From the smallest cell to the limits of the universe – Open Day at the Potsdam Science Park

Exciting excursion for the whole family

Two Fraunhofer Institutes, three Max Planck Institutes, the University of Potsdam with the faculties of the Golm campus, the Brandenburg State Archive, the GO:IN and GO:IN 2 innovation centres, various companies, the Fröbel Kindergarten Springfrosch, the Golm site management, investors and other contributors are working together to create an extensive and varied programme for all age groups. On September 3 from 11:00 a.m., guests will have the special opportunity to talk to scientists, discover research innovations and future solutions from Potsdam-Golm, and take a personal look behind the scenes of the institutes of the Potsdam Science Park.

At 12:00 p.m., Dr. Manja Schüle, Minister of Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg, and Bernd Rubelt, Councillor for Urban Development, Construction, Economy and Environment of the City of Potsdam, will visit the growing science location and welcome visitors to the Fraunhofer Conference Center.

First-hand science

In experiments and scientific lectures and at numerous information booths, visitors will gain entertaining insights into scientific work, current research projects and new technologies in the Potsdam Science Park. Admission to the open day is free. The program is available on the Internet at: tag-der-offenen-tueren.potsdam-sciencepark.de.

During various guided tours, interested parties can find out about the work in the individual research institutes, the history and the development of the new buildings at the site. The greenhouses of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology MPI-MP and the Biotechnikum of the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP are also accessible. Answers to questions about studying and student life in Potsdam-Golm can be found at the University of Potsdam. At the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, the trainees report on their training occupations in the research context.

In numerous hands-on activities, children can get creative by painting with algae, at the microscope, building their own cell, writing with a quill, making funny aliens and UFOs at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (MPI AEI) and making colorful buttons. At the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology, Bioanalytics and Bioprocesses Division IZI-BB, a criminal case has to be solved.

During a children’s rally through the Potsdam Science Park, the younger guests collect stamps at various stations and receive a prize at the finish point. In the afternoon at 4:00 p.m., three bright minds from the University of Potsdam will compete against each other at the Science Slam at the Fraunhofer Conference Center – the audience will decide which of them wins.

This year, the University of Potsdam will present itself with the institutes of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and the Faculty of Human Sciences at the Fraunhofer Conference Center – in this way, all exhibition areas are easily accessible for visitors next to each other.

The following institutes and facilities will open their doors

Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv – BLHA

Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Polymerforschung IAP

Fraunhofer-Institut für Zelltherapie und Immunologie, Institutsteil Bioanalytik und Bioprozesse IZI-BB

Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik (Albert-Einstein-Institut)

Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung (MPIKG)

Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie (MPI-MP)

Universität Potsdam, Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät

Universität Potsdam, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät

Potsdam Transfer | Universität Potsdam

FRÖBEL-Kindergarten „Springfrosch“

Innovationszentrum GO:IN 2, Technologie- und Gewerbezentren Potsdam GmbH

QUADRATUM POTSDAM – Infostand der DETLEF HEGEMANN Immobilien Management GmbH

BIOCYC – Gesellschaft für Biotechnologie, Kosmetik und Recyclingverfahren mbH & Co. Entwicklungs KG

Standortmanagement Golm GmbH – Zentraler Infostand vor dem GO:IN 1

 

How to get to the Potsdam Science Park

You can get there by regional trains RB20 and RB21, with the Potsdam bus lines 605, 695 and 698 (Science Park/West stop) and 612 (Science Park/Universität stop) or by car. The site management recommends arriving by public transport, the bus stops are directly within sight of the central information stand.

Hygiene information

Visitors should have an FFP2 mask ready, as wearing a face mask is required in individual buildings and laboratories.

 

Kontakt
Karen Esser
Referentin PR & Kommunikation
Standortmanagement Golm GmbH
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Further information

Pressemitteilung des Potsdam Science Park (PDF)

Pressemitteilung der Universität Potsdam

About the Potsdam Science Park
The Potsdam Science Park is one of the largest science locations in the capital region of Berlin-Brandenburg. Here, cutting-edge international research, university education as well as research-oriented start-ups and companies combine to form an excellent community. On a total area of 60 hectares, the innovation site is home to two Fraunhofer Institutes, three Max Planck Institutes, the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and the Faculty of Human Sciences at the University of Potsdam, the Faculty of Health Sciences Brandenburg, the Brandenburg State Archive and a growing number of start-ups and companies in the new office and laboratory buildings as well as on the new Technology Campus. Networking and mutual exchange between renowned research institutions and innovative companies are the focus of the Potsdam Science Park. Over the next ten years, 100 small and medium-sized enterprises are expected to gather in the Potsdam Science Park.

The projects of Standortmanagement Golm GmbH in the Potsdam Science Park are co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and with funds from the state of Brandenburg.