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11 November 2020 / University of Bayreuth

Kulturpreis Bayern for Bayreuth engineer Dr.-Ing. Thomas Ritter

Dr.-Ing. Thomas Ritter receives Bayernwerk AG’s Kulturpreis Bayern for his dissertation at…

11 November 2020 / TUM

Climate-adapted plant breeding: Improvement of crops with seeds from gene banks

Securing plant production is a global task. Using a combination of new molecular and…

11 November 2020 / JMU Würzburg

A damage foreseen is a danger avoided

New complex for damage detection in DNA identified

Our body can repair damage to our…

06 November 2020 / FAU

Detecting signs of disease even earlier with MRI

The use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in modern medicine allows accurate imaging of…

05 November 2020 / FAU

Plants communicate at a molecular level

Working together with researchers from the University of Tübingen, the University of…

05 November 2020 / University of Bayreuth

Bayreuth biochemist receives substantial EU funding for the construction of synthetic motor proteins

Prof. Dr. Birte Höcker, biochemist at the University of Bayreuth, has been awarded an ERC…

05 November 2020 / JMU Würzburg

Eleven million euros from the ERC

Three experts for super-resolution microscopy jointly want to obtain better images of…

05 November 2020 / JMU Würzburg

Bacteria under stress

In stress situations, bacteria use special ion channels for defense. Understanding how…

05 November 2020 / FAU

The language of whales

How do killer whales communicate? A team of researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität…

04 November 2020 / FAU

The cement for coral reefs

Coral reefs are hotspots of biodiversity. As they can withstand heavy storms, they offer…