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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…

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…

The future of agriculture is being grown in a cupboard

Lite&Fog aim at making plant cultivation more sustainable and efficient. Their method allows for the on-demand production of foodstuffs, as well as active ingredients for medicine and cosmetics:

Seen from afar, it looks like a green column behind glass. Moving closer, it turns out to be lettuce plants that grow in all directions along the entire length of a thick, round textile tube. Rather than reaching for…

Racing towards new drugs thanks to cell-free protein synthesis

Based in Berlin-Dahlem, the science-oriented start-up PharmaTech is unleashing new opportunities for personalised medicine:

Without proteins, life would be impossible. The macromolecules are made up of amino acids and are a key component of every living cell. Our muscles, heart, brain, skin, and hair consist predominantly of proteins.…

Adlershof Technology Park is committed to openness and tolerance

Start of major online and offline campaign with banners and posters:

35,000 people, 35,000 stories. One goal: Crafting future from diverse perspectives. WISTA Management GmbH, managing company of the Adlershof Technology Park, has initiated a local campaign for more tolerance and…

Good clean fun times two

DLR is working at two new institutes in Cottbus to help make industry and flying more sustainable :

Lowering CO₂ emissions is a pressing problem of our time. In Cottbus, people are working on solutions for it. Supported by funding for structural economic change, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) founded two…

In step with the times

The Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing also helps with making innovation ready for the market:

The brick building at the address Unter den Eichen 87 radiates history. Set in massive stone in Berlin-Lichterfelde, it demonstrates its status as a renowned government institution. “Federal Institute for Materials…

Precision made in Berlin

Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Germany’s national metrology institute, is considered the cradle of quantum physics and tests the limits of what can be measured. The PTB’s Institut Berlin, or IB, is based in a thriving neighbourhood in Charlottenburg.:

Whenever something requires high precision, the PTB comes into play. As the national metrology institute, it is also the highest authority in Germany for all issues related to correct and reliable measurements.…

Adlershof Journal July/August 2024

Science, community and smart living: News from the neighbourhood:

In conversation with Oliver Igel, district mayor of Treptow-Köpenick // »There is quite a bit of hugging«: Inclusion for 45 years at Berlin-Chemie // Building bridges: Crossing Adergestell on foot or by bike …

Building bridges

Crossing Adergestell on foot or by bike:

27 January 2024. Adlershof is fast asleep when, a few minutes before 4 am, a giant crane lifts a delicate structure up from Adlergestell, the main street cutting through Adlershof. The structure hanging from the hook…

Best of “Adlershof Journal”: How Adlershof tackles Grand Challenges

The world is facing major challenges: mobility, the energy transition, digitalisation and global health are just some of the issues for which innovative solutions are needed. We also want to leave a planet worth…