‚Where do you come from?’, ‚What is your special subject?’, ‚How are conditions for research in your country?’ – these and many other questions are some you might hear during the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting very often. No wonder. In Lindau 580 young researchers from nearly 70 countries come together. All with different backgrounds and […]
‚Aus welchem Land bist Du?’, ‚Was ist Dein Schwerpunkt in der Forschung?’, ‚Sind bei Euch die Labors gut ausgestattet?’ – diese und viele vergleichbare Fragen hört man in Lindau während der Nobelpreisträgertagung sehr häufig. Kein Wunder. Treffen sich dort doch 580 junge Wissenschaftler aus fast 70 Ländern der Erde. Sechs von ihnen reden nicht nur […]
‚Aus welchem Land bist Du?’, ‚Was ist Dein Schwerpunkt in der Forschung?’, ‚Sind bei Euch die Labors gut ausgestattet?’ – diese und viele vergleichbare Fragen hört man in Lindau während der Nobelpreisträgertagung sehr häufig. Kein Wunder. Treffen sich dort doch 580 junge Wissenschaftler aus fast 70 Ländern der Erde. Sechs von ihnen reden nicht nur […]
Seven young researchers have become video experts during the last weeks and will do even more this week. They have interviewed their supporters back home, did a actual home story of their lives and will show us their Lindau experiences from now on. Before we start I’d like to introduce the team (five women and […]
Joke van Bemmel (imagine how to say it with a Dutch accent – ‚y‘ for ‚j‘), is a researcher from The Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam. The enthusiastic 29-year-old van Bemmel is nearing the end of her PhD, and is currently applying to find the ideal postdoc position. The dream is to: "just be doing nice, […]
This year’s Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting involves over 550 young scientists from around the world. We’ve been talking to some of the attendees about their research, their opinions about scientific issues and their experience of the meeting. After meeting Armen Kherlopian at a Science Online NYC meet-up at Rockefeller University and discovering he was also […]
lindaunobelMadhurima Benekareddy is a 27-year-old researcher standing at the cross-roads of psychology and neuroscience. She researches the effects of trauma on the brain in its delicate stages of development, when we are children and adolescents, at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai, India. The young brain is more plastic, and therefore can be particularly badly affected by negative – or positive – events. Trauma […]
Yesterday’s opening ceremony was concluded with a panel session that featured Bill Gates, Nobel laureate Ada Yonath, Sandra Chisamba and Jonathan Carlson. Together they discussed how we should deal with threats to global health, such as HIV and malaria, and how young scientists could be stimulated to research these important, but relatively neglected topics. Jonathan Carlson was […]
Bei Sandra Chishimba, 30, die am diesjährigen Lindauer Nobelpreisträgertreffen teilnehmen wird, dreht sich alles um Malaria. Sowohl sie als auch ihre gesamte Familie erkrankte mehrfach an Malaria. Diese Erfahrungen beförderten in ihr den Wunsch zu forschen, um die Krankheit, die so vielen Menschen vor allem in Entwicklungsländern zu schaffen macht, zu bekämpfen oder gar potenziell […]
Als ich am Sonntag nachmittag mit Rike Müller-Werkmeister auf der gleichen Bank gesessen hatte wie jetzt, war es noch um ihre Erwartungen an das Lindauer Treffen gegangen. Jetzt, am Donnerstag, ist schon fast wieder alles vorbei. Rikes Eindrücke? Diese Veranstaltung hätte ruhig noch mindestens eine Woche länger dauern können! (Rike ist sich allerdings durchaus bewusst, […]
Turning the Tables at the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting 2010 The Nature Publishing Group (NPG) selected six talented young scientists to face five Nobel Laureates in a marvellous event that was very aptly named ‘Turning the Tables’. The aim of the event was to move the focus, for a short time, from the laureates to […]
One unique aspect of this year’s meeting is that we asked on for input also from those who were unable to attend in person, inviting them to submit questions to the Laureates via our online Q&A competition. Some of the most popular questions as voted by readers of the site are already answered by Nobel […]
