Snippets of the Network

35 doctoral students from the universities of Munich, Erlangen-Nuremberg, Regensburg and Berlin took part in the digital summer school "Applied Microeconomics", which was jointly run with the Collaborative Research Centre "Rationality and Competition”.

The students of the Elite Graduate Program "Integrated Immunology" enjoyed a very lively, interesting and application-oriented course in Good Scientific Practice.

A number of classes have successfully completed the international master's degree program "Global Change Ecology" (GCE) since it was founded in 2006. Several GCE alumni report on their time after graduation and give the students tips on the way.

Würzburg students of the elite graduate program "Satellite Technology" use the hands-on character of the program to set up a ground station to receive radio transmissions via the geostationary satellite Es'hail 2 / QO-100.

Professors and students of the Erlangen Elite Graduate Program "Integrated Immunology" are engaged in research and diagnostics in the fight against SARS-CoV-2.

The Max Weber-Program continues its support and program in times of corona. Various digital events and offers are available. Financial aid for a semester abroad is possible on specific conditions.

Joint conference “Electronic properties of 2D semiconductors” (EP2DS) and “Modulated semiconductor structures” (MSS) in Würzburg.

Despite contact restrictions and hygiene regulations, the new teaching-concept “lab at home”, enables the students to do the hands-on parts of the practical course “Neuroimaging and elec-trophysiology” at home.-

De­spite the pan­dem­ic, scien­tific ex­change con­tinues! In 2020, four Top­Math Talks took place as an online for­mat and were at­tend­ed with great inter­est both by mem­bers of the Top­Math com­muni­ty as well as facul­ty mem­bers.

Prof. Jorma Louko wil be teaching an intensive course on quantum fields in curves space-times. He will cover the mathematical foundations of Hawking-radiation of black holes; these create particles in the vacuum even though their gravitational pull is so strong even light rays cannot escape.