Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)

Die Exzellenzkommission hat entschieden: Das Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) ist erneut auf Exzellenzkurs! Das Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT), Forschungsuniversität in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft, war im Wettbewerb um die #Exzellenzcluster mit gleich zwei Anträgen erfolgreich – und sichert sich damit gute Chancen auf den Erhalt des Titels #Exzellenzuniversität. Die geförderten Cluster: 🔋 POLiS - Cluster of Excellence 🧬 Exzellenzcluster 3D Matter Made to Order (3DMM2O) Beide Projekte werden für sieben Jahre mit jeweils bis zu 70 Mio. Euro gefördert! 🤝 Realisiert werden die Cluster in enger Zusammenarbeit mit: Universität Ulm Universität Heidelberg Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin Insgesamt sind die Helmholtz-Zentren in der kommenden Förderperiode an 32 Clustern beteiligt. Diese Vielfalt zeigt die enge Vernetzung der Zentren mit der universitären Spitzenforschung in Deutschland. 👉 Mehr Infos im ersten Kommentar!

#Joboffer! Within the research unit Smart Models/Monitoring the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) is looking for a data manager/scientific programmer (f/m/x) to support the UFZ departments CER, RS and CHS in their day-to-day scientific activities related to the handling of large spatio-temporal datasets from #observations, remote sensing and #model simulations. The position is originally for 3 years but can be extended. Place of work will be #Leipzig in Germany (mobile working is possible up to 3 days/week). Application deadline is 19 June 2025. 👉 For more information, go to https://lnkd.in/eUr7t-vs #datamanager #science #remotesensing

📢 Open now! The 2025 ERC Advanced Grant call for proposals. Applicants can request up to €2.5 million for a period of up to 5 years. Deadline: 28 August 2025. Are you an established, leading Principal Investigator who needs long-term funding to pursue a ground-breaking, ambitious research project? The ERC Advanced Grant could be for you. Application portal 👉 https://europa.eu/!tj6Ch3 Info for applicants 👉 https://europa.eu/!DfQPJX Did you know that researchers can also apply for 'start-up' funding on top of the normal Advanced Grant funding? This extra funding is intended to help PIs set up laboratories, buy major equipment or get access to large scientific facilities. Researchers already working in the EU or Horizon Europe Associated countries can apply for up to €1 million in start-up funding. See ERC Work Programme 2025, pages 18 & 21. 👉 https://lnkd.in/gpqNCWN3 *New for 2025*: Researchers moving to Europe from outside the EU or Horizon Europe Associated countries can now apply for up to €2 million in start-up funding. General info about ERC Advanced Grants 👉 https://europa.eu/!8xnrqK #ERCAdG #FrontierResearch #research #grant #funding #Europe #ChooseEurope

What began over 25 years ago is now a real success story: 👉 33 school labs at 15 Helmholtz Centres 👉 100,000 children and young people per year 👉 3,000 teachers in training courses In our laboratories, young people experience research at first hand - whether in lessons, in holiday programmes or during roadshows and research boat trips: Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research German Aerospace Center (DLR) DESY Forschungszentrum Jülich GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Max Delbrück Center Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security DKFZ German Cancer Research Center A contribution to education, STEM promotion and the future of innovation. Curious to find out more? Click here for the full story: How Helmholtz gets young people excited about natural science with school labs - and why 33 labs at 15 centres are now an integral part of STEM promotion. https://lnkd.in/gZNXYB6e

Wir suchen Verstärkung! Am Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in #Halle wartet eine spannende Position als Referent*in für wissenschaftliches Sekretariat der Senatskommission (d/m/w) mit Gespür für #Wissenschaft und #Kommunikation. https://lnkd.in/e65Trb7b #joboffer #science #communication

