Insights

Events, news, and features – discover the work of our researchers and the Foundation.

Flags of different nationalities

Our colleague Silvia Dreier has taken on the task at the Einstein Foundation Berlin of advancing the recruitment of international researchers. She is now deeply involved in the topic, and we wanted to know: How is it going?

Mahmood Soofi in the mountains

The Executive Board of the Einstein Foundation Berlin has approved nine new grants with a total volume of €4.74 million for the next five years. The projects cover a wide range of topics, from algebraic geometry and novel approaches to quantum simulation and climate research to the social dynamics surrounding the establishment of nature conservation areas.

Further insights

Illustration zu der Macht von Grenzen

Moral philosopher R. Jay Wallace takes a close look at the rules, norms and agreements which are fundamental to our social relationships and society as a whole.

Illustration zur Bewegung von Atomen in Proteinen

Physicist Cecilia Clementi uses statistical methods and AI to explain biological phenomena: for example, how the movement of atoms in proteins determines their function.

Illustration zu den molekularen Mechanismen der Photosynthese

Photosynthesis is the most fundamental process of life. Microbiologist Robert Burnap is decoding its mechanisms to take them as a blueprint for artificial catalyst.

Illustration zu neuen Formen von Literatur- und Kunstkritik

German studies scholar Michel Chaouli explores new forms of literary and art criticism that give space to individual experience and break with academic conventions.

Illustration zu neuronalen Computermodellen von verästelten Dendriten

Neuroscientist Panayiota Poirazi is creating neural computer models of dendrites to explore their role and train algorithms to learn like humans.

Illustration zur Entstehung liberaler Ideen

The certainties of Western liberalism are falling apart. Political scientist Andrew Hurrell analyzes how liberal ideas have evolved, and how they are contested today.

Illustration zu Stringtheorie und Klavierspiel

Valentina Forini studies the invisible. She uses string theory and mathematics to identify the smallest objects of nature and close the gaps in standard models of physics.

Illustration von Bewegungsmustern von Wassermolekülen

Chris Soulsby investigates isotopes to determine the age of water molecules in order to develop more sustainable resource management methods and climate resilient city planning.

Illustration zur Kommunikation von Nervenzellen

To understand how nerve cells communicate with each other, neurobiologist Benjamin Judkewitz is x-raying the brains of a virtually transparent species of fish.

Illustration zu Zellmutation

Cancer cells often manage to evade drug treatments. Systems biologist Chris Sander creates computational models to predict their game and develop effective therapies.

Illustration zu computergestützten Methoden für die Krebstherapie

Machine learning helps designing better drugs against cancer. Biophysicist John Chodera knows how: He uses computational tools to accelerate therapy discovery.

Illustration zu neuronalen Schaltkreise

Genes and the environment play an important role in the development of the human brain. Neuroscientist Zoltán Molnár studies a transient cell type that helps to build early neural circuits.

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