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How does gardening affect biodiversity? #UniJena is investigating this in collaboration with @ufz.de and @idiv-research.bsky.social as part of the ‘MikroSafari’ citizen science project. We are looking for 200 community gardeners from Jena – start is in September. ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/435985/on...
How can transcultural and interfaith skills help secure healthcare professionals in Thuringia? The new ETIK research project at #UniJena develops practical training and knowledge-transfer programmes. Funded with over €600,000 by Thuringia and the ESF Plus. 🙏🇪🇺
For the first time, researchers from #UniJena and @leibniz-hki.de at @microverse.bsky.social have detected tiny membrane tunnels connecting social amoebae, serving as a communication and transport system. ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/434214/amo…
Personality and relationships influence one another: A study by #UniJena involving 1,925 couples shows that positive relationships are linked to a reduction in traits associated with the ‘dark triad’ – particularly with narcissism. ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/433785/rom…
How do microorganisms in groundwater survive when faced with a constant shortage of energy and nutrients? Researchers from #UniJena and Linnaeus University explain this using the new concept of ‘microbial frugality’. ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/432960/leb…
The sociologist Hartmut Rosa from the #UniJena has been elected an International Fellow of the British Academy. The Academy is thereby recognising his outstanding research achievements in the humanities and social sciences. Congratulations! 💐 ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/433257/har…
On Sunday 19 July, the Tara Polaris I sets sail. Therein, #UniJena is working with international partners to investigate how microbial communities in the Arctic Ocean are responding to climate change. ➡️ uni-jena.de/en/432993/jen…
A study from #UniJena and @leibniz-hki.de at @microverse.bsky.social shows that even at moderate temperature changes, a third of protein-coding genes in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii responds – with potential consequences for ecosystems. ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/431332/und…
In the “InnoManager” project, economic and social statistician Prof. Dr Christian Pigorsch at #UniJena develops and evaluates an architecture to support businesses with AI-supported concept generation. This is funded with more than 200,000 € by the State of Thuringia from EU funds. Thank you! 🙏 🇪🇺
How did Hannibal get his elephants across the Alps? A study involving #UniJena, @idiv-research.bsky.social and the University of Oxford shows that the Col de la Traversette would have been the most energy-efficient route 2,244 years ago. ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/430738/how…
Students at #UniJena can apply for the EC2U Student Event “United in Health, Connected by EC2U” in Salamanca until Monday, 20 July at 11.30 am. The event itself will take place from 19 to 23 October. ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/425293/stu…
71 students are currently receiving funding through the so called Deutschlandstipendium at #UniJena. The scholarship supports high-achieving and committed students. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who has made this funding possible. 🙏 ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/429869/uni…
Prof. Dr. Melanie Weirich (r.) und Dr. Jules Kielmann (l.) erhielten den Förderpreis „Geschlechteraspekte im Blick 2026“ der #UniJena. Mit dem Förderpreis werden Forschungsarbeiten gewürdigt, die Geschlechteraspekte konsequent und innovativ untersuchen. ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/427042/foerde…
Around 80 pupils from the 11th grade pupils visited our Institute of Earth Sciences at #UniJena. Through talks, mini-workshops and hands-on activities, the institute’s various research groups provided an insight into the field of geosciences. ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/7235/b-sc-…
Prof. Dr Isabelle Ley is new at #UniJena. She teaches public law, international law and European law, and her research focuses, amongst other things, on the regulation and legal framework of arms exports. ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/428604/wha…
For their achievements in research, teaching and science communication, scientists from #UniJena have been elected as full members of the Erfurt Academy: Nikolaus Knoepffler, Karl-Heinz Lotze, Matthias Perkams, Birgit Weber, and Gunter Wolf. ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/429099/for…
The Hilprecht Collection at #UniJena is celebrating its 100th anniversary. A public exhibition at the ThULB and an academic conference will explore the history, preservation and current research surrounding one of Germany’s most significant cuneiform collections. ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/428593/ne...
The new book „Bewegliche Ordnung. Goethes Naturforschung“ explores the themes of the permanent exhibition at the Goethe Laboratory at #UniJena. With contributions from authors of various disciplines, it opens up new perspectives on Goethe’s scientific thinking. ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/428186/mob…
Noch bis Montag, 22. Juni, 14 Uhr finden die Gremienwahlen an der #UniJea online statt. Gewählt werden der Studierendenrat und die Fachschaftsräte, der Doktorandenrat, der Assistentenrat sowie der Rat unserer Graduierten-Akademie. ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/5255/gremienw…
Wie sprechen wir über den Klimawandel – und welche Rolle spielt die Wissenschaft dabei? Über diese Fragen diskutieren Im Uni Jena Magazin SCHILLER der Klimaforscher Prof. Markus Reichstein und die Kommunikationswissenschaftlerin Prof. Edda Humprecht. 👉 www.schiller.uni-jena.de/77/ausgabe-1...
Researchers at #UniJena have reconstructed a key mechanism of embryonic development in cnidarians. As the team led by Prof. Dr Andreas Hejnol demonstrated, a specific group of cells in these animals sends signals that determine the body axes. ➡️ uni-jena.de/en/genetic-bl…
Researchers at #UniJena, led by Dr Kevin Jablonka, have developed an AI system for chemical structure analysis in collaboration with the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, the Helmholtz Institute for Polymers in Energy Applications (HIPOLE) Jena, and Zakodium. ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/427152/kue…
The „Thüringer Zustände 2025" (Thuringian Conditions 2025) analyse social and political developments in Thuringia. The latest edition describes the increasing normalization of far-right views and examines their consequences. ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/427724/shi…
Unter der Leitfrage „Was ist Leben?“ brachte die L³-Themenwoche vom 18. bis 22. Mai die Profillinien unserer Universität – LIGHT. LIFE. LIBERTY. – zusammen und schuf spannende Begegnungen zwischen Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft. Mehr erfahren ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/80/profillin...
Am Mittwoch, 17. 6., lädt apl. Prof. Dr. Karina Weichold, Vizepräsidentin für Studium und Lehre der #UniJena, zum digitalen „Meet & Talk“ ein. Im Mittelpunkt stehen Initiativen für studentisches Engagement in Studium und Lehre. Beginn: ist 17 Uhr. ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/423852/meet-t…
Until Friday, 3 July, students, early-career researchers and staff at #UniJena can apply for the 6th EC2U Entrepreneurial Week from 19 to 22 October in Linz, Austria. ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/413787/tac…
#UniJena has a new magazine: The first issue of SCHILLER, ‘in new light’, focuses on museums and collections, new venues such as the forthcoming FORUM and the Inselplatz campus, as well as current research from the Light, Life and Liberty research profiles. ➡️ www.schiller.uni-jena.de/en
#UniJena and Landesentwicklungsgesellschaft Thüringen are pooling their international activities. By a memorandum of understanding, both partners aim to strengthen Thuringia’s position globally as a hub for science, innovation and business. ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/427075/uni…
24 pupils from Brazil, Venezuela, Peru and other Latin American countries are experiencing student life in Jena until Friday, 19 June. #UniJena and EAH Jena are boosting international student recruitment through the DAAD project “Study in Paradise”. ➡️ www.uni-jena.de/en/426888/tee…