#30Jahre30Stories - Seit 1995 bündeln wir bei Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft / Helmholtz Association wissenschaftliche Exzellenz, interdisziplinäre Stärke und strategischen Weitblick. Zum Jubiläum nehmen wir Euch mit auf eine Reise durch 30 Jahre Helmholtz – von der Arktis bis ins Quantenlabor, von Grundlagenforschung bis Technologieanwendung. 👉 Heute starten wir mit Story 1/30: Vor 24 Jahren haben wir unsere Forschungsförderung grundlegend verändert: Weg von pauschaler Standortfinanzierung, hin zu gemeinsamen, strategischen Programmen – disziplinübergreifend, international begutachtet und auf Wirkung fokussiert. Seitdem arbeiten wir in unseren 18 Zentren themenorientiert zusammen. Wir bündeln Kompetenzen, entwickeln Forschungsinfrastrukturen gemeinsam weiter – und schaffen Lösungen für die großen Herausforderungen unserer Zeit! Im ersten Kommentar mehr erfahren: https://lnkd.in/eisyvFae Morgen folgt Story 2 – bleibt dran! Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security DESY Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DKFZ German Cancer Research Center German Aerospace Center (DLR) German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ), GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel #GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (#HZB) Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (#HZI) Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon Helmholtz Munich GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Max Delbrück Center (MDC)

𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗺𝗵𝗼𝗹𝘁𝘇 𝗘𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗲𝘀! 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗺𝗵𝗼𝗹𝘁𝘇 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻! This unique funding opportunity supports innovative, high-risk research at the intersection of imaging and data science across disciplines. 🗓️ Key Dates: • Info session: May 23, 2025 (10:00–11:30 CEST) • Project portal opens: June 1, 2025 • Submission deadline: July 30, 2025 🌱 Submit your bold ideas to tackle imaging challenges, develop cross-disciplinary solutions, and engage in impactful collaborations. Benefit from scientific and technical consultation from Helmholtz Imaging, IT infrastructure support from HIFIS, access to HAICORE computing resources and more. 🔗 Learn more & submit your project proposal 👉 https://lnkd.in/eNFiCNzQ 🤝 Looking for project partners or ideas? • Connect via Mattermost 👉 https://lnkd.in/eR-M-TT5 • Join us at the 5th Helmholtz Imaging Conference on June 25–27 in Potsdam 👉  https://bit.ly/HIConf25 Want to pitch your idea at the conference? Submit your topic to GitHub 👉 https://lnkd.in/eiVMkVUB Looking forward to your proposals! #helmholtzimaging #helmholtz #funding #HIProject #imagingscience #imaging #datascience #HAICORE Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft / Helmholtz Association Helmholtz Information & Data Science Academy Helmholtz AI Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration (HMC) DESY Max Delbrück Center DKFZ German Cancer Research Center Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) Forschungszentrum Jülich German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) German Aerospace Center (DLR) GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences Helmholtz Munich GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research

#PFAS influence cellular immune response to #coronavirus In a current study, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) researchers (among them Ana Zenclussen) show that high PFAS exposure has a negative effect on the cellular immune response to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. They suspect that people exposed to high levels of PFAS may have a suboptimal immune response to vaccination. https://lnkd.in/ecZAb8hn #immunesystem #vaccination #science #reserach Image below: PFAS not only appear to play a role in the development of several diseases of civilisation, they also influence the cellular immune response to coronavirus. Photo: ©angellodeco / AdobeStock

The ERC welcomes the offer of substantial additional budget from the European Commission for the development of a new ERC funding instrument offering larger, longer-term grants, as announced by President Ursula Von der Leyen at the Sorbonne this morning. 👉 https://lnkd.in/e7Ctnyvg

🚨 Call for Applications: mHM Teaching Workshop 2025 🌍 Join us this November 3–7, 2025 at UFZ Leipzig for an intensive, hands-on workshop on the mesoscale Hydrologic Model (mHM) and the multiscale parameter regionalization (MPR) concept. 🎯 Designed for PhD students, researchers, and professionals in hydrology & environmental sciences 🧪 Bring your own data & catchment – work on your real-world case 🌍 Limited financial support available 📄 Details & application info in the announcement PDF: Questions? Reach out: mhm-admin@ufz.de #hydrology #mHM #watermodelling #climatechange #researchtraining #UFZ #workshop #science