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    Climate change reshuffles species like a deck of cards

    International study shows that biodiversity has changed faster where temperatures have also changed faster
    A mountain meadow in the Alps. Here, too, changes in temperature influence the diversity of species.
    Image: Gernot Kunz
  2. Insights into the nanoworld

    Volker Deckert receives Lamb Award 2025
    Prof. Dr Volker Deckert.
    Image: Sven Döring/Leibniz-IPHT
  3. Germany's most popular comprehensive university with more than 15,000 students is located in Jena

    University of Jena once again in the top group of the "StudyCheck" student portal
    Students on the campus of the University of Jena.
    Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)
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    Electronic Laboratory Notebook eLabFTW available

    New service for digital planning, implementation and documentation of experiements
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    Groundwater threatened by droughts and heavy rainfalls

    New study on the impact of climate extremes on (future) water security
    Cracks in soil (Hainich).
    Image: Robert Lehmann/Universität Jena
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    A fungus to save plants?

    For the first time, researchers have been able to understand how the soil fungus Mortierella alpina eliminates nematodes with the help of natural products
    Part of the intestine of Caenorhabditis elegans under the microscope, enriched with malpinins.
    Image: Constanze Schultz/Leibniz-IPHT
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    Technology developed for more precise cancer operations

    Jena research team presents innovative endoscope
    Histopathological tissue section of a patient with a head and neck tumour, stained with haematoxylin and eosin.
    Image: UKJ
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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)
  10. 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)
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