News

In this section are listed news about important publications, research projects and events.

Research

How attentional selection influences our goal-directed memory recall

Our long-term memory has the impressive ability to store numerous details about a particular event. However, when we recall this past event, usually only certain details are relevant. The phenomenon of retrieving only particular details from past events is …

Awards

Jens Niemann wins Bright Sparks Award

This year's European Congress for Immunology (ECI) ended successfully for Jens Niemann. He received a Bright Sparks Award for a presentation on the identification of natural killer cells.
Rombergpark

IfADo

IfADo company outing to the Rombergpark

This year, IfADo employees didn't have to travel far at all. They went on a company outing to Rombergpark in the immediate neighbourhood of IfADo.
FELICE Robot

Research

FELICE Update: Evaluation at workstations

IfADo successfully supported the evaluation of the FELICE system at two different workstations. Experienced workers as well as unexperienced workers used the FELICE robot while mounting parts of the car door. The goal of the evaluation was to track the …
Group photo during the visit

IfADo

State Ministry of Culture and Science visits IfADo

Today, Prof. Dr. Andrea Kienle, Head of the Research Department of the NRW Ministry of Culture and Science since November 2023, visited the Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors (IfADo) together with her colleagues Dr. Christiane …
DNA strand, artistic interpretation

Research

TACTIC against cancer - German Cancer Aid funds research network

The foundation Deutsche Krebshilfe (German Cancer Aid) is funding the “TACTIC” research network for 5 years with 11.8 million euros. The aim of the network, in which IfADo is also involved, is the discovery and further development of new active substances …
Group picture: Christine Hucke with her project group

Research

Doctorate successfully completed and defended

On June 24, 2024, Christine Hucke successfully defended her dissertation on "Neural Correlates of Intranasal Trigeminal Stimulation: The Network and Dynamics of Bimodal Odor Processing" at the Ruhr University Bochum.
Gerd Rinkenauer

IfADo

Gerhard Rinkenauer retires

Prof. Dr. Gerhard Rinkenauer, a long-time IfADo employee and head of the work design research group in the Department of Ergonomics, is retiring.
Laura Klatt at the science slam

IfADo

Waves in the head - IfADo at science slam in Braunschweig

IfADo researcher Dr. Laura-Isabelle Klatt performed at a science slam organized by the Braunschweig House of Science at Eventspace 381 on 22 May. She and four other slammers presented their research topics in a relaxed and humorous way.