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.

"Prelude" to Neuromuscular Disease SMA May Offer Chances for Better Treatment

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a severe neurological disease for which there is presently no cure, although current therapies can alleviate symptoms. In the search for better treatment options, scientists at DZNE and the Dresden University of Technology are now drawing attention to previously unnoticed abnormalities in embryonic development. They base their argument on studies of so-called organoids: Laboratory-grown tissue cultures that can reconstruct disease processes. Their findings are published in the journal “Cell Reports Medicine”.

Jul 26, 2024, 7:45:00 PM

Of the World’s Memory, the Right to be Forgotten and Novel “Memory Materials

The paired concepts underlying the recent edition of the research magazine RUPERTO CAROLA stand for research areas that academics at Heidelberg University have helped to shape with elementary findings – for example, when discovering the key gene at the root of Alzheimer’s disease and likewise with pivotal research into the molecular and neuronal mechanisms of specific memory performance. Above and beyond neurophysiology, psychology and medicine, however, FORGETTING & REMEMBERING also play a pivotal role in other research connections across the 13 university faculties.

Jul 26, 2024, 5:25:02 PM

Policy Brief on the reorientation of German development policy: five key reform approaches

What should the future of German development policy entail? A new policy brief from IDOS provides insights into this ongoing debate, highlighting the need for significant reforms. In light of global changes, author Prof Stephan Klingebiel outlines five central strategies for a comprehensive reorientation. The report underscores the importance of a strategic and partnership-based approach that integrates political and social interests.

Jul 26, 2024, 1:03:37 PM

Balancing Instability and Robustness: New Mathematical Framework to Understand Dynamics of Natural Systems

A team of researchers has developed a new mathematical framework that describe, for the first time, how long transient behaviors might occur in complex systems. They introduce ghost channels and ghost cycles as novel objects that explain how natural systems can be stable over prolonged period of time, yet still be able to rapidly switch to another state. This might help us understand tipping cascades, such as those affecting biodiversity or the consequences of ice melt in the Arctic, but also neuronal dynamics that governs how we encode taste, for example.

Jul 26, 2024, 12:22:04 PM