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.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.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.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.Tip 03/12/2024 Start of the Exhibition "We were, we are, and we will be"The exhibition portraits gender struggle in trade unions in German, Turkish, and Kurdish language. It was co-developed by Einstein Fellow Handan Çağlayan and will be on display between March 15th and April 15th 2024 before moving on.VideoResearch qualityEinstein Center Digital FutureSusanne Schreiber 03/12/2024 Video: The Pitfalls of Bad Practices in Genetic Big Data and AIWatch the video of the panel discussion with 2023 Einstein Foundation Award winner Yves Moreau et al on March 14, 2024.TipMaike SanderKathrin Zippel 02/13/2024 Celebrating women in scienceThe "STEM Passion" exhibition, opened by Einstein Fellows Maike Sander and Kathrin Zippel, among others, runs through March 12 at the Rahel Hirsch Center for Translational Medicine.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". NewsFoundationEinstein Foundation Award 01/22/2024 Call for entries: Einstein Foundation Award 2024Until 30 April 2024, the annual €500,000 Einstein Foundation Award for Promoting Quality in Research is inviting applications and nominations again. Find out more and apply!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 2024.1234 next