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How Does the Biological Clock Tick?

Mathematical models of human brain functioning – Interdisciplinary Research in the DFG Research Unit “Computational Modeling of Behavioral, Cognitive, …

10/29/2014

Physicists and psychologists have collaborated in interdisciplinary projects in Potsdam for about 20 years. What might at first glance seem surprising …

Theaterfestival UNIDRAM beginnt

Vom 28.10. bis zum 01.11. findet das 21. Internationale Theaterfestival UNIDRAM in der Schiffbauergasse statt.

10/27/2014

Orientierungslosigkeit, Ausgrenzung, Verfolgung, Gefangensein, Rebellion und Freiheit sind die Themen des diesjährigen Programms, das dafür zahlreiche …

LIDAR of the research station in Ny Ålesund on the island of Spitsbergen.

Suspended Particles

Mathematician Prof. Christine Böckmann examines particle movements

09/30/2014

Air pollution inexorably belongs to our everyday life. The causes for this are complex, including volcanic eruptions and fires as well as industrial …

In the Midst of Life

Prof. Michael Kühn focuses on groundwater

09/23/2014

Being in touch with the real world is a very important motivation for Michael Kühn’s research. He is, therefore, very happy about his successful …

The Appeal of Difference

Kovalevskaja awardee Dr. Kerstin Kaufmann wants to understand plant development and evolution

09/16/2014

Who doesn’t dream of the jackpot yet waits in vain? But fortune favors the brave. Biologist Dr. Kerstin Kaufmann was one of 14 Sofja Kovalevskaja …

Fresh Spirit of Research

Young academics and professors prevail at the Collaborative Research Center „Information Structure”

09/09/2014

“Business is good,” says Prof. Malte Zimmermann, smiling contentedly. The “business” is the Collaborative Research Center (SFB) “Information …

Too Much or Not Enough

Malnutrition – A worldwide problem

09/02/2014

Not enough food to fill the stomach. This is bitter reality for about 2 billion people on our globe. Millions die every year. Undernourishment is …

When Just a Plaster Won't Do

Polymers for the medicine of tomorrow

08/26/2014

Since early 2013, the Helmholtz Graduate School for Macromolecular Bioscience has been offering PhD students a structured, interdisciplinary training …

One for All

Potsdam business informatics specialist designs a model factory

08/20/2014

A conveyor belt, four tunnel-shaped boxes with touch displays and screens, a robot arm, several sensors, a scanner, antennas, cabling and a small …

A Jewish Bible „in the Spirit of the German Language”

The Torah Translated by Ludwig Philippsons

08/12/2014

In 1839 the young Jewish scholar Ludwig Philippson took on a huge project. He decided to begin a new translation of the original Hebrew texts of the …