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Call for Applications
DAAD Postdoctoral Networking Tour in Artificial Intelligence (Postdoc-NeT-AI)

The DAAD is inviting applications for the Postdoctoral Networking Tour in Artificial Intelligence (Postdoc-NeT-AI). The focus is on AI in Medicine. The tour will take place from 13th-17th September 2021.
How Indo-German research cooperation supported by IGSTC spawned a science start-up at IIT Madras

ChemBioSens Pvt Ltd is a spinoff R & D company from the Biosensors laboratory at IIT Madras that aims to bring out reliable sensing technologies for detecting chemical molecules and biological entities of interest in healthcare industry (clinical diagnostics and environmental monitoring), in addition to pharmaceutical and chemical industries.
Publication on “Air quality in India with a particular focus on Delhi, Punjab and Haryana during the crop residue burning period” funded by Max-Planck Partner group grant

Dr Dhanyalekshmi K. Pillai, Assistant Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences, IISER Bhopal and the Head, Max Planck Partner Group (MPI-BGC Germany) has recently published in ACP (Copernicus Publications) investigating air quality in India with a particular focus on Delhi, Punjab and Haryana during the crop residue burning period. The research is completely funded by the Max-Planck Partner group grant.
Call for Applications
Post-Doc Position at the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the Georg-August University of Goettingen

The Institute for Theoretical Physics at the Georg-August University of Goettingen invites applications for a Post-doc position (all genders welcome) TV-L E 13 (100 %, 39,8 hrs) in the field of condensed matter theory. The initial appointment starts at September 1st, 2021 and will be for two years and an extension for another year is possible.
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Tackling COVID-19: Developments in Germany
German BioNTech and US Pfizer Announce 90% Effective Vaccine Candidate Against Covid-19

German company BioNTech and its US partner Pfizer announced on Monday that early results from ongoing Phase III trials showed that their vaccine was 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 infections.
Climate Research and Knowledge – Helmholtz Climate Initiative

The Helmholtz Climate Initiative, started in July 2019, and endowed with twelve million euros, offers an overview of the current state of climate research.
Tackling COVID-19: Developments in Germany
New Insights into Lung Tissue in Covid-19 Disease

11Researchers led by Göttingen University develop new three-dimensional imaging technique to visualize tissue damage in severe Covid-19.