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New Virtual Institute at the Helmholtz Zentrum München
Neuherberg, August 5st, 2011
The Helmholtz Zentrum München will set up a Virtual Institute for Complex Molecular Systems in Environmental Health together with the University of Rostock and additional research partners. The project will be funded by the Initiative and Networking Fund of the Helmholtz Association.
Starting on January 1, 2012, the Helmholtz Association will provide funding for a new Helmholtz Virtual Institute established in close cooperation between the Helmholtz Zentrum München and the University of Rostock. Under the aegis of Prof. Dr. Ralf Zimmermann, the scientists of the virtual institute will investigate the health effects of anthropogenic aerosols. Prof. Zimmermann is the director of the Cooperation Group "Comprehensive Molecular Analytics" (CMA) at Helmholtz Zentrum München and holds the Chair of Analytical Chemistry at the Institute of Chemistry, University of Rostock. Both institutions conjointly operate the “Joint Mass Spectrometry Centre” (JMSC). In addition to the main axis Helmholtz Zentrum München – University of Rostock, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and European partner universities at Cardiff (UK), Luxembourg (LUX) and Eastern Finland (FIN) participate in the virtual institute.
The "Helmholtz Virtual Institute of Complex Molecular Systems in Environmental Health” – HICE – will examine the biological effects of aerosols from relevant anthropogenic sources.
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Research magazine "Traditio et Innovatio" in the focus Life, Light and Matter
Rostock – November 1st, 2010
In the latest issue, the research magazine of the University of Rostock "Traditio et Innovatio" focuses on the special research field “Life, Light and Matter”. Therein, several articles address the "Joint Mass Spectrometry Centre" of Prof. Dr. Ralf Zimmermann. Please, find the latest issue here. (about 5MB - german)