Opening celebration and first symposium of the Collaborative Research Centre TRR 61 'Multilevel Molecular Assemblies: Structure, Dynamics and Function'

The Collaborative Research Centre TRR 61 was officially opened on 10th December 2008 with a celebration ceremony in the assembly hall of the University of Münster. Members of the Chinese-German consortium and guests, not only scientists but also representatives of the University of Münster, of the Ministry for Innovation, Science, Research and Technology of North Rhine-Westphalia (Ministerium für Innovation, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie, NRW) and of the city of Münster underlined the specific meaning of this interdisciplinary transregional Chinese-German research project regarding scientific and technological innovation and development.
The speakers, Prof. Dr. Harald Fuchs, responsible for the German part, and Prof.  Dr. Xi Zhang, responsible for the Chinese part, introduced major approaches and concepts of  TRR 61 to the audience.
Prof. Dr. Daoben Zhu,  Vice President of  the National Scientific Foundation of China (NSFC)  illustrated the cooperation between the German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) providing the funding for the next four years of the TRR61.
The invited expert, Prof. Dr. Helmut Ringsdorf, University of Mainz, Germany shed light on European as well as on national funding schemes, and emphasized the need of young creative researchers who are willing to step across borders, and the need of appropriate support, because only creativeness can ensure scientific progress and its benefit for human societies.
To complete the celebration some short pieces of music were given, among them two Chinese-vigurian folksongs, presented by a Chinese singer.

The next day the first TRR61 symposium took place at the Center of Nano Technology (CeNTech) and was attended by about 50 persons. First of all Prof. Fuchs was honoured by representatives of the Tsinghua University Prof. Ziqiang Wang and Prof. Dr. Xi Zhang with a guest professorship at the Tsinghua University, Beijing for a period of three years, which he gratefully accepted.
As  the TRR 61 started in July,  the research groups have been established and could already present and discuss their ongoing work  The presentations were followed by lively discussions which resulted in lots of proposed additional cooperation between the individual groups. The third day was dedicated to introduce the Chinese scientists to the laboratories available for the researchers of the TRR 61, and to individual discussions among the researchers.

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EVENTS

Fridays, CeNTech, 15 s.t. :
TRR 61 Colloquium

UPCOMING EVENTS

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March 1 and 2, 2012 :
DFG/NSFC Evaluation

PAST EVENTS

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May 12 and 13, 2011 :
4th International TRR61 symposium

May 16, 2011 :
PhD students
Workshop 3

October 27 - 29, 2010 :
3rd International TRR61 symposium

October 30, 2010 :
PhD students
Workshop 2

October 5 - 7, 2009 :
2nd International TRR61 symposium

October 8, 2009 :
PhD students
Workshop 1

December 10 and 11,2008 :
TRR 61 Opening