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Transparent and reproducible research with open source software

FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) is an integral part of science. Data analyses are written in Python, image data are analysed with Fiji and files are shared via Nextcloud installations on institute servers. Open knowledge requires open code, or so one would think. However, there are often big differences…

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If it didn't work out this time: alternative funding resources

Wow! We received, read, sorted and evaluated 262 ideas from you for the 14th funding round. The impressive amount and diversity did not make the selection process easy for our jury, because unfortunately we can only fund a limited number of projects. The elimination of an application can have different…

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Let the sun shine! – Demo Day of the round 12

On a beautiful winter day, the doors opened for the Demo Day of Round 12 on February 28, 2023. It was a great pleasure to see both the many people we have supported for six months on the way to their prototype and to welcome the many guests who wanted…