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   Hydrogeologist Gudrun Massmann to be part of new Research Unit funded by DFG

   14.01.21 | Prof Massmann will study the complex biogeochemical reactions taking place at beaches.

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   “When you look at a neuron, you have to bow down”

   17.12.20 | Professor Erin Schuman talks to AcademiaNet about studying the body’s most complex cells and how she became a champion of women in neuroscience.

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   Anja Boisen awarded the Knight’s Cross by Danish Queen Margaret II

   10.12.20 | The honour was given as a recognition of Prof. Boisen’s contribution to innovative drug delivery.

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   Ruth Lehmann wins the 2021 Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science

   03.12.20 | The developmental cell biologist receives the honour for her ground-breaking work on reproductive cells.

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   Let us celebrate women in science: Highlights from the web

   10 years AcademiaNet

   23.11.20 | Women are still underrepresented in academia. We at AcademiaNet work every day to make the brilliant women in science more visible. That is why we have put together ten exciting articles and online projects on gender equality in science and the promotion of women researchers.

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   Best of interviews from 10 years of AcademiaNet

   10 years AcademiaNet

   16.11.20 | We have dug deep into the AcademiaNet archives of the last ten years to present you some of the most interesting interviews we published in our news section. Join us on a throwback journey with interviews that are still relevant today.

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   Regina Palkovits on equality in science: “It’s about giving young people a chance”

   10 years AcademiaNet

   09.11.20 | AcademiaNet was created ten years ago as a way to address the gender imbalance among senior academics. Looking back over the past decade, what’s changed? We spoke to Prof. Regina Palkovits, one of our first members, to find out.

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   “AcademiaNet proves that there are excellent women in every discipline”

   10 years AcademiaNet

   02.11.20 | The aim of AcademiaNet is to make women researchers more visible and to increase the share of women in science.

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   Katja Matthes inaugurated as scientific director of GEOMAR

   22.10.20 | The climate scientist laid our her strategic vision for the research institute to help tackle societal problems.

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    “We’re now living on a permanently polluted planet”

    15.10.20 | Environmental historian Dr. Simone Müller talked to AcademiaNet about the roots of global unequal trade with hazardous waste material and what the personal and structural issues are that need to be solved to drive towards a sustainable future.

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