Press Releases 2013

March

• 28 March 2013 - No. 56/2013
  New Class of Fellows Appointed to the Marsilius Kolleg
  Eleven Heidelberg scientists engage with interdisciplinary research issues and projects
• 25 March 2013 - No. 53/2013
  Two New Junior Research Groups at Heidelberg Center for the Environment
  Interdisciplinary research in “environment and health” and “environment and society”
• 8 March 2013 - No. 46/2013
  Exhibition “The Early Days. Hip-Hop in the GDR”
  Heidelberg Center for American Studies traces the history of breakdance, DJing, rap and graffiti on the other side of the Wall

February

• 15 February 2013 - No. 38/2013
  Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing Celebrates 25 Years
  Ceremony and symposium commemorate the IWR’s start and offer insights into current research
• 12 February 2013 - No. 37/2013
  Cell Shape Changes during Mitosis
  Heidelberg scientists study transient degradation of an actin regulator
• 7 February 2013 - No. 35/2013
  New Publication: Alfred Hitchcock and the Arts
  Interdisciplinary volume assembles articles illuminating various influences on Hitchcock’s films
• 1 February 2013 - No. 31/2013
  Award for Outstanding Work in Biomedical Research
  Biochemist Dr. John Briggs of EMBL in Heidelberg to receive the Chica and Heinz Schaller Research Award

January

• 30 January 2013 - No. 28/2013
  Reception for Visiting Scientists and Scholars at Universität Heidelberg
  Vice-Rector for International Affairs welcomes guests from abroad
• 29 January 2013 - No. 26/2013
  International Conference: Pentecostalism and Politics
  Researchers from 17 countries convene in Heidelberg to discuss the political influence of Pentecostalism in different parts of the world
• 28 January 2013 - No. 23/2013
  Heidelberg Scientists to Develop a Research Platform for the “Human Brain Project”
  Karlheinz Meier is co-director of the EU-funded FET flagship initiative
• 24 January 2013 - No. 18/2013
  Pupils Meet Scientists: An Introduction to Research in the Life Sciences
  “Bertalanffy Lecture” with British cell and developmental biologist Prof. Dr. Enrico Coen
• 18 January 2013 - No. 11/2013
  Heidelberg Law Scholars Complete Evaluation of EU Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings
  Comprehensive reform proposals elaborated at the request of the EU Commission
• 9 January 2013 - No. 3/2013
  Caroline Minuscule Predates Charlemagne
  Heidelberg scholar discovers earliest known example of Latin script as still used today