Content: Energy research as a lesson for policy advice

• Leopoldina President congratulates Chancellor on King Charles II Medal
• EASAC office based at the Leopoldina in Halle
• G8 + 5 Academies meet in Ottawa
• Leopoldina’s founding city presents the 2010 Carus Awards
• German President receives Jörg Hacker and Volker ter Meulen
• A modern look bound by tradition - From now on, the Leopoldina’s new corporate design will be used uniformly on all communication media - The key feature is the logo with its redesigned seal
• World‘s oldest science academy takes its place in Europe - As the Leopoldina enters its new age the transition has been characterised by an increasingly influential role in offering science advice / By President Jörg Hacker
• Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker on the IAC committee to review the procedures of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• “Energy research needs to open up possible courses of action for energy policy”
• How does genetics help prevent disease? - International Academy Symposium on 7 and 8 February 2010 in Bonn: Predictive Genetic Diagnostics as an Instrument of Disease Prevention