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Research in Germany

Germany is a top destination for PhD students, postdocs, and senior scientists. The website "Research in Germany" helps you to find your way to Germany, to seek for PhD positions, research jobs or funding opportunities. It describes the German research landscape and helps you plan your career and life in Germany. Welcome to Germany - the Land of Ideas!

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There are many good reasons for doing research in Germany. It is one of the most innovative, stable and well endowed research nations and its universities and research institutions are among the best in the world. Values like freedom and diversity as well as social and ecological responsibility are considered important to ensure knowledge gain and societal progress.

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Here you will find a selection of the latest R&D news from German universities, non-university research institutes and industrial research facilities.

International team publishes guideline on how to manage fungal infections caused by Candida

Diseases caused by Candida are among the most common fungal infections worldwide / The new guideline was developed over four years by a team of more than one hundred experts from 35 countries, led by researchers from the University of Cologne

Feb 14, 2025, 5:38:53 PM

Protective role of mitochondrial protein Mitofusin 2 in cellular health revealed

A European research collaboration has found that besides regulating the fusion of mitochondria, Mitofusin 2 also ensures protein quality control. This discovery could open up new routes to treating Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease / publication in ‘Nature Communications’

Feb 14, 2025, 2:57:03 PM

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Genetic heritage from the Stone Age protects against today's chronic inflammatory bowel diseases

Joint study by the DFG Clusters of Excellence PMI and ROOTS shows how we can learn from nature for new therapies.

Feb 14, 2025, 2:30:16 PM

As with traffic control, the 'selective' mirror directs only desired matter waves to detection at a quantum sensor (top), as highlighted by the measured velocities of individual particle paths (bottom).

Atomic traffic control – TU researchers have developed + tested novel technology for even more precise quantum sensors

UNESCO's International Year of Quantum Science and Technology begins with a success for TU researchers at the Institute of Applied Physics: Physical Review Research publishes results of their research on dichroic mirror pulses. These act like velocity-selective traffic controllers for atoms by directing the particles with correct velocity towards detection while letting run troublemakers into the void.

Feb 14, 2025, 11:44:29 AM

Complex Evolution: Advanced Cognitive Abilities in Birds

The brains of birds and mammals have diverged substantially during the course of evolution. A research team at the Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University has investigated how similar cognitive functions could still arise in some bird species. Analyses of the composition, development and evolution of the pallium – the brain region in birds and mammals largely responsible for memory, learning, and thinking – show that some brain cell types remained nearly unchanged over hundreds of millions of years, whereas others evolved quite differently.

Feb 14, 2025, 11:04:18 AM

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Research team combines artificial intelligence (AI) and biophysical modelling for innovative protein design

An interdisciplinary research team from Leipzig University and the Saxon AI centre ScaDS.AI has developed a novel approach that integrates artificial intelligence (AI) methods with biophysical modelling. This innovative strategy can be applied to the development of new therapeutics, such as antibodies and vaccines, including those for pandemic preparedness. The research project, conducted in collaboration with Vanderbilt University in Nashville, US, is the result of extensive preliminary work in computer-aided drug development. The study has now been published in the journal Science Advances.

Feb 14, 2025, 10:03:35 AM

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