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  3. High-quality vocational training

    The East Thuringia Craft Chamber has recognised the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena as ‘exemplary training organisation’.

    • Awards and Personnel
    Nick Wartenberg, Training Co-ordinator; Dominik Obst, Designated Training Supervisor for Carpentry; Jacob Linde, Head of Trade; Tobias Geissler, Chief Master of the East Thuringia Electricians’ Guild; Katja König, Deputy Chief Executive of the East Thuringia Chamber of Skilled Trades; Moritz Badel, Head of Human Resources at Friedrich Schiller University, Jena; and Elfi Dorna, Head of the Human Resources Development Department (from left) at the presentation of the certificate recognising the organisation as an ‘Vorbildlicher Ausbildungsbetrieb’ (Exemplary Training Organisation) in the Botanical Garden of Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
    Image: Nicole Nerger (University of Jena)

  5. How the Eastern Alps are still changing shape today

    An international research team led by the University of Jena has published a new review study showing where tectonic forces continue to act in the Alpine region

    • Research
    An excavator on the Göriacher Alm in Carinthia, with the Alps in the background
    Image: Christoph Grützner

  8. On a safari through your own garden

    The »MikroSafari« citizen science project, run by the University of Jena, the UFZ and iDiv, is conducting scientific research into allotment gardens as a habitat

    • Life
    • Research
    A flowering meadow with red clover (Trifolium pratense).
    Image: Nicole Nerger (University of Jena)

  11. Amoebae: Master Tunnel Builders

    Researchers from Jena, Cambridge and Bengaluru discover a special communication pathway in social amoebae—and a possible building block on the path to complex life

    • Light
    • Life
    • Research
    The microscopic image shows amoebae cells connected to one another via tunnelling nanotubes (arrow). The nanotubes enable the exchange of cellular contents between the amoebae. The amoeba cells are shown in orange, and the cellular material in blue. The scale bar is 10 µm long.
    Image: Harikumar Suma | Leibniz-HKI

  12. Oil beetle larvae smell like flowers to manipulate bees

    For the first time, a research team from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology and University of Jena has demonstrated that insects can mimic floral scents to manipulate pollinators

    • Life
    • Research
    The female European oil beetle (Meloe proscarabaeus): These flightless, highly poisonous beetles are hard to miss during spring walks through fields and meadows.
    Image: Danny Kessler
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