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A large number of participants took part in a variety of activities during the China Week at the University of Göttingen from July 6 to July 9. Workshops, lectures and discussions as well as a broad cultural programme showcased China as a place to study, conduct research and do business. High-ranking officials from universities, research institutions and business were among the Chinese and German speakers and guests. more...
The Institute of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Göttingen boasts Germany’s first high-throughput sequencer with automated preparation. The novel DNA sequencing method makes it possible to process up to 2 billion sequences simultaneously at a previously unattainable price. The highly automated preparation plays a key role by significantly simplifying the procedure and reducing hands-on time compared to earlier methods while delivering highly reproducible and reliable results. more...
Beginning July 1, 2010, the German Research Foundation will support a new collaborative research centre (CRC) at Göttingen University. CRC 860 is titled “The integrative structural biology of macromolecular complexes” and includes a total of 16 projects. The grant totals about €8.5 million over four years. more...
Education and religion: Official opening of Courant Research Centre
At the newest Courant Research Centre, scientists are studying Islam from antiquity through the classical era. A symposium and lecture on June 3, 2010 marked the official at Göttingen University. The Courant Research Centre is titled Education and Religion: From Early Imperial Roman Times to the Classical Period of Islam (EDRIS) and is one of seven Courant Research Centres established by the university using funds from the Excellence Initiative of the German federal and state governments. more...
Identification of oldest extant fragment of a Meister Eckhart sermon
Among the treasures of the Göttingen Diplomatischer Apparat, a collection of scholarly material belonging to the University of Göttingen, is a parchment item classified up to now only as a “fragment of a mystical treatise”. Gisela Kornrumpf, manuscript researcher in Munich, has now succeeded in identifying the fragment: it is part of a sermon by the mediaeval theologian and philosopher Meister Eckhart (c.1260-1328) more...
