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    Optimising the processing of plastic waste

    University of Jena involved in new research project for the improvement of plastic recycling
    Redox polymers are purified in a laboratory at the Centre for Energy and Environmental Chemistry.
    Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)
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    Interdisciplinary research reveals adaptation mechanisms of microscopic algae

    Study by researchers from the Cluster of Excellence "Balance of the Microverse" shows how the green alga can adapt its shape and metabolism under natural conditions without changing its genome.
    Dr Trang Vuong (l.) and Dr Prateek Shetty show the growth of the green alga in the spatially structured 3D environment in comparison to conventional cultivation conditions in the laboratory.
    Image: Maria Mittag (Universität Jena)
  3. Photos of the 2024 graduation ceremony online

    Farewell ceremony for graduates took place in the auditorium on 22 November 2024
    CGF 2024 graduation ceremony: Music with the "Quintetto Abbraccio"
    Image: Claudia Hilbert/Universität Jena
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    Paving the way for diagnostics

    Chemists at the University of Jena develop graphene-based biosensor
    Dr David Kaiser holds a nasal swab sample, which is examined for biomarkers using the developed sensor.
    Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)
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    New approaches in nanomedicine for the targeted treatment of liver diseases

    Carl Zeiss Foundation funds joint nanomedicine project from Mainz and Jena with six million euros
    Functionalised polymer nanoparticles in a test tube.
    Image: Anne Günther (University of Jena)
  6. How the moon was created

    Bilingual touring exhibition "Moon Impact" can be seen at the ThULB from 21 November
    View of the moon during a slight partial lunar eclipse.
    Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)
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    Being able to make the Lego bricks of tomorrow

    DFG funds a new Research Training Group on polymer informatics at the Universities of Jena and Bayreuth
    Prof. Dr Ulrich S. Schubert and Dr Natalie Göppert in front of a synthesis robot for automated copolymerisation.
    Image: Anna Schroll/Universität Jena
  8. Blog with insights into studying and living in Jena

    Chemistry student Soyee Chan is one of the current scholarship holders of the Jena University Ambassador Scholarship (JUBoS)
    Uni-Botschafterin Soyee Chan im Labor
    Image: Soyee Chan
  9. Hope for the labour market in Thuringia

    New university project explores how international students can be attracted to the Thuringian labour market
    International students in the library.
    Image: Christoph Worsch (University of Jena)
  10. A university thrives on freedom

    The university welcomed its 3,750 first-semester students with a festive ceremony
    Awarding of citizens' letters to one first-year student from each faculty at the matriculation ceremony.
    Image: Jürgen Scheere (University of Jena)
  11. Science up close and understandable

    Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences once again invites you to the public Saturday lectures "ChemGeo aktuell" in the winter semester 2024/25
    Earthrise: Die Erde über dem Mondhorizont, aufgenommen während des Fluges von Apollo 8
    Image: NASA, Apollo 8 Crew, Bill Anders; License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ (Processing: Jim Weigang)
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    How a bacterium becomes a permanent resident in a fungus

    Jena-Zurich research creates important basis for the creation of artificial symbioses with targeted properties
    Bacteria are injected into a fungus with an extremely fine tip. The bacteria migrate into the spore-forming tissue (yellow) and are passed on to the next generation.
    Picture: Sean Kilian
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