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📸 Sakis Lazarides

🟢🟢🟢 Please Irritate Me! with Nicholas Güsken: The irritating power of quantum physics
📅 March 26, 2026
What are the irritations produced by quantum physics? How is quantum physics changing our understanding of the world? What technological transformations lie ahead?
Register here tinyurl.com/2s4whu

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​​​​​​​💡Did you know that funding from Wübben Stiftung Wissenschaft enables you to make attractive offers in international appointments? Register now for the foundation's information sessions on February 23 or March 3, 2026, and receive important tips and support:
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Call for entries 📣 The international €350K #EinsteinFoundationAward honors researchers and institutions across all scientific disciplines working to advance #research quality and integrity.
Deadline: April 30, 2026
Please share! 🌍
➡️ award.einsteinfoundation.de
#OpenScience #reproducibility

Un­der­stan­ding, shaping, and trans­forming bu­reau­cra­cy

📢 The new annual theme of the Wübben sandpit program is “Un­der­stan­ding, shaping & transforming bu­reau­cra­cy.” Re­se­ar­chers from all di­sci­pli­nes can apply by March 31, 2026, by sub­mit­ting a two-page concept. The Foun­da­ti­on funds each sandpit with up to €50,000.
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Jan Schwab, Professor for Clinical and Experimental Pa­ra­ple­gio­lo­gi­cal Re­se­arch, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

📢 With the support of Wübben Stiftung Wissenschaft, Jan Schwab, an internationally recognized expert in spinal cord injuries, transferred from The Ohio State University (USA) to Berlin. #Funding #Research #AcademicSky #MedSky #AcademicMobility
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Curious Minds Light Up the Dark

Re­se­arch lights up the dark – in every season. Wübben Stif­tung Wis­sen­schaft wishes you happy ho­li­days and a great start to 2026, filled with op­ti­mism, drive, and cu­rio­si­ty. If you count yours­elf among the "Curious Minds" who love a good puzzle (& speak German), try solving ours! Link 👇

Sandpit attendees in Ingelheim

⛏️Last week experts from various disciplines gathe­red in In­gel­heim for an in­ten­si­ve Sandpit Work­shop funded by @w-s-w.org with the focus on the safe use of ge­ne­ra­ti­ve AI for bio­lo­gi­cal se­quen­ces. Recommendations paper to be published soon. Stay tuned!
👉 tinyurl.com/ytsa85jr

👏 Congratulations @redebrrepro.bsky.social

Congratulations @simine.com 👏

Congratulations Max 👏 - we are also looking forward to the Sandpit on ge­ne­ra­ti­ve AI for bio­lo­gi­cal se­quen­ces this week

👏 Congratulations to the winners of the #EinsteinFoundationAward 🏆, who are striving to improve the quality of science and research, make it more transparent 🔍, and ensure more reproducible results 🔁.

✨scientific queries
✏️AI in molecular design:
Maximilian Sprang @unimainz.bsky.social
Georges Hattab @rki.de @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social

🤖Assistive robotics
Julia Starke @uniluebeck.bsky.social
Isabell Wochner @unituebingen.bsky.social @tueneurocampus.bsky.social @hih-tuebingen.bsky.social

Wübben Foundation Sandpit Funding

📢 Wübben Stiftung to fund sandpit workshops on AI: One on using generative AI in #molecular design and the other on assistive #robotics in #rehabilitation and care. The aim: initiate new research projects, and signpost responsible ways of handling data & AI. #AcademicSky

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New endowed professorships for marketing and protein design With the support of the Wübben Stiftung, TUM has established a professorship for Marketing & Technology and a professorship for AI-guided Protein Design.

Our university established professorships in #Marketing & Technology and #AI -guided #ProteinDesign, supported by the Wübben Stiftung Wissenschaft. The professorships were appointed to David Finken and Thomas Schlichthärle (pictured): go.tum.de/670372

📷A.Eckert

📸 Uni­ver­si­tät Münster

How to decode the hidden signals of plants, Ora Hazak, Wübben Foundation Fellow

🪴Plant biologist @hazaklab.bsky.social deciphers the molecular language of plants with the aim of making crop plants more resilient & productive 💪 in the context of climate change. With the support of Wübben Stiftung, she transferred to the University of Münster.
Read the portrait here rb.gy/791nc8

In Kooperation mit @jungeakademie.bsky.social und SILBERSALZ Science & Media Festival

Irritieren Sie mich #6: Zwischen Empörung und Erkenntnis - mit Bernhard Pörksen YouTube video by Wübben Stiftung Wissenschaft

🟢🟢🟢 Irritieren Sie mich - mit Bernhard Pörksen

„Wir glauben durch den Abwurf von ein paar Paletten mit iPads an einem regnerischen Morgen über den Schulgebäuden der Republik auf das magische Emporwachsen von Medienkompetenz warten zu können.“

👉 Zur Aufzeichnung
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Ankunft Arrivals 2025 Airport Wübben Stiftung Wissenschaft

🚀 Wübben Stiftung is providing €1.2M to fund new international appointments at German universities.
💻 Pooja Rani joins University Mannheim to make software more sustainable & accessible.
🧠 David Finken moves to @tum.de to explore how immersive tech & AI shape decision-making.
🔗 tinyurl.com/ucnerupy

Big Data in the humanities - call for applications

💡 We are looking for bold project ideas on Big Data in the #Humanities for our #Sandpit format!
👩‍🎓Who can apply: Researchers from PhD level onwards at German universities
💶 Funding: €50,000 for a three-day event
📅 Deadline: December 1, 2025
👉 tinyurl.com/3nrwac8j

#funding #research #academicsky

From identifying global #research hubs to targeted outreach and hiring timelines, success lies in proactive engagement, visibility & strong support. This article explores how universities can move beyond passive hiring & embrace international recruitment strategically.
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Congratulations 💐 Samira Quanz & Emily Reichel 🚀

5 researchers moved from #Harvard, #Stanford, #Princeton, #QueenMary University/London & the University of Southern Denmark to take up professorships at German universities supported by @w-s-w.org. #quantum research, #climate policy, #migration, #plastic degradation
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#AcademicSky

55 students begin their final year of study with a scholarship from the Wübben Stiftung Wissenschaft. The program is aimed at outstandingly curious and talented students from all subject areas.

55 outstanding students begin their final year of study with a Wübben Grant of €1,000 per month for one year. The grantees come from 12 countries, more than half of them are women. The programs of study reflect the breadth of cutting-edge research.

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#AcademicSky

"Violeta Moreno-Lax exemplifies what Wübben Stiftung Wissenschaft aims to fund: academic excellence grounded in a truly international perspective. Her work on international and EU law shapes global discourse on fundamental rights far beyond national boundaries."

🏅 Know an outstanding individual, a small team of researchers, or an institution that would be a strong candidate for the #EinsteinFoundationAward?
▶️ You can now recommend them at any time throughout the year: award.einsteinfoundation.de/recommend-a-...

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