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What is day-to-day research like in times of pandemic? In our series Science Selfies, Humboldtians from various African countries are allowing us to look behind the scenes in their offices and labs. In video diaries they describe the challenges they face and how they master difficulties. Francine Ntoumi from the Republic of Congo launches the series.
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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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No doubt, addressing climate change and taking political action to mitigate its consequences requires fast action. The second edition of the „Communication Lab for Exchange between Research and Media“ (24 – 26 November 2020) was therefore dedicated to the European Green Deal and questions of effective communication of climate change.
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The Humboldt Foundation is launching a campaign for diversity in science: the latest edition of the Foundation’s magazine Humboldt Kosmos is dedicated to the topic and on Twitter the Foundation is encouraging debate under #ProgressDiversity
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In early January, Turkey’s President Erdoğan appointed a new rector at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul. Since then, the campus has seen protests, violence and arrests. Comments on this from the Humboldt Network
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The best three works of journalism from the second round of the Communication Lab for Exchange between Research and Media have been awarded €500 each by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the International Journalists’ Programmes organisation.
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Magazine Humboldt Kosmos
The more heterogeneous the researchers in a team, the more creative the results. A journey round the world discovering diversity.
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Magazine Humboldt Kosmos
I work on the Philipp Schwartz Initiative that offers at-risk researchers a safe haven at German universities. I manage the programme.
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Magazine Humboldt Kosmos
Working-class children who reach the top in academia – that’s the exception in Germany. The experiences of one who managed.
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