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Nature 447, 630-633 (7 June 2007) | doi:10.1038/447630a; Published online 6 June 2007
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Science in Germany: A beacon of reform
Alison Abbott1
- Alison Abbott is Nature's senior European correspondent. Additional reporting by Sophie Stiegler.
Abstract
Long a symbol of East German pride, the Charité medical school is flourishing in the twenty-first-century shake-up of German universities. Alison Abbott reports.
The concrete high-rise of the historic Charité hospital was the pride of communist East Germany's medical sciences. Built in 1982, its 21 stories were a riposte to the Verlagshochhaus — a 19-storey tower that the Springer publishing group built close to the wall in west Berlin, and that was seen as a way to taunt people in east Berlin with visions of western freedom, progress and wealth.
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