Groundbreaking ceremony for iDiv building
![This is how the new iDiv building will look like (photo, visualisation and architecture: Depenbrock Partnerring GmbH & Co. KG Bielefeld). This is how the new iDiv building will look like (photo, visualisation and architecture: Depenbrock Partnerring GmbH & Co. KG Bielefeld).](/fileadmin/_processed_/d/7/csm_20180412_Neubau_8299881f6c.jpg)
This is how the new iDiv building will look like (photo, visualisation and architecture: Depenbrock Partnering GmbH & Co. KG Bielefeld).
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Groundbreaking ceremony for the new iDiv building (photo: Stefan Bernhardt, iDiv).
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The Minister President of Saxony, Michael Kretschmer, took part in the groundbreaking ceremony (photo: Stefan Bernhardt, iDiv).
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"The new building is another milestone to strengthen the complex research on how to safeguard the diversity of life on our planet", Kretschmer said (photo: Stefan Bernhardt, iDiv).
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"As an international hotspot of biodiversity research, iDiv can become even more visible with an own building", said State Minister for Higher Education, Research and the Arts, Dr. Eva-Maria Stange (photo: Stefan Bernhardt, iDiv).