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The field of micro- and nanosystems in life sciences is inherently highly interdisciplinary. In both academic research and industrial R&D the people involved need to be able to communicate and work with a large number of collaborators from different fields and backgrounds, know about the possible applications in the pharmaceutical industries, medicine and patient care and take responsibility of the societal implication of their work. Successful products and research findings can only be achieved when this transdisciplinary collaboration is learned and taught on-the-job and at all levels Read the story »
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What is Creativity?
Auszug aus einem Interview mit Wolf Singer, Hirnforscher:
Was ist Phantasie aus der Sicht eines Hirnforschers?
Das ist die Fähigkeit, mit dem gespeicherten Material kombinatorisch zu spielen, es in neue Verbindungen zu bringen, Verbindungen zu entdecken, wo früher keine waren. Das ist die Essenz von Kreativität: mit dem, was man schon kategorisiert und formuliert hat, noch mal [...]
Let’s destroy something=)
Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction.
(Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973)
Gimzewski on Creativity and Knowledge…
“Creativity is becoming more important than knowledge.
Knowledge is distributed on the Internet where anyone can find it.”
James Gimzewski, UCLA Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Fellow of the Royal Society and member of the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI).
Read the story »…and Confucius said:
I hear, and I forget
I see, and I remember
I do, and I understand
