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TUD calls for voter participation

The 8th Saxon State Parliament will be elected on September 1, 2024 – this is an invaluable opportunity to exercise our democratic right to vote and influence the future of our federal state.
With our strong TUD community, we have the opportunity to play an active role in shaping our society. Together with the Landesrektorenkonferenz (LRK) and all Saxon universities we urge you to exercise your rights and cast your vote. Every vote counts! Let's advocate for a strong democracy and show that our country's future is important to us. Together, we can take a decisive stance for a cosmopolitan, tolerant and democratic society by ensuring the highest possible voter turnout. TUD has provided an image that you can include in your email signature. The image is available in a static and an animated version, both are available for download including instructions from the link below.

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University elections

Important decisions on research, teaching and studies are made in TU Dresden's committees. Academic self-administration and the associated commitment offer the opportunity to help shape TU Dresden - especially in this election year. 428 positions in academic self-administration will be newly filled.

• As members of our university, make use of your right to vote and have your say!
• Recruit candidates in your organizational units by publishing the posters, postcards, PDFs and images in a suitable place! Materials are available under the following link: Mediakit

The presentation summarizes comprehensive information on the university elections 2024: Presentation University Elections 2024

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TOP in International­ization: TUD achieves top position in German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Funding Ranking

Over the past three years, TUD Dresden University of Technology has continuously increased its funding obtained from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), achieving 3rd place nationwide in the current “DAAD Funding Ranking“ for overall funding. TUD is among the TOP 10 for individual funding. A total of 100 universities are listed in the ranking. The "DAAD Funding Ranking" is an important indicator of the extent to which German universities are networking internationally and establishing collaborations. In 2023, TUD raised a total of around EUR 11.2 million for internationalization projects and scholarships. 

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Prof. Matthieu Wyart awarded with Physik Preis Dresden 2024

On 18 June 2024, the French physicist Prof. Matthieu Wyart (EPFL, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) was awarded the Physik Preis Dresden 2024. The theoretical physicist is being honoured for his pioneering contributions to various problems of complex systems, in particular the theory of financial markets, the physics of disordered and glassy systems as well as the theory of neural networks and machine learning. The Physik Preis Dresden is awarded annually jointly by the Dresden University of Technology and the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (MPI-PKS).

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TU Dresden awards honorary medals and an honorary citizenship

On Thursday, June 13, 2024, TU Dresden presented two of its highest awards - the honorary pin and honorary citizenship - in the ceremonial hall of the University Executive Board. Special congratulations to our School's members Lisa Iden and Prof. Daniel Leising!

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Molecular sponge for the electronics of the future

An international research team led by Dr Florian Auras from Dresden University of Technology (TUD) has succeeded in developing a new type of material in the rather young research field of covalent organic frameworks. The new two-dimensional polymer is characterised by the fact that its properties can be controlled in a targeted and reversible manner. This has brought the researchers a step closer to the goal of realising switchable quantum states. These results were recently published in the renowned journal 'Nature Chemistry'.

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A closer look at cell toxins

When radionuclides enter our organism, whether by inhalation, ingestion, or through wounds, they pose a potential health risk. Many previous studies on radionuclide exposure have focused mainly on animal experiments. However, we have little data on toxicity at the cellular and molecular level. Kidney cells are of particular interest because in mammals they play a central role in the detoxification of bivalent, trivalent, and hexavalent radionuclides as well as other heavy metals via urinary excretion. A team from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) and TUD – Dresden University of Technology has now found a differentiated picture, as the researchers report in the journal Science of the Total Environment.

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Information and Innovation Day India

On 4 July 2024, the Head of the DAAD India Office, Dr. Katja Lasch, was invited by Prof. Weigand (Chair of the Internationalization Committee) to the Information and Innovation Day India of the School of Science.
The event provided a comprehensive overview of the Indian science and innovation ecosystem. Important support and funding instruments were also presented. In addition to Dr. Lasch, Aadishree Jamkhedkar (DWIH India) and Lina Bräu (International Office TUD) contributed to the success of the event with their presentations. Dr. Preeti Bhauriyal (Maria Reiche Fellow at the Faculty of Chemistry) also enriched the format with a personal experience report on successful Indian-German research cooperation. Afterwards, the approximately 30 participants had the opportunity to network and ask individual questions in a discussion round.

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Wrocław: TU Dresden celebrates 25th anniversary of German-Polish collaboration

This year's summer party at the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Wrocław brought together around 700 Polish and German guests from the worlds of politics, business, culture and science. As co-organizer, the Free State of Saxony looked back on 25 years of German-Polish cooperation in the Lower Silesia region. In addition to greetings from Consul General Kremer, Marshal Gancarz, Voivode Awiżeń and City President Sutryk, Saxony's Prime Minister Kretschmer emphasized the joint success story of the partnership between Saxony and Lower Silesia. In addition to the CASUS research projects in the field of digital systems science, TU Dresden has carried out over 30 research projects in Lower Silesia since the start of the current excellence period in 2019. These covered a range of topics such as health, social and structural change, mobility, circular economy, sustainability, landscape management, information technology, microelectronics and materials science.

