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    • Awards and Personnel
    Germany's most popular fully-fledged university with more than 15,000 students is located in Jena

    University of Jena once again in the top group of the "StudyCheck" student portal
    Students on the campus of the University of Jena.
    Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)
    • Research
    Improve the quality of lesson planning with AI

    Teaching project by German didactics experts at the University of Jena receives funding of around 250,000 euros from the "Innovation in University Teaching" foundation
    German didactics experts Dr Florian Hesse (left) and Gerrit Helm.
    Image: Nicole Nerger/Universität Jena
    • Life
    • Research
    Groundwater threatened by droughts and heavy rainfalls

    New study on the impact of climate extremes on (future) water security
    Cracks in soil (Hainich).
    Image: Robert Lehmann/Universität Jena
    • Life
    • Research
    What microbes tell us about Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

    Robust microbiome signatures enable more precise diagnoses and open up new therapeutic approaches for the treatment of NAFLD
    Gianni Panagiotou dedicates his research to understanding the interactions between microbiomes and their environment.
    Image: Anna Schroll/Universität Jena
    • Awards and Personnel
    Witchcraft and city magic

    Victoria Hegner is the new Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Friedrich Schiller University
    The new cultural anthropologist Prof. Dr Victoria Hegner.
    Image: Nicole Nerger/Universität Jena
    • Research
    New picture of the people of the Upper Palaeolithic

    Scientists at the University of Jena analyse bone finds from the Palaeolithic Age once again
    Marmota marmota from Teufelsbrücke, cut and broken lower incisors; scale bar = 5 mm.
    Image: W. Müller
    • Life
    • Research
    A fungus to save plants?

    For the first time, researchers have been able to understand how the soil fungus Mortierella alpina eliminates nematodes with the help of natural products
    Part of the intestine of Caenorhabditis elegans under the microscope, enriched with malpinins.
    Image: Constanze Schultz/Leibniz-IPHT
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    • Research
    • Knowledge Transfer and Innovation
    Technology developed for more precise cancer operations

    Jena research team presents innovative endoscope
    Histopathological tissue section of a patient with a head and neck tumour, stained with haematoxylin and eosin.
    Image: UKJ
    • Life
    • Awards and Personnel
    Understanding the metabolism of the microbiome

    Sarela García-Santamarina is a new professor at the University of Jena and Leibniz-HKI
    Prof. Dr Sarela García-Santamarina.
    Image: Luis Morgado/ITQB
    • Research
    Bringing the night owls into the light

    Interdisciplinary research group begins nationwide moth monitoring project with AI analysis
    Moths that have been attracted by UV light and have settled down.
    Image: Gunnar Brehm/Universität Jena
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    • Research
    Optimising the processing of plastic waste

    University of Jena involved in new research project for the improvement of plastic recycling
    Redox polymers are purified in a laboratory at the Centre for Energy and Environmental Chemistry.
    Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)
    • Studies and Teaching
    Excellent ratings for the University of Jena

    Master's programmes in Physics, Computer Science and Mathematics score highly in the latest CHE University Ranking
    Students on the campus of the University of Jena.
    Image: Nicole Nerger (Universität Jena)
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