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We study at the [http://www.uni-tuebingen.de Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen] which has plenty of course of studies in the Humanities and Sciences. It goes back to the 15th century and was home to many famous poets and thinkers. | We study at the [http://www.uni-tuebingen.de Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen] which has plenty of course of studies in the Humanities and Sciences. It goes back to the 15th century and was home to many famous poets and thinkers. | ||
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* [http://www.eb.tuebingen.mpg.de/de.html Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology] | * [http://www.eb.tuebingen.mpg.de/de.html Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology] | ||
* [http://fml.mpg.de/ The Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the MPG] | * [http://fml.mpg.de/ The Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the MPG] | ||
| - | Last but not least the university maintains the [http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/einrichtungen/zentrale-einrichtungen/botanischer-garten.html Botanischer Garten], where a rich variety of plants from all over the world | + | Last but not least the university maintains the [http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/einrichtungen/zentrale-einrichtungen/botanischer-garten.html Botanischer Garten], where a rich variety of plants from all over the world grows. |
So don't hesitate and spend a day or two in our wonderful and young city on your next trip to Germany. | So don't hesitate and spend a day or two in our wonderful and young city on your next trip to Germany. | ||
Latest revision as of 12:48, 26 September 2012
Where we're from
We study at the [http://www.uni-tuebingen.de Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen] which has plenty of course of studies in the Humanities and Sciences. It goes back to the 15th century and was home to many famous poets and thinkers.
- Located in Tübingen is also the past laboratory of Friedrich Miescher in Schloss Hohentübingen where he discovered the nucleic acids (Nuclein) in 1868.
- Nobel laureate Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard is Director at the [http://www.eb.tuebingen.mpg.de/ Max-Planck-Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie] (developmental biology), her work with Drosophila melanogaster and zebrafish Danio rerio greatly improved our present-day understanding of embryonal developement.
We come from the beautiful city of [http://maps.google.de/maps?ll=48.52,9.055556&spn=0.1,0.1&t=m&q=48.52,9.055556 Tübingen], located in Southern Germany on the Neckar river. Tübingen is home to approx. 25,000 students, among the 85,000 citizens. Furthermore Tübingen is the city with the lowest average age of Germany.
Tübingen is a location of several research institute, such as:
- [http://www.kyb.tuebingen.mpg.de/de.html Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics]
- [http://www.eb.tuebingen.mpg.de/de.html Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology]
- [http://fml.mpg.de/ The Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the MPG]
Last but not least the university maintains the [http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/einrichtungen/zentrale-einrichtungen/botanischer-garten.html Botanischer Garten], where a rich variety of plants from all over the world grows.
So don't hesitate and spend a day or two in our wonderful and young city on your next trip to Germany.
