In Yemen, Ghanya Al-Nageb experienced how scientists from her faculty disappeared. The nutrition scientist was able to continue her career at the University of Würzburg. Meanwhile, she researches and teaches in Italy.
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Alexander von Humboldt left the shores of Europe for the first time in 1799. His country of embarkation was Spain and his destination the ‘New World’. Insights into Humboldt’s great American voyage from 1799 to 1804.
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Alexander von Humboldt providing the inspiration for hip hop music? Is that even possible? Absolutely – „Humboldt’s Groove“ is the name of the track by Cuban rapper El Temba and Retrogott (real name Kurt Tallert) from Cologne. The latter is known for the social criticism of his lyrics.
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Humboldtians tell their stories.
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“Building Bridges, Moving Ideas”: Around 150 researchers expected to attend the international inter-disciplinary conference being held from 23 - 24 September
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The Humboldtian Markus Reichstein to receive the 2020 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize valued at €2.5 million.
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The American microbiologist Bonnie L. Bassler is being honoured for her research on communication between bacteria. Bassler, the 2016 Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award winner, shares the prize with the American microbiologist Michael R. Silverman.
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The Foundation maintains an interdisciplinary network of well over 30,000 Humboldtians in more than 140 countries around the world – including 63 Nobel Prize winners.
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Magazine Humboldt Kosmos
Joachim Frank is the 55th researcher in the Humboldt Network to be awarded a Nobel Prize.
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