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2012

• Vision & The Brain (Issue 22, January 2012)

  • How the Brain Processes Visual Information
  • Interview: Dr. Udo Ernst on How We See the World
  • Visual Illusions: How Our Brains Translate 3D Images
  • New Model Tests Visual Stability in Darkness
  • German Innovation of the Month: EBS NEXT WAVE Therapy to Treat Vision and Speech Impairment Caused by Stroke
  • Event Announcement: Which Way Did It Go?

  How the Brain Processes Visual Information

2011

• 2011 Review & 2012 Preview (Issue 21, December 2011)

  • Happy Holidays
  • GCRI Website
  • 2011 Event Highlights
  • Coming Up in 2012

  Happy Holidays!

• Wind Energy (Issue 20, November 2011)

  • Wind Energy – Powering Germany’s Future
  • Bavarian Village Produces Energy in Surplus of 221%
  • German Innovation of the Month: BreezeBreaker – Micro Wind Turbines for Private Homes (FuSystems GmbH)
  • From the Industry for the Industry: BZEE Closes Skills Gap in Wind Energy Training
  • Competence Center for Rotor Blade Testing at Fraunhofer IWES
  • Interview: Herrmann Albers, President of the German Wind Energy Association

  Wind Energy - Powering Germany's Future

• The Aging Brain (Issue 19, October 2011)

  • The Aging Brain
  • Aging: A Lifelong Experience – GCRI Interview with Ursula M. Staudinger
  • Exercise Benefits Cognition in the Aging Brain
  • Brain Food: Curcumin for Optimum Protection of the Aging Brain
  • German Innovation of the Month: Personalized Depression Therapy Approach (Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry)
  • Clearing the Brain by Penetrating its Barriers: German Researchers Discover a New Mechanism and Treatment Option for Alzheimer’s

  The Aging Brain

• Cyber Security (Issue 18, September 2011)

  • Cyber Security - Safety for Today's Information Society
  • The Software-Cluster - A Region of Excellence
  • Interview: Cryptography Expert Prof. Dr. Johannes Buchmann
  • German Innovation of the Month: Self-Learning Network Attack Detection by TRIFENSE
  • Cloud Control Center: Security and Compliance for Cloud Computing
  • Tools for Critical Infrastructure Interruption Management

  Cyber Security - Safety For Today's Information Society

• Biotechnology (Issue 17, August 2011)

  • Germany – Land of Biotechnology
  • German Innovation of the Month: Healthy, Lupin-Based Ice Cream (Lupinesse)
  • Event: Better Living Through Science – Biotech, Food and the Future
  • Interview: Prof. Karl-Heinz Kogel on Gluten-Free Grains and Plant Health
  • Plastics Made from Peas
  • Bio-Based Research for a Sustainable Economy (Bioeconomy Science Center)

  Germany - Land of Biotechnology

• Aerospace (Issue 16, July 2011)

  • Researching Inner and Outer Space
  • Interview: From Physicist to Astronaut: Reinhold Ewald
  • Cleaning Up Space: DLR’s DEOS Mission
  • The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station is Probing some of the Deepest Mysteries of the Universe
  • Cluster of Excellence: Origin and Structure of the Universe
  • German Innovation of the Month: New Plasma Technology for the Treatment of Chronic Wounds and the Removal of Ehec-Bacteria (Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics)

  Researching Inner and Outer Space

• Air Travel (Issue 15, June 2011)

  • For a Greener Stratosphere: Air Travel Made in Germany
  • Pure Skies: Lufthansa to be the First Airline to Use Biofuel on Commercial Flights
  • Interview: Rolf Henke, DLR Executive Board Member
  • Lightweight, Space-Optimized Seating Comfort for Cleaner Air Travel
  • Model Aviation Cluster: University and Industry, Hand-in-Hand in Hamburg
  • German Innovation of the Month: Carplane – A Road-Air Vehicle (Carplane GmbH)

  For a Greener Stratosphere: Air Travel Made in Germany

• E-Mobility (Issue 14, May 2011)

  • E-Mobility – Fahrvergnügen Made in Germany
  • German Innovation of the Month: Brain-Powered Car (AutoNOMOS-Labs)
  • Interview: Ralph Griewing, Head of Electromobility Activities, Siemens Energy
  • From Test Lab to Model City: eMO – Berlin Agency for Electromobility
  • BMW i - A New Approach to Future Mobility
  • Emission-Free Driving – A New Mercedes-Benz Experience

  E-Mobility - Fahrvergnügen Made in Germany

• Innovation/Entrepreneurship and Universities (Issue 13, April 2011)

  • Universities as Drivers of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
  • Interview: From Politics to Academia – Prof. Dr. Andreas Pinkwart, former Minister for Innovation, Science, Research, and Technology and new Dean of Leipzig’s Graduate School of Management (HHL)
  • The New Role of Universities in the Twenty-First Century: Universities as Engines of Innovation and Entrepreneurial Hubs (AICGS conference)
  • Strong Record of Technology Transfer at German Universities (Centre for European Economic Research)
  • Entrepreneurship Center as an Engine of Innovation at LMU
  • German Innovation of the Month: Multiphoton Tomograph for the Detection of Melanoma and Other Skin Diseases (Jenlab GmbH)

  Universities as Drivers of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

• Nanotechnology (Issue 12, March 2011)

  • NanoNation Germany
  • Interview: Reliable to the Nanometer – Prof. Dr. Bernd Michel, Head of Department of "Mechanical Reliability and Micro Materials" at the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration (IZM) Berlin
  • German Innovation of the Month: Fighting Cancer with Nanoparticles (NanoTherm Therapy, Magforce Nanotechnologies AG)
  • Event: NanoVation New York 2011
  • Nanovation – Smarter Water (Nanoceramic flat filter membrane system, ltN Nanovation)
  • Putting the Lead back into the (i)Pad and Pencil – Carbon Touchscreens

  NanoNation Germany

• Climate Change/Global Health (Issue 11, February 2011)

  • Climate Change – A Threat to Global Health?
  • Interview: Sustainability as a Global Issue – Prof. Dr. Klaus Töpfer, Founding and Executive Director of the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) Potsdam
  • German Innovation of the Month: New Method Facilitates Detection of Pathogenic Legionella Bacteria in Water (Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung)
  • Nanoparticles Used as Food Additives Trigger Immune Reactions
  • Event: Tuberculosis – A Neglected Pandemic
  • Coming Up at the GCRI

  Climate Change - A Threat to Global Health?

