Johannes Fischer, professor for percussion at the Music Academy in Lübeck, is a real sound collector because of his job. Everything that comes into his hands can initially be used. On the one hand, this is due to the limitations of the instruments that were previously available, but on the other hand, it is also due to the many possibilities that his “instrument” offers. An old can or the wastepaper basket quickly becomes a drum set. However, that does something to the premises at the university and at a certain point all hope is simply lost. Veronika Hellwig, Professor of Analytical Chemistry and Instrumental Analysis at the TH Lübeck, dedicates a large part of her work to the extraction of substances, for example to make reusable materials out of residual materials. In the food industry, for example, fruit or nut shell residues often accumulate and, thanks to their work, these can in turn be used to make dyes and chemical substances. It is particularly interesting how this works with the local walnut tree and what the popular grappa has to do with it. Anja Stähle, molecular biologist at the University of Lübeck, spends a lot of time in the research laboratory and finds waste to be a very problematic term. Although she works a lot with infectious material, she and her colleagues would like to make the work in the laboratory more sustainable. Using pipette tips as an example, she explains how this works according to the “reduse, reuse, recycle” principle and what so-called “green labs” are all about.
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The discussion round in episode 21
From the press will Professor Johannes Fischer celebrated as a sound magician among drummers. The versatile artist touches his audience with great ease, impulsive enthusiasm and sensitivity. As a drummer and composer, he has received numerous awards and grants, including first prize at the 56th ARD International Music Competition. After teaching in Lugano and global master classes, he was appointed drummer professor at the MHL in 2009 and has since been in charge of the drum class and a large number of chamber music projects and collaborations.
Prof. Dr. re. of course Veronica Hellwig, doctorate in chemistry, has been Professor of Analytical Chemistry and Instrumental Analysis at the Lübeck University of Applied Sciences since 2009 and is currently spokesperson for the Center of Excellence for Industrial Biotechnology CIB. She continued to pursue natural substances in her scientific career. After completing her doctorate on natural substances from fungi at the LMU Munich, she worked for several years as a laboratory manager at the pharmaceutical research center of Bayer AG in Wuppertal. She was then junior professor for ecological chemistry at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg and the Helmholtz Center in Geesthacht (today: Hereon). One focus of the current research work at the TH is the material use of renewable raw materials and residues, eg residues from marzipan production.
dr re. of course Anja Stahle is a molecular biologist and has been at the University of Lübeck since 2003. After studying Molecular Life Science, the native of Siegen did her doctorate in the field of rheumatic autoimmune diseases. As deputy head of the laboratory at the Clinic for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, she has been researching the development of autoimmune blood vessel inflammation for several years. Since 2022 she has also been supporting the university’s communications department, where she devotes herself to her second passion, science communication.
the Presenter Vivian Upmann has been press officer at the University of Lübeck since the beginning of 2021 and head of the communication department. As an experienced news journalist, TV correspondent and journalism lecturer, Vivian Upmann has been able to develop a keen sense for good stories over the past few years. She has remained true to the microphone and enjoys moderating events with a focus on science, politics and digital issues. She is particularly looking forward to moderating the podcast, “because exciting discussions can arise with experts from such different areas.”