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Matthieu Voss wants to develop the Charlottenburg Innovation Centre into a public space:
The Charlottenburg Innovation Centre (CHIC) recently saw a change of leadership. Matthieu Voss moved in, bringing his ideas with him. Who is the new boss, and what vision does he have for CHIC? Voss reveals that he…
Scouts in the sky: how vultures and satellites protect Africa’s wildlife
Nanosatellites from the Charlottenburg company Rapid Cubes help in the fight against poaching:
Elephants and rhinos often steal the spotlight in efforts to protect Africa’s wildlife. A groundbreaking project called GAIA is now bringing in unexpected helpers: vultures, nanosatellites, and the expertise of the…
»Stirring up excitement«
Created by Freie Universität Berlin, Scale Up Lab of will be one of the first tenants at FUHUB, which is part of the WISTA-managed Zukunftsort Berlin-Südwest:
Bio and life science research—particularly fundamental research—often operates on the barely imaginable nanometre scale. The substances or structures created at this scale are typically designed for medical…
Inspiring start of Workhier!
The Young Academics Career Programme for International PhD candidates and PostDocs in Adlershof:
On January 30, the Workhier! programme started with the first cohort of 23 young scientists, mainly from the Adlershof campus. Workhier! is designed to support international doctoral and postdoctoral researchers in…
Adlershof Journal January/February 2025
Boosting STEM: Play your way to growth:
ESSAY by Matthias Gerschwitz: Tomorrow, children, joy awaits! IN CONVERSATION WITH Melissa Horchemer, who wants to inspire young people for scientific careers PORTRAIT The molecule splitter: Michelle Brown is…
In conversation with Melissa Horchemer
The WISTA project manager wants to show young people career and academic opportunities in the natural sciences:
Coming from a non-academic family living in a socially disadvantaged area of Duisburg, Melissa Horchemer was far from predestined for a career in the STEM sector. Yet, this background didn’t hold her back—it inspired…
The future of work: When machines become colleagues
Tomorrow’s world of work is being shaped at the “Zukunftsorte” locations in Berlin:
The world is changing. Innovations like chatbots, virtual realities, and smart robots have arrived in the workplace and will bring about fundamental changes in the years ahead. At Berlin Science Week in November 2024,…
Searching for young talent at Knorr-Bremse Rail Vehicle Systems
How the Marzahn-based company recruits trainees:
Workers turned, milled, and filed for months to manufacture several 1930s replacement parts for a historical S-Bahn, Berlin’s long-standing rapid transit railway. Now restored, the train then took the apprentices of…
The cognitive Iron Man suit
Zixio, a start-up located in the CHIC, develops tailor-made software and digital products in the field of cognitive systems and AI:
Joanna Czarnecka’s father was an entrepreneur and artist in Poland. He taught her that self-employment is hard work. Nevertheless, in 2019, she co-founded the company Zixio with Andreas Salzmann, developing…
New energy, new connections
Introducing an innovative world of work, ST3AM is now opening on the Adlershof campus:
Wealthy regions offer talent, technology—research, development, and academia—, tolerance—communities that practice openness and diversity—, and land available for development. This is complemented by other ecological…
Adlershof Journal November/December 2024
Old values, new perspectives: Uniting the power of generations:
The molecule sleuth: Carsten Engelhard monitors the reliability of chemical analyses // Deciding together: Stefan Jonas and Lutz Redmann have been running a special-purpose machinery company // Interim tenant with…
Adlershof Research Forum 2024: Innovations and strategic impulses for the science campus
AFF poster prize was awarded to Juliane Scholl:
Almost 100 scientists, young researchers and founders came together to the Adlershof Research Forum on 11.11.2024 at Erwin Schrödinger Centre to discuss current developments and challenges facing the science location…
Building bridges across cultures
The start-up Nearay from the Adlershof Founder’s Lab wants to better connect cultural communities:
“People with multicultural backgrounds and newcomers often struggle to find communities from their own cultural circles,” says Enes Savas. “The information is scattered everywhere. Searching for it can be…
From the lecture hall to the executive chair
Munay Zamorano took over the cosmetics company New Natural in her early 20s:
Based at the CHIC Charlottenburg Innovation Centre, New Natural sells over 1,000 certified products from ten natural cosmetics brands to perfumeries, drugstores, and online stores in more than 30 countries. Their…
“Dual leadership for the purpose of knowledge transfer”
Generation change at the Steglitz-Zehlendorf economic development agency:
In the Steglitz-Zehlendorf district, the economic development agency is facing a leadership transition. Its director, Michael Pawlik, is retiring after nearly 45 years of service. Till-Steffen Busse will follow in his…
Substitution, not cancellation
The start-up LehrCraft wants to use its placement platform to help alleviate staff shortages in schools and reduce class cancellations:
“What do teachers and clouds have in common? The day improves when they go away.” Everybody knows these types of jokes. But what if teachers really go away and regular classes cannot be guaranteed? The reasons for the…
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The raise of Remote Work – is the importance of STPs & AOIs overestimated today?
WISTA Managing Director Roland Sillmann at the annual conference of the IASP - International Association of Science Parks in Nairobi :
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY From running one of Europe's leading STPs, we know that physical proximity fosters entrepreneurship and innovation and transfers scientific knowledge into products that help tackle the grand…
Future of work: Life-long-learning, values and purpose
WISTA Head of Human Resources Bessie Fischer-Bohn spoke at the IASP conference in Nairobi on the challenges of the “New World of Work”:
Executive Summary The future of work is undergoing significant changes, marked by global challenges and transformative megatrends. We define three main challenges: shifting values, demographic transformation, rapid…
Adlershof Journal September/October 2024
Follow the science: Why science and society should make an impact together:
The science manager at IKZ: Janet Zapke organises operations at the IKZ // Role model for a clean future: HZB wants to conduct greenhouse gas neutral research // Food safety: SAFIA ist tracking down mould …
The liberators of manufacturing
The EchoRing system from R3 Solutions enables wireless, highly reliable and extremely fast data transmission:
The Götterflug rollercoaster at Belantis, an amusement park in Leipzig, is THE attraction. This thrill ride is controlled, monitored, and secured by R3 solutions, a company based in Berlin-Charlottenburg, and its…