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IV. Quarter 2011

"1st International Symposium on Multiscale Multiphase Process Engineering (MMPE)" in Kanazawa, Japan

(04.-07.10.11) The inaugural "International Symposium on Multiscale Multiphase Process Engineering" was held in Kanazawa, Japan, on 4-7 October 2011. This German-Japanese event attracted over 100 international participants. The group of roughly 20 (early career) researchers from Germany attending the symposium initiated a range of bilateral projects during the event. The next symposium will be held in 2014 in Hamburg.

First row, from left to right: Professor Gerhard Erker (University of Münster), Dr. Iris Wieczorek (DFG Office Japan), Professor Kazuyuki Tatsumi (Nagoya University), Professor Ryoji Noyori (Nagoya University), Professor Bart-Jan Ravoo (University of Münster) and Professor Prof. Dr. Hans-Ulrich Humpf (University of Münster), with other members of the University of Münster/Nagoya University IRTG.

“The 12th Joint Seminar University of Münster – Nagoya University”, the Noyori Materials Science Laboratory, Nagoya

(03.10.11) Around 30 members of the German-Japanese International Research Training Group “Complex Functional Systems in Chemistry” met in Nagoya, Japan for their 12th joint seminar. Among them were Professor Erker and Professor Tatsumi, recipients of the Eugen and Ilse Seibold Prize 2011, as well as Professor Ryoji Noyori (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2001).

DFG President Professor Dr.-Ing. Matthias Kleiner during his speech on

8th STSforum and 2nd Funding Agency Presidents’ Meeting in Kyoto

(02.10.11) DFG President Professor Dr.-Ing. Matthias Kleiner gave a speech during the plenary session on “Energy and Environment” at this year’s STSforum in Kyoto. As part of the forum, the 2nd Funding Agency Presidents’ Meeting, hosted jointly by the DFG and the JST and chaired by DFG President Kleiner and Professor Dr. Takayoshi Mamine (Executive Director, JST), was also held and important questions concerning funding programmes were discussed.


 
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III. Quarter 2011

Speakers and moderators at the symposium

Symposium in Tokyo: “Supporting Tomorrow’s Leading Researchers; Innovations and Challenges – Approaches by Japan and Germany”, by DFG, JDZB and JST

(15.07.11) The DFG, the Japanese-German Center Berlin and the Japan Science and Technology Agency held a symposium in Tokyo to commemorate 150 years of German-Japanese friendship. Participants numbered over 200. The symposium focused on the innovative research carried out by scientists at different career stages and the efficient promotion of cooperation. The emphasis was on high-risk and high-impact research.


 
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II. Quarter 2011

Participants at the Delegates’ Dinner, 19 June

German-Japanese Chemistry-Symposium “Catalysis & Synthesis, Advanced Materials & Chemical Biology” in Tokyo

(20.06.11) A chemistry symposium featuring top-class international speakers was held on 20 June in Tokyo. Nobel laureates in chemistry Professor Dr. Akira Suzuki and Professor Dr. Ryoji Noyori from Japan and Professor Dr. K. Barry Sharpless from the USA contributed presentations. Professor Dr. Helmut Schwarz (President, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation) gave an introduction to “Research in Germany”, while other excellent scientists presented their findings. The event was a great success, attracting 380 participants and 700 additional viewers who watched the online broadcast live on the internet.

The State of Things in Tokyo

(03.06.11) One month after the huge earthquake and tsunami of 11 March 2011 and the beginning of the failure of the Fukushima nuclear power plant, the DFG Office in Japan resumed full operations on 11 April. The staff in Tokyo have compiled an up-to-date report describing the local situation at the end of May.


 
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I. Quarter 2011

Dr. Iris Wieczorek (Director, DFG Office Japan)

Japanese-German Workshop on Computational Neuroscience in Okinawa

(02.03.11) The third neuroscientific workshop in cooperation with the DFG Office Japan was held from 2 to 4 March 2011. The event was jointly organised with the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the Japan Science and Technology Agency, and RIKEN. Over 50 established and early-career researchers from Germany and Japan took advantage of the opportunity to deepen their relationships with their fellow researchers and to establish new ties.


 
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