News Archive
HAI Symposium 2015, Embassy of Canada to Germany,Berlin
During the past five years the Helmholtz-Alberta Initiative (HAI) has proven to be the most successful and productive German-Canadian platform for collaborative research in the fields of Energy, Environment and Health Sciences. With this in mind, both the Helmholtz...
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HAI-E&E Workshop, Berlin
On 8 September a workshop at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Science (Berlin Germany) provided an opportunity for over 40 researchers to identify and refine the areas of mutual research interest for collaboration between partners from five centres in the Helmholtz...
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Post-doctoral position for HAI PhD graduate
Hannes Hofmann has just completed his PhD at the University of Alberta in Development of Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) in Northern Alberta and accepted a 2-year post-doctoral position at the University of Groningen in The Netherlands to work on the project related...
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HAI-NDR Conference, Banff
On 22-24 May the Neurodegenerative Disease research group of the Helmholtz-Alberta Initiative (HAI-NDR) hosted a workshop on Prion strains: Structure, tropism and host response at the Banff Conference Centre (Banff, Alberta). The conference was an opportunity for over...
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Helmholtz post-doc fellowship for HAI graduate
Dr. Patricia Martinez-Garzon (former PhD student in HAI Theme group "Carbon Storage" and member of GFZ section "Geomechanics and Rheology") has received a fellowship within the „Helmholtz-Postdoctoral Programme“. The fellowship includes a three-year postdoc position...
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HAI Management Board Member awarded by Alberta Science and Technology foundation
Dr. Eddy Isaacs, CEO of Alberta Innovates - Energy and Environment Solutions and Member of the International Management Board of HAI, was the winner of the Outstanding Contribution to the Alberta Science and Technology Community Award at the 25th Anniversary Gala of...
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Partners extend Memorandum of Understanding
During the 5th Annual Meeting of the Helmholtz-Alberta Initiative (HAI) on September 29 and 30, 2014, in Edmonton and exactly five years after its initial signing, the Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Alberta and the Helmholtz Association on the...
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HAI-E&E Science Forum 2014 showcases student research in 5th year of Initiative
On September 29, 2014, the Helmholtz-Alberta Initiative (HAI) hosted its 4th Science Forum in the Energy and the Environment research program (HAI-E&E) within the framework of the 5th Annual Meeting of the initiative at the Chateau Lacombe Hotel in Edmonton. The...
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HAI launches new partnership in Neurodegenerative Disease Research
Alberta joins forces with Germany to explore mechanisms of prion disease Neurodegenerative disease was an obvious new focus area for the HAI endeavour, given the enormous impact that these diseases have upon society and the critical mass of scientific excellence at...
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HAI expands into Infectious Disease Research
Alberta joins forces with Germany in fight against hepatitis A newly formed Helmholtz-Alberta Initiative – Infectious Disease Research (HAI-IDR) team will help lead the fight against hepatitis. The highly anticipated expansion into infection research was sealed with...
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3rd HAI Science Forum
Young scientists from Canada and Germany meet in Edmonton This event provides our students and post-doctoral fellows within the Energy & Environment program with valuable opportunities to showcase their research results in oral and poster presentations as well as...
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Germany’s largest scientific organization honours Dr. Lorne Babiuk
Lorne Babiuk receives Helmholtz Fellowship from Günther Wess, Director, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health Dr. Lorne A. Babiuk, Co-Chair of the Helmholtz-Alberta Initiative (HAI) and Vice-President (Research) at the University...
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Canadian-German Science Forum
Young scientists from Canada and Germany meet in Potsdam In the presence of the Canadian Ambassador to Germany, Dr. Peter M. Boehm, this year’s rotating meeting of the Helmholtz Alberta Initiative (HAI) will open on Monday 10, September 2012. HAI is a scientific...
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