Our Mission
The Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors (IfADo) investigates potentials and risks of modern work on the basis of behavioral and life sciences. The results lead to principles of beneficial and healthy design of the working environment.
Our Core topics
NEWS
Neuron array advances toxicity testing
The manuscript of the research group "Neurobehavioural Tooxicology and Chemisensation" (together wirth the neighboured Leibniz insitute ISAS) The network formation assay: a spatially standardized neurite outgrowth analytical display for neurotoxicity screening has been highlighted as technical innovation in the RSCs Chemical Technology publication, and features as the top article in the Latest News of the Lab on a Chip journal (more...).
'Design New Environments of Working and Living' GfA Spring Congress 2010
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New Title, remaining topics
By January 2009 the 1st, the IfADo got a new german title. It is now called "Leibniz Institut für Arbeitsforschung an der TU Dortmund". The new Title shall emphasize the membership of the institute to the Leibniz Association. The topics of research, however, remain the same.
The concept for utilization continues
The IfADo is part of a broad initiative for utilization of scientific results generated in life science institutes of the Leibniz association. Recently, the second round of this program, granted by the BMBF has started (granting period: 2009 to 2012)
Project PFIFF has been completed
The global demographical development and the prolongation of life working time will lead to an increase of elderly workers in companies within the next decades. The "Program for Promotion and Preservation of Intellectual Abilities of Elderly Workers" addressed this problem.
Outstanding Publications
A recent research paper generated in the project group "Ageing and CNS Alterations" in co-operation with the Universities of Muenster and Bochum has been published in the "Journal of Neuroscience" and rated as "landmark paper representing the top 1% publications" by the "Faculty of 1000 Biology"
Conferences and Workshops 2010...
International Congress "Aging & Cognition"
October 14th to 16th, 2010 in Dortmund
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