🦠 Hoffnung im Kampf gegen Ebola Bestehender Impfstoff könnte Kreuzschutz gegen die seltene Bundibugyo-Variante bieten – dem Erreger des derzeitigen schweren Ebola-Ausbruchs in der Demokratischen Republik Kongo. 🔗 Mehr zur Studie von Markus Hoffmann und Stefan Pöhlmann: buff.ly/U4z5pZR
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How can farming systems stay resilient in droughts? Researchers at our Uni investigated how different levels of drought affected the susceptibility of sugar beet to damage caused by pests: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html... Research in #JournalofExperimentalBotany: doi.org/10.1093/jxb/...
Congrats @thomas-hensel.bsky.social on receiving the German Thesis Award by @koerber-stiftung.de for his PhD research! 🎊His work makes molecular dynamics visible by tracking protein-like structures with advanced light microscopy.
AI research for more precise particle-physics simulations New project at our Institute for #TheoreticalPhysics will make computer simulations of high-energy particle collisions faster and accurate: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/709842.html Well done to all involved & thanks to zukunft.niedersachsen!
🏆 🍒 We also celebrate non-scientific achievements: Congratulations on the group victory at the German Cherry Pit Spitting Championships at the traditional Cherry Festival in Witzenhausen! Our researchers Arian, Anush, Jaschka, Morten und Taras achieved a spit distance of 43,39m in total! 👏Well done!
How do stars function and age? How fast and why is the Universe is expanding? Welcome to Astrophysicist Professor Richard I. Anderson whose research looks at these questions, working at the interface between stellar #astrophysics and observational #cosmology: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html...
Virtual versus physical fences Can invisible boundaries really help manage cattle in the field? In fact they could make managing grazing livestock on farms more flexible and efficient, whilst improving welfare: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html... Research: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
One of the awardees is Laurent Gizon from #mpsgoettingen and @uni-goettingen.de . His project INSIDE aims to measure the Sun's magnetic field deep below the visible surface for the first time. Read more here: www.mps.mpg.de/erc-advanced... #Sun #helioseismology @goettingen-campus.de
ERC Advanced Grant for Laurent Gizon
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded Prof. Dr. Laurent Gizon an ERC Advanced Grant worth 2.5 million euros. The five-year project INSIDE aims to measure the Sun's magnetic field deep below ...
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The results of the Advanced Grants 2025 are here! Out of 3,329 applicants, 319 leading researchers have been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant. Congratulations to all! 🎉 Curious to know more ? 👉 buff.ly/uiU9x5K #ERCAdG #FrontierResearch
Summer events for researchers across the Campus Postdoc Social BBQ Grillfest on 26 June plus upcoming #SciCommNetwork tour and July Postdoc Social #GCPostdocs. Registration and details: goettingen-campus.de/postdoc-event. Join the Postdoc Network and get connected: goettingen-campus.de/postdoc
Get out of the Lab! Weekend Escape to Kassel (sign up end of today). Or come to today's Postdoc Social (4 June) and find out more: goettingen-campus.de/postdoc-event Thanks #GCPostdocCommittee for making Göttingen a more fun place for researchers: goettingen-campus.de/postdoc #WorkLifeBalance
PINT OF SCIENCE is back in Göttingen! From 18 to 20 May, events run at Dots, Duke, Liesels, and Krawall, covering topics from law to DNA. Talks are in EN or DE. Save your spot now and meet a scientist: pintofscience.de/events/goett.... Discover the research on your doorstep! Everyone welcome!
Zeynep Atila talks about her career journey in Germany and how she fell in love with Göttingen. Get her tips on YouTube in this piece which lasts under an hour: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T6I... Interview by Sidrah Bashir, Master's student in English, Humanities and Humanistic Studies at our Uni.
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Congrats to Melina Schuh @schuhlab.bsky.social on winning the Pearse Prize 👏! The @royalmicrosoc.bsky.social awards this prize to scientists who contribute significantly to histochemistry & the life sciences.
Was geht zwischen Licht und Materie? Forschende haben das weltweit kleinste Röntgen-Interferometer gebaut. Damit konnten sie die Brechung von Röntgenstrahlen ganz genau vermessen und daraus schließen, wie diese mit Atomen interagieren. Mehr dazu: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/3240.html...
