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Nature Methods paper by Bernhard Schuldt (AICES group of Prof. Andreas Schuppert) presents PluriTest, a novel tool for stem cell research
Bernhard Schuldt, an AICES fellow together with Dr. Franz-Josef Müller, CAU Kiel and partners from The Scripps Research Institute (San Diego, USA) has developed a new bioinformatic algorithm allowing pattern recognition which can differentiate between pluripotent and non-pluripotent stem cell lines (published in Nature Methods, DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.1580). The research group thus offers an alternative to tests on stem cell lines with lab mice. The new procedure was implemented in the PluriTest web-based tool (www.pluritest.org) and is available across the world for researchers to use to analyse their stem cell lines. Bernhard Schuldt is a member of a project to create reconstruction procedures for biological networks under the leadership of Professor Andreas Schuppert, which is financed by Bayer Technology Services GmbH (Leverkusen)
Location: AICES Graduate School
Date: March 7, 2011
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AICES Fellow Zoltan Szebenyi will present his dissertation project at the IPDPS 2011 Conference in Anchorage/Alaska
Zoltan Szebenyi, an AICES fellow together with Prof. Felix Wolf from the German Research School for Simulation Sciences, will present his dissertation project on the performance dynamics of parallel simulation programs at the Ph.D. forum of the IEEE International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium. In addition to his thesis work as a whole, Szebenyi will also present a technical paper on a specific aspect dealing with the challenge of how to lower the overhead of performance measurements.
Location: IPDPS 2011 Conference in Anchorage/Alaska, USA
Date: May 16-20, 2011
New Deputy Scientific Director at AICES: Prof. Paolo Bientinesi, Ph.D.
Prof. Paolo Bientinesi, Ph.D. has been appointed by the Steering Committee as the new Deputy Scientific Director at AICES for 2011.
Location: AICES Graduate School
Date: January 2011
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Professor Karen Veroy Grepl, Ph.D. was formally inducted to the Junge Kolleg of the Nordrhein-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste
Professor Karen Veroy Grepl, Ph.D. was formally inducted to the Junge Kolleg of the Nordrhein-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste. The ceremony took place on January 18, 2011 in the presence of the North Rhine-Westphalian Minister of Innovation, Science and Research, Svenja Schulze. The Junge Kolleg was founded in 2006 through financial support from the Stiftung Mercator to promote young researchers in NRW. In addition to the opportunity to discuss their research in an interdisciplinary forum, members of the Junge Kolleg receive an annual stipend and additional research funding.
Location: Junge Kolleg of the Nordrhein-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Künste, Düsseldorf
Date: January 2011
Professor Dr. Wolfgang Marquardt elected as new head of the Wissenschaftsrat
At its recent winter session, the Wissenschaftsrat, an advisory scientific council for the German federal government and state governments, elected Professor Dr. Wolfgang Marquardt as its new head. Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Marquardt is head of AVT–Process Systems Engineering at RWTH Aachen University, Director of the Center for Computational Engineering Science, and a Member of the Steering Committees for AICES Graduate School and the Tailor-Made Fuels from Biomass Cluster of Excellence. In 2007 and 2009 he was a member of the strategy board of RWTH Aachen University. He is a highly valued expert in these respective disciplines. In 2001, he received the highly-sought Leibniz Prize of the DFG.
Location: Wissenschaftsrat, Berlin
Date: January 2011