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Service for Science: Start-up for the Research Community

Dr. Katharina C. Cramer, Nicolas Rüffin, and Dr. Kristofer Rolf Söderström have successfully made the transition from researchers to entrepreneurs and founded the start-up TILLER ALPHA GmbH in early 2025. “It’s important to us to communicate this change of roles openly,” emphasizes Katharina. Their clients, like themselves, come from the scientific community: TILLER ALPHA provides data-driven and AI-supported analyses for research infrastructures. Katharina also explored this topic in her research at the Center for Advanced Security, Strategic and Integration Studies (CASSIS) at the University of Bonn. In this interview, she explains their business idea, the start-up journey, and the support they received from the Transfer Center enaCom.

NRW university consortium consolidates top genome research facility

The universities of Cologne, Bonn, Düsseldorf and Aachen agreed to establish a joint academic institution (Gemeinsame Wissenschaftliche Einrichtung, GWE) on 1 January 2025. The contractual partners will thereby be transforming the West German Genome Center (WGGC) from its current form as a collaborative research network into a new kind of institution. Newly founding the center as a GWE ensures that the partners can maintain already existing structures and further develop established technologies.

Bonn University rowers succeed at EUREGA 2025

The University of Bonn's rowing teams once again proved their endurance and class at this year's EUREGA. At the traditional long-distance regatta on the Rhine - from Neuwied and from the Loreley to Bonn over a distance of 45 and 100 kilometers respectively - the boats from Bonn achieved excellent placings.

Early galaxies contribute to the “afterglow” of the universe

The “afterglow” of the universe is an important piece of evidence for the Big Bang. This background radiation also provides important answers to the question of how the first galaxies were able to form. Researchers at the Universities of Bonn, Prague and Nanjing calculate that the strength of this radiation has probably been overestimated up to now. If the results prove to be accurate, it would call into question the theoretical foundation of the standard model of cosmology. The results have now been published in the journal “Nuclear Physics B.”

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Events

Saturday May 17, 2025

Eurovision Song Contest

International Club, ...

08:30 PM

Join us for the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest—live, loud, and full of glitter! Bring your favorite drinks, snacks, and a lot of energy to cheer on ...

Monday May 19, 2025

iStart: Self-Empowerment & Motivation Coaching

Bonn

02:00 PM - 06:00 PM

Are you feeling discouraged by your job search? Join us for an empowering workshop: Self-Empowerment and Motivation Coaching, where we will explore ...

Monday May 19, 2025

Revisiting China and Iran in the First Millennium CE

HS XVI im Hauptgebäude ...

06:00 PM - 08:00 PM

Since the publication of Sino-Iranica by Berthold Laufer (1874–1934) in 1919, research on the relationship between Iran and China in late antiquity has been ...