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First livMatS Colloquia in 2020

Feb 19, 2020

On February 19th 2020, the livMatS Colloquium enters a new round. It will start with a lecture by physicist Prof. Dr. Mich…

Orientation for Academic Careers

Feb 05, 2020

How does good scientific practice look like? What role does the diversity of people play for cooperation in everyday research? And …

Conscious Energy Use and Savings

Jan 30, 2020

How can you get people to behave in a more energy-efficient way? Dr. Michael Stumpf from the Department of Psychology at the Univer…

Rainer Grießhammer Receives the Federal Cross of Merit

Jan 17, 2020

At an official ceremony, Edith Sitzmann, Finance Minister of the Federal State of Baden-Württemberg, awarded the Cross of Merit of …

Hans Zappe Appointed Editor-in Chief

Jan 08, 2020

Prof. Dr. Hans Zappe, Principal Investigator of livMatS, has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of the SPIE Journal of Micro/N…

Henning Jessen Receives Consolidator Grant

Dec 10, 2019

The chemist Prof. Dr. Henning Jessen has received a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). The ERC Consolidat…

Cultivating a Culture of Collaboration

Dec 02, 2019

The members of the Cluster of Excellence Living, Adaptive and Energy-autonomous materials systems (livMatS) met for the fi…

4.5 Million Euros for Programmable Materials

Nov 18, 2019

The Carl Zeiss Foundation has selected the research cluster “Interactive and Programmable Materials” (IPROM) of the University of F…

Call for Papers for "Living Machines"

Nov 08, 2019

The University of Freiburg and the Cluster of Excellence livMatS will host the 9th edition of the international Living Mac…

New Paper Published

Oct 21, 2019

Prof. Dr. Henning Jessen has published a new paper on recent developments and perspectives in the synthesis of Cyclotriphosphate in…

Nature as a Role Model

Oct 10, 2019

The Cluster livMatS presents its research in the special exhibition “Baubionik – Biologie beflügelt Architekt…

New Publication

Sep 17, 2019

livMatS PI Prof. Dr. Henning Jessen and livMatS doctoral researcher Alexander Ripp have published a new paper on …

The Artificial Trap

Aug 12, 2019

Inspired by biology, Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck recreates natural functional principles with artificial materials. In most cases, the s…

Materials of a New Era

Aug 09, 2019

In 2000, the Chemist Paul J. Crutzen and the biologist Eugene Stoermer diagnosed a new geological era: the Anthropocene. According …

Exchange Beyond Disciplinary Borders

Aug 01, 2019

How can one’s own research be explained in three minutes? Junior researchers of the Cluster of Excellence “Living, Adaptive and Ene…

Combining Forces For Materials Research

Jul 24, 2019

Two research sites, one shared vision: the University of Freiburg and the USA’s Pennsylvania State University will in future be coo…

Greek Delegation Visits FIT

Jul 16, 2019

A delegation from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with its president Prof. Dr. Pericles A. Mitkas and vice rector Prof. Dr…

Perfect Marks for Freiburg

May 10, 2019

Four subjects of the University of Freiburg have taken part in the current ranking of the Centre for Higher Education, CHE-Ranking …

Traffic Control of Cells

Mar 25, 2019

Cells in the human body can display remarkable differences in their behaviour depending on the mechanical properties of the tissue …

New Position for Andrea Kiesel

Feb 04, 2019

Andrea Kiesel, Professor at the Institute for Psychology of the University of Freiburg and Principal Investigator of the Cluster Li…

One Hundred Percent Success

Sep 27, 2018

It is a major boost to cutting-edge research in Freiburg: in the current Excellence Strategy competition, scientists at the Univers…