Elephant meat aplenty 125,000 years ago A find in 1948 has now been reanalysed. The elephant skeleton and spear represent the most convincing evidence to date of a successful elephant hunt by Neanderthals: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html.... Research @ScientificReports: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Lachen in Krisenzeiten – wir laden zur öffentlichen Ringvorlesung ein: Wer darf worüber lachen? Wann verbindet Humor, wann grenzt er aus? Dem gehen wir ab dem 14. April jeden Dienstag aus verschiedenen Blickwinkeln nach. Mehr dazu: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/706216.html #Göttingen #Goettingen
Why are some people born deaf even though their inner ear seems intact? Researchers from Göttingen Campus created marmosets lacking the OTOF gene - essential for transmitting sound signals. The animals are healthy, but deaf. A new step toward future gene therapies. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4kurwdva
From cells to smart gels: momentum in motion Congratulations to Prof Timo Betz on his newly awarded Volkswagen Foundation Momentum funding! The long-term vision of this project is to generate smart materials that can react and adapt to external stimuli: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html...
COMING UP: The next lecture in our lecture series “Im Feuerwerk der Sonne” will be colorful! On April 2nd, 7 PM, learn all about #PolarLights. In German. More here: www.mps.mpg.de/im-feuerwerk... ☀️🌍🔭 #NorthernLights #AuroraBorealis #SpaceWeather @goettingen-campus.de @tu-braunschweig.de
The cherry blossoms will soon be here! So send us your best pictures by 12 April! We'll print the winning image on a postcard #Kirschpost. Email photos to medien.studium@uni-goettingen.de or send via Insta, FB, LI #KIRSCHPOST @unigoettingen. Should be taken this year, no AI & include our Campus.
Almost like the real thing: Three years before ESA's #ExoMars rover #RosalindFranklin is scheduled to land on #Mars, #mpsgoettingen apprentices have completed their own model of the Mars rover. Great job, guys! 🚀🛰️ Read more here: www.mps.mpg.de/a-mars-rover... @science.esa.int #ESA
Researchers explore options for outpatient stem cell therapy Using machine learning methods, they assessed conditions when some of the therapy can be safely carried out as an outpatient, contributing towards shorter hospital stays: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html..., doi.org/10.1038/s417...
Thanks to everyone who joined Göttingen’s Postdoc Fair 2026! Inspiring experts, advisors, researchers and companies who shared their expertise. Thanks to the #GCPostdocCommittee for designing the event. What do you want next time? Get with the Network and let us know: goettingen-campus.de/postdoc
Vom Mond, der uns umkreist, bis zu fernen Planeten: Mit Vorträgen, Planetarium und dem Blick in den Himmel geht es beim Astronomietag am 28.3. ins Weltall – auch für Kinder. Eintritt kostenlos, Anmeldung für Planetarium empfohlen. Mehr dazu: www.mps.mpg.de/pressemittei... @mpsgoettingen.bsky.social
Congratulations to Melina Schuh @schuhlab.bsky.social on the Carus Medal! 🥂 The @leopoldina.org is honoring our director for her research on mammalian egg cells – specifically, how they develop and why errors can occur during egg cell formation. Read more here: ⬇️ www.leopoldina.org/en/newsroom/...
Researcher one of three in Germany nominated for Frontiers Planet Prize Congratulations to Gustavo B Paterno, ecologist and biodiversity researcher, for #BBAW nomination for research paper on promotion of biodiversity recovery using islands of trees: www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html...
GC Postdoc Committee: calling for applications! Are you a Postdoc here who wants to make it a better place for researchers? Then the Postdoc Committee is looking for your input & energy! Apply by 31 March Info: goettingen-campus.de/postdoc-comm... or chat with current members at the Postdoc Fair!
Which way to go? First stop: Göttingen’s Postdoc Fair Experts from industry, academia, government, charities Companies & local experts: grant funding, HR, OpenScience, Ombuds and more One week to go! Register by 16 March: goettingen-campus.de/postdoc-fair. Shine a light on your career on 19 March!
What makes a great research image? Göttingen’s Sci-Comm Network and Postdoc Network ran a contest to find out! The entries are in, the expert panel decided and the public voted! www.uni-goettingen.de/en/3240.html.... Visit Göttingen’s #ForumWissen, see the diversity of research across our Campus.
Scientists @MPI-NAT, @fmp-berlin.de, @hhmi-science.bsky.social, University of Utah, & @stanford.edu, have identified the presynaptic protein Munc13-1 as a key control point linking intracellular lipid & Ca2+ signals to vesicle readiness and synaptic performance. www.mpinat.mpg.de/5220593/rn_2...