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American Association for the Advancement of Science honors researchers* for outstanding work.
The HFA welcomes the new HRCD Awardees!
The HFA elected the three new Hector Research Career Development Awardees on January 28. Biophysicist Kerstin Göpfrich, psychologist and neuroscientist Monika Schönauer, and astrophysicist Dylan Nelson. All three were honored with the Hector Research Career Development Award.
Honorary Doctorate for Ralf Bartenschlager
University Medicine Mainz awards Ralf Bartenschlager an honorary doctorate for hepatitis research.
Thomas Lengauer becomes Fellow of the ACM
Thomas Lengauer is elected Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery.
Bernhard Schölkopf Director of the ELLIS Institute
Hector Fellow Bernhard Schölkopf becomes founding director of the ELLIS Institute in Tübingen.
New Hector Fellow: Katrin Amunts
Prof. Dr. med. Katrin Amunts receives this year's Hector Science Award 2021.
Video portrait of Ralf Bartenschlager
The video provides information about Prof. Ralf Bartenschlager's work on different virus species.
New publication by Karl Leo
Paper by Karl Leo on photon recycling published in the journal Science Advances.
New publication by Yannick Stahl
Paper by Yannick Stahl and Ralf Bartenschlager published in the journal Nature Communications.
Doctoral positions HFA
Since January 15, 2022 the application portal for HFA-funded doctoral positions is open. Apply now!
New publication by Ralf Bartenschlager
Research team presents optimized soft X‑ray tomography for rapid whole-cell imaging.
Further publication from the AG Hashmi
Paper by Philipp Stein and A. Stephen K. Hashmi published in Nature Communications.
