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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.
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Call for Proposals
Indo-German Cooperation in Health Research: Priority Research Area – Phytotherapies

The Department of Biotechnology, Government of India and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Federal Republic of Germany, invite proposals in the identified priority area of research on Phytotherapies.
Tackling COVID-19: Developments in Germany
Climate Stabilization: Lessons from the Corona Crisis

The dynamics of the current COVID-19 pandemic could offer valuable insights for the efforts to mitigate climate change.
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Tackling COVID-19: Developments in Germany
Fighting the COVID-19 Pandemic and Major Diseases at the Same Time: A Balancing Act for Biomedical Scientists

Researchers, politicians and funding bodies find themselves in front of a unique situation and enormous challenge: The mounting pressure to accelerate and intensify efforts to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic while handling the growing threat from all other diseases endangering our society.
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Indo-German Science and Technology Centre (IGSTC) Invites Applications for the Position of Director

The Indo-German Science and Technology Centre (IGSTC) is an autonomous registered society established in 2010 under an intergovernmental MoU between the Government of India and the Government of Germany. The mandate of the bi-national Centre is to promote research partnership of industrial relevance.