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    Protective radar for bacteria

    A team of researchers from the University of Jena and the Leibniz-HKI has discovered a chemical defence mechanism that bacteria use to detect and eliminate hostile amoebae.
    Prof. Dr Pierre Stallforth is Professor of Bioorganic Chemistry and Paleobiotechnology at the University of Jena.
    Image: Jürgen Scheere (University of Jena)
    • Research
    • Knowledge Transfer and Innovation
    Innovative solutions for tricky problems

    The University of Jena will be presenting several research projects at the Hannover Messe from 31 March to 4 April 2025
    • Research
    Researching church history with digital methods

    New project at the University of Jena develops digital tools for historians
    The historian apl. Prof. Dr Robert Gramsch-Stehfest (left) and the computer scientist Prof. Dr Clemens Beckstein are leading the new project.
    Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)
    • Research
    How elephants plan their journeys

    New study proves that elephants save energy wherever possible
    An elephant eating.
    Image: Bernd Adam
    • Life
    • Knowledge Transfer and Innovation
    • Research
    Tipping points in the microcosmos

    The latest issue of the research magazine LICHTGEDANKEN is dedicated to microorganisms and their influence on global processes
    A person holds a petri dish with bacterial cultures (Staphylococcus aureus).
    Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)
    • Life
    • Awards and Personnel
    Renowned award for RNA researcher

    Dr Kathrin Fröhlich will be awarded the 2025 Research Award of the Association for General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM)
    Dr Kathrin Fröhlich heads the RNA Biology of Bacteria junior research group.
    Image: Anna Schroll
    • Life
    • Research
    How localized bacterial infestation puts the whole plant on alert

    A research team from the University of Jena shows how chemical and electrical signals are orchestrated in plants to trigger an immune response.
    Microscopic image of the vascular system of a broad bean leaf.
    Image: Alexandra Furch (Universität Jena)
    • Research
    Ostracods provide information on the ecological status of waters

    International research team presents water monitoring method using small aquatic organisms as bioindicators
    Olga Schmitz (right) and Paul Mehlhorn sampling the sediment of a lagoon in Richards Bay (South Africa).
    Image: Peter Frenzel (Universität Jena)
  9. Jena University Hospital is one of the TOP25 clinical departments in Germany

    Global hospital ranking "World's Best Hospitals 2025" confirms the high quality of the only university hospital in Thuringia
    Jena University Hospital is ranked 23rd among the best hospitals in Germany.
    Image: Anna Schroll/UKJ
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    • Studies and Teaching
    Closing the STEM gap

    The Abbe Centre of Photonics is launching the project "Hands on! The STEM Makerspace", funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
    Dr Theresia Palenta, Canan Gallitschke and Johannes Kretzschmar prepare an experiment.
    Image: ACP/Helgert
  11. Patron and honorary citizen passes away

    Friedrich Schiller University mourns the loss of Bernhard Vogel
    Bernhard Vogel was awarded honorary citizenship by the University of Jena on 10 July 2013.
    Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)
    • Research
    A dictionary of fragrances

    Researchers at the University of Jena develop data sets for the description and recording of odours
    Smell - how odours are described and named has now been compiled in a dictionary of fragrances.
    Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)
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