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    • Close up on Research

      Category Close up on Research Close up on research What does animal behaviour reveal about us humans? Researcher Meg Crofoot takes us on a journey into the world of monkeys. Close up on research The h

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    • Christopher Barner-Kowollik

      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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    • Christian Frezza

      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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    • News

      Charity alone is not the solution

      Sara Fouad, Egyptian professor of architecture, who specialises in waterways regeneration, shares her view on the situation in Egypt and how COP27 could bring much needed change.

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    • Catherina G. Becker

      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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      Carl-Zeiss-Humboldt Research Award goes to Alexej Jerschow

      Beginning in 2022, the Humboldt Foundation is presenting an annual award funded by the Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung. The chemist Alexej Jerschow from New York University was chosen to receive the first Carl-Zeiss-Humboldt Research Award which will be presented to him at a formal ceremony held on 28 June 2023 as part of the Humboldt Foundation’s Annual Meeting in Berlin.

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