The DFG establishes 2 new International Research Training Groups with North American Partners
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) has established 2 new International Research Training Groups (IRTG) with North American partners to promote young researchers in Germany. As with all DFG-funded Research Training Groups, the new groups offer doctoral students the opportunity to do their doctorate within a focused research program and a structured training strategy at a high professional level.
The DFG currently funds 199 Research Training Groups, 45 of which are International Training Groups.
The international aspect of and IRTG increases the attractiveness of its doctoral program, enabling researcher mobility and networking at an early career stage. The interdisciplinary approach also enhances cross-border cooperation with university and non-university partners.
The world in the city: Metropolitanism and Globalization from the 19th Century to the Present
(Reference: IGK 1705)
Architecture, mobility, and communication are some of the many factors that play an important role in the development of modern metropolises. Little research has been done on the historical dimensions of the interrelation between these. While urban researcher, such as geographers and architects, mostly view globalization as a contemporary phenomenon, historians, who focus on the phenomena of long-term structural changes, have hardly touched on the role and importance of cities in the globalization process. The International Training Group IGK 1705 developed this field of research in a transatlantic cooperation with German, Canadian, and American scientists to intensify the dialogue between the science of history and interdisciplinary urban research. (Host Institution: Technische Universität Berlin; Principal Investigator: Prof. Dorothee Brantz; Cooperation Partners: Columbia University in the City of New York, Fordham University, New York University, The City University of New York, USA, University of Toronto, York University Toronto, Canada)
The Role of Complex Membrane Proteins in Cellular Development and the Development of Diseases
(Reference: IGK 1830)
Malfunctions of membrane proteins can lead to serious illnesses, such as autoimmune disorders, cancer, cardiovascular disorders, and Alzheimer’s disease. Additionally, changes in the activities of these proteins lead to dramatic changes in developmental and adjustment processes in animal and plant cells. IGK 1830 - “The Role of Complex Membrane Proteins in Cellular Development and the Development of Diseases” - in close cooperation with the University of Alberta (Canada), examines selected membrane proteins, their modification and mutation, the mechanisms of protein folding and their role in development processes and in specific diseases. (Host Institution: Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern; Principal Investigator: Prof. Richard Zimmermann, Prof. Ekkehard Neuhaus; Cooperation Partner: University of Alberta, Canada)
