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High-Tech Microelectronics from a Single Source
Fresh cash for a new production line at the Ferdinand-Braun-Institute:
Adlershof’s researcher and companies are advancing the development of microelectronics. The Ferdinand-Braun-Institute, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik (FBH), is one of the big players in applied research.…
From Young Entrepreneur to University Professor
The founder of Greateyes, Martin Regehly, sells his company for a new beginning in Brandenburg:
Martin Regehly has pulled the emergency brake on his express train life. After winning the national science competition “Jugend Forscht” at 20 and founding a company at 29, he is now starting anew as a university…
Safe & Sweet
Vaxxilon from Adlershof is introducing new sugar-based vaccines:
“Vaccination is one of the most effective medical measures out there,” says Tom Monroe, CEO of Vaxxilon GmbH, whose research department is based in Adlershof. Indeed, the activation of endogenous defences by…
Building Bridges to India
A start-up is bringing STEM specialists from India to German SMEs:
Markus Wiencke and his company Bluebilities moved into a new office at the OWZ Adlershof Start-Up Centre in May 2017. His goal: bringing German companies and Indian graduates from the STEM fields together – science,…
A Visionary University
Research in Singapore, knowledge exchange with Princeton – the strategic partnerships of Humboldt-Universität (HU):
Jürgen Rabe and Ulrich Horst think a change of perspective in research and teaching is important. The two HU professors went to Princeton and Singapore. Princeton University, the National University of Singapore and…
Looking into the Matter
A project group of the Fraunhofer-Institute IKTS is working on non-destructive testing methods:
Is it possible to tell if a pineapple is ripe without cutting it open? Indeed, it is – using non-destructive testing methods. Ralf Schallert and his team at the Fraunhofer-Institute for Ceramic Technologies and…
Optical control of magnetic memory
HZB Scientists gain new insights into fundamental mechanisms:
A research team at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) has shown for the first time how laser modulation of magnetic properties in materials is influenced by thermal effects and how the process occurs under moderate…
Investment Plan for Europe: EIB backs German cancer therapy developer MagForce with up to EUR 35 million
Patients who suffer from the most aggressive type of brain cancer, glioblastoma, will soon have broader access to a new form of treatment thanks to financing by the European Investment Bank (EIB). The EIB and German…
International Conference about UV LEDs in Berlin
‘UV LED Technologies & Applications’ – April 22 to 25, 2018:
It is all about UV LEDs – the variety of their applications, trends, and novel developments. The international conference ‘UV LED Technologies & Applications’ brings together experts from science and industry as well…
Multi-megawatt solar power plant in Japan turns to skytron energy’s monitoring technology
47 MWp plant in Japan to use remote switching, data logging and a stand-alone SCADA platform:
skytron energy, a leading supplier of monitoring, control and supervision solutions for PV power plants is equipping a 47-megawatt peak (MWp) power plant in Japan with a comprehensive remote monitoring system. This…
LUM incorporates subsidiary in the Land of the rising sun
LUM Japan starts operative business:
The Japanese subsidiary of Berlin based LUM GmbH was incorporated on 30 May 2017. Besides the founders Prof. Dr. D. Lerche (Managing Director LUM GmbH), Dr. S. Takeda (President Takeda Colloid Techno-Consulting Co.,…
Nitrogen tank for the accelerator project bERLinPro was installed in Adlershof
Rising 18 metres into the air, the nitrogen tank on the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin campus in Adlershof was installed on 18 July 2017. It can store up to 80 cubic metres of liquid nitrogen. This nitrogen will be used for…
Water makes the proton shake
MBI Scientists describe ultrafast motions and fleeting geometries in proton hydration:
Basic processes in chemistry and biology involve protons in a water environment. Water structures accommodating protons and their motions have so far remained elusive. Applying ultrafast vibrational spectroscopy,…
New Joint Lab for “functional quantum materials” at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin
Kickoff for Joint Lab with IFW Dresden:
The Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (IFW) and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) have created a Joint Lab for “functional quantum materials” and under its umbrella a Young Investigator…
Younicos joins team Aggreko
Storage pioneer partners with the world’s leading provider of modular, mobile power:
Aggreko is excited to announce its £40m agreement to acquire Younicos, a global market leader in the development and deployment of integrated energy systems, based on battery storage. This acquisition strengthens our…
Adlershof Journal July/August 2017
Entering the Job Market: Opportunities for the Next Generation:
Living in the Laboratory: The Max-Born-Institute secures future physics lab technicians // Generation Z: No desire for the rat race // From Dahlem to Adlershof: Technology park welcomes biotech companies // …
Generation Z: A case for a different way of dealing with this slightly different generation
Essay by Christian Scholz, economic scientist and professor at Saarland University:
As a convinced member of the baby boomers, I could have never imagined such a thing. For the Generation Z born after 1990, the civil service makes the top of the list of the most sought-after employers Of course, we…
WiNS Adlershof – New programme designed to jumpstart women in natural science
In conversation with programme coordinator Petra Metz:
She has been the coordinator of WiNS Adlershof (Women in Natural Sciences Adlershof) since March 2017, a new programme designed to jumpstart women in natural science. After graduating as a teacher for German and…
Caring for Talent
Thorsten Rohwedder fosters young mathematicians:
His job description reads “teacher for special tasks”. You could also say: Thorsten Rohwedder’s job is talent care. He likes using an agricultural image to describe what he does. It’s just nice, he says, to “help…
Boosting Apprenticeships in Adlershof
How the companies of the Science City recruit future apprentices:
Adlershof is awaiting the next apprenticeship term, which is a good time to ask local companies about how they recruit future professionals, which qualifications they require and the quality of access to qualified…