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

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Michael Nitsche is one of the „Highly Cited Researchers 2024“

Prof. Dr. Michael Nitsche, Head of the Department Psychology & Neurosciences, is one of the most frequently cited scientists worldwide in his field. The neuroscientist is thus once again on the annual „Highly Cited Researchers“ list of the US company …

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Best Young Scientist: Yannick Metzler at the IEA in South Korea

At this year's congress of the International Ergonomics & Human Factors Association (IEA), Yannick Metzler was once again able to present his lecture entitled „An Organizational Level Approach for Evaluating Risk Metrices of Psychosocial Hazards by Recorded …
Melinda Sabo

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Melinda Sabo receives fellowship of the Walter Benjamin-Program

Melinda Sabo, postdoc in the ergonomics department at the Leibniz research centre for Working Environment in Dortmund, receives a research fellowship of the Walter Benjamin-Program. She will go to the USA for two years to conduct research at the Tsai Institute …

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Anke Flegel wins travel grant at the NK & ILC Symposium

Anke Flegel, PhD student in the immunology department at the Leibniz Research centre for Working Environment in Dortmund, won a travel grant at this year's NK & ILC Symposium. She applied with an abstract on her project on the activity of natural killer …

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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.
Prof. Dr. Raf Meesen (left side), Dean Rehabilitation Sciences, with honorary doctor Prof. Dr. Michael Nitsche (right side) from IfADo

IfADo

Prof. Dr. Michael Nitsche receives honorary doctorate

Prof. Dr. Michael Nitsche, Scientific Director of the Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors (IfADo), was awarded an honorary doctorate for his research work by the University of Hasselt (Belgium) on May 28. He researches …
Group picture: (left to right) Prof. Dr. med. Christian Reinhardt, Dr. Malte Gersch, Dr. Benjamin Buchmuller, Dr. Gavin Rice, Dr. Thorsten Wagner

Research

Presentation of the Biomedicine Sponsorship Awards Dortmund

On May 29, the “Verein zur Förderung der biomedizinischen und klinischen Forschung e.V.” (Association for the Promotion of Biomedical and Clinical Research) presented this year's awards for biomedicine. A total of five scientists from Dortmund research …
Yannick Metzler in front of a poster showing his research

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Yannick Metzler honored as Best Young Scientist

IfADo scientist Yannick Metzler has received this year's Best Young Scientist Award from the Gesellschaft für Arbeitswissenschaft (GfA). At the 70th GfA Spring Congress in Stuttgart, he gave a presentation entitled "Risk indicators for assessing mental stress …