• Optical Technologies (Issue 10, January 2011)

  • Optical Technologies for Better Sight and Insight
  • Subretinal Electronic Chips Allow Blind Patients to Read Letters and Identify Words
  • Intraocular Lens Research to Reverse Age-Related Visual Decline
  • Navigating a Technicolor World: What the Fly’s Visual System Tells Us About Visually-Guided Behavior
  • Superresolution Microscopy Allows a Closer Look at Life
  • German Innovation of the Month: Vigilant Eye Camera

  Optical Technologies for Better Sight and Insight

2010

• 2010 Highlights and 2011 Preview (Issue 9, December 2010)

  • Happy Holidays
  • GCRI Visitors and Speakers
  • 2010 Event Highlights
  • Coming Up in 2011

  2010 Event Highlights and 2011 Preview

• Plasma Medicine (Issue 8, November 2010)

  • Plasma Medicine for a Cleaner and Healthier Tomorrow
  • Interview with Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Weltmann (Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology)
  • Event: "Plasma Medicine: Scientific Challenges and Technological Opportunities"
  • German Innovation of the Month: Plasma Pen for Cleaning, Decontaminating and Healing Surfaces (kINPen@)
  • Plasma Technology against Germs (Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics)
  • Research Department "Plasmas with Complex Interactions" at Ruhr-University Bochum

  Plasma Medicine for a Cleaner and Healthier Tomorrow

• Neuroscience (Issue 7, October 2010)

  • Mapping and Understanding the Brain
  • Interview with German Nobel Prize Laureate Dr. Bert Sakmann (Max Planck Florida Institute)
  • Mapping the Brain: Reconstructing the Cerebral Cortex
  • German Innovation of the Month: Anatomical Models of the Human Skull for Preoperative Planning (Phacon GmbH)

  Mapping and Understanding the Brain

• Renewable Energy (Issue 6, September 2010)

  • Energy for a Sustainable Tomorrow
  • Interview: German Ambassador to the United States Dr. Klaus Scharioth on the Transatlantic Climate Bridge
  • German Innovation of the Month: HyWindBalance – A Hydrogen Storage System for Wind Energy
  • Facing the four Elements: Developing a Transatlantic Approach to Sustainability (DAAD and AvH alumni event announcement)
  • Escape to Life – German Intellectuals in New York
  • Coming Up at the GCRI

  Energy for a Sustainable Tomorrow

• Smart Energy / Smart Grid (Issue 5, August 2010)

  • Smart Energy for a Brighter Future
  • Interview: "Talking about the Super Grid" with Dr. Gregor Czisch (Transnational Renewables)
  • German Innovation of the Month: Smart Energy Storage Solutions by Heliocentris
  • E-Mobility concept by TUM
  • Event announcement: European Research Council Event (November 20, 2010) – Advance Your Research Career with a European Grant

  Smart Energy for a Brighter Future

• Academic Entrepreneurship (Issue 4, July 2010)

  • Pioneers Wanted: Universities, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation
  • Interview on Incubators, Innovation, and Growth – Dr. Dieter Spath (acatech Vice President and head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO)
  • Profile: "From Lab to Prototype" – Professor Rainer Martini (Stevens Institute of Technology)
  • Bridging the Gap: TechBridge Program – Fraunhofer CSE
  • German Innovation of the Month: CELITEMENT (Celitement GmbH, spin-off of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

  Pioneers Wanted: Universities, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation

• Sustainability (Issue 3, June 2010)

  • Learning From Yesterday and Building a Sustainable Tomorrow
  • Interview: Innovation as Key to Sustainability – Dr. Roland Schindler, Executive Director of the Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems
  • German Innovation of the Month: Cleaning Wastewater with Sunlight (SOWARLA, DLR)
  • Opening of the Energie-Forschungszentrum Niedersachsen
  • From Plastic Waste to Heavy-Duty Construction Material (Reluma)

  Learning from Yesterday and Building a Sustainable Tomorrow

• Bilingual Brain (Issue 2, May 2010)

  • Sprechen Sie Deutsch? Do you speak English? Or both?
  • GCRI Science Dinner on the Bilingual Brain
  • Interview: Talking about the Bilingual Brain - Professor Jürgen M. Meisel (Professor emeritus of Romance Linguistics at the University of Hamburg and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Calgary) and Michael Ullman (Georgetown University)
  • Facial Expressions: The Language of Infancy
  • German Innovation of the Month: Peace and Quiet in the Office (SilenceSolutions)

  Sprechen Sie Deutsch? Do you speak English? Or both?

• About the GCRI (Issue 1, April 2010)

  • Welcome to our First Newsletter
  • GCRI Mission
  • Interview: Directors’ Talk - Dr. Sebastian Fohrbeck (Director North America Office DAAD) and Dr. Marion Müller (Director North America Office DFG)
  • Upcoming Event: "How Effective is the Current Patent System for Global Technological Innovation?"
  • German Innovation of the Month – introduction
  • Essay Contest: "Win a Ticket to Germany"

  Welcome to our First Newsletter