Science Year Freedom 05/02/2024 Blog: A Question of FreedomAs part of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research's “Science Year 2024 - Freedom”, we are asking our fellows and associates. The first question of freedom goes to Einstein Guest Researcher Vedat Demir: What does the restriction of freedom of press mean for everyday life and science?TipEinstein Foundation Award 04/26/2024 Dubious sources: investigating the dark side of large human DNA databasesDNA databases in human genetics often contain data of unknown origin, collected without donors’ consent. This isn't just a research issue. Join Einstein Foundation Award winner Yves Moreau on 29 May at re:publica as he explains why everyone should care, as the DNA privacy of each of us is at stake.PressEinstein Center Population Diversity 04/09/2024 Through the lens of the family: Einstein Center Population Diversity opened todayHow are societies changing as a result of immigration, aging, and new forms of work and social relationships? And what opportunities, but also challenges, arise from these changes? The new Einstein Center Population Diversity aims to answer these questions. It brings together researchers from various Berlin institutions to study demographic change through the lens of the family.ExperienceViewListenRead NewsElke Weber 04/17/2024 Einstein Visiting Fellow Elke Weber awarded with Frontiers of Knowledge AwardThe researcher at Princeton University receives the award of the BBVA Foundation for her research on environmental policy decisions and the factors that motivate action against climate change.Martin SkutellaE&B 04/08/2024 Intersecting ProblemsTraffic doesn’t have to be chaotic. Mathematician Martin Skutella develops algorithms for faster and more efficient optimization of road traffic and other dynamic networks. This benefits both mathematics and transportation planning.Einstein Foundation AwardTip 04/05/2024 BITSS Research Transparency and Reproducibility TrainingThe 2023 Einstein Foundation Award Winner, the Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS), will hold its next Research Transparency and Reproducibility Training (RT2) in Berkeley, CA, June 5-7, 2024.NewsStefano Evangelista 04/03/2024 World Literature and Periodical Formats: Circulation, Translation, ElisionsThe ‘Boundaries of Cosmopolis’ project, led by Einstein BUA/Oxford Visiting Fellow Prof. Stefano Evangelista (Trinity College, Oxford), held its first workshop at the Centre for British Studies on 15 March 2024.NewsWonwoo Nam 03/27/2024 In demand from Seoul to Berlin: green energy of the futureKallol Ray's UniSysCat group receives prominent support from Korea: Einstein Visiting Fellow Wonwoo Nam visits the group at Humboldt-Universität Berlin for a four-year research stay to work on green catalytic systems.PodcastEinstein Foundation Award 03/25/2024 AI and ethics: Do they go together?AskDifferent #31 – If you ask Yves Moreau, we are drunk teenagers losing control of the car we are driving – at least when it comes to artificial intelligence. The 2023 Einstein Foundation Individual Award winner studies biomedical DNA data and describes himself as a “concerned scientist.” In this metaphor-packed episode of #AskDifferent, he describes the cultural shift he would like to see regarding the way we deal with artificial intelligence, how he helped push prestigious scientific journals to retract articles, and what the future holds for ethical standards in technological engineering.Einstein Foundation AwardListen 02/02/2024 BBC interview with Yves MoreauThe 2023 Individual Award winner, who campaigns for ethical standards in the use of human DNA data in research, talks about unethical data gathering in China on the BBC's Science in Action programme from 7'56" to 15'22". E&BRudolf Zechner 01/26/2024 The Fat-Eating EnzymeBiochemist Rudolf Zechner and his team have discovered an enzyme that is a key factor in the breakdown of lipid (triglycerides) in fat cells. In Berlin, he has taken on the task of deactivating this enzyme in order to fight cardiac insufficiency and heart failure.FoundationPressStefan Flasche 01/15/2024 Einstein-BUA Strategic Professorship for Infectious Disease Dynamics and Global Health for Prof Dr Stefan FlascheFollowing a funding recommendation by the Einstein Foundation and a decision by the Board of Directors of the Berlin University Alliance, Prof. Dr Stefan Flasche took up the Einstein-BUA Professorship for Infection Dynamics and Global Health at Charité Berlin on 1 January 2024.PressFoundationZoltán MolnárOya CingözWonwoo NamIda TothChristoph SanderEinstein Center 3REinstein Center Population Diversity 01/15/2024 Einstein Foundation Berlin approves research funding worth €5.6 millionIn December, the Einstein Foundation Berlin's Executive Board approved funding among others for Oya Cingöz and Christoph Sander as the first Einstein Starting Researcher.E&BSebastian Hasenstab-Riedel 11/22/2023 Jekyll and Hyde ElementsHalogens important for a wide range of applications, but they can be highly toxic and harmful to the climate. Chemist Sebastian Hasenstab-Riedel tries to minimize their negative sides.PressResearch qualityEinstein Foundation Award 11/14/2023 The winners of the 2023 Einstein Foundation Award are announcedThe Einstein Foundation Berlin is to honor Belgian bioinformatician Yves Moreau, the Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences, and the Responsible Research Assessment Initiative with this year’s Einstein Foundation Award for Promoting Quality in Research. 1234567891011 next