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During our talks we concentrate on sustainable biomass utilization, particularly linking it to Brandenburg’s cluster strategy. This will be an important point of the future research cooperation between VTT, the University of Potsdam and the pearls Research Network, particularly linking it to Brandenburg’s cluster strategy. Photo: Wulf Bickenbach

Towards the Innovation City Potsdam: Research, Cluster, and Consortia – Networking Talks at VTT

Otaniemi/Espoo (Finland), 28th November 2014

On the last day of our trip we travel to Otaniemi in Espoo, Finland again. The day before we already learnt a lot about the Aalto University …
The student initiative Aaltoes (Aalto Entrepreneurship) enjoys an international reputation in the startup scene today. Photo: Wulf Bickenbach

Towards the Innovation City Potsdam: Benchmark – Or Why It Is Worth Squatting a House

Otaniemi/Espoo (Finland), 27th November 2014

Today we are travelling to Aalto University in Otaniemi, which was founded in 2010. It was established by merging the Helsinki School of Economics, …
Katalin Tamási and Carolin Jekel in BabyLab. Picture: Thomas Hoelzel

Look Me in the Eye!

What the Pupil Tells Us about Language Acquisition

At the IDEALAB doctoral program, an international group of young academics study the relationship between language and brain. They conduct research on …
An Interview with Martin Friis-Mikkelsen, CEO of Saxocon, Photo: Silvana Seppä

Towards the Innovation City Potsdam: "If the university does not take part, I will be out." – An Interview with Martin Friis-Mikkelsen (CEO of Saxocon)

Kongens Lyngby (Denmark), 26th November 2014

Saxocon is a successful spin-out company in the life science sector and is partly owned by the Technical University of Denmark (TUD). Martin …
Visiting the IBC Innovation Factory in Kolding, Denmark. Photo: Wulf Bickenbach

Towards the Innovation City Potsdam: Visiting Kolding Design City

Kolding (Denmark), 25th November 2014

Our trip starts in foggy Berlin. Due to a 90 minutes delay of our flight, we miss our connecting train in Copenhagen and have already to adjust our …
fltr: Anselm Geiger (Pearls – Potsdam Research Network), Tina Thomsen (BJERK Invest), Silvana Seppä (Press and Public Relations Department of the University of Potsdam), Dr. Jonas Krebs (EU-Office of the University of Potsdam), Wulf Bickenbach (Potsdam Transfer) und Gordon Grill (President’s Office of the University of Potsdam), Foto: Jacob Hille

Towards the Innovation City Potsdam

University of Potsdam visits Experts on Innovation, Knowledge and Technology Transfer in Denmark and Finland

A delegation of innovation, knowledge and technology transfer specialists from Potsdam is visiting outstanding science regions in Denmark and Finland …

Gäste aus Mexiko

Vertreter mexikanischer Universitäten besuchen die Universität Potsdam

Eine 25-köpfige Delegation von Vertretern mexikanischer Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen war am 24. und 25. November 2014 zu Gast an der …
Children of different age groups solved memory update tasks in a research project. Photo: Anna Trapp

Interferences

Why human working memory performance differs among people

Working memory is the intermediate storage device for the human brain. Its capacity is limited, even more so for people with learning disabilities …
Pic.: Hannelore Gensel

Reading

Pleasure for Some, Torment for Others

 

For the eyes, reading is a fine motor skill, jumping in quick jerks from one word to the next in just fractions of a second. Depending on one’s …

Learning vocabulary with movement and fantasy

Manfred Schewe, the father of drama in education, was a guest at the University of Potsdam

The students are listening to a text that is difficult to commit to memory. The sentences simply don’t make sense, like “I’m drinking a cup of bread,” …