June 2021

2021/06/21

ECN PI Michael Brecht New Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities

Together with 13 other personalities from science,ECN PI Michael Brecht from the Bernstein Center Berlin was appointed to the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. The newly elected members received their membership certificates on the occasion of the Academy's Leibniz Day celebration on June 5, 2021.

2021/06/21

After Nature: Humboldt Lab Opens Inaugural Exhibition

On 20th July 2021, the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin will be opening the Humboldt Lab with its inaugural exhibition “After Nature”. The exhibition in the Humboldt Forum deals with the interactions between climate change and biodiversity loss as well as the global crises of democratic principles of order. It draws on a wide array of voices from scientific research in order to address the effects of man-made changes to the global environment. The title of the exhibition refers in equal measure to both the destruction of species and ecosystems and the idea of “learning from nature”.

2021/06/16

Einstein Center for Alternative Methods in Biomedical Research commences work

After a one-year preparation phase, the Einstein Center for Alternative Methods in Biomedical Research is launched. The Einstein Foundation is funding the center with approximately 5.3 million euros until the end of 2026.