News
In this section are listed news about important publications, research projects and events.
Research
FELICE Update: IfADo researchers present results at HFES Conference
At the annual Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) conference in Lübeck, IfADo researchers Melanie Karthaus and Felix Dreger presented the results of their work on the FELICE project.
Research
New therapeutic approach for the treatment of cholemic nephropathy discovered
Cholaemic nephropathy is a serious kidney disease that occurs as a result of liver disease. There are no treatment options for the disease, as the mechanisms by which cholemic nephropathy is caused were previously unknown.
Awards
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 …
Research
Be prepared: Leibniz Lab to fight pandemics
The new Leibniz Lab "Pandemic Preparedness: One Health, One Future" combines excellent interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research from 41 Leibniz Institutes. For the first time in Germany, pathogen-oriented sciences (virology, bacteriology, mycology and …
Research
SKLM publishes position paper: Shaping the future of food and nutrition research in Germany
In recent years, the global social challenges in the area of food and nutrition have become increasingly visible: securing the world's food supply and combating hunger, the prevention and treatment of diet-related diseases such as obesity and the …
IfADo
Awarded: Innovation Prize 2024
The German Society for Occupational and Environmental Medicine has awarded the 2024 Innovation Prize to the authors of the specialist article "Occupational bladder carcinoma - The BK 1301 matrix as an algorithm and decision aid for a correlation assessment" …
Ergonomics
Hearing in virtual spaces - How real does virtual reality sound?
With the increasingly frequent use of virtual reality (VR) in scientific experiments, it has become even more important to better understand the specifics of hearing in virtual environments. Researchers at IfADo and Ruhr-Universität Bochum have now taken on …
Event
Flashes of inspiration with Marie Beaupain - IfADo researcher at the DGN Science Slam
Neurology PhD student Marie Beaupain wowed the audience at the German Neurological Society's "Geistesblitze" science slam at the Volksbühne Berlin. In her presentation "Dopamine and electric shocks - it's getting stimulating for the brain", she spoke about …
Research
Data standard for nanosafety research data published on ‘FAIRsharing.org’
Partners of the LRA Advanced Materials Safety, of which IfADo is a member, have published the results of one of their collaborations, a data guideline for description of research data called Minimum Information Table for the Safety of Engineered Nanomaterials …