People and Stories

The collaboration comprises numerous excellent partnerships. Discussions, reports, and news provide exemplary insights into the lively daily cooperation activities.

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Moderne Medikamentenentwicklung – mit innovativen Wirkstoffen gegen leuchtende Parasiten

This article is not yet available in English. more: Moderne Medikamentenentwicklung – mit innovativen Wirkstoffen gegen leuchtende Parasiten.

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Research Race for tomorrow’s energy sources – Germans and Israelis cooperate closely in the fields of battery research and nanotechnology

Battery Research and nanotechnology are key elements on the way to electro mobility. The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research invests more than €250 million into relevant research projects each year – many of them are international collaborations. more: Research Race for tomorrow’s energy sources – Germans and Israelis cooperate closely in the fields of battery research and nanotechnology.

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Communication between cells: How tumour cells manipulate their environment

Cell biologists from Tel Aviv and molecular biologists from Heidelberg combine their know-how to explore mechanisms that make black skin cancer so dangerous – and to find better therapeutic approaches. more: Communication between cells: How tumour cells manipulate their environment.

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Nanotech in atomic resolution

The strongest electron microscope in the world capable of displaying individual atoms is found in the German town Jülich. Israeli researchers are some of the German specialists’ closest partners. more: Nanotech in atomic resolution.

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Key to Success

Research networks create environments in which familiarity and diversity unite. The example of Anath Fischer, Israeli Mechanical Engineer. more: Key to Success.

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From waste removal to the Nobel Prize

Research is global and cooperation beyond country borders is essential. Almost nobody knows this better than Nobel laureate Aaron Ciechanover. more: From waste removal to the Nobel Prize.

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Beruf: Solarenergiesystem-Installateur

This article is not available in English. Please go to the German version for further infomation. more: Beruf: Solarenergiesystem-Installateur.

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Building instructions for the miracles of the future

A Berlin symposium on the current situation of young scientists and the future of the humanities and social sciences. more: Building instructions for the miracles of the future.

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Sincerely yours, Albert Einstein

The theory of relativity was developed and published 100 years ago, and nowhere can a more comprehensive picture of the originator be found than in the Albert Einstein Archives at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. more: Sincerely yours, Albert Einstein.

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Diplomacy in the background

Was science the forerunner of politics? Dan Diner, Norbert Frei and Yfaat Weiss discuss the complex history and relationships between Israel and Germany more: Diplomacy in the background.

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Far more than academic exchange

Closely connected: The Free University of Berlin, the RWTH Aachen University and the Juelich Research Centre maintain strategic partnerships with Israel. more: Far more than academic exchange.

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A familiarization tour through academic Germany

An early exchange of smart minds: The University of Potsdam welcomes three winners of this year’s Israeli young scientist research competition. more: A familiarization tour through academic Germany.

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The president and his oldest junior researcher

The German, Dirk Schwalm, and the Israeli, Daniel Zajfman, have done research together for 25 years. The story of the two particle physicists is also one of the convergence of the Israeli-German relationship. more: The president and his oldest junior researcher.

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The human factor: Personal networks and the emergence of German–Israeli cooperation in the Humanities

In the project “The German-Israeli Research Cooperation in the Humanities (1970-2000): Studies on Scholarship and Bilaterality”, scientists of the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, the Franz Rosenzweig Minerva Research Center at the Hebrew University Jerusalem and at the Fritz Bauer Institute in Frankfurt am Main jointly examine the origins of the German-Israeli research cooperation in the fields of history and literature. more: The human factor: Personal networks and the emergence of German–Israeli cooperation in the Humanities.

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Tracing water

Israeli Soil-Physicist Alex Furman and German Geophysicist Klaus Haaken on their collaboration in wastewater-recycling in Tel Aviv. more: Tracing water .

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Antifouling

Clean water is becoming an increasingly valuable commodity. Sophisticated technologies are required to obtain, purify, recycle, store and distribute it. This was clearly demonstrated at the Status Conference 2015 “German-Israeli Cooperation in Water Technology Research”, which took place in Berlin on 23 March 2015. more: Antifouling.

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Building Bridges – Weizmann’s Schuldiner lab and Heidelberg cooperate in protein research

Life is based on the collaboration of proteins. No wonder protein researchers rely on collaboration. more: Building Bridges – Weizmann’s Schuldiner lab and Heidelberg cooperate in protein research.

Article series of the German Embassy in Tel Aviv

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Germany and Israel, the German Embassy in Tel Aviv commissioned a series of articles dedicated to Israeli research institutions and their manifold ties to German partners. All reports are compiled below.

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Torah scroll and superconductors – The Bar-Ilan University offers both: a place of learning for religious Jews and excellence in science

This articleis not available in English. Please proceed to the German version for further details. more: Torah scroll and superconductors – The Bar-Ilan University offers both: a place of learning for religious Jews and excellence in science.

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The Technion and the University of Haifa prove that collaborating across subjects and borders can be fertile ground for blossoming research

Haifa is not only home to one of the biggest harbours, but to two major universities: the Technion is the leading institute for engineering studies in Israel. It was founded in 1912 and is Israel’s oldest university. Since 1963, the University of Haifa complements the Technion’s technical range of subjects with humanities, social studies and law. For decades both universities have connected with German research institutes. more: The Technion and the University of Haifa prove that collaborating across subjects and borders can be fertile ground for blossoming research.

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Vision of a ‚Smart City’ - Beer-Sheva’s Ben-Gurion University collaborates with ‘Deutsche Telekom’ in the field of Cyber Security

The fields of research could hardly be more diverse at the Ben Gurion University in Beer-Sheva: Founded in 1969, it has grown into an academic playground for scientific extremes: bible scholars, nano-physicists, software engineers and desert researchers regard this university as their educational home. more: Vision of a ‚Smart City’ - Beer-Sheva’s Ben-Gurion University collaborates with ‘Deutsche Telekom’ in the field of Cyber Security .

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Search, Science and Surprises: Broken glass and electron microscopes – The University of Tel Aviv cooperates with a variety of German partners in different fields of research from biblical archaeology to nanotechnology.

Israel’s biggest university TAU is engaged in various joint research projects with Germany: The Wiener Library is home to one of the most comprehensive collections about the Holocaust, researchers at the Stephen-Roth-Institute focus on contemporary anti-Semitism and theoretical physicists call on the interdisciplinary research institute ‘Forschungszentrum Jülich’ to test their models with the German super-microscopes. more: Search, Science and Surprises: Broken glass and electron microscopes – The University of Tel Aviv cooperates with a variety of German partners in different fields of research from biblical archaeology to nanotechnology..

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"The start-up nation’s start-up" – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and cooperation with Germany

The cornerstone of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI) was laid in 1918, three decades before the founding of the State of Israel. Today some 23,000 students are studying in the seven faculties. The university is part of a strong international network. Its most important partner for cooperation is Germany. The Federal Ministry for Education and Research funds a large number of support programs for German and Israeli scientists. more: "The start-up nation’s start-up" – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and cooperation with Germany.

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The Weizmann Institute of Science and the Cooperation with Germany

The successful German-Israeli science collaboration would be inconceivable without the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot. In 1959, the Institute invited the first delegation of German academics to Israel. This visit was a milestone, helping to establish diplomatic relations between these countries 50 years ago this year. One of the mainstays of the cooperation is the Minerva Foundation, a subsidiary of the Max Planck Society. more: The Weizmann Institute of Science and the Cooperation with Germany.