Excelência e Internacionalidade –
Freie Universität Berlin hoje
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Um breve panorama histórico
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1947: Na Universidade Humboldt, localizada no setor
soviético em Berlim, professores críticos ao sistema
perdem a licença docente; igualmente alunos críticos
são suspensos, não podendo frequentar a universidade;
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1948: em 4 de dezembro, alunos e professores, com
apoio dos EUA, fundam a Freie Universität Berlin;
•1968: A Freie Universität Berlin é um importante centro
do movimento estudantil;
• 1975: A Freie Universität Berlin torna-se uma
universidade de massas com 65.000 estudantes;
•1989: A Freie Universität Berlin apoia economica e
estruturalmente a reforma da Universidade Humboldt;
•1998: Reforma da organização e das estruturas
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Cerca de 28.500 estudantes, dentre os quais 60%
são mulheres e 17% estudantes internacionais
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Cerca de 4300 doutorados (24% internacionais)
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Cerca de 403 professores titulares
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15 departamentos e institutos centrais
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3 áreas de interesse: Estudos Regionais, Ciências
Humanas, Biociências
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29 Centros Interdisciplinares de Pesquisas
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Subvenções estaduais: cerca de 270 milhões de
euros por ano
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Financiamento de terceiros: cerca de 95 milhões de
euros por ano
A FU hoje: Fatos e Dados*
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Faculdades
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Biologia, Química, Farmácia
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Educação e Psicologia
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Geociências
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Historia e Ciência Culturais
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Matemática e Comp. Científica
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Filosofia e Ciências Humanas
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Física
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Ciências Sociais e Política
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Direito
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Medicina Veterinário
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Economia
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Escritório Brasil
Objetivos:
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Promover intercambio e mobilidade das estudantes e das pesquisadores
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Promover projetos de pesquisa em contexto internacional e interdisciplinar
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Variedade arquitetônica
Edifício Otto Hahn
Jardim botânico
“Golden Hall“ do
Präsidium
Habelschwerdter
Allee 45
Charité, Campus
Benjamin Franklin
Campus Düppel
Campus Lankwitz
Edifício Henry Ford
Dahlem Centre of Plant Sciences
A Focus Area of the Freie Universität Berlin
Dr. Cornelia Löhne, Nov 2010
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FU Berlin - Dahlem Centre of Plant Sciences
Founded in 2009, the Dahlem Centre of Plant Sciences unites
experts of diverse plant biology disciplines.
Cornelia Löhne, Dahlem Centre of Plant Sciences, Botanic Garden & Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem
Applied Genetics
Systematics,
Morphology & Ecology
Physiology and
Biochemistry of Plants
Botanic Garden and
Botanical Museum
Animal Ecology
Pharmaceutical
Biology
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More than 160
participating
scientists, incl.
60 doctoral
students
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Supported by
the FU Executive
Board / CCD
and the Einstein
Foundation
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Going beyond Arabidopsis in order to understand the structural
and functional diversity of plants.
Dahlem Centre of Plant Sciences – Intergrative Approach
Integrating different disciplines, topics and approaches in Plant Science
Biodiversityof
Plants: Tree of life
Plants in their
Environment
Applied Plant Sciences
Model Plant
Arabidopsis thaliana
Botanic Garden and
Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem
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Famous names: Willdenow, Humboldt,
Schweinfurth, Eichler, Urban, Engler ……
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August Wilhelm Eichler and Ignatz Urban
were editors of Flora Brasiliensis (1868-1906,
130 vol.), together with Philipp Martius
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around 1900: movement of the garden,
including herbarium and museum, to the
outskirts of Berlin (Dahlem)
Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem
Carl Ludwig Willdenow
(1765 – 1812)
Engler‘s theme: „The world in a garden“
300 years of scientific tradition:
Adolf Engler
(1844-1930)
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Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem
Our scientific collections are unique resources for scientists
from all over the world
Living collection:
~ 22,000 species
Seedbank: >2600 species
DNA Bank: >3000 species
Special collections
Herbarium:
>3.5 million specimens
from three centuries
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Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem
Our research infrastructures
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Laboratories for anatomical and morphological
analysis and microscopy (including scanning
electron microscopy)
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DNA laboratories including Next Generation
Sequencing
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Largest library for botanical literature in central
Europe
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Scientific collections (including herbarium and
living collection)
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IT services and databases
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Our Research: Evolution and Biodiversity of Plants
Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem
Asterids
Caryophyllales
Santalales
Berberidopsidales
Dilleniaceae
Vitaceae
Rosiden
Saxifragales
Gunnerales
Buxaceae
Trochodendraceae
Proteales
Sabiales
Ranunculales
Ceratophyllum
Monocotyle
Chloranthales
Magnoliales
Laurales
Piperales
Canellales
Austrobaileyales
Nymphaeales
Amborella
Gymnosperms
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Research at the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum
Example: Flora of Cuba
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Research at the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum
Biodiversity Informatics
Making biodiversity collections and data visible and accessible for
scientist from all over the world as well as for the public
Establishment of a central information resource for the
Euro-Mediterranean regions and the Caucasus
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Botanic Garden andBotanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem
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Teaching and Graduate Training Programmes
Contribution to Bachelor and
Master programmes of the FU
Berlin
Currently 10 PhD students from
5 countries
More than 120 guest scientist per
year from all over the world
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Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem
Mexico
El Salvador
Bolivia
Korea
Ethiopia
International Cooperation Partners
Cuba
Guyanas
Caucasus
Cornelia Löhne, Dahlem Centre of Plant Sciences, Botanic Garden & Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem
