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In the light of years of close cooperation with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Einstein Foundation shares the concerns of the colleagues and friends in Israel and joins the statement of German research organisations.

Gruppenfoto der Leitung des ECDF

The members will lead the ECDF into the second funding period “Next Generation". Offcially elected were Gesche Joost (UdK), Philipp Staab (HU), Tabea Flügge (Charité), Timm Teubner (TU), Andrea Cominola (TU), Michelle Christensen (TU), Laura Rothfritz (HU) und Christine Kurmeyer (Charité).

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Scottish choreographer and performer Claire Cunningham is to become the Einstein Professor of „Choreography, Dance and Disability Arts“ at the Inter-University Centre for Dance (HZT) from the winter semester 2023/24.

Podiumsdiskussion

In our panel discussion, experts from various disciplines explored generic and specific dimensions and concepts of research quality in the social sciences, the humanities, and STM. Read the sumhttps://award.einsteinfoundation.de/what-is-research-quality-abstractmary here.

Researchers at Harvard Medical School and the University of Copenhagen, led by Einstein BIH Visiting Fellow Chris Sander, were able to use artificial intelligence to identify people at the highest risk of pancreatic cancer up to three years before diagnosis.

The Einstein Foundation will invest two million euro in a new fellowship programme to deepen academic links across the Channel between Oxford University and the Berlin University Alliance. The focus is on two of the biggest challenges of our time: global health and social cohesion.

Portrait of Beate Kampmann

She will take over as Director of the Charité Institute of International Health and Co-Head of the Charité Centre Global Health. This will further establish and anchor this important field in Germany and Berlin.

Kreidetrophäe des Einstein Foundation Award

Canadian physician Gordon Guyatt and the Psychological Science Accelerator honored as this year's recipients of the €500,000 prize for enhancing quality in research.

Hanoch Gutfreund am Rednerpult

Hanoch Gutfreund, Former President of The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Director of the Einstein Center and professor emeritus for theoretical physics, held the ceremonial speech on 1 December 2022 at the award ceremony of the Einstein Foundation Award. Besides the possibility to watch the award ceremony, you can read his full address here.

Porträt Ludovic Vallier

On 1 July 2022, Ludovic Vallier, an expert in pluripotent stem cells and organoids, will take up an Einstein Strategic Professorship for Stem Cells in Regenerative Therapies at the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité.

The aim of the Einstein Center 3R (Replace, Reduce, Refine) is to develop new therapies for human diseases by improving the transferability of research while also taking into view animal welfare. It is funded by the Einstein Foundation with 5,3 million Euro until the end of 2026.

Berliner Kunstwerk Molecule Men

In the fields of population research, quantum physics and neuroscience, the Einstein Foundation is funding projects and individuals at Berlin's universities with a total of €1.85 million. Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Spyrosdrakopoulos