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University of Potsdam | Success story: Just last year, we spoke with Signavio founder Dr. Gero Decker in an interview about the founding phase of the company, and now the startup, which is funded by the University of Potsdam, is being taken over by the software company SAP for one billion euros. Graduates of the…

MPIKG | As part of the Henriette Herz Scouting Programme, Prof. Dr. Markus Antonietti can now directly select three excellent young international chemists for a fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

Fraunhofer IAP | On January 1, 2021, the new Emmy Noether Group “Next Generation Antimicrobial Polymers” began its work at the University of Potsdam in close cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP. The aim is to develop antimicrobial polymers that can replace antibiotics.

MPICI | Professor Peter H. Seeberger will be the first German researcher to hold the Newton-Abraham Visiting Professorship at the University of Oxford, for one year starting in October 2021. Seeberger thus joins the ranks of renowned and highly distinguished researchers from the fields of chemistry, biology and medicine – including four Nobel Prize winners.

Development of sustainable and cost-effective drugs — Using plant waste, air and light to become an active ingredient against malaria: The American Chemical Society (ACS) awards Peter H. Seeberger and two colleagues the “ACS Prize for Affordable Green Chemistry” for the development of a particularly efficient chemical process for the production of artemisinin.

MPIKG | Director of the Department of Biomaterials Prof. Dr. Peter Fratzl takes over: In accordance with the rotation principle, physicist Prof. Dr. Peter Fratzl has been taking over the office of Managing Director at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (MPIKG) in the Potsdam Science Park for two years since January 1,…