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New Director at the Institute for a Sustainable Hydrogen Economy

Forschungszentrum Jülich’s Institute for a Sustainable Hydrogen Economy (INW) continues to grow. On 1 December, Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Steinrück will be appointed director of Catalytic Interfaces for Chemical Hydrogen Storage (INW-1). The 35-year-old physicist is making the switch to Jülich from Paderborn University’s Department of Chemistry and will establish the new subinstitute.

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Alzheimer’s Drug PRI-002 Receives EMA Approval for Phase II Trial

The Alzheimer’s drug candidate PRI-002 is entering the next clinical trial phase: the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted approval to conduct a phase II clinical trial. This is the first time that the drug candidate will be tested on a larger number of Alzheimer’s patients. The drug was developed at Forschungszentrum Jülich and Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU).

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Funding

ERC Consolidator Grant for Guillaume Lobet

Dr. Guillaume Lobet from Jülich’s Institute of Bio- and Geosciences – Agrosphere has received a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). Over the next five years, the ERC will provide around € 2 million in funding for Dr. Lobet’s research on the soil–root–plant system against the backdrop of increasing drought.

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As the global population increases, agricultural land recedes, and fossil fuel resources are on the decline, there is a need to transition from an oil-based economy to one based on the sustainable use of renewable resources. It is in this respect that the bioeconomy can make some key contributions.