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  1. Life on the energy limit

    New framework concept on microbial frugality explains changes in groundwater

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    • Research
    Dr Oliver Overholt (left) and Prof. Dr Kirsten Küsel are collecting samples in the Hainich. Findings from this research have also been incorporated into the framework.
    Image: Beatrix Heinze

  6. How did Hannibal get his elephants across the Alps?

    A new analysis led by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, and the University of Oxford sheds light on the most likely route.

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    • Research
    About thirty-seven African elephants marched with Hannibal across the Alps. The photo was taken on Mount Kenya.
    Image: Saba Douglas-Hamilton

  7. New Immunotherapy for Neuropathy

    Jena University Hospital: A treatment team has achieved a surprisingly rapid and marked improvement in two patients with an autoimmune neurological disorder through the use of a drug originally developed for a different treatment

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    • Research
    Dr Jonathan Wickel and Dr Mihai Ceanga (right) achieved a surprising therapeutic success with a drug intended for a different condition.
    Image: Inka Rodigast/UKJ

  10. Good yeast, bad yeast

    Researchers discover new potential of baker’s yeast to treat persistent fungal infection

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    • Excellence
    • Research
    Mark Gresnigt at work in the laboratory
    Image: Anna Schroll (Leibniz-HKI)
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