Targeting cancer cells © GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung The object of radiotherapy in oncology is to destroy tumor cells while sparing surrounding, healthy tissues. This requires maximizing

Carbon: highly effective and surgically precise © GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung The biologically effective dose in the tumor can be optimized by selecting the appropriate kind of ions.

Successful pilot project at GSI © GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung From 1997 to 2008, GSI has been operating a radiotherapy unit for cancer treatment using carbon ions at its accelerator facility

Therapy Center (MIT). It went into operation in November 2015. © Image: GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH Therapy facility in Marburg.

therapy with ion beams Project partners Contact Project Partners GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung Darmstadt Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Heidelberg Radiologische Klinik Heidelberg For

GSI and FAIR Timeline: From 1969 until 2019 The GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2019. During the decades, GSI has developed from a national research institute [...] took place in 50 years of GSI. Milestones of GSI History 1969 Foundation of Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung mbH 1970 Participation in the the Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Großforschungseinrichtungen (AGF) [...] 2008 Commissioning of the PHELIX laser system 2008 Renaming into GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH (GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research) 2009 Opening of the Heidelberg Ion-Beam

Strongly Interacting Matter (STRONG 2020). General Information The GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH (GSI) operates an accelerator complex which consists of the linear accelerator UNILAC [...] form. Please send your signed applications to: Dr. Yvonne Leifels GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH Planckstr. 1 64291 Darmstadt Germany phone: +49 6159 71 2667 fax: +49 6159 71 3622 email:

GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung The goal of the scientific research conducted at GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung is to reach a better understanding of the structure and behavior [...] behavior of the world that surrounds us. About us The GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt operates a worldwide leading accelerator facility for research purposes. About 1,520 employees

SIS18 Bunch Compressor © Copyright: GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH SIS18 Bunch Compressor The bunch compressor is an RF system which performs a 90° rotation of the particle bunch in

January 2017 Paolo Giubellino is Scientific Managing Director of GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH (GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research) and the Facility for Antiproton and Ion [...] 2016 he was elected into the Academia Europaea. © Foto: Gaby Otto/GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung Professor Dr. Karlheinz Langanke 2015-2016 (ad interim) Karlheinz Langanke was born on 13th