Issue 05, August 2022

Full articles in German.

Content

Title: Continuous exchange with politicians

News: Getting ready for university teaching

Calendar for September

In portrait: Detective work in chemistry

Young Talent: Best young researchers visit HZDR

Interview: Prof. Willi Xylander

Notes: HZDR Innovation at DPG conference

Press review: Dependence on the raw material lithium?

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Title

Continuous exchange with politicians

Anyone who has followed the news on the HZDR homepage in recent months will have noticed that there have been frequent reports of visits by politicians. This is no coincidence, but in line with the Board's concern to expand political communication at HZDR. "Our main goal is to engage in dialog with members of parliament, to establish and extend sustainable contacts with politicians, and to increase their awareness of our concerns," summarizes the Scientific Director, Prof. Sebastian M. Schmidt. More

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News

Getting ready for university teaching

Teaching is a skill that needs to be learned – this is especially true for scientists who work at non-university institutions and are facing the challenge of taking over a seminar or lecture in higher education. The Center for Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching (ZiLL) at TU Dresden has created the “Teaching Synergies Program” for just these situations. HZDR's Dr. Claudia Arndt was the first participant to successfully complete the program. More

Denis Gorbunov joins Staff Department

Dr. Denis Gorbunov joined the staff department Research Programmes and International Projects on August 1. He is responsible for the scientific coordination of the central access to the research infrastructures of the HZDR, which are also available to external users: the Ion Beam Center (IBC), the ELBE Center for High-Power Radiation Sources and the Dresden High Magnetic Field Laboratory (HLD). More

HZDR welcomes new apprentices

The 2022 apprentice program is now underway: Nine apprentices and two students began their professional careers at the HZDR on Tuesday, August 23. The young men and women were met by their supervisors and instructors on Welcome Day. More

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Calendar

Transfer After Work: Venture Capital

 September 1 | 5 p.m.
At the next Transfer After Work, jointly hosted by HZDR Innovation GmbH and the HZDR, the focus will be on venture capital for transfer projects and spin-offs. Dr. Frank Pankotsch from the startup service dresden|exists and Jörg Schüler from the HighTech Startbahn network will speak on this topic. During the event at the HZDR guesthouse, participants will also have the opportunity to talk with colleagues and alumni. Please email alumni@hzdr.de to register. More

HZDR Summer Party 2022

 September 6 | 2 p.m.
Finally, the time has come: The Summer Party will again take place at the campus in Dresden-Rossendorf on September 6. More than 1,500 registrations have been received by the Communications & Media Department for the festival, at which the HZDR, together with VKTA and ROTOP, will celebrate its 30th anniversary as a research site. We are already excited and would like to thank all colleagues who are helping to organize the event. For up-to-date information and a complete overview of the program, please visit the Summer Party page on the intranet. More

"Weißbuchprozess" in Saxony

 September 8 | 2 p.m.
Science makes an essential contribution to the sustainable development in Saxony. How can this contribution not only be maintained, but also strengthened and supported? Answers are to be provided by the so called "Weißbuchprozess" for public institutions in science. At the "Research for the Future" conference in Leipzig, Science Minister Sebastian Gemkow will take a look at the results of the first phase of the project. Gemkow and the Scientific Director, Prof. Sebastian M. Schmidt, will participate in the afternoon panel discussion. More

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In portrait

Detective work in chemistry

Our author meets Dr. Robert Gericke not in the lab, but in the office. And she notices right away that he would actually much rather talk about his projects in his usual working environment – the lab. Since the beginning of 2021, the chemist has been working as a High Potential at the Institute of Resource Ecology and spends a large part of his working hours in the radiation safety area at experimental boxes, microscopes and large-scale equipment. In each of his sentences, you can sense his passion about his work. More

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Young Talent

Best young researchers visit HZDR

The "Jugend forscht" research internship has a long tradition at HZDR. For many years now, winners from the state competitions have come to the center to gain insights into the fascinating world of science. This year, too, three of the best young researchers are visiting various institutes. One of them is Tim Dalu Kischnick from Dresden. In July 2022, he completed his internship at the Institute of Fluid Dynamics. More

To the solar simulator and back again

After a break due to corona, there was a trainee excursion again for the first time this summer. The destination of the bus tour were the cities of Rostock and Greifswald, where the HZDR apprentices visited the fusion reactor Wendelstein 7-X at the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics. Jara Dextor reports on the trip for INSIDER. More

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Interview

Interview with Prof. Willi Xylander

What is living in ponds and small rivers? At the end of July, young explorers pursued this question at the Dresden-Rossendorf research campus. During the "Summer of Science", the free vacation program of the DeltaX School Lab, they literally took a close look at the waters on site to discover organisms. Prof. Willi Xylander supported them with a great deal of expertise and passion. The director of the Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz explains in an interview why he led the course for the second time and what other forms of cooperation with the HZDR are possible. More

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Notes

HZDR Innovation at DPG conference

With thousands of participants from Germany and other countries each year, the conferences of the German Physical Society (DPG) are among the most important physics congresses in Europe. From September 4 to 9, 2022, one of these conferences will take place in the section of condensed matter for the first time again in Regensburg. The venue is the campus of the University of Regensburg. HZDR Innovation GmbH will be represented with a stand to showcase transfer successes from the research center. More

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Press review

Dependence on the raw material lithium?

Due to the boom in electric cars, the demand for raw materials needed for battery production is growing – above all lithium, which is imported from countries such as Australia or Chile. Will European companies become dependent? "No," says Dr. Jens Gutzmer of the Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology in an interview with MDR. Europe has enough raw materials for its own needs. Also, the Erzgebirge in Saxony has the potential for lithium production.