understand more about the genetics and interactions of microorganisms in the soil, this could be of use to medicine, too – in improving antibiotics, for instance.
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As Humboldt Professor Arno Rauschenbeutel is joining the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin where he will reinforce the new Center for Photonic Quantum Technologies in the Berlin-Adlershof Science and Technology Park.
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Arnim Wiek is a world leader in sustainability science and has played a seminal role in shaping its development. At the University of Freiburg, Wiek is invited to establish a Center for Sustainable Food Economy that will create synergies between existing research activities both there and at other universities in the tri-national Upper Rhein region. He will also help to reinforce efforts to internationalise sustainability research in Germany.
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