Exhibition

Bacteriopolis
Fascinating insights into the world of bacteria

Location In front of the Kulturpalast Dresden, Schloßstr. 2

TUD Lectures+

Your home, my home - our home?
Start 6 p.m. With specialties from the Biobahnhof and music from the Banda Comunale

Biobahnhof Klotzsche

Symposium

Anniversary symposium "30 years Faculty of Biology"
1:30 p.m. - Anniversary symposium and 4:00 p.m. - Celebration event and party in the Faculty of Biology

IHD and Faculty of Biology

Conference

AI and electronics for medicine 2024
This interdisciplinary event will bring together physicians, researchers, industry experts, and start-ups to explore the latest developments in digital health and medical electronics.
Tickets available online

Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden

Conference

44th Annual International SRIP Conference
Organized by Prof. Anna-Lena Zietlow (Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology at the TUD Dresden University of Technology) and Prof. Susan Garthus-Niegel (Institute and Polyclinic for Occupational and Social Medicine), the international conference is dedicated to a wide range of research topics and various projects in the field of perinatal health.
Registration until August 25, 2024.

Fiedlerstraße 27 01307 Dresden

Data salon

Demography: Ideas. Perspectives. Potentials
What are the opportunities, prospects and potential of demographic change for Saxony? What ideas already exist for adapting to and coping with the changes?
Begins at 2 pm in German

Klemperer-Saal

Nobel Laureates at TU Dresden

Reinhard Genzel Nobel Prize in Physics 2020
Public lecture held in German "Galaxien und Schwarze Löcher"
Begins at 7 pm

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Prof. Günther Hasinger: The Fade of the Universe

The history of the Universe from the Big Bang to its uncertain future will be discussed in a comprehensive overview. Exciting recent observations shine a new light on very first galaxies and ubiquitous black holes. As of 2023, Prof. Hasinger is director of the German Center for Astrophysics (DZA) and holds the Chair of Astrophysics at the Intitute of Nuclear and Particle Physics of Dresden University of Technology (TUD).

           

First galaxies and ubiquitous black holes | #Introducing Günther Hasinger

Together with the German Center for Astrophysics DZA (Deutsches Zentrum für Astrophysik), its director Prof. Günther Hasinger enlightens the history of the Universe from the Big Bang to its uncertain future. His exciting recent observations shine a new light on very first galaxies and ubiquitous black holes. 

           

Prof. Tobias Erb: Breaking the limits of natural photosynthesis with synthetic biology

Prof. Tobias Erb is synthetic biologist and Director at the Max Planck Institute for terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg, Germany. His team interfaces biology and chemistry and centers on the discovery, function and engineering of CO2-converting enzymes and pathways. Research in Erb’s lab crosses multiple scales: from the molecular mechanisms of carboxylases to their ecological relevance, and from understanding the evolution of natural CO2-fixation to developing new-to-nature solutions, such as synthetic CO2-fixation pathways and artificial chloroplasts. Frontiers in Science lecture with Prof. Tobias Erb: "Breaking the Limits of Natural Photosynthesis with Synthetic Biology: Designing a New-to-Nature Software for Sustainable Carbon Capture"

           

Creed for Complexity | #Introducing Dirk Brockmann

How do we understand complexity? The dynamics of pandemics, for example, show us that biology, social processes, collective behavior and social cooperation are closely linked. Prof. Dirk Brockmann has been the founding director of the Center Synergy of Systems since 2023 and holds the Chair of Biology of Complex Systems at TU Dresden. Prof. Brockmann's research focuses, among other things, on how antidisciplinary perspectives and the integration of social and natural sciences can help us understand complex phenomena.

           

Auf dem Weg zur Abschlussarbeit | Sitzgelegenheit über Stress, Nachtschichten & Prokrastination

Are you afraid that your computer will crash at the wrong moment? Do your friends already feel neglected by you? And do you see the library more often than your home right now? We wanted to know all this and more from students who are currently writing their Bachelor's, Master's or diploma thesis. 

           

Episode 6 and 7 of Foodfacts, the food chemistry podcast of the TU Dresden

Episode 6: Aspartame, allulose, agave syrup: How recommendable are sugar alternatives? and episode 7: Nutrition and evolution, part 1: Has cooking made us modern humans? 

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Organic electronics: International experts from industry and research met in Dresden

The 26th International Conference on Science and Technology of Synthetic Electronic Materials (ICSM 2024) took place in Dresden from 24 to 28 June 2024. For five days, more than 800 participants from science and industry discussed the latest advances in the production and utilisation of organic solar cells and detectors, perovskite solar collectors and other organic electronics. Organiser Prof. Karl Leo was extremely proud: "This event is a testament to the vibrant scientific community in the field of organic electronics that we have built here. It was an honour to host the 26th International Conference on Science and Technology of Synthetic Electronic Materials at Dresden University of Technology."

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Nobel Prize laureate Anne L'Huillier: At the limit of time

On Friday, 28 June 2024, the French-Swedish physicist Anne L'Huillier was a guest at TUD. In her public lecture "Attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics", she gave insights into her research into attosecond physics. Together with Pierre Agostini and Ferenc Krausz, she was awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics "for experimental methods for the generation of attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter".