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    • 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)
  6. 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
  8. 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)
    • Knowledge Transfer and Innovation
    The new federal government's research and innovation policy must become more effective

    Expert Commission on Research and Innovation chaired by Prof. Dr Uwe Cantner hands over new annual report to the Federal Government
    EFI Chairman Uwe Cantner (4th from left) with Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (3rd from right) and the other EFI members.
    Image: Linda Köhler-Sandring
    • Research
    Digitally preserving Europe's cultural heritage

    Jena Digital Humanities research group launches "3DBigDataSpace" project
    The digitised Pernstejn Castle in the 4D browser Geoviewers.
    Screenshot: Jena 4D research group
  12. Withdrawal from Platform X

    More than 120 universities and research institutes join ‘SciXit’
    German universities and research institutions are leaving X.
    Picture: Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
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