Dialogue with Science

“Transplantation and Implantation – Trends in Organ Substitution” – so lautet das Thema der diesjährigen European Students Conference, welche die Schering Stiftung bereits zum 2. Mal fördert. Ziel der Konferenz ist es, die neuesten Errungenschaften und die damit verbundenen Möglichkeiten im Bereich des Austauschs von menschlichen Organ- und Gewebestrukturen zu präsentieren und zu diskutieren.

The Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen has won the 10,000-euro “Science Interactive” competition. The winner project takes visitors on a trip through the world of bacteria. At four interactive stations, they learn what role the microorganisms play for life on earth and how they can be used, e.g., to produce and convert substances. Teams from Bremen, Münster, and Leipzig travelled to the Science Summer in Lübeck to submit their entries to the audience vote.

26.04.2012, Berlin | The long-term project “Galen of Pergamon. The Transmission, Interpretation and Completion of Ancient Medicine” at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities invites you to the 4th “CMG Lecture on Ancient Medicine” on May 22. The lecture series aims to present selected topics in ancient medicine, and their current relevance, to a broader public. This year’s guest speaker will be Vivian Nutton, Member of the British Academy and the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina.

27.04.2012, Berlin | Nobody likes to stay in the hospital. Especially not children who often don’t even understand why they have to remain in the hospital and what happens to them there. The doctors and nurses are strangers, the medical examination equipment often seems scary, and, after all, nothing beats being at home with one’s family.
With that in mind, Milly Orthen and Ursula Meisinger, the photographers of the Children’s Hospital in Munich-Schwabing, have designed a children’s book with the goal of helping children be more relaxed during their hospital stay and taking away their fear of medical examination equipment and therapies. The book will be published on May 3, 2012.

24.04.2012, Berlin | Innovation literally means „novelty“ or „renewal“. The „new“ is much in demand in many social fields but it is most important in science. Jürgen Mittelstraß and Harald zur Hausen will discuss the question „How does innovation work?“ at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW ) on May 7, 2012, at 6pm. The lecture and discussion is hosted by the Ernst Schering Foundation in cooperation with the BBAW in order to foster an interdisciplinary dialogue on innovation development.

On December 6-8, 2011, the Gürzenich in Cologne hosted the 4th Forum on Science Communication. With this annual symposium, “Science in Dialogue” (Wissenschaft im Dialog, WiD), a joint initiative of major German research and science organizations, provides science and research communicators with a survey of current issues and strategies in science communication. This year’s topic was science communication between the conflicting demands of politics, society, and science.

On October 23-26, 2011, the Campus Charité Mitte of the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin hosted the third World Health Summit. Under the auspices of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, 1200 leading international experts from medicine, science, government, business, and civil society gathered under the guiding theme „Today’s Science – Tomorrow’s Agenda“. The Ernst Schering Foundation supported the World Health Summit 2011 again as an important international forum for discussing the 21^st century’s global challenges in the fields of health and research.

On September 27, 2011, the GeoUnion Alfred Wegener Foundation presented new Earth science findings in health research at an interdisciplinary conference at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities. As part of the “Science Year 2011 – Research for Our Health,” it seeked to create awareness for the various ways that our environment impacts on our health.