Germany's embryo protection law is 'killing embryos rather than protecting them'
... The German embryo protection law, passed in 1991, stipulates that no more than three embryos can be created per cycle of IVF and all three, regardless of...German-Korean collaboration in Polar and Marine research will be intensified
Bremerhaven, the 21.05.2007. -- Korean and German research institutes would like to increase their collaboration in the area of Polar and Marine research. In order to achieve this, scientists from both countries are coming together for a meeting in Bremerhaven from 22nd-25th May. The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine research (a member of the Helmholtz Association) is the host.......ESA open-source software supports Germany's TerraSAR-X
... The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is on track to launch TerraSAR-X, an Earth observation mission using synthetic aperture radar in the next few weeks, and is now finalising a sophisticated 'ground segment' infrastructure that will support the satellite, or space segment, for mission control and data distribution. ... A key part of...Opening of the first German-Korean research training group
...This press release is also available in ... On 2 November 2006 the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) and the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF) will open the International Research Training Group "Self-organised Materials for Optoelectronics." Scientists from the University of Mainz, Seoul National University and Hannam University will collabora...German Environment Prize awarded to Ernst-Detlef Schulze
... Ernst-Detlef Schulze's work is particularly important in connection with the Kyoto Protocol, because his CarboEurope...Germans do well in the third round of EURYI Awards
.... The 25 prizewinners of the third round of the European Young Investigator (EURYI) Award competition have been announced. The young researchers will each receive a maximum of 1.25 million euros to establish independent junior research groups to pursue their projects at research institutions of their choice in Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain...Germans set up an apartheid-like society in Britain
An apartheid-like system existed in early Anglo-Saxon Britain, which wiped out a majority of original British genes in favour of German ones, according to research led by UCL (University College London).... The paper, which was published in the journal 'Proceedings of the Royal Society B', aims to explain the high number of Germanic male-line ancestors found in modern-day England and showed that...French-German cooperation extended
The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and the Institut Franais de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la MER (Ifremer) will be extending their contractual collaboration for another five years. On this occasion, the official ceremony in Paris on June 28 will be attended by the French Minister of Research....... For almost a decade, both institutes have had extensive collabo...German Microarray Excellence Center integrates Genomatix Chip Analysis Pipeline
Munich, Regensburg (Germany) Feb.17, 2006: KFB - Center of Excellence for Fluorescent Bioanalysis, an authorized Affymetrix Service Provider, and Genomatix Software GmbH signed a cooperation and license agreement that integrates the innovative Genomatix GeneChip Analysis-Pipeline with KFBs Affymetrix GeneChip Services. These combined services will be made available to the broad KFB customer ba..."Wissenschaft im Wettbewerb" (Competition in Science) is the slogan for this year's annual meeting of young German researchers, taking place from 9 to 11 September 2005 in San Diego. About 150 young researchers who are currently working in the western United States and in Canada will find out about the latest developments in German research policy and possible career openings in Germany. Having a...Breakthrough: Structure of membrane protein described by Hebrew University, German researchers
Jerusalem --- The structure of the membrane protein NhaA has been revealed by researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Max Planck Institute of Germany. ...... Membrane protein research is at the forefront of modern biological study, with great potential consequences for development of new medicinal treatments and genetic engineering of plants....... The research on NhaA has been...Strong impact of wintering waterbirds on zebra mussel populations at Lake Constance, Germany
The numbers of overwintering waterbirds at Lake Constance, a large lake on the borders of Germany, Austria and Switzerland, have increased fourfold since the early 1960s, with a daily average of 162 500 waterbirds from September to April as shown by a study published in the august issue of Freshwater Biology. This massive increase coincides with the major expansion of zebra mussels in the lake, o...German-American Frontiers of Science Meeting
This annual symposium, sponsored by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation brings together outstanding young scientists from the United States and Germany to interact and discuss their research. This year's topics include endosymbiosis and evolution; protein folding; seafloor hydrothermal systems; smart antibiotics; ultrafastphenomena with light pulses; an...50,000 for German-Polish cooperation in the promotion of young researchers
The first call for nominations for the Copernicus Award is a further step towards closer scientific cooperation between the neighbouring countries of Germany and Poland. With the Copernicus Award, the DFG and the FNP will honour researchers who have made outstanding and lasting contributions to German-Polish research cooperation, especially in the joint promotion of young researchers. The prize m...German Scholars Organization announces conference & career fair for US midwest region
The German Scholars Organization (GSO) announces a career development workshop, regional conference and career fair for German scientists and academics of the Midwestern region of the U.S. and Canada at the Chicago Allerton Crowne Plaza Hotel on the 4th and 5th of June. The workshop, symposium and career fair will be preceded by a reception on the evening of the 3rd given by the German Consul Gen...Israeli, U.S., German researchers unveil remarkable behavior of ocean plankton
An international team of scientists from Israel, the United States and Germany, led by Prof. Amatzia Genin of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences in Eilat, has provided, for the first time, evidence of the remarkable dynamics responsible for the formation of large aggregations of microscopic animals in the ocean. ...... From the surface, the o...HOUSTON, Oct. 14, 2004 Collaborations between the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Germany and the University of Houston are providing impetus for polymers research developments that range from improving display devices to genetic profiling. ... ...Opening the door to establishing a future joint research program between the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P) and UH, R...