Category Archives: Interview

‘Life as Research Scientist’: Kiwamu Tanaka, Plant Biologist

Dr. Kiwamu Tanaka, an aspiring scientist, is currently doing research on Role of extracellular ATP in plant growth and development at the Division of Plant Sciences in the University of Missouri. He completed his doctoral work at The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences in the Kagoshima University, Japan. Recently we spoke with Dr. Tanaka to know about his research work, especially regarding the study published in Science (DOI: 10.1126/science.343.6168.290), and also about why it is important, how life as a research scientist is, and so on. So let’s hear from Dr. Tanaka: (more…)

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‘Life as Research Scientist’: Jo Varner, Biologist

Jo Varner, University of Utah biology doctoral student, is currently conducting research on how small mammals like Pikas are coping with Earth’s warming climate. Her study is concentrated on Pikas in the Columbia River Gorge area in the U.S, which is an unusual habitat for this species. Recently we had the opportunity to talk to Miss Varner about her research, why it is important and how life as a research scientist is. Here is what we learned from Miss Jo Varner: (more…)

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“Liebe und Romantik”, So denke ich darüber: Katja (30)

Q. Was ist Liebe? Wie würden Sie es definieren?

Katja: Ja, es ist sehr schwierig zu definieren, was Liebe ist. Man kann es schlecht beschreiben, also man liebt ja doch, ich würde sagen mehrere Menschen. Also das Gefühl jemanden gern zu haben, zu mögen….und ja schwierig zu definieren, die richtige Liebe, aber was ist richtige Liebe?…ja..(lächeln)

Q. Was ist Ihr liebstes Liebes-Zitat? Lesen Sie Liebesgedichte?

Katja: Ahh…so richtig lese ich jetzt Liebesgedichte nicht, aber für mich hat jemand ein Liebesgedicht geschrieben und das war sehr schön und da war ich wirklich gerührt und also es hat mich beflügelt, dass jemand für mich ein Liebesgedicht schreibt. Das Gedicht war echt schön, dass man so was denken und fühlen kann. (more…)

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‘Life as Research Scientist’: Angel Byrd, Cell Biologist

For years, Brown University M.D./Ph.D. student Angel Byrd had dedicated herself to studying how immune system cells capture invading fungal pathogens. Like those cells, called neutrophils, she had seized on seemingly every opportunity that had come her way. (more…)

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Interview mit Marcel Kieslich: ‚Was die deutsche Partei „Die Linke“ über die aktuellen Probleme in der Welt denkt‘ (‚What the Left Party in Germany thinks about Current World Problems‘)

Marcel Kieslich, Jahrgang 1983, ist ein Diplom-Wirtschaftsjurist (FH) und seit November 2011 im Stadtvorstand der Partei DIE LINKE Halle (Saale). Sein besonderes politisches Interesse gilt dem Sozialticket für die Stadt Halle, der Behinderten- und Friedenspolitik und der Demokratie und dem Demokratieverständnis. Wir redeten mit Herrn Kieslich über die aktuelle Weltlage, insbesondere über den Syrienkonflikt, die Verteilung der Weltmächte, religiösen und wirtschaftlichen Fanatismus und dessen Gruppen und weitere Themen. (more…)

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‘Love and Romance’, the way I feel it: Hossam (23)

Q. What is love? How would you define it?

Hossam: I would say ‘love’ is something that has to be from inside from your heart. It doesn’t come out very quickly. People who are falling in love has to get to know each other first, they have to know whether they understand each other, they have to know whether they fit to each other, and these ways we can know whether we fit to each other or not, if we love each other or not. But of course, that needs some time. So that’s how I define it actually.
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Interview with Sascha Gätzschmann: ‚My Baha’i Faith’

Q: You were Catholic, then you became a Baha’i. Will you please tell us what encouraged you to do it?

Sascha: There is one religion of God, which is renewed in every age according to the needs of the time. God´s plan unfolds by unique and holy Persons – the Manifestations of God or Prophets of God. They work hand in hand. Among these Manifestions of God are Krishna, Buddha, Zoroaster, Abraham, Moses, Christ, Muhammad, the Báb and of course Bahá´u´lláh, whose teaching of the unity of mankind attracted me from the start. I became a Baha’i, as I understood that Bahá´u´lláh´s message is divine and that the same spirit that animated Jesus Christ also animated Bahá´u´lláh. Through the teachings of Bahá´u´lláh I understood that the Prophets are all one and that the teachings of Christ applied to a certain time. The teachings of Bahá´u´lláh are directed to the needs of humanity today. I am happy to work with many people – may they be Bahais or not – for the old dream of a unified and happy mankind. (more…)

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“Liebe und Romantik”: So denke ich darüber (‘Love and Romance’, the way I feel it): Johannes (42)

(In German and in English)

***Die deutsche Version:

Q. Was ist Liebe? Wie würden Sie es definieren?

Johannes: Seinen Mitmenschen Vertrauen und Freude zu geben und Verständnis zu haben.

Q. Was ist Ihr liebstes Liebes-Zitat? Lesen Sie Liebesgedichte?

Johannes: Als Kind sehr gerne, als ich jung war. Da habe ich viele Liebesgedichte gelesen und wenn man einen Satz über Liebe hört, möchte man diesen im Kopf haben, um der Frau diese Liebe zu zeigen und um dann diese Sätze nutzen zu können. Aber heute nicht mehr. (more…)

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