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About us We regard the career and personnel development of our researchers and our administrative, service, and technical employees as a central strategic task. Academic Personnel Development Supporting academic careers and offering academics excellent prospects: The University of Freiburg’s “Academic Personnel Development” program combines various…

…specialists – particularly students, but also the broader public in the City of Freiburg – to illustrate the great relevance of research projects being conducted at FRIAS for society as a whole. FRIAS was part of the University of Freiburg’s successful Institutional Strategy in the first round of the Excellence Initiative. It has been supported by s…

…to twelve months. However, there is no entitlement to an extension or an automatic extension associated with this provision; rather, it is at the discretion of the University. The extension must be applied for informally in writing through official channels by the civil servant, stating the intended duration of the extension (up to twelve months)….

…function of individual cells and connections are a prerequisite for the development of models that explain the function of neuronal networks in the greater context of the brain. After his studies of human medicine and his PhD thesis in Gießen, Peter Jonas joined the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Heidelberg, where he received his habi…

…ctivation of the target cell. These processes occur at an extremely rapid pace; they last only several thousandths of a second. The goal of the research group is to characterize rapid signaling in individual nerve cells as well as collectively. A particularly important type of synapse the research group is studying uses glutamate as a chemical messe…

…to employing classical means of theoretical knowledge acquisition through modern technologies, Kenkmann’s project encourages the students to discover new ways to extend and apply their knowledge. Thomas Kenkmann studied geology and paleontology at the University of Cologne. He wrote his dissertation on “Deformation Localization in Gabbro Rocks” at…

…icist and ancient historian, throws new light on ancient texts. His doctoral thesis was entitled Asylum and Athens. The Construction of a Collective Identity in Greek Tragedy (Asyl und Athen. Die Konstruktion kollektiver Identität in der griechischen Tragödie) and his habilitation thesis dealt with the topic of History, Historicity, and Narrative in…

…Peter Jonas (*1961 Darmstadt) received the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize for his work in the area of Neurophysiology. Further research awards: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (2006) Max Planck Prize (1998)…

…ise Course) from winter semester 2006/07. The course was built around the methodological principles of “learning through research” and combined theory and practice. The students edited sources they had previously been largely unfamiliar with, presented them to an audience of experts, and published them in academic journals. Dr. Bihrer was nominated…