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Historic day for the University of Regensburg: Bavaria's Science Minister Markus Blume today opened the first building from the federal-state program for research buildings in the university's history. On site, Blume emphasized: “RUN – the name says it all: at the University of Regensburg, things just run. With the opening of the Regensburg Center for Ultrafast Nanaoscopy, we are writing Bavarian scientific history today: The RUN is the university's first building from the federal-state program for research buildings and thus an accolade of excellence for Regensburg nanoscopy cast in stone, concrete and glass - only particularly excellent concepts are awarded the contract. We have increased the pace even further with the construction acceleration program from the Bavarian High-Tech Agenda. The building now enables great insights into the smallest connections: In RUN, the researchers make ultra-fast quantum movements visible and take microscopy and nanoscopy to a new level. We enable science for the benefit of people: Only if we know the nanocosmos can we create new opportunities to answer major questions in modern life and natural sciences.”
The President of the University of Regensburg Prof. Dr. Udo Hebel said: “With the RUN we are reaching a new dimension of cutting-edge research at the University of Regensburg. It is fantastic that, thanks to the research performance and commitment of our outstanding scientists, we have succeeded in bringing this internationally groundbreaking project in the field of quantum dynamics to Regensburg in a nationwide competition. The RUN is a model of what the university of the future will look like: with interdisciplinary research projects, internationally leading science and future-oriented infrastructure.”
Nanoscopy is the flagship of the University of Regensburg
In the new research building for the RUN (Center for Ultrafast Nanaoscopy), over 90 scientists from the University of Regensburg will work in an interdisciplinary manner on innovative processes for researching the nanocosmos. This research area is a flagship of the Regensburg University. So far, only in Regensburg has it been possible to resolve the movement of a single molecular orbital directly in space and time. The research building is also part of the Cluster of Excellence application outline “Center for Chiral Electronics”, which was invited to submit a full application.
Investments of around 61 million euros
“A total of 61 million euros were invested in the research building, in which the federal government contributed 20 million euros. The Free State of Bavaria will cover the remaining 41 million euros,” said Science Minister Blume at the opening.
