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Berlin partners and the University of Oxford consolidate their cooperation - Joint press release of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin, and Charit

Joint Geometry Project of Freie Universität Berlin and Technische Universität Berlin No 295/2018 from Oct 31, 2018 A geometry project at Freie Universität Berlin and Technische Universität Berlin provides insights into the world of polyhedra.

Seven Clusters of Excellence approved in the Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments No 251/2018 from Sep 27, 2018 In the Excellence Strategy research competition run by the German federal and state governments, seven Clusters of Excellence of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin, and Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have been adopted in total.

Science Conference on October 2, 2018, at Freie Universität with Concluding Public Lecture and Discussion No 233/2018 from Sep 12, 2018 The Berlin-Brandenburg research platform BB3R is holding a scie

After 80 years, a book confiscated in National Socialist Germany was handed over to its present owner.

Joint Press Release Issued by Berlin Senate and Freie Universität Berlin No 227/2018 from Sep 05, 2018 On Wednesday a foundation stone was laid at Altensteinstraße 23A for a new research building at Freie Universität Berlin. The building project is called SupraFAB, which stands for Supramolecular Functional Architectures on Biointerfaces.

No 203/2018 from Jul 27, 2018 A doctoral training program bridging pharmacy and mathematics, PharMetrX - Pharmacometrics & Computational Disease Modeling , is accepting applicants for the new term.

No 205/2018 from Jul 27, 2018 An international conference will be held on October 11 and 12, 2018, at the German Federal Foreign Office to address the end of World War I one hundred years ago.

No 206/2018 from Jul 27, 2018 The Institute of Computer Science at Freie Universität Berlin is involved in a joint project that deals with testing and optimizing the safety aspects of networked, self-driving cars. In a project called "Security For Connected, Autonomous Cars" (SecForCARs), a group led by Jörn Eichler is investigating the interaction of cybersecurity and functional safety and their systematic inclusion in the development of interconnected vehicles with automated driving functions.

No 204/2018 from Jul 27, 2018 The behavioral biologist PD Dr. Mirjam Knörnschild and the neuroscientist Dr. Radoslav Cichy from Freie Universität Berlin have each won a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC).