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PIER

is the strategic partnership between DESY and Universität Hamburg ("Partnership for Innovation, Education and Research"). It is a future-oriented collaboration between two strong partners in the Hamburg metropolitan area...

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PIER Funding

The aim of the funding is to pick up good research ideas and to enable their implementation. Funding will focus on creative ideas, lateral thinking as well as risky research ideas with possibly high potential benefits...

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Research

PIER concentrates on four pioneering research fields and two areas of expertise that form interdisciplinary networks between the research fields. Particle and Astroparticle Physics, Nanoscience, Photon Science...

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Innovation

Part of PIER’s mission is to promote innovation within the thematic scope of the PIER research fields. PIER seeks to establish an innovation-friendly culture on the science campus in Hamburg Bahrenfeld and to foster an entrepreneurial spirit among its researchers...

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PIER Helmholtz Graduate School

Doctoral candidates who attend Hamburg’s PIER Helmholtz Graduate School benefit from outstanding research in Particle and Astroparticle Physics, Nanoscience, Photon Science, Infection and Structural Biology, Accelerator Research and Theoretical Physics.

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PIER News

PIER Graduate Week 2019

23 September 2019

PhD students discussing the PIER Graduate Week's programme. Photograph: Marta Mayer/DESY

This year's PIER Graduate Week takes place from 23- 26 September 2019 in the Center for Free-Electron Laser Science. The graduate week's main objective is to introduce PhD students to the neighbouring PIER research fields of Particle & Astroparticle Physics, Nanoscience, Photon Science, Infection & Structural Biology. Both national and international experts offer ...

Physics and Mathematics of Calabi-Yau Manifolds

30 September 2019

PAULI LECTURES 2019 by Prof. Hirosi Ooguri (Caltech, IPMU Tokyo) The concept of Calabi-Yau manifolds plays an essential role in string theory. We will first review the definition and some of the important properties of these manifolds and their use in string compactification to generate semi-realistic models of elemental particles in four dimensions. We will then ...

Guest lecture with Nobel Laureate Saul Perlmutter

24 June 2019

Nobel laureate Saul Perlmutter gave an inspiring talk. Photo: Marta Mayer/DESY

On 24 June 2019, more than 200 people crowded into the auditorium of the Center for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB) to listen to Saul Perlmutter, winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics and professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley. In his talk on “Science, Reality, and Credibility - The Necessity of Critical Thinking”, Prof. Perlmutter ...

Get to know PIER!

Our info film provides a brief overview of the PIER activities and program offers.

Research events on Bahrenfeld Campus

PIER offers an overview of all research-related events taking place on Bahrenfeld Campus.

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PIER Dates

02 Sep. 2019 to 04 Sep. 2019

C++ for advanced users

Location: Seminar room 3

03 Sep. 2019 10:00

Developing awareness of and self-confidence in situations of sexual harassment in work situations: Workshop for PhD students & Postdocs (m/f/d)

Location: Building 1b, Room 4b

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Research Funding

With the PIER Idea Fund, Universität Hamburg and DESY promote the development of future joint research projects.

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Innovation

PIER offers a variety of event formats and activities in order to foster an innovation-friendly culture on the Hamburg Bahrenfeld campus.

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Education

PIER Helmholtz Graduate School (PHGS) offers a wide variety of services for PhD students on the Hamburg Bahrenfeld campus.

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